Mentoring Contracts with Work from Home Options

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Mentoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mentoring over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 94 92
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 395 626 1,259
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.62% 2.49% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.78% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 416 907
10th Percentile £416 £413 £400
25th Percentile £493 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +3.86% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £663
90th Percentile £830 £775 £793
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 24
10th Percentile - £26.07 -
25th Percentile £15.17 £55.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £85.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.59% +112.50% -35.22%
75th Percentile £31.00 - £63.25
90th Percentile £35.00 £87.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Mentoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Mentoring trend for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Mentoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Mentoring hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.78%) Confluence
2 9 (2.28%) Apache
3 6 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.52%) IIS
4 5 (1.27%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.01%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.51%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.25%) JBoss
8 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.25%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.27%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (0.51%) Camtasia
4 2 (0.51%) Lectora
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Endur
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.51%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 96 (24.30%) Azure
2 80 (20.25%) AWS
3 35 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (8.10%) Serverless
5 25 (6.33%) GCP
6 24 (6.08%) Power Platform
7 22 (5.57%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (5.57%) GitHub
8 21 (5.32%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (4.05%) Azure API Management
9 16 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 16 (4.05%) SaaS
10 14 (3.54%) IaaS
10 14 (3.54%) PaaS
11 13 (3.29%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.04%) dbt
13 11 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (2.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.77%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.05%) Firewall
2 11 (2.78%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.77%) DNS
4 5 (1.27%) BGP
4 5 (1.27%) DHCP
4 5 (1.27%) HTTP
4 5 (1.27%) Network Security
4 5 (1.27%) VLAN
4 5 (1.27%) VPN
5 3 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.76%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.76%) LAN
5 3 (0.76%) OpenLDAP
5 3 (0.76%) SAN
5 3 (0.76%) WAN
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.51%) OSPF
6 2 (0.51%) SSL
6 2 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.57%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.06%) Power BI
4 17 (4.30%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.80%) MongoDB
5 15 (3.80%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.04%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (2.53%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.52%) Apache Arrow
10 6 (1.52%) Apache Ignite
10 6 (1.52%) Dremio
10 6 (1.52%) MySQL
11 5 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.27%) Big Data
11 5 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 28 (7.09%) JIRA
2 27 (6.84%) Git
3 13 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.53%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.03%) GitLab
6 7 (1.77%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.52%) Maven
8 5 (1.27%) Gradle
8 5 (1.27%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.01%) Selenium
9 4 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.76%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.51%) Appium
11 2 (0.51%) git-flow
11 2 (0.51%) Pylint
11 2 (0.51%) RStudio
11 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.51%) Travis CI
11 2 (0.51%) XCTest
11 2 (0.51%) XCUITest
General
1 135 (34.18%) Finance
2 111 (28.10%) Social Skills
3 65 (16.46%) Public Sector
4 56 (14.18%) Banking
5 49 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (10.63%) Front Office
7 36 (9.11%) Back Office
8 13 (3.29%) Retail
9 12 (3.04%) Marketing
10 10 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.28%) Publishing
11 9 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.77%) Law
13 6 (1.52%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.27%) Games
14 5 (1.27%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.01%) Electronics
15 4 (1.01%) Legal
Job Titles
1 73 (18.48%) Senior
2 68 (17.22%) Lead
3 56 (14.18%) Developer
4 52 (13.16%) Analyst
5 29 (7.34%) Architect
6 20 (5.06%) Banking Analyst
6 20 (5.06%) Financial Analyst
6 20 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (5.06%) SQL Analyst
6 20 (5.06%) Technical Analyst
7 17 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (4.05%) Consultant
9 14 (3.54%) DBA
9 14 (3.54%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 14 (3.54%) Technical Engineer
10 13 (3.29%) Delivery Manager
10 13 (3.29%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.04%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.35%) XML
2 20 (5.06%) HTML
3 19 (4.81%) CSS
4 18 (4.56%) React
5 16 (4.05%) REST
6 15 (3.80%) Kafka
7 13 (3.29%) JSON
8 12 (3.04%) Node.js
9 11 (2.78%) ARM Templates
10 10 (2.53%) .NET
10 10 (2.53%) Azure Blueprints
11 9 (2.28%) AWS CDK
11 9 (2.28%) Spring
12 8 (2.03%) AngularJS
12 8 (2.03%) RESTful
12 8 (2.03%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.03%) Web Services
13 7 (1.77%) LDAP
13 7 (1.77%) Pandas
13 7 (1.77%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.13%) Derivative
1 40 (10.13%) Hedge funds
2 30 (7.59%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.53%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.53%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.53%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.77%) Fixed Income
5 7 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.52%) CMDB
6 6 (1.52%) Equities
6 6 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.52%) NHS
7 5 (1.27%) e-Learning
7 5 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.05%) Windows
2 14 (3.54%) Linux
3 7 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.27%) Android
5 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (33.67%) Agile
2 86 (21.77%) DevOps
3 81 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (20.00%) Coaching
5 53 (13.42%) Technical Leadership
6 50 (12.66%) Asset Management
7 46 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (10.89%) CI/CD
9 40 (10.13%) Analytics
9 40 (10.13%) Investment Management
9 40 (10.13%) Software Engineering
10 35 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (8.61%) Decision-Making
11 34 (8.61%) Project Management
12 32 (8.10%) Test Automation
13 29 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (7.34%) Roadmaps
13 29 (7.34%) Test Strategy
14 27 (6.84%) Scrum
15 26 (6.58%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 100 (25.32%) Python
2 73 (18.48%) SQL
3 63 (15.95%) C#
4 54 (13.67%) Java
5 44 (11.14%) JavaScript
6 26 (6.58%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.29%) Bash
8 12 (3.04%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.28%) Ruby
10 7 (1.77%) Scala
11 6 (1.52%) Go
11 6 (1.52%) PHP
12 5 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.01%) C++
13 4 (1.01%) Groovy
14 3 (0.76%) C
14 3 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.76%) R
14 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 73 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 63 (15.95%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.14%) Degree
4 13 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (2.78%) CISSP
6 7 (1.77%) CCNA
6 7 (1.77%) PMP
7 6 (1.52%) CISM
8 5 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.01%) APMP
9 4 (1.01%) CEH
9 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.01%) MCTS
9 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.01%) SANS
10 3 (0.76%) CCNP
10 3 (0.76%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.61%) QA
2 22 (5.57%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.29%) NCSC
4 11 (2.78%) NIST
5 10 (2.53%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.27%) GRC
8 3 (0.76%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.76%) SLA
9 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.51%) GDPR
9 2 (0.51%) PMO
9 2 (0.51%) WCAG
10 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.25%) HL7
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (8.86%) Docker
2 8 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.51%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (10.13%) Terraform
2 34 (8.61%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.57%) Ansible
4 11 (2.78%) Grafana
5 5 (1.27%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.27%) Puppet
6 4 (1.01%) Kibana
6 4 (1.01%) SCCM
7 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.51%) logstash
8 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.51%) VxRail
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.25%) FreeIPA
9 1 (0.25%) Icinga
9 1 (0.25%) Istio
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 40 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.58%) Oracle
3 15 (3.80%) Google
4 9 (2.28%) Adobe
5 8 (2.03%) SAP
5 8 (2.03%) VMware
6 7 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.52%) Splunk
8 5 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.01%) Cisco
9 4 (1.01%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.01%) Databricks
9 4 (1.01%) Dell
9 4 (1.01%) Rapid7
9 4 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.01%) Sophos
10 3 (0.76%) F5
10 3 (0.76%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.51%) Apple
11 2 (0.51%) Atlassian