Onboarding Job Trends in the East of England

Onboarding
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 150 97
Rank change year-on-year +89 -53 +52
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 118 32 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.86% 0.89% 1.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.91% 2.32% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 64 21 15
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £49,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -24.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +5.77% -18.11%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,325 1,378 880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 32.08% 38.46% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 623 550 581
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,537 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £38,667
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,875 £87,500
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 of England

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the East of England

Onboarding
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the East of England

Onboarding
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Cambridgeshire +57 56 £57,500 +14.43% 11
Hertfordshire +30 23 £50,000 -6.98% 12
Essex +9 21 £35,000 +12.90% 16
Bedfordshire +30 10 £40,000 -15.79% 2
Norfolk +10 5 £47,500 +48.44%
Suffolk - 3 £35,000 - 5
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (29.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.39%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.54%) InDesign
4 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.49%) Entra ID
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (12.71%) Amazon Alexa
3 13 (11.02%) Azure
4 12 (10.17%) SaaS
5 4 (3.39%) AWS
6 2 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.85%) Bloomreach
7 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.71%) DHCP
1 15 (12.71%) DNS
2 9 (7.63%) TCP/IP
2 9 (7.63%) VoIP
2 9 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.24%) LAN
3 5 (4.24%) VPN
3 5 (4.24%) WAN
3 5 (4.24%) WLAN
4 4 (3.39%) Wireless
5 3 (2.54%) SMS
5 3 (2.54%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.69%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.24%) GitBook
2 4 (3.39%) JIRA
3 2 (1.69%) GitLab
General
1 32 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.03%) German Language
3 21 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.80%) Marketing
4 8 (6.78%) French Language
4 8 (6.78%) Italian Language
4 8 (6.78%) Law
5 7 (5.93%) Finance
6 5 (4.24%) Legal
7 4 (3.39%) Electronics
7 4 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Advertising
9 1 (0.85%) Billing
Job Titles
1 23 (19.49%) Senior
2 12 (10.17%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (8.47%) Support Specialist
4 9 (7.63%) IT Support
4 9 (7.63%) IT Support Specialist
5 7 (5.93%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
5 7 (5.93%) Technical Writer
6 6 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (5.08%) Operations Manager
6 6 (5.08%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.24%) Help Desk Technician
7 5 (4.24%) IT Technician
7 5 (4.24%) Support Technician
8 4 (3.39%) Bid Manager
8 4 (3.39%) Business Sales Executive
8 4 (3.39%) New Business Sales Executive
8 4 (3.39%) Sales Executive
8 4 (3.39%) Solutions Sales Executive
9 3 (2.54%) CRM Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.49%) HTML
1 23 (19.49%) JSON
1 23 (19.49%) Regular Expression
1 23 (19.49%) XML
2 1 (0.85%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.49%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (2.54%) Social Media
2 3 (2.54%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.85%) Life Science
4 1 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.49%) Unix
2 21 (17.80%) Windows
3 13 (11.02%) Apple iOS
4 12 (10.17%) Android
5 9 (7.63%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.69%) Linux
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (39.83%) AI
2 42 (35.59%) LLM
3 27 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (19.49%) Data Analysis
4 23 (19.49%) Generative AI
5 20 (16.95%) CRM
6 19 (16.10%) Customer Service
6 19 (16.10%) Open Source
7 18 (15.25%) Analytical Thinking
7 18 (15.25%) ITIL
8 17 (14.41%) Mobile Device Management
9 13 (11.02%) B2B
10 12 (10.17%) Client Onboarding
10 12 (10.17%) Coaching
10 12 (10.17%) Zero Trust
11 10 (8.47%) Inventory Management
11 10 (8.47%) Service Management
12 9 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (7.63%) Machine Learning
12 9 (7.63%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.34%) Python
2 2 (1.69%) Bash
2 2 (1.69%) SQL
3 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 57 (48.31%) Degree
2 14 (11.86%) SC Cleared
2 14 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.47%) A+ Certification
3 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.24%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (4.24%) MCITP
4 5 (4.24%) MCP
4 5 (4.24%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.08%) SLA
2 4 (3.39%) GDPR
3 3 (2.54%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 21 (17.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (10.17%) Jamf Pro
2 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.69%) Argo
3 2 (1.69%) Istio
3 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (37.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.02%) HubSpot
3 12 (10.17%) Apple
4 9 (7.63%) Mitel
5 8 (6.78%) Salesforce
6 7 (5.93%) Samsung
6 7 (5.93%) ServiceNow
7 5 (4.24%) Aruba
7 5 (4.24%) HP
8 4 (3.39%) BMC
9 3 (2.54%) Adobe
9 3 (2.54%) Cisco
9 3 (2.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (2.54%) Zoho
10 1 (0.85%) Epicor
10 1 (0.85%) Oracle
10 1 (0.85%) SAP