Onboarding Contracts in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Onboarding over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 214 247
Rank change year-on-year +27 +33 +15
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 227 272 299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 1.13% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.73% 3.48% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 209 199
10th Percentile £238 £230 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.37% +11.41%
75th Percentile £602 £650 £631
90th Percentile £692 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 6
10th Percentile £12.48 £19.03 £12.48
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.19 £15.09
Median hourly rate £17.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.27% +13.75% +51.49%
75th Percentile £30.06 £25.69 -
90th Percentile £30.38 £27.08 -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £44.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -59.09% +120.00% +19.78%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Onboarding is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,081 7,809 9,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.43% 32.44% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,631 5,283 6,773
10th Percentile £208 £213 £204
25th Percentile £375 £387 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 715 439 466
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.15
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Onboarding in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
South East -6 56 £574 +4.32% 90
South West +17 48 £525 -4.55% 60
North of England -8 48 £525 -2.78% 114
Midlands +35 33 £513 -12.02% 55
North West +6 31 £538 -2.27% 66
West Midlands +36 25 £525 -16.00% 37
Scotland +38 24 £500 +16.55% 43
East of England +18 19 £400 -23.81% 28
Yorkshire -10 9 £538 -0.46% 38
North East +26 8 £175 -75.00% 12
East Midlands +21 7 £465 +3.33% 18
Wales +11 2 £356 -8.65% 13
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5
Onboarding
UK

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.88%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.88%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.33%) Azure
2 21 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (6.61%) AWS
4 11 (4.85%) SuccessFactors
5 9 (3.96%) OCI
6 8 (3.52%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.20%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.76%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.32%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.32%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 3 (1.32%) SaaS
11 2 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.88%) GitHub
11 2 (0.88%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.44%) Serverless
12 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.08%) InfiniBand
1 7 (3.08%) VPN
2 6 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (2.20%) Firewall
3 5 (2.20%) LAN
3 5 (2.20%) NetScaler
4 4 (1.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 4 (1.76%) WAN
4 4 (1.76%) Wireless
5 3 (1.32%) DHCP
5 3 (1.32%) WLAN
6 2 (0.88%) Network Security
6 2 (0.88%) SMS
7 1 (0.44%) AMQP
7 1 (0.44%) DMZ
7 1 (0.44%) Modbus
7 1 (0.44%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.73%) Tableau
2 10 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.52%) Power BI
4 6 (2.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (2.64%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.20%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.32%) MySQL
6 3 (1.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.44%) HBase
7 1 (0.44%) IDMS
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (2.64%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.76%) Ant
3 3 (1.32%) JIRA
4 1 (0.44%) Appium
4 1 (0.44%) Git
4 1 (0.44%) GitLab
4 1 (0.44%) JMeter
4 1 (0.44%) MSI
4 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 59 (25.99%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.26%) Finance
3 26 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.29%) Banking
6 7 (3.08%) Legal
6 7 (3.08%) Marketing
6 7 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.64%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.20%) Local Government
8 5 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.76%) Automotive
9 4 (1.76%) Electronics
9 4 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.76%) Retail
10 3 (1.32%) German Language
10 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (11.01%) Lead
2 23 (10.13%) Project Manager
3 17 (7.49%) Consultant
3 17 (7.49%) IT Support
4 16 (7.05%) Developer
4 16 (7.05%) Senior
5 14 (6.17%) IT Engineer
6 13 (5.73%) Analyst
6 13 (5.73%) Support Engineer
7 10 (4.41%) Architect
7 10 (4.41%) Data Engineer
7 10 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (3.52%) Desktop Support
9 7 (3.08%) Administrator
10 6 (2.64%) AML Project Manager
10 6 (2.64%) Splunk Engineer
11 5 (2.20%) Business Analyst
11 5 (2.20%) Deskside Support
11 5 (2.20%) SQL Developer
11 5 (2.20%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.20%) JSON
2 3 (1.32%) Middleware
3 2 (0.88%) LDAP
3 2 (0.88%) OAuth
3 2 (0.88%) RESTful
3 2 (0.88%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.88%) Web Services
3 2 (0.88%) XML
4 1 (0.44%) JSP
4 1 (0.44%) Kafka
4 1 (0.44%) Node.js
4 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.44%) OpenID
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.44%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.44%) Sensu
4 1 (0.44%) Servlets
4 1 (0.44%) SPML
4 1 (0.44%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.85%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.96%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.32%) PKI
5 3 (1.32%) Solar Power
5 3 (1.32%) Tandem
6 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.88%) CMDB
6 2 (0.88%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.88%) Insider Threat
6 2 (0.88%) NHS
6 2 (0.88%) PMI
6 2 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.44%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.01%) Windows
2 12 (5.29%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.96%) Mac OS
4 7 (3.08%) Linux
4 7 (3.08%) Unix
4 7 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (14.98%) Agile
1 34 (14.98%) Project Management
2 19 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (7.93%) Migration
4 15 (6.61%) Analytics
4 15 (6.61%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (6.17%) Client Onboarding
6 13 (5.73%) ERP
6 13 (5.73%) Service Delivery
7 12 (5.29%) Customer Service
7 12 (5.29%) Data Modelling
7 12 (5.29%) Data Security
7 12 (5.29%) DevOps
7 12 (5.29%) ETL
8 11 (4.85%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (4.85%) Programme Management
9 10 (4.41%) Change Management
9 10 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (3.96%) Configuration Management
10 9 (3.96%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.89%) SQL
2 13 (5.73%) Python
3 7 (3.08%) MATLAB
3 7 (3.08%) Shell Script
4 6 (2.64%) Bash
4 6 (2.64%) Search Processing Language
4 6 (2.64%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.20%) Bourne shell
5 5 (2.20%) Korn
5 5 (2.20%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.76%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.76%) Java
7 3 (1.32%) Go
7 3 (1.32%) Scala
7 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.88%) C#
8 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (19.82%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.54%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (7.05%) Degree
5 6 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.20%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.20%) PMP
7 4 (1.76%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.88%) APMG
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.88%) CISSP
9 2 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.44%) CIPD
10 1 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.05%) QA
2 14 (6.17%) PMO
3 6 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.20%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.76%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.76%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.88%) GDPR
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.88%) P3O
7 1 (0.44%) NIST
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (11.01%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.08%) Firmware
3 5 (2.20%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.88%) IAG
6 1 (0.44%) Docker
6 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (3.08%) Dell DRAC
2 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.76%) Terraform
3 3 (1.32%) SCCM
4 2 (0.88%) Grafana
4 2 (0.88%) IBM BigFix
4 2 (0.88%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.44%) Ansible
5 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.44%) Nagios
Vendors
1 29 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.45%) SAP
3 21 (9.25%) Oracle
4 15 (6.61%) Virgin Media
5 13 (5.73%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.29%) Splunk
7 9 (3.96%) Dell
8 8 (3.52%) Ariba
9 7 (3.08%) Isilon
9 7 (3.08%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.20%) F5
11 4 (1.76%) Blue Prism
11 4 (1.76%) VMware
12 3 (1.32%) Apple
12 3 (1.32%) BMC
12 3 (1.32%) CA
12 3 (1.32%) Workday
13 2 (0.88%) Adobe
13 2 (0.88%) HP
13 2 (0.88%) Sybase