Orchard Job Trends

Orchard
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Orchard products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Orchard over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Orchard Information Systems Ltd.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 690 719
Rank change year-on-year +41 +29 +263
Permanent jobs citing Orchard 4 9 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.017% 0.004%
As % of the Vendors category 0.021% 0.045% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £36,647 - -
25th Percentile £38,092 - £31,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £49,000 £32,387
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +51.30% -18.99%
75th Percentile £44,042 - £33,421
90th Percentile £45,568 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,195 £49,000 £32,387
% change year-on-year -11.85% +51.30% -18.99%

All Vendors
UK

Orchard falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,903 19,941 21,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.51% 37.26% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,702 10,075 16,773
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -14.50% +4.92% -4.69%

Orchard
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Orchard job vacancy trend in the UK

Orchard
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Orchard.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Orchard

Orchard
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Orchard within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +58 4 £41,000 -16.33% 1
Work from Home +60 2 £43,195 -11.85% 1
UK excluding London +58 2 £43,195 -11.85% 1
London +49 2 £38,076 -
North West +19 1 £41,000 -16.33%
North of England +8 1 £41,000 -16.33%
Midlands - 1 £45,390 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £45,390 -

Orchard
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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Housing
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Pattern Recognition
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Civica
2 2 (50.00%) Northgate
3 1 (25.00%) Google