Mentoring Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Mentorship
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Mentoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 74 95
Rank change year-on-year -9 +21 -52
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 32 29 32
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.16% 1.91% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.11% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 23
10th Percentile £413 £385 £365
25th Percentile £480 £550 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +14.29% -10.41%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £603
90th Percentile £651 £693 £645
South East median daily rate £535 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.89% +2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £29.25 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £33.75 £86.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £42.50 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -51.98% +17.22%
75th Percentile £80.00 £51.25 £90.25
90th Percentile - £55.75 -
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £52.50 £56.40
% change year-on-year +54.29% -6.91% +209.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Mentoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,309 1,372 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.45% 90.32% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 760 964
10th Percentile £304 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.05%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.25 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.91% -10.69% +42.67%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mentoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Mentoring job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mentoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in Berkshire

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mentoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mentoring

Mentoring
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 Mentoring within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 +16 16 £506 -15.63% 42
Windsor -7 5 £524 -4.73% 3
Wokingham -23 3 - - 4
Bracknell - 2 - - 1
Mentoring
South East

Mentoring
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 3 (9.38%) Anypoint
2 1 (3.13%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.13%) CMS
2 1 (3.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.13%) SAP PM
2 1 (3.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 7 (21.88%) AWS
3 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.38%) GCP
4 3 (9.38%) Serverless
5 2 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.13%) dbt
6 1 (3.13%) GitHub
6 1 (3.13%) SaaS
6 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Firewall
1 5 (15.63%) Network Security
2 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.25%) DNS
3 2 (6.25%) SAN
4 1 (3.13%) 5G
4 1 (3.13%) DHCP
4 1 (3.13%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (3.13%) HTTP
4 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.13%) iSCSI
4 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.13%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.13%) Data Vault
2 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Git
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.13%) Automotive
6 1 (3.13%) Billing
6 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) French Language
6 1 (3.13%) German Language
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Architect
2 6 (18.75%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Lead
4 4 (12.50%) Security Architect
5 3 (9.38%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Administrator
6 2 (6.25%) Backup Administrator
6 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Storage Administrator
6 2 (6.25%) Storage and Backup Administrator
6 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Security Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Procurement Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Vulnerability Management Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) REST
1 3 (9.38%) SOAP
2 2 (6.25%) RESTful
2 2 (6.25%) SailPoint
3 1 (3.13%) .NET
3 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.13%) Entity Framework
3 1 (3.13%) Kafka
3 1 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (3.13%) Node.js
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.13%) PySpark
3 1 (3.13%) React
3 1 (3.13%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (9.38%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.13%) IoT
5 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.13%) PKI
5 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.13%) TM Forum
5 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Linux
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (34.38%) CI/CD
3 7 (21.88%) Agile
3 7 (21.88%) DevOps
3 7 (21.88%) SIEM
4 6 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 6 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (15.63%) Architectural Design
5 5 (15.63%) Coaching
5 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (15.63%) Data Privacy
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
5 5 (15.63%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (12.50%) Data Security
6 4 (12.50%) Information Security
6 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Python
2 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (9.38%) DataWeave
4 2 (6.25%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.13%) Apex Code
5 1 (3.13%) Bash
5 1 (3.13%) C#
5 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) CISSP
3 4 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
4 3 (9.38%) CCSP
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) GCFA
4 3 (9.38%) GCIA
4 3 (9.38%) GCIH
5 2 (6.25%) CFCE
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 2 (6.25%) PMP
5 2 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.13%) VCP5
6 1 (3.13%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (25.00%) NIST
2 5 (15.63%) GDPR
3 4 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 4 (12.50%) QA
4 3 (9.38%) PSD2
5 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Docker
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.13%) NFS
3 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (9.38%) CloudHub
2 3 (9.38%) Terraform
3 2 (6.25%) NetBackup
3 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.13%) Ansible
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Splunk
3 3 (9.38%) ArcSight
3 3 (9.38%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (9.38%) MuleSoft
3 3 (9.38%) NetApp
4 2 (6.25%) 3PAR
4 2 (6.25%) CyberArk
4 2 (6.25%) Databricks
4 2 (6.25%) HP
4 2 (6.25%) LogRhythm
4 2 (6.25%) Nimble Storage
4 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (6.25%) Red Hat
4 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 2 (6.25%) Veritas
4 2 (6.25%) VMware
5 1 (3.13%) Progress
5 1 (3.13%) Veeam