Onboarding Contracts with Work from Home Options

Onboarding
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 157 209
Rank change year-on-year -11 +52 +7
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 189 367 588
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.28% 1.54% 1.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.39% 4.87% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 256 397
10th Percentile £303 £372 £341
25th Percentile £450 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £587 £688 £650
90th Percentile £650 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile - £54.00 £15.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £58.50 £21.13
Median hourly rate £23.45 £66.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.47% +112.90% +26.80%
75th Percentile £30.25 £68.75 £40.63
90th Percentile - £70.40 £46.25
UK median hourly rate £22.48 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -35.79% +75.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,304 7,539 13,934
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.17% 31.58% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 5,349 10,060
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £435 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £835 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 147 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.36 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +27.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.38 £62.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Onboarding
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Onboarding trend for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Onboarding.

Onboarding daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Onboarding daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Onboarding.

Onboarding hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Onboarding hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.59%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (1.06%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Confluence
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.06%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.06%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.06%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.06%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.06%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.53%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.11%) Azure
2 34 (17.99%) AWS
3 26 (13.76%) GitHub
4 16 (8.47%) SaaS
5 14 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (5.29%) IaaS
7 10 (5.29%) PaaS
8 9 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (3.70%) OCI
10 5 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.65%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.65%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 5 (2.65%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.12%) Asana
11 4 (2.12%) Slack
12 3 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 5 (2.65%) NetScaler
2 4 (2.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 4 (2.12%) VPN
3 3 (1.59%) SSH
4 2 (1.06%) LAN
4 2 (1.06%) Wireless
5 1 (0.53%) DHCP
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.53%) Firewall
5 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.23%) SQL Server
2 20 (10.58%) MySQL
3 19 (10.05%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (2.65%) Power BI
5 4 (2.12%) Big Data
6 3 (1.59%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.06%) EDMS
7 2 (1.06%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.53%) GIS
8 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (7.94%) JIRA
2 10 (5.29%) SonarQube
3 4 (2.12%) Git
3 4 (2.12%) GitLab
4 2 (1.06%) Ant
4 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.06%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) JMeter
5 1 (0.53%) MSI
General
1 52 (27.51%) Finance
2 41 (21.69%) Social Skills
3 20 (10.58%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.47%) Banking
6 9 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.65%) Legal
8 5 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.12%) Advertising
10 3 (1.59%) Marketing
10 3 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.06%) Automotive
11 2 (1.06%) Billing
11 2 (1.06%) Front Office
11 2 (1.06%) German Language
11 2 (1.06%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Back Office
12 1 (0.53%) Electronics
12 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (15.34%) Consultant
2 22 (11.64%) Developer
3 19 (10.05%) Project Manager
3 19 (10.05%) Senior
4 16 (8.47%) Analyst
5 13 (6.88%) Administrator
6 11 (5.82%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.29%) Lead
7 10 (5.29%) SailPoint Developer
8 8 (4.23%) IT Support
8 8 (4.23%) SailPoint Engineer
9 6 (3.17%) AML Project Manager
9 6 (3.17%) Architect
9 6 (3.17%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.17%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (3.17%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.17%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.65%) Management Consultant
10 5 (2.65%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.12%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.11%) HTML
1 21 (11.11%) SailPoint
2 17 (8.99%) LDAP
3 16 (8.47%) JSP
3 16 (8.47%) Servlets
3 16 (8.47%) SOAP
3 16 (8.47%) SPML
3 16 (8.47%) Web Services
3 16 (8.47%) XML
4 15 (7.94%) JDBC
5 10 (5.29%) ARM Templates
5 10 (5.29%) Azure Blueprints
6 5 (2.65%) JSON
7 4 (2.12%) .NET
7 4 (2.12%) ADO
7 4 (2.12%) HTML5
7 4 (2.12%) Middleware
8 3 (1.59%) CSS
8 3 (1.59%) EDI
8 3 (1.59%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.70%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.17%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.12%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.12%) Tandem
3 4 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.06%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.53%) CMDB
6 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.53%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.53%) NHS
6 1 (0.53%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.05%) Windows
2 12 (6.35%) Linux
3 4 (2.12%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.12%) Unix
4 3 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.53%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) CentOS
6 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.52%) Agile
2 29 (15.34%) Project Management
3 27 (14.29%) DevOps
4 23 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (10.05%) Software Engineering
6 18 (9.52%) RBAC
7 17 (8.99%) Migration
8 15 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (7.41%) DevSecOps
10 13 (6.88%) Test Automation
11 12 (6.35%) Deployment Automation
11 12 (6.35%) User Experience
12 11 (5.82%) Containerisation
12 11 (5.82%) Functional Testing
12 11 (5.82%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (5.29%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
13 10 (5.29%) ERP
13 10 (5.29%) Release Management
13 10 (5.29%) Static Application Security Testing
13 10 (5.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.34%) SQL
2 20 (10.58%) Java
3 17 (8.99%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.65%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.65%) Python
5 4 (2.12%) ActionScript
5 4 (2.12%) C#
6 3 (1.59%) Bash
7 2 (1.06%) Bourne shell
7 2 (1.06%) Korn
7 2 (1.06%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.06%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.53%) Go
8 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.53%) R
8 1 (0.53%) Rust
8 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (21.16%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.99%) SC Cleared
3 25 (13.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.76%) Degree
5 5 (2.65%) PMP
6 4 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.06%) CEH
8 2 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.06%) CISM
8 2 (1.06%) CISMP
8 2 (1.06%) CISSP
8 2 (1.06%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.06%) GCIH
8 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) APMP
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.29%) NCSC
2 8 (4.23%) QA
3 6 (3.17%) SLA
4 5 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.65%) PMO
5 2 (1.06%) COBIT
5 2 (1.06%) GDPR
5 2 (1.06%) NIST
6 1 (0.53%) GxP
6 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 17 (8.99%) IAG
3 15 (7.94%) ACF2
3 15 (7.94%) RACF
4 12 (6.35%) Docker
5 5 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.06%) KVM
6 2 (1.06%) QEMU
6 2 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (8.47%) Terraform
2 14 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.29%) Ansible
4 3 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.06%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.53%) Matomo
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.53%) Nagios
6 1 (0.53%) Opsview
6 1 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (19.05%) Oracle
2 29 (15.34%) ServiceNow
3 24 (12.70%) SAP
4 19 (10.05%) Microsoft
5 17 (8.99%) Sybase
6 6 (3.17%) Splunk
6 6 (3.17%) Virgin Media
7 5 (2.65%) Blue Prism
7 5 (2.65%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.65%) F5
7 5 (2.65%) VMware
8 4 (2.12%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.12%) Genesys
8 4 (2.12%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.12%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.59%) Ariba
9 3 (1.59%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.59%) Phenom
10 2 (1.06%) Okta
10 2 (1.06%) UiPath