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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 226 234
Rank change year-on-year +57 +8 -15
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,730 1,661 2,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.75% 1.64% 1.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.94% 3.84% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 967 918 1,090
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,625 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,186 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.93% +10.00% -7.41%

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 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £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 9 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 9 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 +45 1,359 £47,500 -26.92% 649
UK excluding London +57 1,122 £40,186 -26.93% 389
London +49 514 £60,000 -20.00% 285
Work from Home -27 499 £51,274 -21.12% 359
Midlands +70 264 £35,000 -31.71% 62
Scotland +60 233 £52,500 -0.94% 39
South East -24 223 £41,450 -30.92% 89
West Midlands +93 198 £42,500 -15.00% 38
North of England +26 183 £43,461 -20.98% 120
South West +26 101 £43,500 -3.33% 53
North West +52 96 £40,000 -20.00% 67
Yorkshire +17 78 £57,500 +4.27% 44
East of England -15 67 £44,750 -31.15% 21
East Midlands -13 65 £33,000 -37.14% 24
Wales -12 35 £37,500 -19.35% 10
Northern Ireland +37 11 £38,500 +13.24% 2
North East +4 11 £55,000 +12.82% 11
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 51 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.91%) SAS
3 30 (1.73%) Confluence
3 30 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.92%) WordPress
5 6 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.23%) OpenZeppelin
7 3 (0.17%) Apache
7 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.058%) CMS
9 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.058%) IIS
9 1 (0.058%) OpenStack
Applications
1 291 (16.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 281 (16.24%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.81%) Trello
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.35%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.35%) SPSS
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.29%) InVision
8 5 (0.29%) Sketch
9 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.12%) Revit
12 1 (0.058%) 1Password
12 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.058%) Mathematica
12 1 (0.058%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.58%) SAP HR
2 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.29%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.23%) iTrent
5 4 (0.23%) Lawson
5 4 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.058%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.058%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.058%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 315 (18.21%) AWS
2 310 (17.92%) Azure
3 175 (10.12%) Microsoft 365
4 102 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.97%) SaaS
6 85 (4.91%) GCP
7 60 (3.47%) Entra ID
8 51 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (2.66%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.68%) PowerApps
12 23 (1.33%) GitHub
12 23 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
13 22 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 22 (1.27%) Google Workspace
13 22 (1.27%) Serverless
14 21 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
16 16 (0.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.34%) Firewall
2 65 (3.76%) DNS
3 49 (2.83%) LAN
4 47 (2.72%) Network Security
5 42 (2.43%) TCP/IP
6 38 (2.20%) WAN
7 37 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (1.97%) DHCP
8 34 (1.97%) VPN
8 34 (1.97%) Wireless
9 22 (1.27%) VLAN
10 16 (0.92%) FTP
10 16 (0.92%) HTTP
10 16 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
11 14 (0.81%) NAS
12 13 (0.75%) Broadband
12 13 (0.75%) Internet
13 12 (0.69%) NetScaler
14 11 (0.64%) SAN
14 11 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.61%) NoSQL
2 94 (5.43%) Tableau
3 78 (4.51%) Power BI
4 48 (2.77%) Data Mining
5 47 (2.72%) Amazon QuickSight
6 44 (2.54%) Big Data
7 42 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 40 (2.31%) SQL Server
9 39 (2.25%) Qlik Sense
10 38 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (1.91%) Relational Database
12 31 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 25 (1.45%) MySQL
13 25 (1.45%) Redis
14 14 (0.81%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.69%) Metadata
15 12 (0.69%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.52%) Essbase
16 9 (0.52%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 60 (3.47%) Git
2 53 (3.06%) JIRA
3 18 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.75%) GitLab
4 13 (0.75%) Selenium
5 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.35%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.35%) git-flow
7 5 (0.29%) Postman
7 5 (0.29%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.23%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.12%) Grunt
9 2 (0.12%) gulp
9 2 (0.12%) PostCSS
9 2 (0.12%) webpack
10 1 (0.058%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.058%) MSBuild
General
1 648 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 566 (32.72%) Finance
3 269 (15.55%) Legal
4 237 (13.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (11.68%) Law
6 200 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
7 126 (7.28%) Military
8 115 (6.65%) Marketing
9 99 (5.72%) Retail
10 79 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
10 79 (4.57%) Public Sector
11 69 (3.99%) Banking
12 43 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (1.91%) Telecoms
15 32 (1.85%) Local Government
16 25 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.45%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.39%) French Language
17 24 (1.39%) German Language
Job Titles
1 279 (16.13%) Senior
2 214 (12.37%) Analyst
3 174 (10.06%) Software Engineer
4 142 (8.21%) Graduate
5 122 (7.05%) Developer
6 98 (5.66%) Project Manager
7 94 (5.43%) Lead
8 73 (4.22%) Data Engineer
9 71 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
10 70 (4.05%) Java Engineer
10 70 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
11 69 (3.99%) Consultant
12 66 (3.82%) Senior Developer
13 59 (3.41%) Support Engineer
14 55 (3.18%) IT Support
15 48 (2.77%) Development Manager
16 42 (2.43%) IT Technician
17 39 (2.25%) Full Stack Engineer
17 39 (2.25%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 38 (2.20%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (5.49%) HTML
2 76 (4.39%) Node.js
2 76 (4.39%) React
3 71 (4.10%) .NET
4 60 (3.47%) CSS
4 60 (3.47%) Web Services
5 53 (3.06%) Spring
6 46 (2.66%) XML
7 44 (2.54%) AngularJS
8 43 (2.49%) J2EE
9 39 (2.25%) ASP.NET
9 39 (2.25%) JavaBeans
9 39 (2.25%) JMS
9 39 (2.25%) Kafka
9 39 (2.25%) PySpark
10 37 (2.14%) Middleware
11 35 (2.02%) .NET Core
12 34 (1.97%) HTML5
13 33 (1.91%) EDI
13 33 (1.91%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 168 (9.71%) Algorithms
2 82 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 75 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.49%) Social Media
5 36 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 32 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 25 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
9 21 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 18 (1.04%) Public Cloud
10 18 (1.04%) Robotics
11 17 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 17 (0.98%) iPhone
12 16 (0.92%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.75%) Driving Licence
13 13 (0.75%) Fixed Income
13 13 (0.75%) Hedge funds
14 12 (0.69%) Reference Data
15 10 (0.58%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 197 (11.39%) Windows
2 85 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 66 (3.82%) Mac OS
4 51 (2.95%) Linux
5 26 (1.50%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.98%) Apple iOS
10 14 (0.81%) Unix
11 13 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (0.46%) Android
13 7 (0.40%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.23%) CentOS
14 4 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.23%) Solaris
15 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.058%) VMS
16 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (25.84%) Client Onboarding
2 428 (24.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 406 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
4 395 (22.83%) Agile
5 317 (18.32%) Customer Service
6 272 (15.72%) Software Engineering
7 269 (15.55%) Data Analysis
8 247 (14.28%) Project Management
9 236 (13.64%) Visualisation
10 235 (13.58%) Customer Experience
11 225 (13.01%) Process Improvement
12 220 (12.72%) CI/CD
13 210 (12.14%) Risk Management
14 196 (11.33%) Machine Learning
15 183 (10.58%) SDLC
16 182 (10.52%) Artificial Intelligence
17 179 (10.35%) Analytics
18 176 (10.17%) Performance Metrics
19 172 (9.94%) Logistics
20 166 (9.60%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 289 (16.71%) SQL
2 258 (14.91%) Python
3 206 (11.91%) Java
4 99 (5.72%) C#
5 85 (4.91%) JavaScript
6 64 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 51 (2.95%) R
8 47 (2.72%) PHP
9 27 (1.56%) Bash
10 25 (1.45%) Go
10 25 (1.45%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.16%) MATLAB
12 18 (1.04%) T-SQL
13 13 (0.75%) VBA
14 11 (0.64%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.35%) C
16 6 (0.35%) C++
17 5 (0.29%) ActionScript
17 5 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 487 (28.15%) Degree
2 125 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 80 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 73 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (3.99%) SC Cleared
6 54 (3.12%) Master's Degree
7 51 (2.95%) DBS Check
8 47 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (2.14%) CISSP
10 35 (2.02%) A+ Certification
11 29 (1.68%) MCP
12 27 (1.56%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.39%) HNC
14 23 (1.33%) CISM
15 22 (1.27%) Azure Certification
16 18 (1.04%) OSCP
17 15 (0.87%) ACCA
18 12 (0.69%) PMI Certification
19 11 (0.64%) CCNA
19 11 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 48 (2.77%) QA
2 45 (2.60%) SLA
3 35 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 28 (1.62%) GDPR
5 27 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (1.50%) PMO
7 23 (1.33%) Data Quality
8 22 (1.27%) NIST
9 14 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.46%) NCSC
12 7 (0.40%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.35%) IFRS
14 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.17%) GRC
17 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
18 1 (0.058%) SEPA
System Software
1 194 (11.21%) Active Directory
2 69 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 34 (1.97%) Docker
5 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.35%) vSphere
6 6 (0.35%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 60 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.02%) Terraform
3 28 (1.62%) Ansible
4 27 (1.56%) Kubernetes
5 20 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.69%) Grafana
7 8 (0.46%) Kibana
8 7 (0.40%) Autotask
8 7 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.40%) SCCM
9 6 (0.35%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.23%) Istio
12 3 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.17%) logstash
13 2 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.058%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 347 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 69 (3.99%) VMware
3 62 (3.58%) Google
4 53 (3.06%) Oracle
5 51 (2.95%) SAP
6 47 (2.72%) Alteryx
7 42 (2.43%) Databricks
8 39 (2.25%) Citrix
9 35 (2.02%) Apple
10 32 (1.85%) Cisco
11 25 (1.45%) Adobe
11 25 (1.45%) ServiceNow
12 22 (1.27%) Veeam
13 21 (1.21%) Splunk
14 19 (1.10%) Sage
14 19 (1.10%) Salesforce
15 18 (1.04%) Cadence
16 16 (0.92%) Atlassian
17 14 (0.81%) UiPath
18 13 (0.75%) Xero