Onboarding Contracts in the West Midlands

Onboarding
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 86 119
Rank change year-on-year +22 +33 +23
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 33 25 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.45% 1.28% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.89% 3.86% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 22 15
10th Percentile £226 £360 £430
25th Percentile £450 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -16.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £612 £538 £681
90th Percentile £642 £614 £715
England median daily rate £513 £525 £553
% change year-on-year -2.24% -5.06% +0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.45 £22.98 £39.50
% change year-on-year -15.36% -41.84% +97.50%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 418 647 792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.08% 33.23% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 410 525
10th Percentile £197 £307 £263
25th Percentile £406 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £632 £638
90th Percentile £675 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 47 19
10th Percentile £16.23 £10.42 £17.10
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.71 £17.99
Median hourly rate £28.18 £22.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% -6.25% +51.32%
75th Percentile £31.49 £40.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.50
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the West Midlands

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in the West Midlands

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the West Midlands

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in the West Midlands

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warwickshire +10 12 £550 +37.50% 11
Birmingham +17 11 £550 +4.76% 19
Coventry +9 2 £599 - 11
Shropshire -6 2 £100 -81.34% 8
Worcestershire - 2 £168 - 6
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 4
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (6.06%) Apache
1 2 (6.06%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
1 6 (18.18%) Snowflake
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (6.06%) SaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Apigee
6 1 (3.03%) Datadog
6 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle Database
3 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (3.03%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (18.18%) Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Data Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Analyst
2 4 (12.12%) Architect
3 3 (9.09%) Consultant
3 3 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (6.06%) Applications Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Python Data Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Python Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Trainer
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Product Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Product Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Service Operations Manager
5 1 (3.03%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) LDAP
2 2 (6.06%) Apache Axis
2 2 (6.06%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (6.06%) PySpark
3 1 (3.03%) AWS CDK
3 1 (3.03%) OAuth
3 1 (3.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Linux
3 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (15.15%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (15.15%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
3 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.12%) ITSM
3 4 (12.12%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.12%) Time Management
4 3 (9.09%) Agile
4 3 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 3 (9.09%) Change Control
4 3 (9.09%) Change Management
4 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 3 (9.09%) Migration
4 3 (9.09%) RBAC
4 3 (9.09%) Statistics
4 3 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) SQL
2 9 (27.27%) Python
3 5 (15.15%) Java
4 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 2 (6.06%) C#
5 2 (6.06%) Ruby
6 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) CISSP
5 2 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.03%) APMG
6 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.06%) NIST
1 2 (6.06%) QA
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Docker
3 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) CyberArk
2 4 (12.12%) Databricks
2 4 (12.12%) Virgin Media
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.06%) SAP
4 2 (6.06%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.03%) VMware