Onboarding Job Trends in Wales

Onboarding
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 68 86
Rank change year-on-year +30 +18 +27
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 38 15 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 3.50% 1.63% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.84% 4.55% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 36 14 6
10th Percentile £27,000 - £33,375
25th Percentile £28,000 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £65,000 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +74.50% -19.89%
75th Percentile £64,688 - £53,063
90th Percentile £82,500 - £57,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% - -15.06%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 296 330 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.28% 35.75% 38.24%
Number of salaries quoted 193 172 220
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,163 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,215
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.48% +9.37%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,449
90th Percentile £78,790 £70,900 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in Wales

Onboarding
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in Wales over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in Wales

Onboarding
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
South Wales +22 35 £50,000 -23.08% 77
West Wales +6 2 - -
North Wales - 1 £40,000 -
Onboarding
UK

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) EPLAN
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) SaaS
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.53%) AWS
4 4 (10.53%) Azure Stack
4 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) DNS
1 4 (10.53%) SSL
2 2 (5.26%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Git
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Marketing
3 6 (15.79%) Retail
4 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Aviation
5 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.26%) Electronics
7 1 (2.63%) Finance
7 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) IT Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) IT Support
2 5 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) CRM Manager
3 4 (10.53%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 4 (10.53%) Head of IT
3 4 (10.53%) HR Assistant
3 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Product Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Developer
4 3 (7.89%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Developer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Software Developer
4 3 (7.89%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) .NET
1 3 (7.89%) .NET Framework
1 3 (7.89%) RESTful
1 3 (7.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.53%) Algorithms
2 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.53%) Digital Media
2 4 (10.53%) FPGA
2 4 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.26%) Robotics
3 2 (5.26%) SCADA
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.63%) PMI
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.42%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Linux
2 4 (10.53%) Rocky
2 4 (10.53%) Windows Server
2 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Agile
2 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (23.68%) Process Improvement
4 7 (18.42%) Client Onboarding
4 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (18.42%) OO
5 6 (15.79%) Backlog Management
5 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.79%) CRM
5 6 (15.79%) Customer Engagement
5 6 (15.79%) Data Protection
5 6 (15.79%) Product Backlog
6 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.16%) Information Security
6 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (13.16%) ITIL
6 5 (13.16%) Test Automation
7 4 (10.53%) Identity Management
7 4 (10.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) C
2 3 (7.89%) C#
2 3 (7.89%) SQL
2 3 (7.89%) VB.NET
3 2 (5.26%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) Azure Certification
2 4 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (10.53%) CEH
2 4 (10.53%) CISM
2 4 (10.53%) CISSP
2 4 (10.53%) DV Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) GDPR
1 4 (10.53%) IEC 61508
1 4 (10.53%) ISO 26262
1 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (10.53%) NIST
1 4 (10.53%) SOC 2
2 2 (5.26%) IEC 61131
3 1 (2.63%) GMP
3 1 (2.63%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (10.53%) Firmware
2 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Dell
2 4 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.26%) Siemens