Onboarding Job Trends in the East Midlands

Onboarding
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 53 73
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 +48
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 173 109 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.67% 4.70% 2.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.09% 10.27% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 88 78 5
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,375 £30,100
25th Percentile £33,250 £27,750 £34,001
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -45.45% +74.60%
75th Percentile £55,000 £38,750 £73,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 £78,800
England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% -4.35%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Onboarding falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,431 1,061 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 22.12% 45.79% 24.57%
Number of salaries quoted 897 445 441
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,650 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.98%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Onboarding relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Onboarding
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the East Midlands

Onboarding
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +30 68 £52,500 +31.25% 16
Nottinghamshire -11 43 £37,500 +33.93% 46
Leicestershire -39 28 £53,750 +65.38% 16
Derbyshire +12 19 £31,000 -48.33% 16
Lincolnshire -24 13 £30,000 - 7
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (16.76%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.47%) EPLAN
5 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Payment Gateway
1 5 (2.89%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.81%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (16.18%) Azure
3 22 (12.72%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.36%) SaaS
5 3 (1.73%) AWS
6 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.16%) Figma
6 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.16%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.58%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.58%) GitHub
7 1 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.58%) IaaS
7 1 (0.58%) PaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.05%) VoIP
2 6 (3.47%) Profibus
3 5 (2.89%) VPN
4 3 (1.73%) DHCP
4 3 (1.73%) DNS
4 3 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.16%) Broadband
5 2 (1.16%) SMS
6 1 (0.58%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) Metadata
1 2 (1.16%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) VersionOne
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) LabVIEW
General
1 62 (35.84%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.72%) Finance
3 19 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.40%) Electronics
5 14 (8.09%) Marketing
6 13 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.20%) Law
8 9 (5.20%) Military
9 8 (4.62%) Legal
9 8 (4.62%) Retail
10 7 (4.05%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.16%) Automotive
12 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.58%) Banking
13 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.58%) Police
13 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (20.23%) Senior
2 27 (15.61%) Senior Technician
3 21 (12.14%) IT Support
4 17 (9.83%) Business Development Manager
4 17 (9.83%) Business Manager
4 17 (9.83%) Development Manager
5 14 (8.09%) Support Technician
6 10 (5.78%) IT Support Technician
6 10 (5.78%) IT Technician
6 10 (5.78%) Lead
7 9 (5.20%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Technical Support
9 7 (4.05%) Analyst
9 7 (4.05%) Technical Manager
10 6 (3.47%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.89%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.47%) CSS
2 2 (1.16%) HTML
3 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 45 (26.01%) SCADA
2 35 (20.23%) Robotics
3 21 (12.14%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.20%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.16%) Blog
8 2 (1.16%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.58%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.58%) NHS
9 1 (0.58%) PKI
9 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.03%) Windows
2 6 (3.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (36.42%) Preventative Maintenance
2 57 (32.95%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (24.28%) Mechatronics
4 40 (23.12%) Line Management
5 39 (22.54%) Proactive Maintenance
6 26 (15.03%) Client Onboarding
7 25 (14.45%) Business Development
7 25 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (14.45%) Service Delivery
8 24 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (13.29%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (11.56%) Project Management
11 15 (8.67%) Order Management
12 14 (8.09%) Facilities Management
13 13 (7.51%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (6.94%) CRM
14 12 (6.94%) Customer Service
15 11 (6.36%) Vulnerability Management
16 10 (5.78%) Mentoring
16 10 (5.78%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.47%) Ladder Logic
1 6 (3.47%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.89%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 64 (36.99%) Degree
2 45 (26.01%) NVQ Level 3
3 28 (16.18%) City & Guilds
4 12 (6.94%) HNC
5 11 (6.36%) Chartered Engineer
5 11 (6.36%) HND
6 6 (3.47%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.89%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.58%) ACCA
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.58%) CCNA
10 1 (0.58%) CCNP
10 1 (0.58%) CIMA
10 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.36%) GDPR
2 7 (4.05%) QA
3 2 (1.16%) IEC 61131
3 2 (1.16%) SLA
4 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (13.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.16%) Firmware
3 1 (0.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.58%) Ansible
3 1 (0.58%) Argo
3 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (38.15%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.67%) NEC
3 6 (3.47%) Cisco
3 6 (3.47%) SAP
3 6 (3.47%) Siemens
4 5 (2.89%) ESET
4 5 (2.89%) Zoho
5 4 (2.31%) Yealink
6 2 (1.16%) Ahrefs
6 2 (1.16%) Apple
6 2 (1.16%) Screaming Frog
6 2 (1.16%) Xero
7 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow