Onboarding Contract Job Trends in Reading

Onboarding
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 64 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 26 26 15
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.57% 2.53% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.02% 7.69% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 7
10th Percentile £400 £385 £508
25th Percentile £500 £500 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £630 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +9.57% +26.03%
75th Percentile £600 £815 £650
90th Percentile £675 £820 £740
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £583 £563
% change year-on-year -5.58% +3.56% +60.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £88.00 - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - -
Median hourly rate £100.00 - -
75th Percentile £102.75 - -
90th Percentile £104.40 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £85.00 - £61.25

All Generic Skills
Reading

Onboarding falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 236 338 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 32.42% 32.85% 30.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 162 211
10th Percentile £350 £302 £205
25th Percentile £421 £412 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £574 £479
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +19.78% -8.76%
75th Percentile £605 £638 £615
90th Percentile £664 £710 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 8
10th Percentile £55.15 £34.40 £60.54
25th Percentile £58.00 £42.50 £61.52
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -9.15% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.69 £65.55
90th Percentile £102.20 £72.80 £66.83
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £42.88 £62.32
% change year-on-year +35.26% -31.20% +86.04%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Onboarding relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Onboarding job vacancy trend in Reading

Onboarding
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Onboarding.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in Reading over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in Reading

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Onboarding.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.54%) Power Automate
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 3 (11.54%) SaaS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing
3 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Developer
2 4 (15.38%) React Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
2 4 (15.38%) SIEM Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Python Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Salesforce Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Service Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Gen AI Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Lead Data Scientist
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) FastAPI
1 2 (7.69%) React
1 2 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (3.85%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.85%) NestJS
2 1 (3.85%) Node.js
2 1 (3.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Operational Technology
2 3 (11.54%) PKI
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (26.92%) Data Analysis
2 7 (26.92%) SIEM
2 7 (26.92%) SOAR
3 5 (19.23%) Agile
3 5 (19.23%) AI
3 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
4 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (15.38%) ITSM
4 4 (15.38%) Workflow
5 3 (11.54%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
5 3 (11.54%) DevOps
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Process Management
5 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.54%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (11.54%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) Python
2 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Virgin Media
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Salesforce
3 4 (15.38%) Databricks
3 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.69%) LogRhythm