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 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 82 97
Rank change year-on-year +29 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 60 30 21
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.36% 1.89% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.15% 6.16% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 20 10
10th Percentile £350 £337 £497
25th Percentile £471 £405 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +5.11% +47.54%
75th Percentile £650 £809 £644
90th Percentile £688 £820 £673
South East median daily rate £525 £514 £556
% change year-on-year +2.19% -7.64% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £65.88 - -
25th Percentile £72.88 £20.75 £60.63
Median hourly rate £85.00 £21.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +295.35% -64.90% -
75th Percentile £98.75 £22.25 £61.88
90th Percentile £102.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £75.50 £21.50 £39.13
% change year-on-year +251.16% -45.05% +197.98%

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 538 487 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 39.07% 30.65% 33.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 242 351
10th Percentile £293 £315 £210
25th Percentile £410 £408 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £546 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +9.25% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £617
90th Percentile £675 £694 £700
South East median daily rate £496 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 26
10th Percentile £20.59 £19.31 £22.80
25th Percentile £25.65 £37.69 £45.21
Median hourly rate £58.75 £57.50 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -8.94% +14.81%
75th Percentile £86.94 £61.36 £67.75
90th Percentile £96.75 £62.99 £78.68
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.38% -1.87% +42.67%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 +20 24 £550 -12.70% 29
Wokingham +4 24 £650 +58.54% 4
Bracknell - 9 £550 - 3
Maidenhead - 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 4 (6.67%) Confluence
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (10.00%) AWS
3 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (5.00%) Power Automate
4 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.00%) SaaS
5 2 (3.33%) GCP
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (3.33%) Network Security
2 1 (1.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) JIRA
General
1 18 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Finance
5 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.67%) Marketing
5 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (33.33%) Architect
2 7 (11.67%) Salesforce Architect
2 7 (11.67%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 7 (11.67%) Security Architect
2 7 (11.67%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (8.33%) Azure Architect
3 5 (8.33%) Developer
4 4 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (6.67%) React Developer
4 4 (6.67%) Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (6.67%) Service Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (5.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 3 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 3 (5.00%) IT Programme Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Lead
5 3 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Python Developer
5 3 (5.00%) Senior
5 3 (5.00%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) FastAPI
2 2 (3.33%) React
2 2 (3.33%) REST
3 1 (1.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.67%) LDAP
3 1 (1.67%) NestJS
3 1 (1.67%) Node.js
3 1 (1.67%) PySpark
3 1 (1.67%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (6.67%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.00%) Life Science
3 3 (5.00%) PKI
4 2 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.67%) CCTV
5 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.67%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Windows
2 2 (3.33%) Linux
3 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.33%) Agile
1 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (15.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (11.67%) Migration
4 7 (11.67%) SIEM
5 6 (10.00%) AI
5 6 (10.00%) Change Management
5 6 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.33%) Business Continuity
6 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.33%) Data Analysis
6 5 (8.33%) Data Modelling
6 5 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 5 (8.33%) Scrum
6 5 (8.33%) SOAR
6 5 (8.33%) Threat Detection
7 4 (6.67%) Dependency Management
7 4 (6.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.00%) Python
2 7 (11.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.33%) Java
3 2 (3.33%) SQL
4 1 (1.67%) Go
4 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) CCNA
4 1 (1.67%) CCNP
4 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.67%) CISM
4 1 (1.67%) CISSP
4 1 (1.67%) Degree
4 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.00%) QA
2 1 (1.67%) GDPR
2 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.67%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.00%) Salesforce
4 6 (10.00%) Cisco
5 5 (8.33%) Databricks
5 5 (8.33%) Juniper
5 5 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (5.00%) Palantir
7 2 (3.33%) BMC
7 2 (3.33%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.67%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.67%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.67%) Dell
8 1 (1.67%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.67%) VMware
8 1 (1.67%) Workday
8 1 (1.67%) Wyse