Onboarding Job Trends in the West Midlands

Onboarding
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 71 35
Rank change year-on-year -15 -36 +152
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 124 118 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.55% 3.50% 5.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.57% 8.75% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 74 81 75
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -20.83%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,637 1,349 2,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.43% 40.04% 32.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 788 1,516
10th Percentile £30,104 £26,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £35,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.80% -3.18%
75th Percentile £64,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,800 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -15.38%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Onboarding
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the West Midlands

Onboarding
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Birmingham +10 63 £52,500 +5.00% 22
Staffordshire -12 19 £41,500 +50.91% 5
Warwickshire -6 12 £42,500 -22.73% 7
Shropshire -12 12 £37,500 +63.04% 4
Wolverhampton - 6 - - 2
Worcestershire -24 4 £37,500 -42.31% 4
Dudley - 1 - - 3
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 18 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Acrobat
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.42%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.42%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.42%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.42%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.61%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (1.61%) SAP HCM
4 2 (1.61%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 39 (31.45%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (22.58%) Azure
3 14 (11.29%) Entra ID
4 13 (10.48%) SaaS
5 8 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.65%) AWS
6 7 (5.65%) Nutanix
7 6 (4.84%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.42%) GitHub
9 3 (2.42%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.42%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.61%) Google Sheets
10 2 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) VPN
2 6 (4.84%) DHCP
2 6 (4.84%) DNS
2 6 (4.84%) Firewall
3 5 (4.03%) VoIP
4 3 (2.42%) LAN
5 2 (1.61%) WAN
6 1 (0.81%) Broadband
6 1 (0.81%) Intranet
6 1 (0.81%) VLAN
6 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.03%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (1.61%) MySQL
3 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) JUnit
1 4 (3.23%) Maven
1 4 (3.23%) Mockito
2 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.81%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 49 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.94%) Finance
3 15 (12.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (12.10%) Legal
4 11 (8.87%) Manufacturing
4 11 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.45%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.03%) Law
7 4 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.61%) Billing
9 2 (1.61%) Marketing
9 2 (1.61%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (12.90%) Analyst
2 14 (11.29%) IT Support
3 13 (10.48%) Consultant
4 12 (9.68%) Lead
5 10 (8.06%) IT Engineer
6 8 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (6.45%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.65%) Service Analyst
7 7 (5.65%) Service Desk Analyst
7 7 (5.65%) Trainer
8 6 (4.84%) Senior
9 5 (4.03%) SAP Support
9 5 (4.03%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Team Leader
10 4 (3.23%) Architect
10 4 (3.23%) Implementation Consultant
10 4 (3.23%) IT Trainer
10 4 (3.23%) Recruitment Consultant
10 4 (3.23%) SAP Consultant
10 4 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) React
1 4 (3.23%) REST
1 4 (3.23%) Spring
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.03%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.42%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.42%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.61%) BYOD
5 2 (1.61%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.61%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.61%) FMCG
5 2 (1.61%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.61%) SCORM
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (24.19%) Windows
2 10 (8.06%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.26%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.84%) Android
4 6 (4.84%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.23%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (19.35%) Client Onboarding
4 19 (15.32%) CRM
5 13 (10.48%) Customer Experience
6 12 (9.68%) Roadmaps
7 11 (8.87%) ITIL
7 11 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (8.06%) Customer Service
8 10 (8.06%) Ticket Management
9 9 (7.26%) Project Delivery
10 8 (6.45%) Business Development
10 8 (6.45%) ERP
10 8 (6.45%) Performance Management
10 8 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (6.45%) Workflow
11 7 (5.65%) Change Management
11 7 (5.65%) Collaborative Culture
11 7 (5.65%) Project Management
12 6 (4.84%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.84%) SQL
3 5 (4.03%) Java
4 4 (3.23%) Bash
4 4 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.23%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.61%) ABAP
5 2 (1.61%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.81%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (7.26%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (4.84%) Degree
4 3 (2.42%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.42%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.61%) CIPD
5 2 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.90%) SLA
2 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.42%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.61%) GDPR
4 2 (1.61%) GRC
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) GxP
5 1 (0.81%) ISO 19650
5 1 (0.81%) PMO
5 1 (0.81%) QA
5 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (16.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.23%) Docker
3 2 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.81%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.42%) Terraform
5 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.29%) Adobe
3 8 (6.45%) SAP
4 6 (4.84%) HubSpot
5 5 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.23%) Oracle
7 3 (2.42%) ConnectWise
7 3 (2.42%) Google
8 2 (1.61%) Apple
8 2 (1.61%) Samsung
9 1 (0.81%) Dell
9 1 (0.81%) Kaseya
9 1 (0.81%) Logitech
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.81%) Yealink