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 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 35 102
Rank change year-on-year -17 +67 -30
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 72 59 15
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.97% 5.24% 0.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.13% 14.86% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 35 12
10th Percentile £319 £355 £246
25th Percentile £500 £458 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £527 £568
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% -7.14% -1.30%
75th Percentile £688 £581 £613
90th Percentile £725 £640 £943
South East median daily rate £488 £488 £575
% change year-on-year - -15.22% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £15.35 - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.13 - -
90th Percentile £69.85 - -
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £17.62 £16.00
% change year-on-year +169.81% +10.13% -

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 647 397 572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.67% 35.26% 29.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 246 325
10th Percentile £271 £301 £205
25th Percentile £363 £402 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £641 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 14 29
10th Percentile £19.21 £32.05 £11.79
25th Percentile £32.43 £43.88 £20.50
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +44.69% -36.89%
75th Percentile £88.00 £88.53 £61.50
90th Percentile - £91.41 £68.04
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £47.81 £48.75
% change year-on-year +41.20% -1.94% -2.50%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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
Reading -10 41 £515 -6.36% 16
Wokingham -13 17 £475 -8.03% 1
Windsor - 4 £575 - 1
Slough +7 1 - - 6
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 2 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.39%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.39%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.39%) R3 Corda
3 1 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Azure
2 8 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 7 (9.72%) AWS
4 3 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.17%) OCI
4 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.17%) SaaS
5 2 (2.78%) GitHub
5 2 (2.78%) PaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.39%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.39%) n8n
6 1 (1.39%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) VPN
2 3 (4.17%) Firewall
2 3 (4.17%) LAN
2 3 (4.17%) Network Security
3 2 (2.78%) DNS
4 1 (1.39%) DHCP
4 1 (1.39%) DMVPN
4 1 (1.39%) MPLS
4 1 (1.39%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.39%) TETRA
4 1 (1.39%) WAN
4 1 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (2.78%) MySQL
2 2 (2.78%) Oracle Exadata
2 2 (2.78%) Vitess
3 1 (1.39%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.39%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (1.39%) Metadata
3 1 (1.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.78%) Metasploit
1 2 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.39%) ERwin
2 1 (1.39%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.94%) Finance
5 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
6 2 (2.78%) Police
7 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.39%) Publishing
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (18.06%) Senior
2 11 (15.28%) Architect
3 9 (12.50%) Analyst
4 7 (9.72%) SIEM Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Designer
7 4 (5.56%) Service Designer
8 3 (4.17%) Data Modeller
8 3 (4.17%) Developer
8 3 (4.17%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) ITSM Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Platform Architect
8 3 (4.17%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Service Management Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Change Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Penetration Tester
9 2 (2.78%) Python Developer
9 2 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) REST
1 2 (2.78%) SOAP
2 1 (1.39%) Node.js
2 1 (1.39%) React
2 1 (1.39%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.39%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (6.94%) Operational Technology
2 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.78%) CMDB
3 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.78%) IVR
3 2 (2.78%) Replication
4 1 (1.39%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.39%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.39%) PKI
4 1 (1.39%) SCADA
4 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (2.78%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.39%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (16.67%) Migration
4 11 (15.28%) SIEM
5 10 (13.89%) SOAR
6 9 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 9 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 8 (11.11%) AI
7 8 (11.11%) ITSM
8 7 (9.72%) Data Protection
9 6 (8.33%) Change Management
9 6 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.33%) Project Management
9 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (6.94%) Agile
10 5 (6.94%) Data Modelling
10 5 (6.94%) ITIL
10 5 (6.94%) Project Delivery
10 5 (6.94%) RBAC
10 5 (6.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.06%) Python
2 10 (13.89%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.78%) SQL
6 1 (1.39%) Bash
6 1 (1.39%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.06%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.94%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.78%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (2.78%) CREST Certified
4 2 (2.78%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (2.78%) Degree
5 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.78%) SLA
4 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.39%) NIST
4 1 (1.39%) PMO
4 1 (1.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Terraform
2 2 (2.78%) Grafana
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.78%) Nmap
2 2 (2.78%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (33.33%) Virgin Media
2 11 (15.28%) ServiceNow
3 8 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.17%) LogRhythm
4 3 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.17%) SAP
4 3 (4.17%) Sparx
5 2 (2.78%) Cisco
5 2 (2.78%) HubSpot
5 2 (2.78%) Oracle
5 2 (2.78%) Remedy
5 2 (2.78%) Workday
6 1 (1.39%) Adobe
6 1 (1.39%) Avaya
6 1 (1.39%) BMC
6 1 (1.39%) Ceridian
6 1 (1.39%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.39%) IBM
6 1 (1.39%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.39%) VMware