Onboarding Contracts in Wales

Onboarding
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 45 55
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 +12
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.30% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.96% 0.67% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £427 - -
25th Percentile £458 - £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £390
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +28.21% +20.00%
75th Percentile £528 - £395
90th Percentile £529 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.46% -2.14% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.08 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £21.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +22.33% -18.87% +60.61%

All Generic Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 115 149 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 33.05% 38.11% 39.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 92 129
10th Percentile £226 £138 £160
25th Percentile £283 £216 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +2.26%
75th Percentile £467 £550 £588
90th Percentile £526 £593 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 17 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.75 £15.85
25th Percentile £14.44 £18.14 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £23.66 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +18.30% +21.21%
75th Percentile £20.95 £25.60 £26.50
90th Percentile £22.29 £38.00 £44.29
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -34.44% +12.04% +51.56%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in Wales

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in Wales

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in Wales

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
South Wales +14 7 £518 +3.50% 17
North Wales - 1 - - 3
Onboarding
UK

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) RTP
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
2 1 (12.50%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (25.00%) Entity Framework
1 2 (25.00%) Jest
1 2 (25.00%) Next.js
1 2 (25.00%) React
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Case Management
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
1 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) GDPR
2 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) WCAG
4 1 (12.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft