Onboarding Job Trends in England

Onboarding
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 155 211
Rank change year-on-year +86 +56 -9
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,640 901 724
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.14% 1.85% 1.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.84% 4.96% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 471 378
10th Percentile £26,325 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,127 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +5.26% -17.72%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.93% +0.91% -14.10%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,547 18,155 17,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.48% 37.28% 36.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,359 8,581 12,776
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in England

Onboarding
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Onboarding in England

Onboarding
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
London +88 546 £50,000 -16.67% 279
South East +103 330 £37,500 +7.91% 185
Midlands +37 285 £31,000 -48.33% 91
North of England +57 203 £34,000 -28.42% 161
West Midlands +13 153 £47,500 -24.00% 55
South West +78 139 £28,500 -56.15% 63
East Midlands +38 132 £30,000 -40.00% 34
East of England +95 120 £47,500 - 60
North West +56 110 £33,250 -36.67% 84
Yorkshire +17 74 £34,000 -9.33% 59
North East +7 19 £45,000 -35.71% 22
Onboarding
UK

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 107 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 75 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.28%) Confluence
4 10 (0.61%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.43%) CMS
7 6 (0.37%) WordPress
8 3 (0.18%) Apache
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.061%) Drupal
9 1 (0.061%) IIS
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.061%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 174 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 166 (10.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.55%) InDesign
8 8 (0.49%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.49%) Sketch
8 8 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.24%) CATIA
10 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.18%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.12%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.061%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.061%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.30%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
4 3 (0.18%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.18%) Sage CRM
4 3 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.12%) Endur
5 2 (0.12%) Lawson
5 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Pegasus Opera
5 2 (0.12%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 2 (0.12%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 315 (19.21%) Microsoft 365
2 258 (15.73%) SaaS
3 193 (11.77%) Azure
4 126 (7.68%) Entra ID
5 79 (4.82%) AWS
6 45 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 32 (1.95%) OneDrive
8 28 (1.71%) Amazon Alexa
9 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (1.46%) GCP
11 21 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (1.28%) Datadog
11 21 (1.28%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (0.85%) Google Workspace
15 13 (0.79%) Figma
16 12 (0.73%) Serverless
17 11 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 105 (6.40%) DNS
2 94 (5.73%) DHCP
3 68 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
4 65 (3.96%) VPN
5 63 (3.84%) TCP/IP
6 60 (3.66%) Firewall
7 41 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
8 31 (1.89%) VoIP
9 30 (1.83%) SMS
10 28 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
11 25 (1.52%) Wireless
12 21 (1.28%) LAN
12 21 (1.28%) WAN
13 20 (1.22%) VLAN
14 15 (0.91%) Internet
15 10 (0.61%) Ethernet
15 10 (0.61%) Skype
16 9 (0.55%) ADSL
16 9 (0.55%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.55%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 37 (2.26%) Power BI
3 20 (1.22%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.04%) Looker
5 9 (0.55%) DTS
6 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
6 6 (0.37%) Metadata
6 6 (0.37%) Tableau
7 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.30%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.24%) MySQL
9 3 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.18%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.18%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 75 (4.57%) JIRA
2 12 (0.73%) Git
3 7 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.37%) GitLab
5 5 (0.30%) GitBook
6 3 (0.18%) Appcelerator Titanium
7 1 (0.061%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.061%) JMeter
7 1 (0.061%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.061%) Selenium
General
1 730 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 339 (20.67%) Analytical Skills
3 283 (17.26%) Finance
4 255 (15.55%) Marketing
5 180 (10.98%) Retail
6 132 (8.05%) Legal
7 121 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 92 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (4.94%) Manufacturing
10 78 (4.76%) Law
11 66 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
12 56 (3.41%) German Language
13 41 (2.50%) Billing
14 40 (2.44%) Telecoms
15 35 (2.13%) Banking
15 35 (2.13%) Public Sector
16 32 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
17 28 (1.71%) French Language
18 27 (1.65%) Electronics
18 27 (1.65%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 226 (13.78%) Senior
2 188 (11.46%) IT Support
3 158 (9.63%) Analyst
4 127 (7.74%) Support Engineer
5 95 (5.79%) Support Analyst
6 89 (5.43%) Lead
7 84 (5.12%) Support Technician
8 73 (4.45%) Account Manager
9 70 (4.27%) Senior Manager
10 67 (4.09%) Consultant
11 64 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
12 63 (3.84%) Developer
13 60 (3.66%) Technical Support
14 56 (3.41%) IT Technician
14 56 (3.41%) Sales Manager
15 55 (3.35%) IT Analyst
16 48 (2.93%) IT Support Analyst
16 48 (2.93%) IT Support Technician
17 47 (2.87%) IT Engineer
18 44 (2.68%) Sales Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.87%) JSON
2 40 (2.44%) XML
3 35 (2.13%) HTML
4 30 (1.83%) Regular Expression
5 29 (1.77%) .NET
6 25 (1.52%) REST
7 21 (1.28%) React
8 19 (1.16%) RESTful
9 16 (0.98%) AngularJS
9 16 (0.98%) CSS
10 10 (0.61%) ARM Templates
10 10 (0.61%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.49%) Node.js
12 8 (0.49%) OAuth
12 8 (0.49%) SAML
13 7 (0.43%) Next.js
14 6 (0.37%) EDI
15 5 (0.30%) OpenID
16 4 (0.24%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
2 109 (6.65%) Driving Licence
3 71 (4.33%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
5 35 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 31 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
7 27 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.46%) Mobile App
9 18 (1.10%) Social Media
10 17 (1.04%) CMDB
10 17 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 16 (0.98%) CCTV
11 16 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
12 15 (0.91%) Blog
12 15 (0.91%) NHS
13 14 (0.85%) Virtual Team
14 13 (0.79%) FMCG
14 13 (0.79%) Life Science
14 13 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 239 (14.57%) Windows
2 78 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 60 (3.66%) Apple iOS
3 60 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 41 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 39 (2.38%) Linux
6 37 (2.26%) Unix
7 33 (2.01%) Android
8 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (0.49%) VMS
9 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.24%) CentOS
10 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Rocky
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) Solaris
12 1 (0.061%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (32.13%) Problem-Solving
2 300 (18.29%) CRM
3 280 (17.07%) Customer Service
4 273 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (12.26%) Client Onboarding
6 176 (10.73%) B2B
7 166 (10.12%) AI
8 162 (9.88%) Analytics
9 155 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 128 (7.80%) Process Improvement
11 127 (7.74%) Customer Experience
11 127 (7.74%) Mentoring
12 123 (7.50%) ITIL
13 114 (6.95%) Agile
14 111 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
15 109 (6.65%) E-Commerce
16 107 (6.52%) Project Management
17 105 (6.40%) Coaching
18 104 (6.34%) Collaborative Working
19 103 (6.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 176 (10.73%) SQL
2 114 (6.95%) Python
3 93 (5.67%) C#
4 86 (5.24%) PowerShell
5 39 (2.38%) Java
6 17 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.91%) Bash
8 13 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.73%) Perl
10 11 (0.67%) PHP
11 10 (0.61%) Bicep
12 8 (0.49%) C
13 6 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.30%) R
15 4 (0.24%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.18%) ANSI SQL
17 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
17 2 (0.12%) VB
18 1 (0.061%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 319 (19.45%) Degree
2 84 (5.12%) Security Cleared
3 50 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (2.93%) SC Cleared
5 36 (2.20%) A+ Certification
6 33 (2.01%) DBS Check
7 32 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.65%) CIPD
9 24 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.40%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.16%) ACCA
11 19 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
12 15 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.79%) CISSP
14 11 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (0.61%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.61%) MCP
16 8 (0.49%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.43%) QA
2 82 (5.00%) GDPR
3 48 (2.93%) SLA
4 47 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.22%) Data Quality
8 16 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 15 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.61%) GRC
10 10 (0.61%) PMO
11 8 (0.49%) IEC 61131
12 6 (0.37%) GxP
12 6 (0.37%) ISO 14001
12 6 (0.37%) NIST
13 5 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 4 (0.24%) COBIT
14 4 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.18%) MiFID
15 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 225 (13.72%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.07%) Hyper-V
3 32 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.91%) Docker
5 14 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.67%) Firmware
8 4 (0.24%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 92 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.65%) Terraform
3 26 (1.59%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.46%) SCCM
5 20 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
6 19 (1.16%) Nagios
7 13 (0.79%) ZABBIX
8 12 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.30%) SCOM
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) Grafana
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
13 1 (0.061%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.061%) Ansible
13 1 (0.061%) Autotask
13 1 (0.061%) Cisco Prime
13 1 (0.061%) Kibana
Vendors
1 523 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.49%) Salesforce
3 53 (3.23%) Apple
3 53 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 47 (2.87%) Adobe
5 42 (2.56%) SAP
6 40 (2.44%) VMware
7 39 (2.38%) Cisco
8 38 (2.32%) Google
9 31 (1.89%) HubSpot
9 31 (1.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 28 (1.71%) Guidewire
11 24 (1.46%) Citrix
12 23 (1.40%) Xero
13 22 (1.34%) Workday
14 18 (1.10%) BMC
15 15 (0.91%) Sage
15 15 (0.91%) Zoho
16 14 (0.85%) SolarWinds
17 12 (0.73%) Trend Micro