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 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 220 200 264
Rank change year-on-year -20 +64 -67
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 851 2,382 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.63% 1.95% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.42% 4.54% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 468 1,308 1,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,063 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £99,232 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +10.00% -9.09%

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 19,243 52,473 55,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.81% 42.93% 43.80%
Number of salaries quoted 14,017 29,568 33,811
10th Percentile £32,756 £34,996 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +7.92% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 10 December 2023.

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 10 December 2023. 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 -20 710 £55,000 -12.00% 714
UK excluding London -27 402 £47,557 -13.53% 404
London -13 346 £63,250 -13.95% 327
Work from Home -36 346 £55,000 -15.06% 340
South East +31 151 £47,500 -26.92% 96
North of England -6 94 £47,557 -13.53% 105
North West +68 51 £47,557 +10.60% 65
Midlands +33 48 £52,500 +5.00% 65
Yorkshire -28 41 £47,557 -20.11% 33
West Midlands +97 40 £57,500 +4.55% 36
East of England +72 38 £63,750 +27.50% 40
Scotland -18 36 £47,557 -0.40% 25
South West -4 28 £47,557 +15.13% 64
East Midlands -20 8 £27,500 -42.11% 29
Wales +13 7 £35,000 -23.50% 13
North East +38 2 £51,250 +5.13% 9
Northern Ireland +18 2 - - 6

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 98 (11.52%) SAS
2 41 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.23%) Confluence
4 15 (1.76%) Apache
5 13 (1.53%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.59%) CMS
7 4 (0.47%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) JBoss
8 2 (0.24%) Moodle
8 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) Camunda
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.12%) Kentico
9 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 87 (10.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.94%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.71%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.59%) Trello
8 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.12%) InDesign
10 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) Revit
10 1 (0.12%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.24%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.12%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 155 (18.21%) Azure
2 126 (14.81%) AWS
3 82 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (5.29%) Power Platform
5 42 (4.94%) SaaS
6 33 (3.88%) GCP
7 30 (3.53%) Entra ID
8 29 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (2.82%) GitHub
10 23 (2.70%) Serverless
11 19 (2.23%) Amazon EMR
11 19 (2.23%) PaaS
12 18 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.53%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.53%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.18%) Amazon Kinesis
16 8 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
17 7 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.70%) Firewall
2 46 (5.41%) DNS
3 37 (4.35%) LAN
4 32 (3.76%) VPN
5 27 (3.17%) DHCP
6 21 (2.47%) WAN
7 20 (2.35%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.88%) Wireless
9 14 (1.65%) VoIP
10 12 (1.41%) Modbus
10 12 (1.41%) VLAN
10 12 (1.41%) Wireshark
11 9 (1.06%) NAS
12 8 (0.94%) HTTP
12 8 (0.94%) SAN
12 8 (0.94%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.82%) MPLS
13 7 (0.82%) SNMP
14 6 (0.71%) IP Telephony
14 6 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.40%) Base SAS
2 73 (8.58%) Metadata
3 43 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (4.82%) Tableau
5 31 (3.64%) Data Mining
5 31 (3.64%) Power BI
6 29 (3.41%) Amazon QuickSight
7 26 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 23 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (2.59%) Big Data
10 21 (2.47%) SQL Server
11 18 (2.12%) MySQL
12 17 (2.00%) NoSQL
13 14 (1.65%) Hadoop
14 11 (1.29%) Apache Hive
14 11 (1.29%) Data Lake
15 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (1.06%) Delta Lake
17 8 (0.94%) MS Access
18 7 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.64%) JIRA
2 25 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.41%) Git
4 8 (0.94%) GitLab
5 7 (0.82%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.71%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.71%) git-flow
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 309 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 260 (30.55%) Finance
3 155 (18.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 120 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (11.63%) Public Sector
6 81 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 79 (9.28%) Presentation Skills
8 67 (7.87%) Legal
9 65 (7.64%) Banking
10 53 (6.23%) Law
11 43 (5.05%) Retail
12 37 (4.35%) Marketing
13 30 (3.53%) Manufacturing
14 28 (3.29%) Telecoms
15 27 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (2.12%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.53%) Back Office
18 11 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (1.18%) Billing
20 9 (1.06%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 165 (19.39%) Senior
2 109 (12.81%) Analyst
3 81 (9.52%) Consultant
4 65 (7.64%) Programmer
5 64 (7.52%) SAS Programmer
5 64 (7.52%) SAS Statistical Programmer
5 64 (7.52%) Statistical Programmer
6 41 (4.82%) Lead
7 34 (4.00%) Senior Programmer
7 34 (4.00%) Senior SAS Programmer
7 34 (4.00%) Senior Statistical Programmer
8 31 (3.64%) Support Engineer
9 30 (3.53%) Principal Statistical Programmer
10 29 (3.41%) Data Engineer
10 29 (3.41%) Project Manager
10 29 (3.41%) Software Engineer
11 28 (3.29%) Senior Manager
12 27 (3.17%) Developer
12 27 (3.17%) IT Manager
12 27 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (8.93%) XML
2 22 (2.59%) CSS
3 21 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
3 21 (2.47%) Node.js
4 20 (2.35%) HTML
5 19 (2.23%) Web Services
6 17 (2.00%) .NET
7 14 (1.65%) Kafka
8 12 (1.41%) React
8 12 (1.41%) RESTful
9 10 (1.18%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (1.06%) LDAP
10 9 (1.06%) SailPoint
10 9 (1.06%) Spring
11 8 (0.94%) SOAP
12 6 (0.71%) J2EE
12 6 (0.71%) JavaBeans
12 6 (0.71%) JMS
12 6 (0.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.99%) Life Science
2 60 (7.05%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.41%) Data Centre
3 29 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.82%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.35%) Cyberattack
5 20 (2.35%) Public Cloud
6 19 (2.23%) Product Ownership
7 15 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.53%) Fixed Income
8 13 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.41%) CAN bus
9 12 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.41%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.41%) Robotics
9 12 (1.41%) SCADA
10 11 (1.29%) iPhone
11 9 (1.06%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.94%) Derivative
12 8 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 87 (10.22%) Windows
2 45 (5.29%) Linux
3 31 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.29%) Windows 10
5 22 (2.59%) Apple iOS
6 19 (2.23%) Unix
7 13 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (1.06%) Android
8 9 (1.06%) CentOS
8 9 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.94%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.82%) Windows 8
11 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.47%) AIX
13 2 (0.24%) Debian
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (29.85%) Problem-Solving
2 166 (19.51%) Agile
3 151 (17.74%) Project Management
4 131 (15.39%) Computer Science
5 117 (13.75%) Mathematics
6 113 (13.28%) Client Onboarding
7 109 (12.81%) Collaborative Working
7 109 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 104 (12.22%) Line Management
9 97 (11.40%) Creative Thinking
10 96 (11.28%) Statistics
11 94 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
12 92 (10.81%) Analytics
13 87 (10.22%) ITIL
14 84 (9.87%) Coaching
15 82 (9.64%) Decision-Making
15 82 (9.64%) DevOps
16 81 (9.52%) Biotechnology
16 81 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
17 80 (9.40%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 144 (16.92%) SQL
2 135 (15.86%) Python
3 80 (9.40%) SAS Macro
4 48 (5.64%) Java
5 32 (3.76%) C#
6 26 (3.06%) PowerShell
7 23 (2.70%) PHP
8 22 (2.59%) R
9 17 (2.00%) JavaScript
9 17 (2.00%) Perl
10 15 (1.76%) MATLAB
11 14 (1.65%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.53%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.06%) Bash
14 9 (1.06%) Scala
15 8 (0.94%) VBA
16 7 (0.82%) Go
17 4 (0.47%) C++
17 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 255 (29.96%) Degree
2 115 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 87 (10.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 61 (7.17%) SC Cleared
5 33 (3.88%) CISSP
5 33 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (3.64%) Numerate Degree
7 27 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 27 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (2.82%) CISM
9 19 (2.23%) Master's Degree
10 17 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.88%) CESG Certified Professional
12 15 (1.76%) CCNP
13 14 (1.65%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.53%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.53%) CCNA
14 13 (1.53%) DV Cleared
15 11 (1.29%) CISA
15 11 (1.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.87%) QA
2 80 (9.40%) CDISC
3 31 (3.64%) SLA
4 25 (2.94%) NIST
4 25 (2.94%) PMO
5 22 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (2.47%) NIST 800
7 15 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.29%) GDPR
10 10 (1.18%) GRC
11 9 (1.06%) Accessibility
11 9 (1.06%) NCSC
12 8 (0.94%) COBIT
13 7 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
17 2 (0.24%) P3O
17 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (11.28%) Active Directory
2 44 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (4.47%) Docker
4 15 (1.76%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.41%) vSphere
6 5 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.47%) FreeRADIUS
7 4 (0.47%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.35%) XenApp
9 2 (0.24%) ACF2
9 2 (0.24%) IAG
9 2 (0.24%) KVM
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.24%) RACF
9 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.47%) Terraform
3 37 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.88%) Ansible
5 10 (1.18%) SCCM
6 6 (0.71%) Consul
6 6 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.35%) Grafana
7 3 (0.35%) Puppet
8 2 (0.24%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.24%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 154 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.52%) ServiceNow
3 50 (5.88%) VMware
4 32 (3.76%) Cisco
4 32 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.29%) Citrix
6 26 (3.06%) Remedy
7 23 (2.70%) SAP
8 18 (2.12%) YouTube
9 17 (2.00%) Google
9 17 (2.00%) Oracle
10 15 (1.76%) Fortinet
10 15 (1.76%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.65%) Meraki
12 13 (1.53%) SolarWinds
13 12 (1.41%) F5
13 12 (1.41%) Juniper
13 12 (1.41%) Splunk
14 8 (0.94%) Acronis
14 8 (0.94%) Apple