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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 232 233
Rank change year-on-year +63 +1 -9
Permanent jobs citing Onboarding 1,745 1,591 2,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.75% 1.60% 1.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.97% 3.76% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 965 878 1,122
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £29,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £48,750 £42,813
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 £80,000 £96,250 £97,479
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,400 £55,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -26.55% +9.45% -6.94%

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 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
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 £109,865 £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 18 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 18 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 1,381 £47,500 -26.92% 738
UK excluding London +59 1,135 £40,400 -26.55% 463
London +53 518 £60,000 -20.00% 334
Work from Home -25 499 £53,000 -18.46% 372
Midlands +84 287 £39,500 -21.00% 70
Scotland +66 231 £51,250 -3.30% 29
South East -9 219 £41,450 -30.92% 133
West Midlands +97 215 £45,000 -10.00% 37
North of England +29 183 £45,000 -18.40% 147
South West +19 100 £43,500 -3.33% 51
North West +43 95 £43,461 -19.37% 69
Yorkshire +21 78 £60,000 +8.80% 62
East Midlands +4 70 £33,500 -36.19% 33
East of England -27 65 £44,750 -31.15% 21
Wales -8 34 £37,500 +2.74% 15
North East +3 12 £45,000 -7.69% 18
Northern Ireland +31 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 48 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.95%) SAS
3 30 (1.72%) Confluence
4 29 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.92%) WordPress
6 6 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.23%) OpenZeppelin
8 3 (0.17%) Apache
8 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.057%) CMS
10 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.057%) IIS
10 1 (0.057%) OpenStack
Applications
1 312 (17.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 299 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.80%) Trello
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.40%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) SPSS
7 6 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.29%) InVision
8 5 (0.29%) Sketch
9 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Revit
12 1 (0.057%) 1Password
12 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.057%) Mathematica
12 1 (0.057%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.52%) SAP HR
2 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.29%) 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 (0.057%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.057%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.057%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.057%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.057%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 318 (18.22%) AWS
2 308 (17.65%) Azure
3 173 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.93%) GCP
6 85 (4.87%) SaaS
7 59 (3.38%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (2.01%) Power Automate
11 28 (1.60%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.43%) Amazon S3
13 23 (1.32%) Google Workspace
14 22 (1.26%) GitHub
15 21 (1.20%) Serverless
15 21 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
16 20 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
18 16 (0.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 72 (4.13%) Firewall
2 62 (3.55%) DNS
3 48 (2.75%) LAN
4 47 (2.69%) Network Security
5 41 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 37 (2.12%) WAN
6 37 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (1.95%) Wireless
8 33 (1.89%) DHCP
8 33 (1.89%) VPN
9 21 (1.20%) VLAN
10 16 (0.92%) FTP
10 16 (0.92%) HTTP
10 16 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
11 13 (0.74%) Broadband
11 13 (0.74%) Internet
12 12 (0.69%) NAS
12 12 (0.69%) NetScaler
13 10 (0.57%) VoIP
14 9 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (5.62%) NoSQL
2 95 (5.44%) Tableau
3 80 (4.58%) Power BI
4 48 (2.75%) Amazon QuickSight
5 46 (2.64%) Big Data
5 46 (2.64%) Data Mining
6 42 (2.41%) Data Lake
7 39 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 39 (2.23%) Qlik Sense
8 38 (2.18%) SQL Server
9 36 (2.06%) Relational Database
10 34 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (1.49%) Redis
12 23 (1.32%) MySQL
13 15 (0.86%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.69%) Metadata
14 12 (0.69%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.52%) Essbase
16 8 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (3.38%) Git
2 53 (3.04%) JIRA
3 17 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.80%) Selenium
5 12 (0.69%) GitLab
6 8 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.34%) Postman
9 5 (0.29%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.29%) git-flow
9 5 (0.29%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
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 (0.057%) Appium
General
1 641 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 555 (31.81%) Finance
3 270 (15.47%) Legal
4 234 (13.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (11.58%) Law
6 195 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
7 147 (8.42%) Military
8 115 (6.59%) Marketing
9 97 (5.56%) Retail
10 77 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
11 75 (4.30%) Public Sector
12 71 (4.07%) Banking
13 43 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 32 (1.83%) Local Government
17 26 (1.49%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.43%) French Language
18 25 (1.43%) Investment Banking
19 24 (1.38%) German Language
Job Titles
1 282 (16.16%) Senior
2 213 (12.21%) Analyst
3 174 (9.97%) Software Engineer
4 162 (9.28%) Graduate
5 125 (7.16%) Developer
6 99 (5.67%) Project Manager
7 91 (5.21%) Lead
8 74 (4.24%) Data Engineer
9 70 (4.01%) Java Engineer
9 70 (4.01%) Java Software Engineer
9 70 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
10 68 (3.90%) Senior Developer
11 67 (3.84%) Consultant
12 59 (3.38%) Support Engineer
13 54 (3.09%) IT Support
14 46 (2.64%) Development Manager
15 42 (2.41%) IT Technician
16 39 (2.23%) Full Stack Engineer
16 39 (2.23%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 38 (2.18%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (5.56%) HTML
2 81 (4.64%) Node.js
3 78 (4.47%) React
4 77 (4.41%) .NET
5 63 (3.61%) Web Services
6 62 (3.55%) CSS
7 54 (3.09%) Spring
8 46 (2.64%) XML
9 44 (2.52%) AngularJS
10 43 (2.46%) J2EE
11 41 (2.35%) ASP.NET
12 39 (2.23%) JavaBeans
12 39 (2.23%) JMS
12 39 (2.23%) Kafka
12 39 (2.23%) PySpark
13 37 (2.12%) Middleware
14 34 (1.95%) .NET Core
14 34 (1.95%) HTML5
15 33 (1.89%) EDI
15 33 (1.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 168 (9.63%) Algorithms
2 78 (4.47%) Management Information System
3 76 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.46%) Social Media
5 34 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 31 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 25 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
9 19 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 19 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 18 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 17 (0.97%) Robotics
12 16 (0.92%) iPhone
13 15 (0.86%) Cyberattack
14 13 (0.74%) Driving Licence
14 13 (0.74%) Fixed Income
14 13 (0.74%) Hedge funds
15 12 (0.69%) Reference Data
16 11 (0.63%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 194 (11.12%) Windows
2 81 (4.64%) Windows Server
3 67 (3.84%) Mac OS
4 48 (2.75%) Linux
5 26 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (0.92%) Apple iOS
9 15 (0.86%) Unix
10 11 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (0.46%) Android
12 6 (0.34%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.23%) Solaris
14 2 (0.11%) CentOS
14 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.057%) VMS
15 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (25.73%) Client Onboarding
2 446 (25.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 404 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
4 390 (22.35%) Agile
5 337 (19.31%) Customer Service
6 291 (16.68%) Data Analysis
7 274 (15.70%) Software Engineering
8 258 (14.79%) Customer Experience
9 249 (14.27%) Project Management
10 247 (14.15%) Process Improvement
11 237 (13.58%) Visualisation
12 226 (12.95%) CI/CD
13 209 (11.98%) Risk Management
14 197 (11.29%) Performance Metrics
15 193 (11.06%) Machine Learning
16 191 (10.95%) Logistics
17 185 (10.60%) Artificial Intelligence
18 181 (10.37%) SDLC
19 176 (10.09%) Analytics
20 163 (9.34%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 297 (17.02%) SQL
2 259 (14.84%) Python
3 210 (12.03%) Java
4 102 (5.85%) C#
5 91 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 65 (3.72%) PowerShell
7 53 (3.04%) R
8 44 (2.52%) PHP
9 27 (1.55%) Go
10 25 (1.43%) Bash
10 25 (1.43%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.15%) MATLAB
12 18 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 15 (0.86%) VBA
14 12 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.40%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.34%) C
16 6 (0.34%) C++
17 5 (0.29%) ActionScript
17 5 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 512 (29.34%) Degree
2 117 (6.70%) Security Cleared
3 77 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 72 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (3.72%) SC Cleared
6 55 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 51 (2.92%) DBS Check
8 46 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (2.12%) CISSP
10 35 (2.01%) A+ Certification
11 29 (1.66%) MCP
12 26 (1.49%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.38%) HNC
14 22 (1.26%) CISM
15 21 (1.20%) Azure Certification
16 17 (0.97%) OSCP
17 15 (0.86%) ACCA
18 11 (0.63%) CCNA
18 11 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
18 11 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (2.64%) QA
3 43 (2.46%) SLA
4 41 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 28 (1.60%) GDPR
6 26 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 23 (1.32%) NIST
7 23 (1.32%) PMO
8 14 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.69%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.46%) NCSC
11 7 (0.40%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.34%) IFRS
13 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.23%) GRC
13 4 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.057%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 189 (10.83%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (2.52%) Hyper-V
4 35 (2.01%) Docker
5 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.34%) vSphere
6 6 (0.34%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (2.06%) Terraform
3 28 (1.60%) Ansible
3 28 (1.60%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.69%) Grafana
6 8 (0.46%) Kibana
7 7 (0.40%) Autotask
7 7 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.40%) SCCM
8 6 (0.34%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.23%) Istio
11 3 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.17%) logstash
12 2 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.11%) Control-M
12 2 (0.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.057%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 343 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.78%) VMware
3 63 (3.61%) Google
4 53 (3.04%) Oracle
5 50 (2.87%) SAP
6 47 (2.69%) Alteryx
7 43 (2.46%) Databricks
8 39 (2.23%) Citrix
9 35 (2.01%) Apple
10 32 (1.83%) Cisco
11 26 (1.49%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.38%) Adobe
13 22 (1.26%) Veeam
14 20 (1.15%) Splunk
15 19 (1.09%) Cadence
15 19 (1.09%) Sage
16 18 (1.03%) Atlassian
16 18 (1.03%) Salesforce
17 14 (0.80%) UiPath
18 13 (0.74%) Xero