Onboarding Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Onboarding
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 70 113
Rank change year-on-year +22 +43 -22
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 75 29 14
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.43% 2.22% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.96% 6.71% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 18 8
10th Percentile £325 £320 £518
25th Percentile £419 £417 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.64% +23.68%
75th Percentile £688 £598 £631
90th Percentile - £650 £650
South East median daily rate £503 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +0.50% -16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £42.35 - -
25th Percentile £83.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £100.00 - -
90th Percentile £103.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £26.44 - £21.00

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 627 432 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.03% 33.13% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 219 371
10th Percentile £270 £300 £205
25th Percentile £363 £409 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £504 £480
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% +4.90% -4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £607 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £518 £480
% change year-on-year -3.38% +7.81% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 12 30
10th Percentile £20.62 £25.09 £20.35
25th Percentile £24.40 £39.41 £28.57
Median hourly rate £71.33 £54.75 £56.56
Median % change year-on-year +30.29% -3.20% -5.48%
75th Percentile £84.25 £62.24 £62.88
90th Percentile £99.00 £84.57 £67.04
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -31.58% +11.76%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Onboarding
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in Berkshire

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Onboarding in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Onboarding in Berkshire

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham -1 38 £638 +12.43% 6
Reading +15 33 £520 -5.45% 23
Onboarding
South East

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.33%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.33%) Hyperledger
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (2.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.33%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (1.33%) R3 Corda
2 1 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.33%) Azure
2 8 (10.67%) AWS
2 8 (10.67%) Entra ID
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (5.33%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (4.00%) SaaS
6 1 (1.33%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.33%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.33%) Canva
6 1 (1.33%) GCP
6 1 (1.33%) GitHub
6 1 (1.33%) n8n
6 1 (1.33%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.33%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) Network Security
2 3 (4.00%) Firewall
2 3 (4.00%) VPN
3 2 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.67%) SNMP
4 1 (1.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
2 2 (2.67%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.67%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.67%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.33%) Git
General
1 18 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.00%) Finance
5 2 (2.67%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.67%) Marketing
5 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (36.00%) Architect
2 11 (14.67%) Senior
3 10 (13.33%) SIEM Engineer
4 7 (9.33%) Azure Architect
4 7 (9.33%) Security Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Salesforce Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.33%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Service Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Service Manager
6 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow Architect
6 4 (5.33%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (4.00%) IT Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) ITSM Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Service Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Service Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) REST
1 2 (2.67%) SOAP
2 1 (1.33%) LDAP
2 1 (1.33%) Node.js
2 1 (1.33%) React
2 1 (1.33%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.33%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Operational Technology
2 5 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.00%) PKI
4 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.67%) CMDB
5 1 (1.33%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.33%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.33%) CCTV
5 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.33%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Windows
2 2 (2.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (22.67%) SIEM
3 15 (20.00%) SOAR
4 13 (17.33%) Data Analysis
5 12 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (13.33%) ITSM
7 9 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (10.67%) ITIL
8 8 (10.67%) Service Management
8 8 (10.67%) Threat Detection
9 7 (9.33%) AI
9 7 (9.33%) Roadmaps
10 6 (8.00%) Agile
10 6 (8.00%) Data Protection
10 6 (8.00%) Migration
10 6 (8.00%) Risk Management
11 5 (6.67%) Change Management
11 5 (6.67%) Data Modelling
11 5 (6.67%) Security Architecture
11 5 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.67%) Python
2 14 (18.67%) PowerShell
3 7 (9.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.33%) Bicep
5 1 (1.33%) Java
5 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (34.67%) Security Cleared
2 23 (30.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.67%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (2.67%) CREST Certified
3 2 (2.67%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (2.67%) Degree
4 1 (1.33%) CCNA
4 1 (1.33%) CCNP
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.33%) CISM
4 1 (1.33%) CISSP
4 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.00%) GDPR
2 3 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.67%) SLA
4 1 (1.33%) NIST
4 1 (1.33%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.67%) Nmap
1 2 (2.67%) Terraform
2 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (41.33%) Virgin Media
2 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (14.67%) ServiceNow
4 8 (10.67%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.33%) LogRhythm
6 3 (4.00%) BMC
6 3 (4.00%) Palantir
6 3 (4.00%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.67%) Cisco
7 2 (2.67%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.67%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.67%) Remedy
7 2 (2.67%) Sparx
7 2 (2.67%) Workday
8 1 (1.33%) Adobe
8 1 (1.33%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.33%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.33%) Instagram
8 1 (1.33%) SAP
8 1 (1.33%) TikTok