Onboarding Job Trends

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 cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 174 160
Rank change year-on-year +93 -14 +53
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,784 773 1,583
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.39% 1.79% 1.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.77% 4.59% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,164 544 889
10th Percentile £26,325 £27,825 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,938 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £62,125 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +17.65% -22.73%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,953 16,827 30,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.76% 39.02% 36.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 8,923 21,737
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the UK

Onboarding
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Top 17 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 16 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
England +104 1,610 £41,500 -24.55% 780
UK excluding London +91 1,148 £37,500 -25.00% 579
Work from Home +102 644 £42,500 -29.17% 374
London +101 524 £50,000 -21.88% 307
North of England +63 278 £37,500 -11.76% 155
South East +88 273 £37,500 - 195
Midlands +31 225 £32,500 -35.00% 80
North West +68 170 £30,780 -41.37% 78
East of England +90 169 £47,000 -1.05% 62
South West +37 119 £31,000 -52.31% 63
West Midlands +21 119 £47,500 -20.83% 46
East Midlands +11 106 £31,000 -17.33% 34
Yorkshire +1 92 £40,000 +6.67% 61
Scotland -17 40 £50,000 +33.33% 18
Wales 0 33 £41,500 -36.15% 17
North East -20 16 £65,000 -7.14% 18
Northern Ireland -18 15 £38,000 - 7

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 95 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.91%) Confluence
4 13 (0.73%) CMS
5 8 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.39%) WordPress
7 3 (0.17%) Apache
7 3 (0.17%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.17%) nginx
8 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.056%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.056%) Drupal
9 1 (0.056%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 148 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 67 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (2.13%) Acrobat
5 19 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.50%) InDesign
8 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.17%) CATIA
10 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.11%) Trello
11 1 (0.056%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.056%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.056%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.056%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.056%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.056%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.056%) Revit
11 1 (0.056%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.73%) SAP HR
3 12 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 4 (0.22%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.17%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.17%) Sage CRM
6 3 (0.17%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.17%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.17%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 310 (17.38%) SaaS
2 294 (16.48%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (11.66%) Azure
4 110 (6.17%) Entra ID
5 92 (5.16%) AWS
6 52 (2.91%) Power Platform
7 31 (1.74%) GCP
8 27 (1.51%) Amazon Alexa
8 27 (1.51%) OneDrive
9 25 (1.40%) Datadog
10 18 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 17 (0.95%) GitHub
12 15 (0.84%) Power Automate
12 15 (0.84%) Slack
13 14 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (0.78%) Google Workspace
14 13 (0.73%) OCI
15 11 (0.62%) Serverless
16 10 (0.56%) Figma
17 9 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (4.93%) DNS
2 75 (4.20%) DHCP
3 71 (3.98%) Firewall
4 70 (3.92%) VPN
5 58 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
6 53 (2.97%) TCP/IP
7 40 (2.24%) Broadband
8 28 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
8 28 (1.57%) Wireless
9 21 (1.18%) WAN
10 20 (1.12%) VoIP
11 19 (1.07%) LAN
11 19 (1.07%) Structured Cabling
11 19 (1.07%) VLAN
12 13 (0.73%) Internet
12 13 (0.73%) Unified Communications
13 11 (0.62%) Network Security
13 11 (0.62%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.50%) Multicast
15 7 (0.39%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.07%) Power BI
2 29 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.01%) Looker
4 17 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.73%) MySQL
7 8 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.28%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.28%) Metadata
8 5 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.28%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.17%) Tableau
11 2 (0.11%) DTS
11 2 (0.11%) Essbase
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 96 (5.38%) JIRA
2 11 (0.62%) Git
3 7 (0.39%) GitLab
4 6 (0.34%) Selenium
5 5 (0.28%) GitBook
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.17%) Appcelerator Titanium
7 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.17%) Postman
8 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.11%) JMeter
9 1 (0.056%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.056%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.056%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.056%) TeamCity
General
1 748 (41.93%) Social Skills
2 330 (18.50%) Finance
3 271 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (13.51%) Marketing
5 174 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 168 (9.42%) Retail
7 162 (9.08%) Legal
8 150 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
9 111 (6.22%) Law
10 77 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
11 65 (3.64%) German Language
11 65 (3.64%) Public Sector
12 50 (2.80%) Telecoms
13 47 (2.63%) Games
13 47 (2.63%) Manufacturing
14 46 (2.58%) Banking
15 35 (1.96%) Advertising
16 32 (1.79%) Italian Language
17 31 (1.74%) French Language
18 29 (1.63%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 197 (11.04%) Senior
2 195 (10.93%) Analyst
3 171 (9.59%) IT Support
4 110 (6.17%) Support Engineer
5 101 (5.66%) Support Analyst
6 94 (5.27%) Consultant
7 83 (4.65%) Lead
8 69 (3.87%) Account Manager
9 68 (3.81%) IT Engineer
10 57 (3.20%) Support Technician
11 56 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
12 55 (3.08%) IT Analyst
13 50 (2.80%) 2nd Line Support
14 49 (2.75%) Senior Manager
15 48 (2.69%) IT Support Analyst
16 45 (2.52%) Sales Executive
17 44 (2.47%) Coordinator
18 43 (2.41%) IT Technician
18 43 (2.41%) Sales Manager
19 41 (2.30%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.86%) XML
2 49 (2.75%) JSON
3 41 (2.30%) HTML
4 29 (1.63%) Regular Expression
5 26 (1.46%) REST
6 23 (1.29%) .NET
7 13 (0.73%) SAML
8 12 (0.67%) CSS
8 12 (0.67%) OpenID
8 12 (0.67%) React
9 10 (0.56%) ADO
10 6 (0.34%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.34%) OAuth
11 5 (0.28%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.28%) Node.js
11 5 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (0.28%) SOAP
12 4 (0.22%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.22%) Kafka
12 4 (0.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 119 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 112 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
3 65 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 48 (2.69%) Mobile App
5 42 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
7 36 (2.02%) Product Ownership
8 35 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
9 27 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 24 (1.35%) NHS
12 23 (1.29%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.29%) Social Media
13 21 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
14 16 (0.90%) Blog
14 16 (0.90%) Cloud Native
14 16 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 16 (0.90%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.78%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 219 (12.28%) Windows
2 67 (3.76%) Windows 10
3 57 (3.20%) Apple iOS
3 57 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 48 (2.69%) Android
5 37 (2.07%) Linux
6 34 (1.91%) Mac OS
7 33 (1.85%) Unix
8 5 (0.28%) CentOS
9 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 264 (14.80%) Customer Service
4 244 (13.68%) CRM
5 242 (13.57%) Client Onboarding
6 203 (11.38%) AI
7 179 (10.03%) B2B
8 161 (9.02%) Mentoring
9 160 (8.97%) Agile
10 143 (8.02%) Decision-Making
11 140 (7.85%) Process Improvement
12 129 (7.23%) ITIL
13 126 (7.06%) Analytics
13 126 (7.06%) Roadmaps
14 124 (6.95%) Coaching
15 123 (6.89%) Service Delivery
16 122 (6.84%) Business Development
17 120 (6.73%) Customer Experience
18 119 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
19 115 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 137 (7.68%) Python
2 136 (7.62%) SQL
3 92 (5.16%) PowerShell
4 52 (2.91%) C#
5 46 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.35%) Java
7 22 (1.23%) Bash
8 17 (0.95%) PHP
9 10 (0.56%) Bicep
9 10 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 10 (0.56%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.22%) C
11 4 (0.22%) Delphi
11 4 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
11 4 (0.22%) Pascal
11 4 (0.22%) Perl
11 4 (0.22%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 287 (16.09%) Degree
2 103 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 65 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 36 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (1.46%) CIPD
6 24 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 17 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 15 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.84%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.78%) ACCA
10 14 (0.78%) CISSP
10 14 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.78%) PMI Certification
11 13 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.62%) A+ Certification
13 10 (0.56%) CISM
13 10 (0.56%) City & Guilds
13 10 (0.56%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (4.82%) QA
2 64 (3.59%) Accessibility
2 64 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (3.25%) SLA
4 54 (3.03%) GDPR
5 44 (2.47%) Data Quality
6 31 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (0.95%) ISO 9001
8 14 (0.78%) GRC
8 14 (0.78%) PMO
9 13 (0.73%) NIST
10 12 (0.67%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.34%) ISO 14001
12 6 (0.34%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.22%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.22%) IEC 61508
13 4 (0.22%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 176 (9.87%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.96%) Hyper-V
3 34 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.29%) Docker
5 14 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.73%) Firmware
7 7 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.39%) vSphere
8 4 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (2.13%) Terraform
3 27 (1.51%) Kubernetes
4 26 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (1.40%) SCCM
6 21 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
7 19 (1.07%) Grafana
8 14 (0.78%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.62%) Nagios
10 9 (0.50%) Ansible
11 6 (0.34%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.28%) SCOM
13 4 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.22%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.11%) Argo
14 2 (0.11%) Autotask
14 2 (0.11%) Istio
15 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
15 1 (0.056%) Kibana
15 1 (0.056%) Nessus
Vendors
1 467 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 103 (5.77%) Salesforce
3 78 (4.37%) ServiceNow
4 75 (4.20%) Adobe
5 63 (3.53%) SAP
6 54 (3.03%) HubSpot
7 49 (2.75%) Apple
8 39 (2.19%) VMware
9 35 (1.96%) Cisco
10 34 (1.91%) Google
11 25 (1.40%) BMC
12 24 (1.35%) Oracle
13 22 (1.23%) Workday
14 18 (1.01%) Citrix
15 16 (0.90%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.67%) Splunk
17 11 (0.62%) Zoho
18 10 (0.56%) Freshdesk
18 10 (0.56%) SolarWinds
18 10 (0.56%) Veeam