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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 87 104
Rank change year-on-year +35 +17 +60
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 54 23 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.32% 1.15% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.61% 3.67% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 18 16
10th Percentile £325 £140 £275
25th Percentile £425 £265 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £380 £550
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -30.91% -
75th Percentile £600 £438 £678
90th Percentile £688 £538 £694
England median daily rate £545 £528 £550
% change year-on-year +3.32% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.50 £25.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year +18.00% -2.91% +28.75%

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 562 626 714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.52% 31.36% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 390 475
10th Percentile £224 £261 £300
25th Percentile £392 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £663 £750 £725
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 34 21
10th Percentile £18.87 £10.42 £18.25
25th Percentile £21.30 £14.11 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.91 £21.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.37% -20.64% +49.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.69 £30.00
90th Percentile - £58.75 £53.75
England median hourly rate £32.75 £40.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year -18.12% +11.89% +37.50%

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 20 July 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 20 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
Warwickshire +10 20 £500 +25.00% 13
Birmingham +11 15 £555 +38.75% 31
Coventry +1 6 £575 - 14
Worcestershire - 4 £534 - 5
Shropshire -2 3 £218 +56.47% 11
Herefordshire +19 2 £900 -
Staffordshire +5 1 - - 22
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 (3.70%) Apache
1 2 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) SAP PM
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle iProcurement
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) AWS
2 6 (11.11%) Snowflake
3 4 (7.41%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.56%) Collibra
4 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Stack
5 2 (3.70%) IaaS
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.70%) PaaS
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Apigee
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Datadog
6 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (5.56%) Delta Lake
1 3 (5.56%) GIS
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) GitLab
1 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 30 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Finance
3 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Banking
5 3 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Investment Banking
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Games
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Analyst
2 6 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.41%) Architect
4 4 (7.41%) Senior
4 4 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Data Migration Specialist
5 3 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Migration Specialist
6 2 (3.70%) Applications Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Chief Technology Officer
6 2 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Product Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Python Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Security Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Senior PMO
6 2 (3.70%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) LDAP
2 3 (5.56%) Kafka
3 2 (3.70%) Apache Axis
3 2 (3.70%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (3.70%) PySpark
4 1 (1.85%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.56%) IoT
2 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.56%) SCADA
3 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.85%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (12.96%) Change Management
4 7 (12.96%) Privileged Access Management
5 6 (11.11%) ITIL
6 5 (9.26%) Agile
6 5 (9.26%) Analytics
6 5 (9.26%) Asset Management
6 5 (9.26%) Change Control
6 5 (9.26%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (9.26%) Decision-Making
6 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
7 4 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.41%) Data Integration
7 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (7.41%) Time Management
7 4 (7.41%) User Experience
7 4 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) SQL
2 10 (18.52%) Python
3 5 (9.26%) Java
4 3 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.70%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.70%) Ruby
6 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.96%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (9.26%) Degree
5 2 (3.70%) CISSP
5 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.85%) APMG
6 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) GDPR
2 4 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.56%) PMO
3 3 (5.56%) SLA
4 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.70%) NIST
4 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.70%) Docker
3 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.85%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Cisco
1 6 (11.11%) CyberArk
1 6 (11.11%) Databricks
1 6 (11.11%) Juniper
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 6 (11.11%) SAP
2 5 (9.26%) Oracle
3 3 (5.56%) Informatica
3 3 (5.56%) Virgin Media
3 3 (5.56%) VMware
4 2 (3.70%) Splunk
5 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.85%) KANA
5 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds