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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 156 165
Rank change year-on-year +63 +9 +17
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 218 130 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.07% 1.38% 1.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.28% 4.54% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 143 61 65
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -0.12% -13.53%
75th Percentile £52,625 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +7.84% -19.69%

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 4,126 2,865 2,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.09% 30.47% 35.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,604 1,308 2,053
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,067 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 2 January 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 2 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
North West +68 122 £33,500 -36.19% 88
Yorkshire +24 77 £34,000 -9.33% 44
North East +9 19 £45,000 -35.71% 25
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 32 (14.68%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.29%) WordPress
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (14.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (6.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.75%) AutoCAD
4 6 (2.75%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.75%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Global One
2 1 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 49 (22.48%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (15.14%) SaaS
3 32 (14.68%) Azure
4 25 (11.47%) Entra ID
5 19 (8.72%) AWS
6 11 (5.05%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.59%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (4.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (3.67%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.29%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.92%) AWS Step Functions
13 2 (0.92%) Dagster
13 2 (0.92%) iPaaS
13 2 (0.92%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.92%) Prefect
13 2 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.34%) Firewall
2 14 (6.42%) DHCP
2 14 (6.42%) DNS
3 9 (4.13%) VPN
4 8 (3.67%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.75%) Wireless
6 5 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.83%) SMS
7 4 (1.83%) VLAN
8 1 (0.46%) ISDN
8 1 (0.46%) PSTN
8 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.75%) Power BI
2 2 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (2.75%) JIRA
General
1 128 (58.72%) Social Skills
2 45 (20.64%) Legal
3 36 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.55%) Finance
5 16 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.88%) Marketing
7 13 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.50%) Manufacturing
9 11 (5.05%) French Language
10 10 (4.59%) Law
11 7 (3.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.29%) Hungarian Language
13 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.83%) Spanish Language
14 3 (1.38%) Advertising
14 3 (1.38%) Billing
14 3 (1.38%) Retail
14 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.92%) Banking
16 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (14.68%) IT Support
2 26 (11.93%) Support Engineer
3 22 (10.09%) Analyst
4 20 (9.17%) HR Advisor
5 19 (8.72%) Consultant
6 18 (8.26%) Senior
7 14 (6.42%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (5.50%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (5.50%) Microsoft Engineer
9 10 (4.59%) HR Specialist
9 10 (4.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 9 (4.13%) IT Analyst
10 9 (4.13%) Recruitment Consultant
10 9 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.13%) Systems Support Engineer
11 8 (3.67%) Lead
11 8 (3.67%) Sales Consultant
11 8 (3.67%) Trainee
11 8 (3.67%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.50%) CSS
2 5 (2.29%) HTML
3 2 (0.92%) .NET
3 2 (0.92%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.92%) Blazor
3 2 (0.92%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.92%) Middleware
3 2 (0.92%) React
3 2 (0.92%) RESTful
4 1 (0.46%) Node.js
4 1 (0.46%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.46%) OpenID
4 1 (0.46%) REST
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
4 1 (0.46%) SLSA
4 1 (0.46%) Swagger
4 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.42%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.13%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.67%) Augmented Reality
4 8 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.67%) Virtual Reality
5 5 (2.29%) EPoS
5 5 (2.29%) LIMS
5 5 (2.29%) SCADA
5 5 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.83%) FMCG
6 4 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.83%) PropTech
7 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.92%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.92%) CMDB
8 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.76%) Windows
2 19 (8.72%) Windows Server
3 14 (6.42%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.75%) Linux
5 4 (1.83%) Android
6 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.03%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (19.27%) CRM
4 39 (17.89%) Client Onboarding
5 29 (13.30%) Process Improvement
6 26 (11.93%) Customer Service
6 26 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (11.47%) Data Entry
7 25 (11.47%) Decision-Making
8 21 (9.63%) Computer Science
8 21 (9.63%) Project Management
8 21 (9.63%) Service Delivery
9 19 (8.72%) Coaching
9 19 (8.72%) Migration
9 19 (8.72%) Project Delivery
9 19 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (7.34%) AI
10 16 (7.34%) ITIL
11 15 (6.88%) Business Development
11 15 (6.88%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.34%) PowerShell
1 16 (7.34%) SQL
2 8 (3.67%) Python
3 6 (2.75%) C
3 6 (2.75%) Java
3 6 (2.75%) Perl
4 2 (0.92%) C#
4 2 (0.92%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.92%) PHP
5 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (15.14%) Degree
2 14 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.96%) AWS Certification
4 12 (5.50%) A+ Certification
5 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.59%) CIPD
6 10 (4.59%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.75%) HND
8 5 (2.29%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.29%) CCNA
8 5 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.29%) MCSA
8 5 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.83%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.38%) AAT
10 3 (1.38%) ACCA
10 3 (1.38%) CIMA
11 2 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.30%) GDPR
2 13 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (3.21%) QA
5 6 (2.75%) GxP
5 6 (2.75%) IEC 61131
6 5 (2.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.46%) GRC
8 1 (0.46%) IASME
8 1 (0.46%) NIST
8 1 (0.46%) SLA
8 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.75%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.92%) SCCM
4 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 89 (40.83%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.22%) ServiceNow
3 30 (13.76%) Workday
4 11 (5.05%) Apple
5 9 (4.13%) Adobe
6 7 (3.21%) Siemens
6 7 (3.21%) Xero
7 6 (2.75%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (2.75%) Toshiba
8 5 (2.29%) Cisco
8 5 (2.29%) SAP
9 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.83%) Sophos
10 3 (1.38%) Sage
11 2 (0.92%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.92%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.46%) LexisNexis
12 1 (0.46%) Palo Alto
12 1 (0.46%) Samsung