Hybrid/Remote Onboarding Job Trends

Onboarding
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 141 209
Rank change year-on-year +73 +68 -17
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 612 315 491
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.45% 2.38% 1.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.88% 5.66% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 365 243 424
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% +13.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £102,500 £84,625
UK median annual salary £42,500 £53,875 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.11% +7.75% -23.08%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,192 5,567 11,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.94% 42.12% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,874 3,710 9,221
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,355 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,154 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,200 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -15.38%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Onboarding and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Onboarding job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Onboarding
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Onboarding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Onboarding salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 33 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.45%) Confluence
4 4 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.49%) Totara
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.05%) Acrobat
3 35 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
4 30 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.33%) InDesign
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.65%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.65%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.49%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.49%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (0.49%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.49%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.49%) Sage CRM
4 3 (0.49%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.49%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.49%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.33%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.33%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.33%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 125 (20.42%) SaaS
2 99 (16.18%) Azure
3 77 (12.58%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (11.11%) AWS
5 44 (7.19%) Entra ID
6 20 (3.27%) GCP
7 18 (2.94%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.45%) Datadog
8 15 (2.45%) GitHub
9 13 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.47%) OCI
12 8 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (1.31%) Slack
13 7 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.14%) Cloudflare
13 7 (1.14%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.14%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.14%) Vercel
14 5 (0.82%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.08%) Broadband
2 21 (3.43%) DNS
2 21 (3.43%) VPN
3 16 (2.61%) DHCP
4 13 (2.12%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.12%) WAN
5 12 (1.96%) Firewall
6 10 (1.63%) LAN
6 10 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
6 10 (1.63%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.47%) VLAN
8 8 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (1.31%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.31%) SSL
8 8 (1.31%) WebEx
9 7 (1.14%) VoIP
10 5 (0.82%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.65%) Wireless
12 1 (0.16%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.94%) Power BI
2 17 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.80%) MySQL
5 8 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.82%) SAP HANA
7 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.16%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.25%) JIRA
2 4 (0.65%) VersionOne
3 3 (0.49%) Git
3 3 (0.49%) GitBook
3 3 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.49%) Postman
4 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.33%) Selenium
5 1 (0.16%) JMeter
5 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 281 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 132 (21.57%) Finance
3 130 (21.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 83 (13.56%) Retail
5 58 (9.48%) Legal
6 57 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (8.50%) Law
9 46 (7.52%) Marketing
10 36 (5.88%) Public Sector
11 33 (5.39%) Games
12 30 (4.90%) Telecoms
13 27 (4.41%) Banking
14 20 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.94%) Financial Institution
16 14 (2.29%) Back Office
17 13 (2.12%) French Language
18 9 (1.47%) Advertising
19 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
20 7 (1.14%) German Language
Job Titles
1 77 (12.58%) Analyst
2 61 (9.97%) Senior
3 52 (8.50%) Consultant
4 37 (6.05%) IT Support
5 30 (4.90%) Lead
6 28 (4.58%) Account Manager
7 26 (4.25%) IT Manager
7 26 (4.25%) Support Analyst
8 20 (3.27%) Recruitment Consultant
9 19 (3.10%) Coordinator
9 19 (3.10%) ERP Support
9 19 (3.10%) IT Analyst
9 19 (3.10%) Support Manager
10 18 (2.94%) Category Manager
11 16 (2.61%) Engineering Manager
12 15 (2.45%) IT Engineer
12 15 (2.45%) IT Support Analyst
12 15 (2.45%) Service Manager
12 15 (2.45%) Support Engineer
13 14 (2.29%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.61%) XML
2 14 (2.29%) .NET
2 14 (2.29%) JSON
3 10 (1.63%) ADO
3 10 (1.63%) REST
4 9 (1.47%) CSS
4 9 (1.47%) HTML
4 9 (1.47%) React
5 8 (1.31%) XMPP
6 6 (0.98%) Regular Expression
7 5 (0.82%) SOAP
8 4 (0.65%) Kafka
8 4 (0.65%) OAuth
9 3 (0.49%) Node.js
9 3 (0.49%) RESTful
10 2 (0.33%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.33%) OpenID
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.33%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (4.90%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.74%) Mobile App
4 28 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 28 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (3.43%) Public Cloud
7 19 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.29%) Podcast
8 14 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
9 13 (2.12%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.80%) Social Media
12 10 (1.63%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.47%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.31%) CCTV
14 8 (1.31%) FlexPod
14 8 (1.31%) NHS
14 8 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 7 (1.14%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.17%) Windows
2 28 (4.58%) Apple iOS
3 24 (3.92%) Windows 10
4 23 (3.76%) Android
5 15 (2.45%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.63%) Linux
7 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (25.82%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 101 (16.50%) Client Onboarding
4 90 (14.71%) CRM
5 87 (14.22%) Mentoring
6 85 (13.89%) AI
7 83 (13.56%) Customer Service
8 74 (12.09%) Roadmaps
9 71 (11.60%) Agile
10 66 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
11 62 (10.13%) Decision-Making
12 59 (9.64%) B2B
13 56 (9.15%) Project Management
14 55 (8.99%) CI/CD
14 55 (8.99%) Service Delivery
15 51 (8.33%) Coaching
16 50 (8.17%) Observability
17 44 (7.19%) Collaborative Culture
18 43 (7.03%) ERP
19 42 (6.86%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.66%) Python
2 51 (8.33%) SQL
3 31 (5.07%) PowerShell
4 23 (3.76%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.61%) C#
6 11 (1.80%) Bash
6 11 (1.80%) PHP
7 8 (1.31%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.82%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.65%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.65%) Delphi
9 4 (0.65%) Pascal
10 3 (0.49%) Java
11 2 (0.33%) ABAP
11 2 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.33%) R
11 2 (0.33%) SOQL
11 2 (0.33%) SOSL
11 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 60 (9.80%) Degree
2 47 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.10%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.12%) ACCA
6 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.98%) CIMA
8 6 (0.98%) CISSP
9 5 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.82%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.65%) CEH
10 4 (0.65%) CISM
10 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.65%) MCSE
10 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.65%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.52%) Accessibility
2 39 (6.37%) QA
3 24 (3.92%) GDPR
4 22 (3.59%) Data Quality
5 19 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.45%) SLA
7 11 (1.80%) GRC
7 11 (1.80%) PMO
8 7 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.14%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.98%) NIST
10 4 (0.65%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.49%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.49%) TickIT
12 2 (0.33%) GMP
12 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (7.35%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.61%) Docker
3 10 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.82%) vSphere
5 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (3.59%) Grafana
1 22 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.27%) Terraform
3 17 (2.78%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.96%) SCCM
5 11 (1.80%) Ansible
5 11 (1.80%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.31%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.16%) Nagios
Vendors
1 134 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.13%) Adobe
3 27 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.08%) SAP
5 24 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.76%) Apple
7 15 (2.45%) Workday
8 14 (2.29%) Cisco
9 13 (2.12%) Google
9 13 (2.12%) Xero
10 11 (1.80%) Sage
10 11 (1.80%) Splunk
11 10 (1.63%) VMware
12 9 (1.47%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.31%) CyberArk
13 8 (1.31%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.31%) Oracle
13 8 (1.31%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.82%) FIS
14 5 (0.82%) Okta