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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 78 109
Rank change year-on-year +29 +31 -16
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 62 24 15
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.20% 1.72% 0.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.33% 5.38% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 16 6
10th Percentile £325 £285 £506
25th Percentile £410 £391 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.11% +47.54%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £616
90th Percentile £688 £808 £638
South East median daily rate £514 £494 £563
% change year-on-year +4.10% -12.22% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £88.00 - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - £60.63
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £61.25
75th Percentile £102.75 - £61.88
90th Percentile £104.40 - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 - £37.63

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 547 446 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.06% 31.99% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 220 325
10th Percentile £293 £265 £205
25th Percentile £401 £409 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% -4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £664 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £485 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 22
10th Percentile £20.62 £27.88 £43.52
25th Percentile £20.79 £38.00 £51.94
Median hourly rate £58.00 £45.06 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -26.67% +83.43%
75th Percentile £86.00 £62.24 £64.76
90th Percentile £99.00 - £82.00
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -35.00% -32.64% +38.56%

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 7 January 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
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 7 January 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 0 33 £638 +12.43% 2
Reading +25 25 £525 -7.08% 12
Bracknell - 1 £550 - 1
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 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.97%) Azure
2 9 (14.52%) AWS
3 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (4.84%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.84%) SaaS
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.23%) GCP
6 1 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.61%) Canva
6 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.61%) GitHub
6 1 (1.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Firewall
2 2 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (3.23%) Network Security
2 2 (3.23%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.23%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 17 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.23%) Finance
5 2 (3.23%) Marketing
5 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Architect
2 7 (11.29%) Salesforce Architect
2 7 (11.29%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 7 (11.29%) Security Architect
2 7 (11.29%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (9.68%) Senior
4 5 (8.06%) Azure Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Developer
5 4 (6.45%) Service Delivery Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Service Manager
5 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow Architect
5 4 (6.45%) SIEM Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Lead
7 2 (3.23%) Data Architect
7 2 (3.23%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Operations Support Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) OSS Support Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) React Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Node.js
1 2 (3.23%) REST
1 2 (3.23%) SOAP
2 1 (1.61%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.61%) LDAP
2 1 (1.61%) NestJS
2 1 (1.61%) React
2 1 (1.61%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Operational Technology
2 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.84%) PKI
3 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.61%) CCTV
4 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.61%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.61%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Windows
2 2 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.52%) SIEM
2 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (11.29%) Agile
3 7 (11.29%) Data Analysis
3 7 (11.29%) ITSM
3 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (11.29%) SOAR
4 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (9.68%) ITIL
4 6 (9.68%) Risk Management
4 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
5 5 (8.06%) AI
5 5 (8.06%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (8.06%) Data Modelling
5 5 (8.06%) Service Management
5 5 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (8.06%) Threat Detection
6 4 (6.45%) CI/CD
6 4 (6.45%) DevOps
6 4 (6.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) Python
2 8 (12.90%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.23%) Java
4 2 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.61%) Go
5 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 19 (30.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.23%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (3.23%) CREST Certified
3 2 (3.23%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (1.61%) CCNA
4 1 (1.61%) CCNP
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.61%) CISM
4 1 (1.61%) CISSP
4 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) GDPR
1 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.84%) QA
2 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.61%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.23%) Nmap
2 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) Salesforce
3 9 (14.52%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.84%) Palantir
4 3 (4.84%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.23%) BMC
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco
5 2 (3.23%) LogRhythm
5 2 (3.23%) Sparx
5 2 (3.23%) Workday
6 1 (1.61%) Adobe
6 1 (1.61%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) Juniper
6 1 (1.61%) Palo Alto