Onboarding Job Trends in the Midlands

Onboarding
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 92 44
Rank change year-on-year -2 -48 +164
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 214 180 571
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.61% 3.21% 4.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.87% 7.70% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 143 131 99
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,250 £63,750 £62,075
90th Percentile £66,750 £75,000 £73,350
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -20.83%

All Generic Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,720 2,338 4,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.53% 41.67% 30.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,841 1,186 2,452
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -15.38%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Onboarding
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the Midlands

Onboarding
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
West Midlands -15 124 £47,500 -9.52% 51
East Midlands -6 90 £40,000 +24.03% 38
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 18 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.61%) Acrobat
3 10 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.34%) SAP Business One
2 5 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.40%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.40%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.40%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.93%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.93%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 70 (32.71%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (21.96%) Azure
3 33 (15.42%) SaaS
4 30 (14.02%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.74%) AWS
5 8 (3.74%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.27%) Nutanix
7 6 (2.80%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.87%) GitHub
9 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.40%) ClickUp
10 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.93%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.48%) VPN
2 13 (6.07%) DHCP
2 13 (6.07%) DNS
3 10 (4.67%) VoIP
4 6 (2.80%) Firewall
4 6 (2.80%) WAN
5 5 (2.34%) Wireless
6 4 (1.87%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.87%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.40%) LAN
7 3 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.93%) Internet
8 2 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.47%) Broadband
9 1 (0.47%) Intranet
9 1 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.34%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (0.93%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (2.34%) JIRA
1 5 (2.34%) VersionOne
2 4 (1.87%) JUnit
2 4 (1.87%) Maven
2 4 (1.87%) Mockito
3 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.47%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.47%) Git
General
1 88 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.95%) Finance
3 23 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.81%) Retail
5 19 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (8.41%) Legal
7 17 (7.94%) Manufacturing
8 14 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (5.14%) Marketing
10 11 (5.14%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.74%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.80%) Law
13 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.93%) Automotive
14 2 (0.93%) Billing
14 2 (0.93%) Games
14 2 (0.93%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 35 (16.36%) IT Support
2 19 (8.88%) Analyst
3 16 (7.48%) Business Development Manager
3 16 (7.48%) Business Manager
3 16 (7.48%) Consultant
3 16 (7.48%) Development Manager
3 16 (7.48%) IT Engineer
3 16 (7.48%) Service Manager
4 15 (7.01%) IT Support Technician
4 15 (7.01%) IT Technician
4 15 (7.01%) Support Technician
5 14 (6.54%) Support Manager
6 12 (5.61%) ERP Manager
6 12 (5.61%) Lead
6 12 (5.61%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (4.67%) Delivery Manager
9 9 (4.21%) Customer Support Manager
9 9 (4.21%) ERP Support
9 9 (4.21%) Service Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) React
1 4 (1.87%) REST
1 4 (1.87%) Spring
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.15%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (5.14%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.34%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.87%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.93%) BYOD
8 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.93%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.93%) FMCG
8 2 (0.93%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.93%) SCORM
9 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (24.77%) Windows
2 15 (7.01%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.21%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.80%) Android
4 6 (2.80%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (23.83%) Client Onboarding
3 39 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (17.29%) CRM
5 33 (15.42%) Service Delivery
6 30 (14.02%) Customer Service
7 29 (13.55%) ERP
8 25 (11.68%) Customer Experience
9 24 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (10.28%) Business Development
11 19 (8.88%) B2B
12 18 (8.41%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (8.41%) Data Privacy
13 17 (7.94%) Customer Retention
14 16 (7.48%) Roadmaps
15 14 (6.54%) Agile
15 14 (6.54%) ITIL
15 14 (6.54%) Presales
16 13 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 13 (6.07%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.01%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.21%) SQL
3 5 (2.34%) Java
4 4 (1.87%) Bash
4 4 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.93%) ABAP
5 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (7.01%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.67%) Degree
3 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.80%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (0.93%) CIPD
6 2 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.47%) AAT
7 1 (0.47%) ACCA
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) CIMA
7 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.41%) SLA
2 8 (3.74%) QA
3 6 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) GxP
6 1 (0.47%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.47%) PMO
6 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (17.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.34%) Docker
3 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.87%) Terraform
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.47%) Argo
4 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (40.19%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.54%) Adobe
3 13 (6.07%) SAP
4 7 (3.27%) HubSpot
4 7 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.34%) ESET
6 4 (1.87%) Oracle
6 4 (1.87%) Zoho
7 3 (1.40%) ConnectWise
7 3 (1.40%) Google
8 2 (0.93%) Apple
8 2 (0.93%) Samsung
8 2 (0.93%) Xero
9 1 (0.47%) Dell
9 1 (0.47%) Kaseya
9 1 (0.47%) Logitech
9 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) Yealink