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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 75 109
Rank change year-on-year +37 +34 -19
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 137 56 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.43% 2.43% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.61% 7.89% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 103 19 6
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £27,375 £31,000 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £37,167
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +34.53% -25.67%
75th Percentile £38,750 £62,500 £67,125
90th Percentile £43,500 £68,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +5.77% -18.11%

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 778 710 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.86% 30.87% 32.66%
Number of salaries quoted 447 312 376
10th Percentile £25,650 £30,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,688 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £53,375 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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
Lincolnshire +17 49 £30,000 -58.62% 1
Nottinghamshire +44 37 £29,000 -51.67% 4
Leicestershire +15 29 £39,758 +24.24% 2
Northamptonshire +5 20 £37,500 -28.57% 11
Derbyshire -14 2 £30,000 -21.57% 5
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 15 (10.95%) SharePoint
2 14 (10.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.57%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.92%) CATIA
4 2 (1.46%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.46%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.46%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.73%) Magento
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.73%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (35.77%) SaaS
2 27 (19.71%) Azure
2 27 (19.71%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.57%) AWS
3 9 (6.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (6.57%) GCP
4 6 (4.38%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.46%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.73%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.73%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (28.47%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (10.95%) VPN
3 11 (8.03%) DHCP
3 11 (8.03%) DNS
4 10 (7.30%) TCP/IP
5 9 (6.57%) Firewall
5 9 (6.57%) Skype
5 9 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (5.84%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.92%) VLAN
8 3 (2.19%) SMS
9 1 (0.73%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.57%) DTS
2 4 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) JIRA
General
1 79 (57.66%) Social Skills
2 63 (45.99%) Retail
3 59 (43.07%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.14%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.76%) Marketing
6 9 (6.57%) Legal
7 8 (5.84%) Finance
8 5 (3.65%) Law
9 3 (2.19%) Automotive
9 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.73%) Banking
10 1 (0.73%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.73%) Local Government
10 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (35.04%) 2nd Line Support
2 28 (20.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 28 (20.44%) Analyst
3 27 (19.71%) Support Analyst
4 25 (18.25%) Support Technician
5 20 (14.60%) Support Engineer
6 19 (13.87%) ERP Support
7 18 (13.14%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 18 (13.14%) IT Support
8 17 (12.41%) ERP Analyst
9 16 (11.68%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 15 (10.95%) Applications Support
11 14 (10.22%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
11 14 (10.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (10.22%) Infrastructure Support
11 14 (10.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 13 (9.49%) SaaS Analyst
12 13 (9.49%) Software Analyst
12 13 (9.49%) Software Support Analyst
13 10 (7.30%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.92%) CSS
1 4 (2.92%) EDI
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.06%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (6.57%) CMDB
2 9 (6.57%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (5.11%) NHS
4 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.92%) FMCG
5 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.46%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.73%) EPoS
7 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.44%) Windows
2 9 (6.57%) Windows Server
2 9 (6.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (4.38%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.65%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.92%) Linux
6 2 (1.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (56.93%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (48.18%) Customer Service
3 49 (35.77%) CRM
3 49 (35.77%) Mentoring
4 48 (35.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (35.04%) ERP
4 48 (35.04%) Root Cause Analysis
5 46 (33.58%) Logistics
6 40 (29.20%) Data Privacy
6 40 (29.20%) E-Commerce
7 39 (28.47%) Analytical Thinking
8 17 (12.41%) ITIL
9 16 (11.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (8.03%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (7.30%) Computer Science
11 10 (7.30%) Customer Retention
12 9 (6.57%) Problem Management
12 9 (6.57%) Project Management
12 9 (6.57%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (37.23%) SQL
2 39 (28.47%) C#
3 15 (10.95%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.46%) C
4 2 (1.46%) Java
4 2 (1.46%) Perl
4 2 (1.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (7.30%) Degree
2 9 (6.57%) CIPD
3 8 (5.84%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.65%) MCP
6 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.19%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.46%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.46%) HND
7 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (24.09%) QA
2 6 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.92%) GDPR
5 2 (1.46%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.73%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 36 (26.28%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 9 (6.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.65%) Firmware
4 4 (2.92%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.73%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (6.57%) Nagios
1 9 (6.57%) ZABBIX
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (28.47%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.30%) Google
4 9 (6.57%) BMC
4 9 (6.57%) Cisco
4 9 (6.57%) Citrix
4 9 (6.57%) Darktrace
4 9 (6.57%) Proofpoint
4 9 (6.57%) Red Hat
4 9 (6.57%) SolarWinds
4 9 (6.57%) Tanium
4 9 (6.57%) Trend Micro
4 9 (6.57%) VMware
5 4 (2.92%) QAD
5 4 (2.92%) SonicWALL
6 3 (2.19%) Freshdesk
6 3 (2.19%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (1.46%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (1.46%) Siemens