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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 33 82
Rank change year-on-year -14 +49 -6
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 85 69 29
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.39% 5.70% 1.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.84% 15.61% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 43 23
10th Percentile £359 £372 £544
25th Percentile £500 £500 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £818
90th Percentile £725 £598 £820
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £15.97 £63.10 -
25th Percentile £16.30 £65.88 £20.75
Median hourly rate £17.71 £71.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +230.23% -
75th Percentile £50.78 £75.75 £22.25
90th Percentile £70.11 £78.30 -
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £62.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year -23.94% +233.33% +10.29%

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 718 442 552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.05% 36.53% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 264 304
10th Percentile £300 £313 £213
25th Percentile £385 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £698 £625 £688
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 20 28
10th Percentile £19.34 £32.05 £11.90
25th Percentile £35.22 £50.25 £19.22
Median hourly rate £84.00 £62.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.49% +49.39% -35.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.31 £60.11
90th Percentile - £88.87 £69.84
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +77.07% -40.92% +14.70%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -3 60 £550 - 25
Wokingham -19 9 £275 -46.08% 2
Windsor - 4 £575 - 2
Slough - 2 - - 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 4 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.18%) Primavera
2 1 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.18%) SAP EWM
2 1 (1.18%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.18%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.65%) Azure
2 8 (9.41%) Entra ID
3 6 (7.06%) AWS
3 6 (7.06%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.71%) OCI
6 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.53%) SaaS
7 2 (2.35%) PaaS
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.18%) GCP
8 1 (1.18%) GitHub
8 1 (1.18%) Serverless
8 1 (1.18%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.71%) VPN
2 3 (3.53%) DNS
2 3 (3.53%) LAN
2 3 (3.53%) Network Security
3 1 (1.18%) DHCP
3 1 (1.18%) DMVPN
3 1 (1.18%) Firewall
3 1 (1.18%) MPLS
3 1 (1.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.18%) TETRA
3 1 (1.18%) WAN
3 1 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.06%) Power BI
2 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (2.35%) MySQL
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (2.35%) Vitess
4 1 (1.18%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.18%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (1.18%) Metadata
4 1 (1.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.18%) ERwin
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.71%) Finance
5 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Local Government
6 2 (2.35%) Police
7 1 (1.18%) Aviation
7 1 (1.18%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
7 1 (1.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (18.82%) Analyst
2 10 (11.76%) Senior
3 8 (9.41%) Architect
3 8 (9.41%) Business Analyst
3 8 (9.41%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (5.88%) Support Assistant
4 5 (5.88%) Systems Support
5 4 (4.71%) Consultant
5 4 (4.71%) Designer
5 4 (4.71%) Lead
5 4 (4.71%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (4.71%) Service Designer
6 3 (3.53%) IT Analyst
6 3 (3.53%) ITSM Analyst
6 3 (3.53%) Platform Architect
6 3 (3.53%) Product Lead
6 3 (3.53%) SAP Integration Consultant
6 3 (3.53%) SCCM Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Security Analyst
6 3 (3.53%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.18%) SAP PI
1 1 (1.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Operational Technology
2 3 (3.53%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.35%) CMDB
3 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.35%) IVR
3 2 (2.35%) Replication
4 1 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.18%) PKI
4 1 (1.18%) SCADA
4 1 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (22.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (15.29%) Data Analysis
3 13 (15.29%) Migration
4 11 (12.94%) SIEM
5 10 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 10 (11.76%) SOAR
5 10 (11.76%) Validation
6 9 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (9.41%) Change Management
7 8 (9.41%) Project Management
8 7 (8.24%) Agile
8 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (8.24%) Project Delivery
8 7 (8.24%) RBAC
9 6 (7.06%) AI
9 6 (7.06%) Risk Management
9 6 (7.06%) Threat Detection
9 6 (7.06%) Use Case
9 6 (7.06%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.94%) Kusto Query Language
2 9 (10.59%) Python
3 7 (8.24%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.24%) SQL
4 1 (1.18%) Bash
4 1 (1.18%) Bicep
4 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (30.59%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.47%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.59%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) CISSP
4 1 (1.18%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) Degree
4 1 (1.18%) GCFA
4 1 (1.18%) GIAC
4 1 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.35%) SLA
3 1 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.18%) GDPR
3 1 (1.18%) GRC
3 1 (1.18%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.18%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) PMO
3 1 (1.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) SCCM
2 2 (2.35%) Grafana
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.35%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.18%) Virgin Media
3 7 (8.24%) SAP
3 7 (8.24%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.71%) Oracle
5 3 (3.53%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.35%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.35%) Remedy
6 2 (2.35%) Workday
7 1 (1.18%) Avaya
7 1 (1.18%) Ceridian
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco
7 1 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.18%) IBM
7 1 (1.18%) Instagram
7 1 (1.18%) NGA Human Resources
7 1 (1.18%) Sparx
7 1 (1.18%) TikTok