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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 43 89
Rank change year-on-year -1 +46 -2
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 83 54 24
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.59% 4.43% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.24% 11.71% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 45 17
10th Percentile £400 £408 £298
25th Percentile £450 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £630
Median % change year-on-year - -12.70% +14.55%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £815
90th Percentile £700 £688 £820
South East median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.62% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £63.10 -
25th Percentile - £65.88 £20.75
Median hourly rate £15.00 £71.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -78.87% +230.23% -64.90%
75th Percentile £17.25 £75.75 £22.25
90th Percentile £18.03 £78.30 -
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £62.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -63.20% +190.70% -45.05%

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 627 461 497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.70% 37.79% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 289 255
10th Percentile £313 £293 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £670 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 19 23
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.73 £18.88
25th Percentile £31.25 £41.36 £27.63
Median hourly rate £71.00 £58.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +0.87% -9.45%
75th Percentile £87.98 £75.75 £61.65
90th Percentile £102.10 £87.77 £69.25
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £32.74 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.90% -43.06% +4.55%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 0 58 £550 +4.76% 45
Slough - 7 £500 - 28
Wokingham -12 4 £450 -32.08% 8
Windsor - 2 - - 4
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 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Primavera
1 1 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.20%) SAP EWM
1 1 (1.20%) SAP PP
1 1 (1.20%) Teamcenter
1 1 (1.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.89%) Azure
2 11 (13.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (10.84%) Azure Logic Apps
5 8 (9.64%) AWS
5 8 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (7.23%) Entra ID
7 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.61%) GCP
9 2 (2.41%) GitHub
9 2 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.20%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.20%) Miro
10 1 (1.20%) OCI
10 1 (1.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) LAN
2 2 (2.41%) DNS
2 2 (2.41%) SSH
3 1 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.20%) DHCP
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) VoIP
3 1 (1.20%) VPN
3 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.20%) Wireless
3 1 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) Power BI
1 5 (6.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.84%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (8.43%) Finance
4 6 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Advertising
5 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Local Government
7 1 (1.20%) Aviation
7 1 (1.20%) Banking
7 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (14.46%) Analyst
2 10 (12.05%) SIEM Engineer
3 8 (9.64%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.02%) IT Technician
4 5 (6.02%) Lead
4 5 (6.02%) Network Engineer
4 5 (6.02%) Support Assistant
4 5 (6.02%) Systems Support
5 4 (4.82%) Consultant
5 4 (4.82%) IT Support
5 4 (4.82%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (4.82%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (4.82%) Support Technician
6 3 (3.61%) Administrator
6 3 (3.61%) Designer
6 3 (3.61%) Integration Consultant
6 3 (3.61%) SAP Integration Consultant
6 3 (3.61%) SCCM Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Security Analyst
6 3 (3.61%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) REST
2 3 (3.61%) Terraform
3 2 (2.41%) LDAP
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.20%) SAP PI
4 1 (1.20%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
1 4 (4.82%) Operational Technology
2 3 (3.61%) Blog
2 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.61%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.41%) IVR
4 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.20%) SCADA
4 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.87%) Windows
2 4 (4.82%) Apple iOS
2 4 (4.82%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Unix
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.20%) Rocky
4 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (18.07%) CI/CD
4 14 (16.87%) DevOps
4 14 (16.87%) SIEM
5 12 (14.46%) Use Case
6 9 (10.84%) SOAR
6 9 (10.84%) Threat Detection
7 8 (9.64%) Change Management
7 8 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (9.64%) Data Analysis
7 8 (9.64%) Data Transformation
7 8 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (8.43%) Agile
8 7 (8.43%) Project Management
8 7 (8.43%) Validation
9 6 (7.23%) Customer Service
9 6 (7.23%) ITSM
9 6 (7.23%) Secrets Management
9 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.46%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (8.43%) Python
3 5 (6.02%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.02%) SQL
4 1 (1.20%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.48%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.41%) Degree
5 1 (1.20%) CISSP
5 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.20%) GCFA
5 1 (1.20%) GIAC
5 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (1.20%) GRC
1 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.20%) PMO
1 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.41%) Docker
3 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) SCCM
2 1 (1.20%) Ansible
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Podman
2 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (44.58%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.84%) Virgin Media
3 6 (7.23%) CyberArk
3 6 (7.23%) SAP
4 3 (3.61%) Google
5 2 (2.41%) Oracle
5 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.41%) Workday
6 1 (1.20%) Ceridian
6 1 (1.20%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.20%) NGA Human Resources
6 1 (1.20%) VMware