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 6 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 47 109
Rank change year-on-year -4 +62 -33
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 79 48 17
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.25% 4.17% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.48% 11.97% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 26 14
10th Percentile £319 £363 £299
25th Percentile £350 £450 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £568
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.49% +5.58%
75th Percentile £688 £586 £638
90th Percentile £705 £650 £878
South East median daily rate £500 £485 £575
% change year-on-year +3.09% -15.65% +4.55%
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 £13.85 £16.00
% change year-on-year +90.90% -13.44% -

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 688 401 643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.05% 34.87% 31.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 218 342
10th Percentile £279 £304 £205
25th Percentile £363 £431 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 11 32
10th Percentile £19.41 £24.66 £12.37
25th Percentile £51.78 £38.50 £23.13
Median hourly rate £83.50 £61.50 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +35.78% +27.76% -25.58%
75th Percentile £88.00 £74.65 £62.12
90th Percentile £90.10 £92.50 £63.29
South East median hourly rate £68.75 £33.75 £41.50
% change year-on-year +103.70% -18.67% -13.69%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -11 38 £515 -8.44% 13
Wokingham -11 32 £408 -22.08% 3
Windsor - 1 - - 2
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 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.27%) Hyperledger
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (2.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.27%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.27%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.52%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) AWS
3 7 (8.86%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (6.33%) SaaS
5 4 (5.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.06%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (3.80%) OCI
7 2 (2.53%) GitHub
7 2 (2.53%) PaaS
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.27%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.27%) GCP
8 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.27%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) Network Security
2 3 (3.80%) Firewall
2 3 (3.80%) VPN
3 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.53%) SNMP
4 1 (1.27%) DMVPN
4 1 (1.27%) DNS
4 1 (1.27%) LAN
4 1 (1.27%) MPLS
4 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.27%) TETRA
4 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (2.53%) MySQL
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Exadata
1 2 (2.53%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) Data Vault
2 1 (1.27%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (1.27%) Metadata
2 1 (1.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.53%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.53%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.27%) ERwin
3 1 (1.27%) Git
General
1 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Finance
6 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.53%) Marketing
6 2 (2.53%) Police
7 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.27%) Publishing
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Architect
2 13 (16.46%) Senior
3 10 (12.66%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Azure Architect
4 5 (6.33%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Analyst
5 4 (5.06%) Platform Architect
5 4 (5.06%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Service Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Service Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Data Modeller
6 3 (3.80%) IT Analyst
6 3 (3.80%) ITSM Analyst
6 3 (3.80%) Lead
6 3 (3.80%) Security Architect
6 3 (3.80%) Service Analyst
6 3 (3.80%) Service Management Analyst
6 3 (3.80%) ServiceNow Architect
6 3 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) REST
1 2 (2.53%) SOAP
2 1 (1.27%) LDAP
2 1 (1.27%) Node.js
2 1 (1.27%) React
2 1 (1.27%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Operational Technology
2 5 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.06%) PKI
4 3 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.53%) CMDB
5 2 (2.53%) Replication
5 2 (2.53%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.27%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.27%) CCTV
6 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Linux
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (22.78%) SIEM
3 15 (18.99%) SOAR
4 13 (16.46%) Data Analysis
5 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (15.19%) Migration
6 10 (12.66%) ITSM
6 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.39%) Service Management
8 8 (10.13%) ITIL
8 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (10.13%) Threat Detection
9 7 (8.86%) Agile
9 7 (8.86%) AI
9 7 (8.86%) Risk Management
9 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
10 6 (7.59%) Change Management
10 6 (7.59%) Data Modelling
10 6 (7.59%) Data Protection
10 6 (7.59%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) Python
2 15 (18.99%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.86%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.53%) SQL
6 1 (1.27%) Bash
6 1 (1.27%) Bicep
6 1 (1.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (36.71%) Security Cleared
2 22 (27.85%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.53%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (2.53%) CREST Certified
4 2 (2.53%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (2.53%) Degree
5 1 (1.27%) CISM
5 1 (1.27%) CISSP
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.06%) GDPR
1 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.53%) NIST
2 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.53%) SLA
3 1 (1.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Terraform
2 2 (2.53%) Grafana
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.53%) Nmap
2 2 (2.53%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (29.11%) Virgin Media
2 14 (17.72%) ServiceNow
3 11 (13.92%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.06%) LogRhythm
5 3 (3.80%) BMC
5 3 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.80%) Sparx
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco
6 2 (2.53%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.53%) Oracle
6 2 (2.53%) Palantir
6 2 (2.53%) Remedy
6 2 (2.53%) SAP
6 2 (2.53%) Workday
7 1 (1.27%) Avaya
7 1 (1.27%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.27%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.27%) IBM
7 1 (1.27%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.27%) Red Hat