Onboarding Job Trends in Edinburgh

Onboarding
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 87 103
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 -22
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 37 13 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 3.57% 1.12% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.41% 3.24% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 11
10th Percentile - £29,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -31.66% +18.56%
75th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £53,713 £58,750 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £36,250 £78,750 £48,779
% change year-on-year -53.97% +61.44% -7.97%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 393 401 445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.90% 34.48% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 109 152 363
10th Percentile £25,000 £37,686 £40,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,813 £81,250
90th Percentile £78,790 £93,778 £97,139
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £56,509 £60,000
% change year-on-year -29.21% -5.82% +2.91%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Onboarding
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in Edinburgh

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 8 (21.62%) Confluence
2 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (75.68%) Azure
2 14 (37.84%) Datadog
2 14 (37.84%) GitHub
2 14 (37.84%) GitHub Actions
3 12 (32.43%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (21.62%) Entra ID
4 8 (21.62%) Power Platform
4 8 (21.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Network Security
2 1 (2.70%) DHCP
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (21.62%) Power BI
1 8 (21.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) JIRA
General
1 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
2 22 (59.46%) Finance
3 11 (29.73%) Marketing
4 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) French Language
5 3 (8.11%) Greek Language
5 3 (8.11%) Italian Language
5 3 (8.11%) Portuguese Language
5 3 (8.11%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Development Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Analyst
3 8 (21.62%) Senior
3 8 (21.62%) Senior Development Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Technician
4 5 (13.51%) IT Technician
5 4 (10.81%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) ICT Officer
5 4 (10.81%) ICT Support
5 4 (10.81%) ICT Support Officer
5 4 (10.81%) Support Officer
5 4 (10.81%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Lead
7 1 (2.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.70%) IT Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) IT Support
7 1 (2.70%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) .NET
1 14 (37.84%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 22 (59.46%) Product Ownership
2 10 (27.03%) Management Information System
3 8 (21.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (8.11%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (5.41%) Robotics
5 2 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.41%) Linux
3 2 (5.41%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (72.97%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (67.57%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (64.86%) Asset Management
4 22 (59.46%) Coaching
4 22 (59.46%) DevOps
5 14 (37.84%) Brown Bag Session
5 14 (37.84%) CI/CD
5 14 (37.84%) Code Quality
5 14 (37.84%) Containerisation
5 14 (37.84%) Observability
5 14 (37.84%) Platform Engineering
5 14 (37.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 8 (21.62%) Acceptance Criteria
6 8 (21.62%) Backlog Refinement
6 8 (21.62%) Customer Service
6 8 (21.62%) Data Engineering
6 8 (21.62%) Sprint Planning
6 8 (21.62%) Sprint Retrospective
6 8 (21.62%) Translating Business Requirements
6 8 (21.62%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 22 (59.46%) Python
2 14 (37.84%) JavaScript
3 8 (21.62%) SQL
4 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) HNC
1 4 (10.81%) HND
2 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.41%) CCNA
2 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (37.84%) QA
2 8 (21.62%) Accessibility
3 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.41%) GDPR
5 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (37.84%) Docker
2 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
3 5 (13.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Grafana
1 14 (37.84%) Kubernetes
1 14 (37.84%) Prometheus
1 14 (37.84%) Terraform
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Apple
2 5 (13.51%) Citrix
2 5 (13.51%) Freshdesk
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco