Onboarding Contracts

Onboarding
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Onboarding over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 161 232
Rank change year-on-year -8 +71 +28
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 608 906 1,113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.62% 1.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.69% 4.85% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 641 739
10th Percentile £263 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +12.82%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £672
90th Percentile £723 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 10
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.33 £13.26
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.63 £16.81
Median hourly rate £23.45 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +75.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £30.25 £51.25 £24.88
90th Percentile £48.75 £60.70 £35.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.92% -7.50% +43.94%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -13 523 £525 -7.08% 772
London -10 305 £525 -8.70% 351
UK excluding London +5 220 £525 -4.55% 451
Work from Home -3 189 £525 -6.67% 420
South East -12 59 £575 +4.55% 107
South West +10 45 £525 -16.00% 38
North of England -26 41 £525 -2.78% 153
Midlands +36 36 £500 -20.00% 85
West Midlands +21 26 £500 -20.00% 48
North West +3 26 £538 +2.87% 66
Scotland +40 25 £513 +13.38% 33
East of England +11 15 £450 -19.64% 26
East Midlands +18 10 £465 +3.33% 37
Yorkshire -20 8 £550 +1.85% 63
North East +18 7 £175 -18.60% 28
Wales +17 2 £400 +2.56% 13

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 35 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.47%) OpenStack
3 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.82%) CMS
4 5 (0.82%) Confluence
5 4 (0.66%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.49%) Apache
6 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.82%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.33%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.33%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.33%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 109 (17.93%) Azure
2 84 (13.82%) AWS
3 39 (6.41%) GitHub
4 37 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (4.61%) SuccessFactors
6 27 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 23 (3.78%) SaaS
8 21 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.96%) Slack
10 16 (2.63%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.14%) PaaS
12 12 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (1.97%) IaaS
13 10 (1.64%) GCP
13 10 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.48%) Akamai
14 9 (1.48%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.48%) OCI
14 9 (1.48%) WhatsApp
15 8 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.48%) Firewall
1 9 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.32%) VPN
3 7 (1.15%) LAN
4 6 (0.99%) Wireless
5 5 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (0.82%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 4 (0.66%) Intranet
6 4 (0.66%) SSH
6 4 (0.66%) WAN
7 3 (0.49%) HTTP
7 3 (0.49%) WLAN
8 2 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.33%) DHCP
8 2 (0.33%) DNS
8 2 (0.33%) Internet
8 2 (0.33%) Network Security
8 2 (0.33%) SMS
9 1 (0.16%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (11.84%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.92%) MySQL
3 35 (5.76%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (4.28%) Power BI
5 16 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (2.63%) Relational Database
6 14 (2.30%) NoSQL
6 14 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (2.30%) Tableau
7 12 (1.97%) Data Vault
7 12 (1.97%) Metadata
7 12 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.48%) RDBMS
9 8 (1.32%) Pentaho
9 8 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (1.32%) QlikView
10 7 (1.15%) Big Data
11 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 6 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 25 (4.11%) JIRA
3 11 (1.81%) Git
4 10 (1.64%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.15%) GitLab
6 5 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.66%) Ant
7 4 (0.66%) JUnit
7 4 (0.66%) Mockito
8 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.49%) ScalaTest
9 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.16%) MSI
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 152 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 141 (23.19%) Finance
3 77 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 43 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.59%) Banking
6 24 (3.95%) Financial Institution
7 23 (3.78%) Marketing
7 23 (3.78%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.64%) Legal
11 9 (1.48%) Retail
12 8 (1.32%) Electronics
12 8 (1.32%) Publishing
13 7 (1.15%) Back Office
13 7 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.99%) Automotive
14 6 (0.99%) German Language
14 6 (0.99%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 64 (10.53%) Developer
2 63 (10.36%) Senior
3 61 (10.03%) Lead
4 59 (9.70%) Analyst
5 54 (8.88%) Project Manager
6 46 (7.57%) Architect
7 44 (7.24%) Consultant
8 39 (6.41%) Business Analyst
9 21 (3.45%) Administrator
9 21 (3.45%) Support Engineer
10 18 (2.96%) Senior Developer
11 17 (2.80%) Data Architect
11 17 (2.80%) IT Support
12 16 (2.63%) SailPoint Developer
13 15 (2.47%) Data Engineer
14 13 (2.14%) IT Engineer
14 13 (2.14%) SailPoint Engineer
14 13 (2.14%) Service Manager
15 12 (1.97%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 12 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.24%) HTML
2 36 (5.92%) SailPoint
3 31 (5.10%) LDAP
4 30 (4.93%) JDBC
4 30 (4.93%) XML
5 28 (4.61%) JSP
5 28 (4.61%) SOAP
5 28 (4.61%) Web Services
6 27 (4.44%) Servlets
6 27 (4.44%) SPML
7 16 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (2.47%) .NET
9 12 (1.97%) Middleware
10 10 (1.64%) ARM Templates
10 10 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
10 10 (1.64%) HTML5
11 9 (1.48%) AngularJS
11 9 (1.48%) Spring
11 9 (1.48%) Spring Boot
12 7 (1.15%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.92%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 11 (1.81%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.48%) Reference Data
4 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (0.99%) Cloud Native
6 6 (0.99%) Hedge funds
7 5 (0.82%) Derivative
7 5 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (0.82%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (0.66%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (0.66%) Fat Client
8 4 (0.66%) Fixed Income
8 4 (0.66%) Solar Power
8 4 (0.66%) Tandem
8 4 (0.66%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.38%) Windows
2 42 (6.91%) Linux
3 22 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (2.96%) Unix
5 14 (2.30%) CentOS
5 14 (2.30%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.81%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.64%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (22.53%) Agile
2 71 (11.68%) Project Management
3 60 (9.87%) DevOps
4 59 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (7.24%) Migration
6 38 (6.25%) Technology Transformation
7 37 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (5.92%) Project Delivery
9 35 (5.76%) Data Modelling
10 34 (5.59%) Analytics
11 30 (4.93%) CI/CD
12 29 (4.77%) RBAC
13 27 (4.44%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (4.11%) ETL
15 24 (3.95%) Software Engineering
16 23 (3.78%) Change Management
16 23 (3.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 23 (3.78%) User Experience
17 22 (3.62%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 89 (14.64%) SQL
2 48 (7.89%) Java
3 46 (7.57%) Python
4 30 (4.93%) JavaScript
5 23 (3.78%) Shell Script
6 14 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.30%) T-SQL
7 11 (1.81%) Scala
8 9 (1.48%) Bash
8 9 (1.48%) C#
9 7 (1.15%) Ruby
9 7 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (0.99%) Go
10 6 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.82%) Bourne shell
11 5 (0.82%) Korn
11 5 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.66%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.16%) Perl
13 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 130 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 105 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 68 (11.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 40 (6.58%) Degree
5 14 (2.30%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.64%) CISSP
8 9 (1.48%) PMP
9 6 (0.99%) CEH
10 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.49%) APMP
11 3 (0.49%) CISM
11 3 (0.49%) ISEB
11 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.33%) CISMP
12 2 (0.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.26%) QA
2 17 (2.80%) PMO
3 10 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.64%) NCSC
4 8 (1.32%) SLA
5 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.49%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.49%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) COBIT
8 2 (0.33%) GDPR
8 2 (0.33%) P3O
9 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.16%) GAAP
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) GxP
9 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.61%) IAG
3 25 (4.11%) ACF2
3 25 (4.11%) RACF
4 22 (3.62%) Docker
5 8 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.33%) KVM
8 2 (0.33%) QEMU
8 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.28%) Ansible
1 26 (4.28%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.95%) Terraform
3 16 (2.63%) Kibana
3 16 (2.63%) logstash
4 14 (2.30%) Grafana
5 13 (2.14%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.66%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.49%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.33%) Endace
10 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.33%) Nagios
10 2 (0.33%) Puppet
11 1 (0.16%) Opsview
11 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.16%) SCCM
11 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 79 (12.99%) Oracle
3 65 (10.69%) ServiceNow
4 53 (8.72%) SAP
5 43 (7.07%) Virgin Media
6 28 (4.61%) Sybase
7 18 (2.96%) Splunk
8 16 (2.63%) CyberArk
9 15 (2.47%) Red Hat
9 15 (2.47%) VMware
10 13 (2.14%) Amdocs
11 12 (1.97%) Sparx
12 11 (1.81%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.64%) F5
14 9 (1.48%) Informatica
15 8 (1.32%) Okta
16 7 (1.15%) Blue Prism
16 7 (1.15%) BT
16 7 (1.15%) Google
17 6 (0.99%) Cisco