Onboarding
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Onboarding over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 228 227
Rank change year-on-year +63 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,775 1,551 3,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.73% 1.59% 1.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.02% 3.72% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 961 867 1,158
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,750 £29,675
25th Percentile £31,345 £48,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £81,000 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

Onboarding is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Onboarding.

Salary trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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 +51 1,418 £48,500 -25.38% 702
UK excluding London +70 1,177 £42,500 -22.73% 420
London +49 512 £60,000 -20.00% 305
Work from Home -17 499 £55,000 -15.38% 375
Midlands +106 331 £40,000 -20.00% 80
West Midlands +116 251 £45,000 -10.00% 39
Scotland +75 229 £51,250 -3.30% 28
South East -14 218 £42,500 -26.09% 105
North of England +23 186 £45,000 -20.32% 135
South West +17 100 £43,500 -15.12% 39
North West +41 92 £43,461 -24.82% 65
Yorkshire +16 82 £57,000 +3.36% 58
East Midlands +8 78 £33,500 -37.67% 41
East of England -37 63 £44,750 -31.15% 22
Wales -13 34 £37,500 -0.95% 14
North East +5 14 £45,000 -7.69% 14
Northern Ireland +30 11 £38,500 +13.24% 4
Channel Islands - 5 - -

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 44 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.86%) SAS
3 28 (1.58%) Confluence
3 28 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.90%) WordPress
5 6 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.23%) OpenZeppelin
7 3 (0.17%) Apache
7 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.056%) CMS
9 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.056%) IIS
9 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
Applications
1 347 (19.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 333 (18.76%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.79%) Trello
5 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.39%) SPSS
7 6 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.28%) InVision
8 5 (0.28%) Sketch
9 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Revit
12 1 (0.056%) 1Password
12 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.056%) Mathematica
12 1 (0.056%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) SAP HR
2 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.28%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.23%) iTrent
5 4 (0.23%) Lawson
5 4 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle HRMS
7 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.056%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.056%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.056%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 313 (17.63%) AWS
2 302 (17.01%) Azure
3 169 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 100 (5.63%) Power Platform
5 87 (4.90%) SaaS
6 84 (4.73%) GCP
7 59 (3.32%) Entra ID
8 48 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
10 36 (2.03%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.52%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.46%) Amazon S3
13 23 (1.30%) Google Workspace
14 22 (1.24%) GitHub
15 21 (1.18%) Serverless
15 21 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
16 20 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
18 16 (0.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 73 (4.11%) Firewall
2 59 (3.32%) DNS
3 48 (2.70%) Network Security
4 47 (2.65%) LAN
5 39 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 39 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (1.97%) WAN
7 34 (1.92%) Wireless
8 33 (1.86%) VPN
9 31 (1.75%) DHCP
10 21 (1.18%) VLAN
11 16 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
12 15 (0.85%) FTP
12 15 (0.85%) HTTP
12 15 (0.85%) Internet
13 13 (0.73%) Broadband
14 12 (0.68%) NAS
14 12 (0.68%) NetScaler
15 10 (0.56%) VoIP
16 9 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.46%) NoSQL
2 93 (5.24%) Tableau
3 78 (4.39%) Power BI
4 47 (2.65%) Amazon QuickSight
5 45 (2.54%) Data Mining
6 43 (2.42%) Big Data
7 42 (2.37%) Data Lake
8 39 (2.20%) Qlik Sense
9 37 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
9 37 (2.08%) Relational Database
10 36 (2.03%) SQL Server
11 34 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (1.46%) Redis
13 22 (1.24%) MySQL
14 15 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 14 (0.79%) Metadata
16 12 (0.68%) MongoDB
17 9 (0.51%) Essbase
18 8 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
18 8 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 57 (3.21%) Git
2 54 (3.04%) JIRA
3 16 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.79%) Selenium
5 11 (0.62%) GitLab
6 9 (0.51%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.34%) Postman
9 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.23%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.23%) git-flow
10 4 (0.23%) Hardhat
11 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.11%) Grunt
11 2 (0.11%) gulp
11 2 (0.11%) PostCSS
11 2 (0.11%) webpack
12 1 (0.056%) PHPUnit
General
1 638 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 550 (30.99%) Finance
3 270 (15.21%) Legal
4 228 (12.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 200 (11.27%) Law
6 190 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
7 189 (10.65%) Military
8 117 (6.59%) Marketing
9 97 (5.46%) Retail
10 78 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
11 74 (4.17%) Banking
12 70 (3.94%) Public Sector
13 42 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 31 (1.75%) Local Government
16 25 (1.41%) French Language
16 25 (1.41%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.41%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.35%) German Language
Job Titles
1 285 (16.06%) Senior
2 213 (12.00%) Analyst
3 204 (11.49%) Graduate
4 173 (9.75%) Software Engineer
5 127 (7.15%) Developer
6 97 (5.46%) Project Manager
7 88 (4.96%) Lead
8 72 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
9 71 (4.00%) Data Engineer
10 70 (3.94%) Java Engineer
10 70 (3.94%) Java Software Engineer
11 69 (3.89%) Senior Developer
12 66 (3.72%) Consultant
13 62 (3.49%) Support Engineer
14 52 (2.93%) IT Support
15 45 (2.54%) Development Manager
16 41 (2.31%) IT Technician
17 39 (2.20%) Field Engineer
17 39 (2.20%) Full Stack Engineer
17 39 (2.20%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (5.46%) HTML
2 82 (4.62%) Node.js
3 79 (4.45%) .NET
4 78 (4.39%) React
5 64 (3.61%) Web Services
6 63 (3.55%) CSS
7 54 (3.04%) Spring
8 46 (2.59%) XML
9 44 (2.48%) AngularJS
10 43 (2.42%) ASP.NET
10 43 (2.42%) J2EE
11 39 (2.20%) JavaBeans
11 39 (2.20%) JMS
11 39 (2.20%) Kafka
11 39 (2.20%) PySpark
12 37 (2.08%) Middleware
13 34 (1.92%) .NET Core
14 33 (1.86%) EDI
14 33 (1.86%) HTML5
14 33 (1.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 167 (9.41%) Algorithms
2 76 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 73 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.42%) Social Media
5 31 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 31 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 24 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
9 19 (1.07%) Public Cloud
10 18 (1.01%) Client/Server
11 16 (0.90%) Robotics
11 16 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 14 (0.79%) Cyberattack
12 14 (0.79%) iPhone
13 13 (0.73%) Driving Licence
13 13 (0.73%) Hedge funds
14 12 (0.68%) Fixed Income
14 12 (0.68%) Reference Data
15 11 (0.62%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 194 (10.93%) Windows
2 80 (4.51%) Windows Server
3 67 (3.77%) Mac OS
4 44 (2.48%) Linux
5 26 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.96%) Unix
7 17 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.45%) Android
11 5 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.23%) Solaris
13 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.056%) CentOS
14 1 (0.056%) VMS
14 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 448 (25.24%) Client Onboarding
3 399 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
4 384 (21.63%) Agile
5 380 (21.41%) Customer Service
6 328 (18.48%) Data Analysis
7 301 (16.96%) Customer Experience
8 285 (16.06%) Process Improvement
9 274 (15.44%) Software Engineering
10 247 (13.92%) Project Management
11 236 (13.30%) Performance Metrics
12 233 (13.13%) Visualisation
13 231 (13.01%) Logistics
14 226 (12.73%) CI/CD
15 208 (11.72%) Risk Management
16 199 (11.21%) Creative Thinking
17 191 (10.76%) Contingency Planning
18 189 (10.65%) Machine Learning
19 184 (10.37%) Artificial Intelligence
20 179 (10.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 294 (16.56%) SQL
2 251 (14.14%) Python
3 212 (11.94%) Java
4 103 (5.80%) C#
5 92 (5.18%) JavaScript
6 67 (3.77%) PowerShell
7 51 (2.87%) R
8 41 (2.31%) PHP
9 29 (1.63%) Go
10 25 (1.41%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.30%) Bash
12 19 (1.07%) MATLAB
13 15 (0.85%) T-SQL
14 14 (0.79%) VBA
15 12 (0.68%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.34%) C
16 6 (0.34%) C++
17 5 (0.28%) ActionScript
17 5 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
17 5 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 551 (31.04%) Degree
2 111 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 74 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 72 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.38%) SC Cleared
6 55 (3.10%) Master's Degree
7 51 (2.87%) DBS Check
8 45 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (2.03%) CISSP
10 35 (1.97%) A+ Certification
11 29 (1.63%) MCP
12 25 (1.41%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.35%) HNC
14 20 (1.13%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.13%) CISM
15 16 (0.90%) OSCP
16 15 (0.85%) ACCA
17 11 (0.62%) CCNA
17 11 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.62%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (2.48%) QA
3 42 (2.37%) Accessibility
3 42 (2.37%) SLA
4 28 (1.58%) GDPR
5 25 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.41%) NIST
6 24 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (1.24%) PMO
8 14 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.51%) NCSC
12 7 (0.39%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.34%) GRC
13 6 (0.34%) IFRS
14 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
16 1 (0.056%) SEPA
System Software
1 187 (10.54%) Active Directory
2 64 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 35 (1.97%) Docker
5 8 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.34%) vSphere
6 6 (0.34%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (2.08%) Terraform
3 29 (1.63%) Ansible
4 27 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.68%) Grafana
7 8 (0.45%) Kibana
8 7 (0.39%) Autotask
8 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.39%) SCCM
9 6 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.23%) Istio
12 3 (0.17%) Control-M
12 3 (0.17%) logstash
13 2 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
14 1 (0.056%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 335 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.61%) VMware
3 62 (3.49%) Google
4 52 (2.93%) Oracle
5 50 (2.82%) SAP
6 45 (2.54%) Alteryx
7 42 (2.37%) Databricks
8 40 (2.25%) Citrix
9 36 (2.03%) Apple
10 32 (1.80%) Cisco
11 25 (1.41%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.35%) Adobe
13 20 (1.13%) Veeam
14 19 (1.07%) Atlassian
14 19 (1.07%) Cadence
14 19 (1.07%) Sage
14 19 (1.07%) Splunk
15 18 (1.01%) Salesforce
16 14 (0.79%) UiPath
17 13 (0.73%) Xero