Mentorship
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mentoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mentoring over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +15
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 7,802 12,554 15,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.88% 12.51% 9.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.21% 13.09% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,038 4,031 6,208
10th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £43,329 £51,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,419 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.26% +8.70% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mentoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Salary trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -7 6,867 £62,500 -10.71% 2,091
UK excluding London -16 5,642 £57,965 -7.26% 1,575
Work from Home +13 3,586 £63,277 -9.61% 983
North of England -3 1,993 £60,000 -4.00% 463
London +8 1,844 £78,138 -2.68% 668
South East -3 1,225 £57,500 -14.97% 304
North West -6 1,052 £57,965 -3.39% 252
Midlands -14 850 £50,000 -13.04% 253
Yorkshire +6 653 £61,206 -5.84% 158
South West -18 597 £57,500 +4.55% 235
West Midlands -11 527 £56,371 -1.96% 141
Scotland -43 496 £60,000 -13.60% 128
East Midlands -14 309 £44,000 -23.48% 111
East of England -32 295 £55,173 -4.05% 142
North East +7 293 £61,206 +19.43% 55
Wales -20 130 £58,800 +30.67% 43
Northern Ireland -9 60 £40,000 -23.81% 39
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 146 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 130 (1.67%) Confluence
3 122 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 94 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 61 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 44 (0.56%) CMS
7 39 (0.50%) nginx
8 37 (0.47%) Tuxedo
9 36 (0.46%) Camunda
10 34 (0.44%) IIS
11 31 (0.40%) Apache
12 26 (0.33%) WordPress
13 19 (0.24%) SAS
14 17 (0.22%) OpenStack
15 15 (0.19%) JBoss
16 12 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
17 11 (0.14%) Umbraco
18 10 (0.13%) Drupal
19 9 (0.12%) Tomcat
20 8 (0.10%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 646 (8.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 182 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.49%) UserZoom
5 24 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 22 (0.28%) Simulink
6 22 (0.28%) Sketch
7 21 (0.27%) Photoshop
8 19 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 17 (0.22%) MS Visio
10 15 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
11 11 (0.14%) Revit
12 8 (0.10%) Adobe XD
13 7 (0.090%) InVision
14 6 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
15 5 (0.064%) OrCAD
16 4 (0.051%) Adobe After Effects
16 4 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
16 4 (0.051%) Blender
16 4 (0.051%) Maya
Business Applications
1 42 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.40%) Primavera
2 31 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 15 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 15 (0.19%) Shopify
5 14 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 14 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 14 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
6 8 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 8 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.077%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.077%) SAP CX
8 5 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.064%) SAP CRM
8 5 (0.064%) SAP FSCM
8 5 (0.064%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.064%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.064%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,527 (19.57%) Azure
2 1,369 (17.55%) AWS
3 598 (7.66%) GCP
4 404 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
5 331 (4.24%) SaaS
6 294 (3.77%) Power Platform
7 220 (2.82%) IBM Cloud
8 180 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 133 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 125 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 120 (1.54%) Serverless
12 116 (1.49%) IaaS
13 109 (1.40%) GitHub
14 91 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
15 90 (1.15%) PaaS
16 79 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
17 76 (0.97%) OpenShift
18 75 (0.96%) OCI
19 72 (0.92%) dbt
20 69 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 486 (6.23%) Broadband
2 277 (3.55%) Firewall
3 157 (2.01%) WAN
4 110 (1.41%) DNS
5 106 (1.36%) LAN
6 99 (1.27%) VPN
7 79 (1.01%) Network Security
8 76 (0.97%) TCP/IP
9 64 (0.82%) SAN
10 63 (0.81%) SD-WAN
11 61 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
12 60 (0.77%) DHCP
13 59 (0.76%) Internet
14 58 (0.74%) Wireless
15 54 (0.69%) VLAN
16 42 (0.54%) OSPF
17 41 (0.53%) 5G
17 41 (0.53%) MPLS
18 40 (0.51%) BGP
19 25 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (4.76%) BigQuery
2 370 (4.74%) SQL Server
3 360 (4.61%) NoSQL
4 291 (3.73%) Looker
5 267 (3.42%) MongoDB
6 264 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
7 261 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
8 220 (2.82%) MySQL
9 217 (2.78%) Power BI
10 157 (2.01%) Big Data
11 152 (1.95%) DB2
11 152 (1.95%) Relational Database
12 112 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
13 86 (1.10%) Tableau
14 78 (1.00%) Data Lake
15 75 (0.96%) Oracle Database
16 47 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 46 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
18 45 (0.58%) DynamoDB
19 44 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 326 (4.18%) Git
2 247 (3.17%) JIRA
3 237 (3.04%) Jenkins
4 184 (2.36%) GitLab
5 81 (1.04%) Selenium
6 45 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 39 (0.50%) CircleCI
8 38 (0.49%) Maven
9 36 (0.46%) JUnit
10 35 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 32 (0.41%) Cucumber
12 31 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 29 (0.37%) TeamCity
14 28 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
15 27 (0.35%) NUnit
15 27 (0.35%) Subversion
16 26 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
17 24 (0.31%) Gradle
17 24 (0.31%) SonarQube
18 22 (0.28%) Artifactory
General
1 2,589 (33.18%) Social Skills
2 2,168 (27.79%) Finance
3 1,335 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1,304 (16.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 956 (12.25%) Public Sector
6 731 (9.37%) Influencing Skills
7 491 (6.29%) Law
8 464 (5.95%) Marketing
9 291 (3.73%) Retail
10 259 (3.32%) Banking
11 258 (3.31%) Legal
12 217 (2.78%) Manufacturing
13 189 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
14 136 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 114 (1.46%) Games
15 114 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 106 (1.36%) Automotive
17 104 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
18 93 (1.19%) Electronics
19 87 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2,024 (25.94%) Senior
2 1,573 (20.16%) Lead
3 938 (12.02%) Developer
4 816 (10.46%) Analyst
5 658 (8.43%) Architect
6 435 (5.58%) Software Engineer
7 370 (4.74%) Data Engineer
8 365 (4.68%) Senior Developer
9 318 (4.08%) Senior Manager
10 295 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
11 256 (3.28%) Lead Developer
12 231 (2.96%) Technical Leader
13 229 (2.94%) Consultant
14 227 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
15 220 (2.82%) Project Manager
16 218 (2.79%) Principal Engineer
17 208 (2.67%) Delivery Manager
18 207 (2.65%) Team Leader
19 184 (2.36%) Service Manager
20 181 (2.32%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 631 (8.09%) .NET
2 567 (7.27%) React
3 473 (6.06%) HTML
4 430 (5.51%) CSS
5 320 (4.10%) AngularJS
6 301 (3.86%) Web Services
7 291 (3.73%) REST
8 238 (3.05%) RESTful
9 230 (2.95%) ASP.NET
10 202 (2.59%) Vue
11 180 (2.31%) Node.js
12 175 (2.24%) Spring
13 166 (2.13%) jQuery
14 140 (1.79%) XML
15 139 (1.78%) .NET Core
16 133 (1.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 132 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
18 128 (1.64%) Spring Boot
19 120 (1.54%) .NET Framework
20 116 (1.49%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 520 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
2 350 (4.49%) Product Ownership
3 333 (4.27%) Algorithms
4 324 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 270 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 270 (3.46%) Public Cloud
6 248 (3.18%) e-Learning
7 229 (2.94%) Blockchain
8 216 (2.77%) Data Centre
9 208 (2.67%) Data Structures
10 180 (2.31%) Cloud Native
11 121 (1.55%) IoT
12 112 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 110 (1.41%) Onboarding
14 91 (1.17%) Client/Server
15 90 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
16 82 (1.05%) PMI
17 79 (1.01%) Derivative
18 78 (1.00%) Driving Licence
19 74 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 721 (9.24%) Windows
2 565 (7.24%) Linux
3 222 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 212 (2.72%) Apple iOS
5 199 (2.55%) Android
6 98 (1.26%) Unix
7 69 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 62 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 59 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 53 (0.68%) Windows 10
11 41 (0.53%) CentOS
12 28 (0.36%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 15 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 13 (0.17%) SUSE
16 12 (0.15%) AIX
17 11 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
18 9 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
19 8 (0.10%) Solaris
19 8 (0.10%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,225 (41.34%) Agile
2 2,982 (38.22%) Coaching
3 1,759 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
4 1,138 (14.59%) Decision-Making
5 1,085 (13.91%) DevOps
6 939 (12.04%) Software Engineering
7 841 (10.78%) Project Management
8 827 (10.60%) Roadmaps
9 676 (8.66%) Actionable Insight
10 613 (7.86%) CI/CD
11 612 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 586 (7.51%) Analytics
13 569 (7.29%) Computer Science
14 555 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
15 506 (6.49%) Line Management
16 503 (6.45%) Project Delivery
17 499 (6.40%) Business Case
18 494 (6.33%) Budgeting
19 473 (6.06%) Data Science
20 469 (6.01%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1,130 (14.48%) SQL
2 782 (10.02%) Java
3 744 (9.54%) Python
4 734 (9.41%) JavaScript
5 719 (9.22%) C#
6 246 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 206 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 159 (2.04%) C++
9 144 (1.85%) PHP
10 133 (1.70%) C
11 110 (1.41%) Scala
12 98 (1.26%) Bash
13 97 (1.24%) T-SQL
14 74 (0.95%) COBOL
14 74 (0.95%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 72 (0.92%) Kotlin
16 66 (0.85%) Go
17 61 (0.78%) Ruby
18 43 (0.55%) Swift
19 40 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,358 (17.41%) Degree
2 562 (7.20%) Security Cleared
3 451 (5.78%) ACCA
3 451 (5.78%) CIMA
4 288 (3.69%) SC Cleared
5 270 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 143 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 122 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 121 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
9 113 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 101 (1.29%) DBS Check
11 84 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 80 (1.03%) CISSP
13 78 (1.00%) Azure Certification
14 77 (0.99%) CCNA
15 71 (0.91%) AWS Certification
16 66 (0.85%) APMP
17 62 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
18 56 (0.72%) PMP
19 45 (0.58%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 503 (6.45%) QA
2 362 (4.64%) GDPR
3 258 (3.31%) Data Quality
4 185 (2.37%) SLA
5 150 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 95 (1.22%) PMO
7 87 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 83 (1.06%) GMP
9 75 (0.96%) NIST
10 70 (0.90%) WCAG
11 57 (0.73%) NCSC
12 39 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 38 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
14 27 (0.35%) NIST 800
15 26 (0.33%) PCI DSS
16 20 (0.26%) JSP 440
17 15 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 14 (0.18%) GRC
19 13 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
20 12 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 390 (5.00%) Docker
2 320 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 140 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 70 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 58 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (0.69%) Firmware
7 29 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
9 25 (0.32%) vSphere
10 18 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 13 (0.17%) IAG
11 13 (0.17%) VMware NSX
12 12 (0.15%) vCloud
13 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
13 9 (0.12%) HDFS
13 9 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
14 8 (0.10%) KVM
15 3 (0.038%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.038%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.026%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 426 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 387 (4.96%) Terraform
3 190 (2.44%) Ansible
4 103 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 96 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 53 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 43 (0.55%) SCCM
8 40 (0.51%) Grafana
8 40 (0.51%) Puppet
9 36 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 36 (0.46%) vCenter Server
10 33 (0.42%) ZABBIX
11 25 (0.32%) Functional Safety
12 24 (0.31%) SCOM
13 21 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 20 (0.26%) FortiGate
14 20 (0.26%) WSUS
15 15 (0.19%) Nagios
16 14 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
16 14 (0.18%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,591 (20.39%) Microsoft
2 530 (6.79%) Google
3 313 (4.01%) Oracle
4 272 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 269 (3.45%) IBM
6 262 (3.36%) Red Hat
7 245 (3.14%) VMware
8 129 (1.65%) Cisco
9 117 (1.50%) Dell
10 102 (1.31%) SAP
11 101 (1.29%) Dynatrace
12 84 (1.08%) Salesforce
13 77 (0.99%) YouTube
14 74 (0.95%) Micro Focus
15 72 (0.92%) Juniper
15 72 (0.92%) Splunk
16 65 (0.83%) Veeam
17 62 (0.79%) Atlassian
18 56 (0.72%) Adobe
19 51 (0.65%) Databricks