Onboarding
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Onboarding over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 222 242
Rank change year-on-year +50 +20 -16
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,682 1,771 2,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.72% 1.69% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.84% 3.95% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 968 986 1,087
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £28,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,406 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,293 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.74% +10.00% -8.68%

All Generic Skills
UK

Onboarding is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Onboarding.

Salary trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +33 1,308 £47,500 -26.92% 654
UK excluding London +42 1,084 £40,293 -26.74% 391
Work from Home -19 499 £50,047 -23.00% 289
London +42 498 £60,000 -20.00% 299
Scotland +43 231 £50,000 -5.66% 44
South East -2 226 £42,500 -29.17% 88
Midlands +52 225 £35,000 -31.71% 58
North of England -6 183 £44,231 -19.58% 108
West Midlands +90 166 £40,000 -20.00% 39
North West +37 96 £40,000 -13.51% 61
South West +36 96 £43,500 -0.57% 58
Yorkshire +1 78 £60,000 +8.80% 37
East of England -11 73 £44,750 -31.15% 26
East Midlands -24 58 £33,000 -38.60% 19
Wales -4 35 £37,500 -19.35% 15
North East +6 11 £55,000 +12.82% 12
Northern Ireland +40 10 £38,500 +13.24% 6
Channel Islands - 5 - -

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 51 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.84%) Confluence
2 31 (1.84%) SAS
3 30 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.95%) WordPress
5 8 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Apache
7 4 (0.24%) OpenZeppelin
8 3 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.059%) CMS
10 1 (0.059%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.059%) IIS
10 1 (0.059%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.059%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 247 (14.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 243 (14.45%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.83%) Trello
5 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.54%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.30%) InVision
8 5 (0.30%) Sketch
8 5 (0.30%) SPSS
9 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.12%) Revit
11 1 (0.059%) 1Password
11 1 (0.059%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.059%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.059%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.59%) SAP HR
2 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.30%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.24%) iTrent
5 4 (0.24%) Lawson
5 4 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.18%) Epicor Tropos
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.059%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.059%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.059%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.059%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 312 (18.55%) AWS
2 306 (18.19%) Azure
3 172 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 89 (5.29%) SaaS
6 84 (4.99%) GCP
7 59 (3.51%) Entra ID
8 52 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
10 33 (1.96%) Power Automate
11 31 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.55%) GitHub
12 26 (1.55%) Serverless
13 24 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
14 23 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (1.37%) Google Workspace
15 22 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (1.19%) Amazon S3
17 15 (0.89%) OneDrive
18 14 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.46%) Firewall
2 67 (3.98%) DNS
3 50 (2.97%) LAN
4 47 (2.79%) Network Security
5 43 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 39 (2.32%) WAN
7 37 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
8 36 (2.14%) DHCP
8 36 (2.14%) VPN
9 34 (2.02%) Wireless
10 24 (1.43%) VLAN
11 16 (0.95%) FTP
11 16 (0.95%) HTTP
11 16 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
12 15 (0.89%) NAS
13 13 (0.77%) Internet
13 13 (0.77%) SAN
14 12 (0.71%) Broadband
14 12 (0.71%) VoIP
15 11 (0.65%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.65%) NoSQL
2 88 (5.23%) Tableau
3 77 (4.58%) Power BI
4 49 (2.91%) Data Mining
5 44 (2.62%) Amazon QuickSight
6 42 (2.50%) Big Data
6 42 (2.50%) SQL Server
7 40 (2.38%) Data Lake
8 37 (2.20%) Qlik Sense
9 35 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (2.08%) Relational Database
10 28 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 28 (1.66%) MySQL
11 24 (1.43%) Redis
12 12 (0.71%) DynamoDB
12 12 (0.71%) Metadata
12 12 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.54%) Essbase
13 9 (0.54%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 60 (3.57%) Git
2 53 (3.15%) JIRA
3 19 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.89%) GitLab
5 12 (0.71%) Selenium
6 9 (0.54%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.48%) CircleCI
7 8 (0.48%) git-flow
7 8 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.30%) Postman
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) Hardhat
9 4 (0.24%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.12%) Grunt
10 2 (0.12%) gulp
10 2 (0.12%) PostCSS
10 2 (0.12%) webpack
11 1 (0.059%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.059%) Sourcetree
General
1 648 (38.53%) Social Skills
2 555 (33.00%) Finance
3 263 (15.64%) Legal
4 237 (14.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 199 (11.83%) Law
6 197 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
7 118 (7.02%) Marketing
8 95 (5.65%) Retail
9 88 (5.23%) Public Sector
10 87 (5.17%) Military
11 75 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
12 68 (4.04%) Banking
13 43 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (1.90%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.84%) Local Government
16 31 (1.84%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.55%) French Language
18 25 (1.49%) German Language
19 23 (1.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 281 (16.71%) Senior
2 205 (12.19%) Analyst
3 173 (10.29%) Software Engineer
4 122 (7.25%) Developer
5 102 (6.06%) Graduate
6 100 (5.95%) Project Manager
7 94 (5.59%) Lead
8 73 (4.34%) Consultant
8 73 (4.34%) Data Engineer
9 71 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
10 70 (4.16%) Java Engineer
10 70 (4.16%) Java Software Engineer
11 66 (3.92%) Senior Developer
12 57 (3.39%) Support Engineer
13 55 (3.27%) IT Support
14 50 (2.97%) Development Manager
15 42 (2.50%) IT Technician
16 39 (2.32%) Full Stack Engineer
16 39 (2.32%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 38 (2.26%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (5.71%) HTML
2 77 (4.58%) Node.js
2 77 (4.58%) React
3 67 (3.98%) .NET
4 61 (3.63%) Web Services
5 60 (3.57%) CSS
6 51 (3.03%) Spring
7 47 (2.79%) XML
8 45 (2.68%) AngularJS
9 43 (2.56%) J2EE
10 39 (2.32%) JavaBeans
10 39 (2.32%) JMS
10 39 (2.32%) Kafka
11 37 (2.20%) ASP.NET
11 37 (2.20%) Middleware
11 37 (2.20%) PySpark
12 34 (2.02%) .NET Core
12 34 (2.02%) EDI
12 34 (2.02%) HTML5
13 33 (1.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 166 (9.87%) Algorithms
2 83 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 76 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.50%) Social Media
5 37 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 21 (1.25%) Robotics
9 20 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 20 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
10 18 (1.07%) iPhone
11 17 (1.01%) Client/Server
11 17 (1.01%) Cyberattack
11 17 (1.01%) Public Cloud
12 14 (0.83%) Driving Licence
13 13 (0.77%) Fixed Income
13 13 (0.77%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.65%) PMI
14 11 (0.65%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 196 (11.65%) Windows
2 85 (5.05%) Windows Server
3 66 (3.92%) Mac OS
4 54 (3.21%) Linux
5 24 (1.43%) Windows 10
6 23 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 21 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (0.77%) Unix
10 11 (0.65%) Android
11 8 (0.48%) Windows 8
12 5 (0.30%) CentOS
13 3 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.18%) Solaris
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.059%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (26.22%) Client Onboarding
2 397 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
3 396 (23.54%) Agile
4 387 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 274 (16.29%) Customer Service
5 274 (16.29%) Software Engineering
6 245 (14.57%) Project Management
7 230 (13.67%) Visualisation
8 220 (13.08%) Data Analysis
9 216 (12.84%) CI/CD
10 205 (12.19%) Risk Management
11 197 (11.71%) Machine Learning
12 191 (11.36%) Customer Experience
13 190 (11.30%) Process Improvement
14 182 (10.82%) SDLC
15 179 (10.64%) Analytics
16 178 (10.58%) Artificial Intelligence
17 164 (9.75%) Community of Practice
18 142 (8.44%) KYC
19 136 (8.09%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 285 (16.94%) SQL
2 255 (15.16%) Python
3 206 (12.25%) Java
4 96 (5.71%) C#
5 86 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 63 (3.75%) PowerShell
7 52 (3.09%) PHP
8 47 (2.79%) R
9 26 (1.55%) Bash
9 26 (1.55%) Go
9 26 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.19%) MATLAB
11 18 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.77%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.59%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.59%) VBA
14 7 (0.42%) C++
15 6 (0.36%) C
16 5 (0.30%) Perl
16 5 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 437 (25.98%) Degree
2 138 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 86 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 81 (4.82%) SC Cleared
5 69 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 51 (3.03%) DBS Check
8 46 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (2.14%) CISSP
10 35 (2.08%) A+ Certification
11 29 (1.72%) MCP
12 28 (1.66%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.37%) CISM
14 22 (1.31%) Azure Certification
15 19 (1.13%) OSCP
16 18 (1.07%) HNC
17 14 (0.83%) ACCA
18 13 (0.77%) PMI Certification
19 11 (0.65%) CCNA
19 11 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.03%) QA
2 48 (2.85%) SLA
3 46 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 29 (1.72%) PMO
6 27 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (1.55%) GDPR
8 21 (1.25%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.13%) NIST
10 17 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.77%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.65%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.48%) NCSC
14 7 (0.42%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.30%) IFRS
17 4 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
19 1 (0.059%) COSHH
19 1 (0.059%) SEPA
System Software
1 198 (11.77%) Active Directory
2 69 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.79%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.96%) Docker
5 7 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.36%) vSphere
7 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.30%) XenDesktop
8 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.059%) ACF2
9 1 (0.059%) IAG
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.059%) RACF
Systems Management
1 58 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (1.96%) Terraform
3 28 (1.66%) Ansible
4 26 (1.55%) Kubernetes
5 19 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.65%) Grafana
7 8 (0.48%) Kibana
8 7 (0.42%) Autotask
9 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.36%) SCCM
10 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.18%) Istio
12 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.18%) logstash
13 2 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.059%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 348 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 69 (4.10%) VMware
3 64 (3.80%) Google
4 53 (3.15%) SAP
5 51 (3.03%) Oracle
6 45 (2.68%) Alteryx
7 42 (2.50%) Databricks
8 38 (2.26%) Citrix
9 34 (2.02%) Apple
10 33 (1.96%) Cisco
11 26 (1.55%) Adobe
11 26 (1.55%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.43%) Splunk
13 22 (1.31%) Veeam
14 20 (1.19%) Salesforce
15 19 (1.13%) Sage
16 16 (0.95%) Atlassian
16 16 (0.95%) Cadence
17 14 (0.83%) UiPath
18 13 (0.77%) Xero