Onboarding Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 221 220
Rank change year-on-year +81 -1 -40
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 522 467 538
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.48% 1.42% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.18% 4.10% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 318 389 412
10th Percentile £28,175 £30,000 £37,538
25th Percentile £32,813 £37,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -12.80% +0.81%
75th Percentile £79,375 £68,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +4.17%

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 8,452 11,383 13,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.18% 34.54% 38.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,868 8,423 10,473
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £64,104
% change year-on-year +4.65% -14.20% +2.57%

Onboarding
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Onboarding trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Onboarding
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Onboarding.

Onboarding salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Onboarding salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 33 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (6.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.53%) IIS
4 6 (1.15%) Confluence
5 5 (0.96%) Apache
5 5 (0.96%) CMS
6 2 (0.38%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.19%) Drupal
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 41 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.38%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.19%) 1Password
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.19%) Blender
6 1 (0.19%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.19%) InDesign
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) TeamGantt
Business Applications
1 39 (7.47%) Aladdin
1 39 (7.47%) thinkFolio
2 7 (1.34%) Shopify
3 5 (0.96%) Magento
4 4 (0.77%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 105 (20.11%) AWS
2 82 (15.71%) AWS Lambda
2 82 (15.71%) Serverless
3 68 (13.03%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (12.45%) SaaS
5 56 (10.73%) Azure
6 24 (4.60%) Entra ID
7 19 (3.64%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.49%) GitHub
10 12 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.53%) IaaS
11 8 (1.53%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.53%) Zapier
12 7 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.15%) PaaS
13 6 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.96%) Azure Stack
14 5 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
15 4 (0.77%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 84 (16.09%) Broadband
2 82 (15.71%) SSH
2 82 (15.71%) SSL
3 33 (6.32%) Firewall
4 32 (6.13%) WAN
5 25 (4.79%) LAN
6 23 (4.41%) VPN
7 18 (3.45%) DNS
8 14 (2.68%) TCP/IP
9 12 (2.30%) DHCP
10 10 (1.92%) VoIP
11 7 (1.34%) 5G
11 7 (1.34%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.57%) Internet
12 3 (0.57%) VLAN
13 2 (0.38%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.19%) IPsec
14 1 (0.19%) WebEx
14 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.30%) Power BI
3 7 (1.34%) Tableau
4 6 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.77%) Redis
7 2 (0.38%) MySQL
7 2 (0.38%) Power Query
8 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (2.49%) JIRA
2 8 (1.53%) SonarQube
3 4 (0.77%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) Bazaar
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Hudson
5 1 (0.19%) JMeter
5 1 (0.19%) Postman
5 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 292 (55.94%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.16%) Finance
3 47 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (8.81%) Front Office
5 36 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.32%) Retail
7 29 (5.56%) Legal
8 28 (5.36%) Public Sector
9 26 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (4.60%) Marketing
11 18 (3.45%) Local Government
12 12 (2.30%) Billing
13 11 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.92%) Law
14 10 (1.92%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.72%) Back Office
16 7 (1.34%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.34%) Military
17 6 (1.15%) Advertising
17 6 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (16.86%) DevOps Engineer
2 87 (16.67%) Analyst
3 84 (16.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 53 (10.15%) Business Manager
5 51 (9.77%) Business Analyst
6 45 (8.62%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
6 45 (8.62%) Lead
7 33 (6.32%) Senior
8 32 (6.13%) IT Support
9 30 (5.75%) Consultant
10 27 (5.17%) Support Engineer
11 25 (4.79%) Developer
12 18 (3.45%) 1st Line Support
13 17 (3.26%) Support Analyst
14 13 (2.49%) Account Manager
14 13 (2.49%) Customer Executive
14 13 (2.49%) Development Manager
14 13 (2.49%) IT Engineer
15 12 (2.30%) IT Analyst
15 12 (2.30%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (18.01%) RESTful
2 84 (16.09%) Web Services
3 11 (2.11%) .NET
4 8 (1.53%) HTML
5 7 (1.34%) Node.js
6 5 (0.96%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.96%) Azure Blueprints
6 5 (0.96%) EDI
6 5 (0.96%) Laravel
7 4 (0.77%) CodeIgniter
7 4 (0.77%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.77%) React
7 4 (0.77%) XML
8 3 (0.57%) CSS
8 3 (0.57%) Django
8 3 (0.57%) Flask
8 3 (0.57%) OAuth
8 3 (0.57%) pytest
8 3 (0.57%) SQLAlchemy
8 3 (0.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 102 (19.54%) Management Information System
2 82 (15.71%) Cyber Threat
2 82 (15.71%) Cyberattack
2 82 (15.71%) PKI
3 46 (8.81%) Derivative
4 45 (8.62%) Fixed Income
4 45 (8.62%) Hedge funds
5 37 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (3.83%) Social Media
7 17 (3.26%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.26%) Driving Licence
8 13 (2.49%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.92%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.34%) Self-Driving Car
12 6 (1.15%) Augmented Reality
12 6 (1.15%) Tandem
12 6 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.60%) Windows
2 40 (7.66%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.34%) Android
5 7 (1.34%) Linux
6 6 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.96%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.96%) Rocky
8 3 (0.57%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (21.07%) DevOps
3 109 (20.88%) Roadmaps
4 107 (20.50%) Cybersecurity
5 98 (18.77%) Use Case
6 93 (17.82%) Agile
6 93 (17.82%) Client Onboarding
7 87 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
8 82 (15.71%) Key Management
8 82 (15.71%) Programme Delivery
8 82 (15.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 76 (14.56%) Customer Service
10 59 (11.30%) Asset Management
10 59 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (11.11%) CRM
12 57 (10.92%) Mentoring
13 50 (9.58%) Business Analysis
13 50 (9.58%) Business Intelligence
14 49 (9.39%) Portfolio Management
15 45 (8.62%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (29.50%) Python
2 81 (15.52%) SQL
3 26 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.68%) C#
5 12 (2.30%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.11%) PHP
7 9 (1.72%) Java
8 7 (1.34%) C++
8 7 (1.34%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.77%) Bash
11 2 (0.38%) Ruby
12 1 (0.19%) Bicep
12 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (9.20%) Degree
2 22 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.07%) DBS Check
4 13 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (1.72%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.15%) A+ Certification
7 6 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.15%) CIPD
7 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.57%) MCP
8 3 (0.57%) MCSA
8 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.57%) PMP
9 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.19%) CCNA
10 1 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (17.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (16.28%) NIST
3 16 (3.07%) GDPR
4 12 (2.30%) SLA
5 10 (1.92%) QA
6 7 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.15%) PMO
8 5 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.96%) NCSC
9 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.38%) WCAG
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 138 (26.44%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.07%) Docker
3 16 (3.07%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.49%) XenApp
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 94 (18.01%) Terraform
2 29 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (3.83%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.96%) Ansible
4 5 (0.96%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.77%) Grafana
5 4 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.77%) SCCM
6 2 (0.38%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.19%) AppManager
7 1 (0.19%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.19%) Plesk
7 1 (0.19%) QRadar
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 82 (15.71%) Thales
3 45 (8.62%) Charles River
4 39 (7.47%) BISAM
4 39 (7.47%) Calypso
4 39 (7.47%) SimCorp
5 30 (5.75%) VMware
6 24 (4.60%) Salesforce
6 24 (4.60%) ServiceNow
7 21 (4.02%) Google
8 19 (3.64%) Workday
9 17 (3.26%) SonicWALL
10 15 (2.87%) Citrix
11 14 (2.68%) Cisco
12 13 (2.49%) CheckPoint
12 13 (2.49%) Meraki
13 11 (2.11%) Apple
14 9 (1.72%) Dell
14 9 (1.72%) Guidewire
15 7 (1.34%) Oracle