Onboarding Job Trends in the North of England

Onboarding
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 153 193
Rank change year-on-year +65 +40 -11
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 272 111 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.99% 1.53% 1.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.85% 4.49% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 169 62 111
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,775 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,313 £60,375
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,625 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -21.91%

All Generic Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,649 2,470 4,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 34.00% 34.07% 32.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,005 1,233 3,414
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,300 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,622 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,345 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +13.64% -15.38%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the North of England

Onboarding
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the North of England

Onboarding
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
North West +59 161 £30,780 -41.37% 93
Yorkshire +8 95 £40,000 +6.67% 62
North East -12 16 £65,000 -7.14% 17
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 18 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.21%) WordPress
3 4 (1.47%) CMS
4 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.41%) Acrobat
3 9 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.74%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (3.68%) SAP HR
2 3 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Global One
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.44%) SaaS
2 38 (13.97%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.29%) Azure
4 24 (8.82%) AWS
5 15 (5.51%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.31%) OneDrive
7 7 (2.57%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.84%) OCI
10 3 (1.10%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.10%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.74%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.74%) Dagster
11 2 (0.74%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.74%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.74%) Prefect
12 1 (0.37%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.46%) Broadband
2 13 (4.78%) Firewall
3 10 (3.68%) DHCP
3 10 (3.68%) DNS
4 8 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.94%) VPN
5 6 (2.21%) Wireless
6 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.37%) ISDN
7 1 (0.37%) LAN
7 1 (0.37%) PSTN
7 1 (0.37%) VoIP
7 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.47%) Power BI
2 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 112 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.24%) Legal
3 26 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (9.19%) Games
4 25 (9.19%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.62%) Finance
6 18 (6.62%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.88%) Marketing
8 10 (3.68%) German Language
9 9 (3.31%) French Language
10 8 (2.94%) Law
10 8 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.57%) Health Technology
12 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.84%) Advertising
13 5 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.10%) Italian Language
15 3 (1.10%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 37 (13.60%) Analyst
2 33 (12.13%) IT Support
3 23 (8.46%) Support Engineer
4 22 (8.09%) IT Engineer
5 18 (6.62%) Consultant
6 17 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (6.25%) Lead
7 16 (5.88%) HR Advisor
7 16 (5.88%) IT Analyst
7 16 (5.88%) Sales Representative
7 16 (5.88%) Senior
8 12 (4.41%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (3.31%) Account Manager
9 9 (3.31%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (3.31%) Graduate
10 8 (2.94%) IT Manager
10 8 (2.94%) Recruitment Consultant
10 8 (2.94%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.57%) Sales Consultant
11 7 (2.57%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.68%) CSS
2 9 (3.31%) HTML
3 4 (1.47%) .NET
4 3 (1.10%) React
4 3 (1.10%) XML
5 2 (0.74%) Middleware
5 2 (0.74%) REST
6 1 (0.37%) MACH
6 1 (0.37%) Node.js
6 1 (0.37%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.37%) OpenID
6 1 (0.37%) SAML
6 1 (0.37%) SLSA
6 1 (0.37%) SOAP
6 1 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.46%) Mobile App
2 22 (8.09%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.31%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.57%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.57%) Virtual Reality
6 6 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.21%) PropTech
7 5 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.47%) CCTV
9 3 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.10%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.10%) CMDB
9 3 (1.10%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.10%) EPoS
9 3 (1.10%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.29%) Android
1 28 (10.29%) Windows
2 27 (9.93%) Apple iOS
3 14 (5.15%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.68%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.21%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.74%) Linux
6 2 (0.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (16.18%) Mentoring
3 42 (15.44%) AI
3 42 (15.44%) Client Onboarding
4 40 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (14.34%) Project Management
6 38 (13.97%) Decision-Making
7 35 (12.87%) Roadmaps
8 34 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 32 (11.76%) Agile
10 30 (11.03%) Incident Management
10 30 (11.03%) Service Delivery
11 29 (10.66%) CRM
12 28 (10.29%) Observability
13 27 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (9.56%) Technical Leadership
15 25 (9.19%) Customer Service
15 25 (9.19%) Process Improvement
16 24 (8.82%) Budgeting
17 23 (8.46%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.04%) SQL
2 7 (2.57%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.57%) Python
3 6 (2.21%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.84%) Bash
5 4 (1.47%) C#
5 4 (1.47%) PHP
6 2 (0.74%) C
6 2 (0.74%) Java
6 2 (0.74%) Perl
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (13.60%) Degree
2 13 (4.78%) AWS Certification
3 10 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.21%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.21%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.21%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.84%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.84%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.84%) CIPD
7 4 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.10%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.74%) HND
9 2 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CISA
10 1 (0.37%) CISSP
10 1 (0.37%) CRISC
10 1 (0.37%) CSPO
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.13%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (3.68%) GDPR
4 9 (3.31%) QA
5 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.74%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.74%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.74%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) GxP
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.21%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.57%) SCCM
3 6 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.72%) Adobe
3 19 (6.99%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.88%) SAP
4 16 (5.88%) Workday
5 12 (4.41%) Salesforce
6 11 (4.04%) Apple
6 11 (4.04%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.21%) Siemens
8 5 (1.84%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.47%) Google
10 3 (1.10%) Xero
11 2 (0.74%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.74%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.74%) OneLogin
11 2 (0.74%) Toshiba
12 1 (0.37%) Infor
12 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
12 1 (0.37%) Sage
12 1 (0.37%) Trend Micro