Onboarding
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Onboarding over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 231 228
Rank change year-on-year +66 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,779 1,558 2,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.76% 1.58% 1.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.05% 3.70% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 962 872 1,131
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,345 £48,750 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +8.91% -3.81%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Onboarding.

Salary trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +59 1,418 £49,250 -24.23% 770
UK excluding London +72 1,175 £42,500 -22.73% 499
London +58 516 £60,000 -20.00% 379
Work from Home -26 499 £55,000 -15.38% 412
Midlands +97 328 £39,500 -21.00% 79
West Midlands +110 248 £45,000 -10.00% 39
Scotland +68 231 £51,250 -3.30% 29
South East -9 218 £42,500 -29.02% 173
North of England +25 184 £45,000 -22.16% 138
South West +28 100 £43,500 -13.00% 44
North West +38 94 £43,461 -24.82% 66
Yorkshire +19 79 £57,000 +3.36% 60
East Midlands +18 78 £33,500 -36.19% 37
East of England -27 64 £44,750 -31.15% 23
Wales -8 34 £37,500 -0.95% 14
North East +4 13 £45,000 -7.69% 14
Northern Ireland +37 11 £38,500 +13.24% 5
Channel Islands - 5 - -

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 46 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.91%) SAS
3 30 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (1.63%) Confluence
5 16 (0.90%) WordPress
6 6 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.22%) OpenZeppelin
8 3 (0.17%) Apache
8 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.056%) CMS
10 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.056%) IIS
10 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
Applications
1 349 (19.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 336 (18.89%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.79%) Trello
5 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.39%) SPSS
7 6 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.28%) InVision
8 5 (0.28%) Sketch
9 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Revit
12 1 (0.056%) 1Password
12 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.056%) Mathematica
12 1 (0.056%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) SAP HR
2 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.28%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.22%) iTrent
5 4 (0.22%) Lawson
5 4 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle HRMS
7 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.056%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.056%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.056%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 319 (17.93%) AWS
2 306 (17.20%) Azure
3 169 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
4 101 (5.68%) Power Platform
5 88 (4.95%) SaaS
6 86 (4.83%) GCP
7 59 (3.32%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (1.97%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.52%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.46%) Amazon S3
13 23 (1.29%) GitHub
13 23 (1.29%) Google Workspace
14 22 (1.24%) Serverless
15 21 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
16 18 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
18 16 (0.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 72 (4.05%) Firewall
2 60 (3.37%) DNS
3 48 (2.70%) LAN
4 47 (2.64%) Network Security
5 39 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 37 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
7 36 (2.02%) WAN
8 34 (1.91%) Wireless
9 33 (1.85%) VPN
10 31 (1.74%) DHCP
11 21 (1.18%) VLAN
12 16 (0.90%) HTTP
12 16 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
13 15 (0.84%) FTP
14 13 (0.73%) Broadband
14 13 (0.73%) Internet
15 12 (0.67%) NAS
15 12 (0.67%) NetScaler
16 10 (0.56%) VoIP
17 9 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (5.51%) NoSQL
2 95 (5.34%) Tableau
3 79 (4.44%) Power BI
4 48 (2.70%) Amazon QuickSight
5 46 (2.59%) Data Mining
6 45 (2.53%) Big Data
7 42 (2.36%) Data Lake
8 39 (2.19%) Qlik Sense
9 38 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
10 37 (2.08%) Relational Database
10 37 (2.08%) SQL Server
11 35 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (1.46%) Redis
13 22 (1.24%) MySQL
14 15 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.73%) Metadata
16 12 (0.67%) MongoDB
17 9 (0.51%) Essbase
18 8 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
18 8 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (3.32%) Git
2 54 (3.04%) JIRA
3 17 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.79%) Selenium
5 12 (0.67%) GitLab
6 9 (0.51%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.34%) Postman
9 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.28%) git-flow
9 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.22%) Hardhat
11 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.11%) Grunt
11 2 (0.11%) gulp
11 2 (0.11%) PostCSS
11 2 (0.11%) webpack
12 1 (0.056%) PHPUnit
General
1 644 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 552 (31.03%) Finance
3 270 (15.18%) Legal
4 232 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (11.35%) Law
6 193 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
7 189 (10.62%) Military
8 117 (6.58%) Marketing
9 97 (5.45%) Retail
10 79 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
11 73 (4.10%) Public Sector
12 72 (4.05%) Banking
13 41 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.02%) Telecoms
15 31 (1.74%) Local Government
16 26 (1.46%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.41%) French Language
17 25 (1.41%) Investment Banking
18 24 (1.35%) German Language
Job Titles
1 283 (15.91%) Senior
2 216 (12.14%) Analyst
3 204 (11.47%) Graduate
4 174 (9.78%) Software Engineer
5 127 (7.14%) Developer
6 98 (5.51%) Project Manager
7 88 (4.95%) Lead
8 74 (4.16%) Data Engineer
9 71 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
10 70 (3.93%) Java Engineer
10 70 (3.93%) Java Software Engineer
11 69 (3.88%) Senior Developer
12 65 (3.65%) Consultant
13 60 (3.37%) Support Engineer
14 53 (2.98%) IT Support
15 46 (2.59%) Development Manager
16 41 (2.30%) IT Technician
17 39 (2.19%) Field Engineer
17 39 (2.19%) Full Stack Engineer
17 39 (2.19%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (5.45%) HTML
2 82 (4.61%) Node.js
3 79 (4.44%) .NET
4 78 (4.38%) React
5 64 (3.60%) Web Services
6 63 (3.54%) CSS
7 54 (3.04%) Spring
8 46 (2.59%) XML
9 44 (2.47%) AngularJS
10 43 (2.42%) J2EE
11 42 (2.36%) ASP.NET
12 39 (2.19%) JavaBeans
12 39 (2.19%) JMS
12 39 (2.19%) Kafka
12 39 (2.19%) PySpark
13 37 (2.08%) Middleware
14 34 (1.91%) .NET Core
15 33 (1.85%) EDI
15 33 (1.85%) HTML5
15 33 (1.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 168 (9.44%) Algorithms
2 79 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 74 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.42%) Social Media
5 33 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 31 (1.74%) Product Ownership
7 25 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 24 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
10 19 (1.07%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.01%) Client/Server
11 18 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 16 (0.90%) iPhone
12 16 (0.90%) Robotics
13 15 (0.84%) Cyberattack
14 13 (0.73%) Driving Licence
14 13 (0.73%) Hedge funds
15 12 (0.67%) Fixed Income
15 12 (0.67%) Reference Data
16 11 (0.62%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 193 (10.85%) Windows
2 79 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 67 (3.77%) Mac OS
4 47 (2.64%) Linux
5 26 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.96%) Unix
7 17 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.84%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.45%) Android
11 5 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.22%) Solaris
13 2 (0.11%) CentOS
13 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.056%) VMS
14 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (27.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 448 (25.18%) Client Onboarding
3 401 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
4 387 (21.75%) Agile
5 379 (21.30%) Customer Service
6 330 (18.55%) Data Analysis
7 302 (16.98%) Customer Experience
8 285 (16.02%) Process Improvement
9 276 (15.51%) Software Engineering
10 247 (13.88%) Project Management
11 238 (13.38%) Performance Metrics
12 237 (13.32%) Visualisation
13 232 (13.04%) Logistics
14 227 (12.76%) CI/CD
15 208 (11.69%) Risk Management
16 199 (11.19%) Creative Thinking
17 192 (10.79%) Machine Learning
18 191 (10.74%) Contingency Planning
19 185 (10.40%) Artificial Intelligence
20 180 (10.12%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 297 (16.69%) SQL
2 257 (14.45%) Python
3 212 (11.92%) Java
4 104 (5.85%) C#
5 92 (5.17%) JavaScript
6 65 (3.65%) PowerShell
7 53 (2.98%) R
8 42 (2.36%) PHP
9 29 (1.63%) Go
10 25 (1.41%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.35%) Bash
12 20 (1.12%) MATLAB
13 17 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 15 (0.84%) VBA
15 12 (0.67%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.39%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.34%) C
17 6 (0.34%) C++
18 5 (0.28%) ActionScript
18 5 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 550 (30.92%) Degree
2 114 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 76 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 72 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.49%) SC Cleared
6 55 (3.09%) Master's Degree
7 51 (2.87%) DBS Check
8 45 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (2.08%) CISSP
10 35 (1.97%) A+ Certification
11 29 (1.63%) MCP
12 26 (1.46%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.35%) HNC
14 22 (1.24%) CISM
15 21 (1.18%) Azure Certification
16 17 (0.96%) OSCP
17 15 (0.84%) ACCA
18 11 (0.62%) CCNA
18 11 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
18 11 (0.62%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (2.47%) QA
3 42 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 42 (2.36%) SLA
4 28 (1.57%) GDPR
5 25 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.35%) NIST
7 23 (1.29%) PMO
8 14 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.51%) NCSC
12 7 (0.39%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.34%) IFRS
14 5 (0.28%) GRC
15 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
17 1 (0.056%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 188 (10.57%) Active Directory
2 65 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (2.47%) Hyper-V
4 36 (2.02%) Docker
5 8 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.34%) vSphere
6 6 (0.34%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (2.08%) Terraform
3 29 (1.63%) Ansible
4 28 (1.57%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.67%) Grafana
7 8 (0.45%) Kibana
8 7 (0.39%) Autotask
8 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.39%) SCCM
9 6 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.22%) Istio
12 3 (0.17%) Control-M
12 3 (0.17%) logstash
13 2 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
14 1 (0.056%) vMotion
Vendors
1 338 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 65 (3.65%) VMware
3 63 (3.54%) Google
4 53 (2.98%) Oracle
5 50 (2.81%) SAP
6 46 (2.59%) Alteryx
7 43 (2.42%) Databricks
8 40 (2.25%) Citrix
9 36 (2.02%) Apple
10 32 (1.80%) Cisco
11 26 (1.46%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.35%) Adobe
13 21 (1.18%) Veeam
14 19 (1.07%) Cadence
14 19 (1.07%) Sage
14 19 (1.07%) Splunk
15 18 (1.01%) Atlassian
15 18 (1.01%) Salesforce
16 14 (0.79%) UiPath
17 13 (0.73%) Xero