Onboarding Contracts in South Wales

Onboarding
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 46 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.60% 0.27% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.54% 0.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £427 - -
25th Percentile £458 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% - -
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £529 - -
Wales median daily rate £518 £500 £390
% change year-on-year +3.50% +28.21% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.08 - -
Wales median hourly rate £13.08 - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Onboarding falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 107 157 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 39.78% 42.78% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 106 125
10th Percentile £176 £141 £174
25th Percentile £265 £253 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £469 £548 £588
90th Percentile £501 £577 £650
Wales median daily rate £375 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -25.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 10
10th Percentile - £18.18 £12.61
25th Percentile £13.08 £23.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +36.06% +9.07%
75th Percentile £20.75 £27.03 £24.25
90th Percentile - £55.75 £28.99
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £24.33 £17.07
% change year-on-year -15.74% +42.53% +3.45%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in South Wales

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in South Wales

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in South Wales

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 28 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +12 7 £518 +3.50% 11
Onboarding
Wales

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) RTP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
1 2 (28.57%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Postman
2 1 (14.29%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
1 2 (28.57%) Entity Framework
1 2 (28.57%) Jest
1 2 (28.57%) Next.js
1 2 (28.57%) React
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Client/Server
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Case Management
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG
3 1 (14.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft