Onboarding Contract Job Trends 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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 153 189
Rank change year-on-year +68 +36 +53
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 502 239 250
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 3.15% 1.39% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.09% 4.76% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 129 155
10th Percentile £216 £245 £268
25th Percentile £363 £347 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £675
90th Percentile £675 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 5
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.18 £16.55
25th Percentile £15.60 £16.53 £16.62
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -16.67% +114.88%
75th Percentile £23.50 £52.00 £61.88
90th Percentile £65.29 £56.05 £76.75
UK median hourly rate £24.75 £40.25 £27.00
% change year-on-year -38.51% +49.07% -20.66%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,520 5,018 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.69% 29.12% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,327 2,764 4,331
10th Percentile £220 £209 £213
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -1.30% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £518 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% -3.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 315 362
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.33 £16.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.75 £52.50 £51.24
Median % change year-on-year -49.05% +2.46% +127.72%
75th Percentile £54.38 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.85 £75.09 £79.15
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.45% +2.62% +73.08%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Onboarding relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Onboarding.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Onboarding

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 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK excluding London

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Onboarding.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Onboarding

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 14 October 2025.

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 14 October 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
North of England +40 147 £450 +5.88% 175
Midlands +44 123 £550 +35.38% 100
South East +41 102 £525 -4.55% 504
West Midlands +28 86 £588 +87.10% 50
North West +26 84 £450 -18.18% 102
South West +53 72 £500 - 109
Yorkshire +25 52 £500 +3.90% 51
East Midlands +20 38 £470 -12.56% 48
Scotland +9 34 £480 +4.92% 51
East of England +8 28 £479 -8.81% 59
Wales +11 14 £465 -7.00% 25
North East -10 11 £500 +17.65% 24
Northern Ireland - 6 £250 - 15
South Coast - 1 £550 -
Onboarding
UK

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.59%) Confluence
3 16 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.59%) CMS
5 6 (1.20%) Mule
6 3 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.20%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) Documentum
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.39%) Siemens NX
6 5 (1.00%) Sketch
7 3 (0.60%) Camtasia
7 3 (0.60%) Fusion 360
7 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.60%) Snagit
7 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) 1Password
8 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.39%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.60%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.40%) SAP EHS
4 2 (0.40%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.20%) Finacle
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.94%) Azure
2 64 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (10.76%) AWS
4 28 (5.58%) GCP
5 27 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 19 (3.78%) SaaS
7 15 (2.99%) Azure AKS
8 13 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.19%) GitHub
10 10 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (1.99%) OneDrive
10 10 (1.99%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.59%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (1.59%) Figma
12 8 (1.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.38%) Firewall
2 17 (3.39%) DNS
3 16 (3.19%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.59%) HTTP
5 12 (2.39%) BGP
6 9 (1.79%) Network Security
6 9 (1.79%) SSL
7 8 (1.59%) VPN
8 7 (1.39%) DMZ
9 6 (1.20%) BIG-IP
9 6 (1.20%) DHCP
9 6 (1.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 6 (1.20%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (1.00%) Internet
10 5 (1.00%) OSPF
11 4 (0.80%) LAN
12 3 (0.60%) Broadband
12 3 (0.60%) VLAN
12 3 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (1.79%) Power BI
3 6 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.00%) DB2
4 5 (1.00%) MySQL
4 5 (1.00%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.80%) Metadata
5 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.60%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.60%) GIS
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.40%) Tableau
8 1 (0.20%) Big Data
8 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.20%) Redis
8 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 43 (8.57%) JIRA
2 19 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.59%) GitLab
4 11 (2.19%) Git
5 6 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.00%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.40%) Gradle
8 2 (0.40%) Postman
8 2 (0.40%) Selenium
8 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.20%) MSI
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 168 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 105 (20.92%) Finance
3 55 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.56%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.77%) Banking
6 22 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.39%) Legal
10 9 (1.79%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Marketing
13 6 (1.20%) Retail
14 5 (1.00%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.80%) Police
16 3 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 77 (15.34%) Analyst
2 42 (8.37%) Architect
3 37 (7.37%) Consultant
4 35 (6.97%) Senior
5 34 (6.77%) Developer
6 33 (6.57%) Business Analyst
7 28 (5.58%) Lead
8 17 (3.39%) Administrator
9 16 (3.19%) Support Engineer
10 15 (2.99%) Network Engineer
10 15 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.59%) Desktop Engineer
11 13 (2.59%) IT Support
12 12 (2.39%) Project Manager
13 11 (2.19%) Data Analyst
13 11 (2.19%) Designer
14 10 (1.99%) Coordinator
15 9 (1.79%) Project Coordinator
16 8 (1.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 8 (1.59%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.39%) LDAP
1 12 (2.39%) OpenID
1 12 (2.39%) SAML
2 11 (2.19%) OAuth
3 10 (1.99%) JSON
4 9 (1.79%) OAuth2
4 9 (1.79%) REST
5 8 (1.59%) RESTful
6 7 (1.39%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.39%) React
6 7 (1.39%) SOAP
6 7 (1.39%) Spring
7 6 (1.20%) .NET
7 6 (1.20%) Hugging Face
7 6 (1.20%) OpenCV
7 6 (1.20%) PyTorch
7 6 (1.20%) Regular Expression
7 6 (1.20%) SpaCy
7 6 (1.20%) TensorFlow
8 5 (1.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.19%) Cloud Native
1 16 (3.19%) Product Ownership
2 15 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.20%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
9 6 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.20%) SCADA
10 5 (1.00%) CMDB
10 5 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.00%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (11.35%) Windows
2 27 (5.38%) Linux
3 15 (2.99%) Unix
4 13 (2.59%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.00%) Android
6 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (17.53%) Migration
2 86 (17.13%) Agile
3 72 (14.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (12.35%) DevOps
4 62 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (10.16%) CI/CD
6 45 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (8.37%) Change Management
9 40 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (7.97%) Project Management
10 31 (6.18%) ITIL
10 31 (6.18%) Project Delivery
11 29 (5.78%) Client Onboarding
11 29 (5.78%) User Experience
12 27 (5.38%) Roadmaps
13 25 (4.98%) Collaborative Working
14 23 (4.58%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (4.58%) KYC
14 23 (4.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 56 (11.16%) Python
2 28 (5.58%) PowerShell
3 26 (5.18%) Java
4 24 (4.78%) SQL
5 13 (2.59%) Bash
6 12 (2.39%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.19%) Perl
8 10 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (1.59%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.00%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.60%) Rust
12 3 (0.60%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.40%) Go
13 2 (0.40%) Ruby
14 1 (0.20%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.20%) Bicep
14 1 (0.20%) C#
14 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 111 (22.11%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.14%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (5.18%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.58%) Degree
6 14 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.80%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.60%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.60%) CCNP
10 3 (0.60%) ISEB
10 3 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.60%) MCT
10 3 (0.60%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.60%) PMP
10 3 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.40%) CCNA
11 2 (0.40%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.18%) GDPR
2 23 (4.58%) QA
3 19 (3.78%) PMO
4 15 (2.99%) NIST
5 14 (2.79%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.79%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.79%) SLA
7 8 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.39%) NCSC
9 6 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.20%) PSD2
10 5 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.40%) GRC
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.40%) SEPA
13 2 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (9.36%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.79%) Docker
3 8 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) Ceph
6 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.38%) Terraform
3 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (3.98%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (2.99%) Ansible
5 14 (2.79%) SCCM
6 7 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.20%) PingFederate
8 5 (1.00%) Grafana
8 5 (1.00%) Norton AntiVirus
9 4 (0.80%) Argo
9 4 (0.80%) vRealize
9 4 (0.80%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.40%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.20%) Kibana
12 1 (0.20%) logstash
12 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.20%) Salt
Vendors
1 116 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.37%) Virgin Media
3 30 (5.98%) Oracle
4 26 (5.18%) SAP
5 21 (4.18%) Cisco
6 20 (3.98%) VMware
7 19 (3.78%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.99%) Google
8 15 (2.99%) Salesforce
9 14 (2.79%) Juniper
10 13 (2.59%) CyberArk
11 11 (2.19%) Databricks
11 11 (2.19%) F5
11 11 (2.19%) McAfee
11 11 (2.19%) Splunk
12 9 (1.79%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.59%) Dynatrace
13 8 (1.59%) Siemens
14 7 (1.39%) Palo Alto
15 6 (1.20%) Alibaba