Mentoring Contracts in Cardiff

Mentorship
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Mentoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mentoring over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 32 40
Rank change year-on-year +22 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 20 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 12.50% 1.42% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.70% 1.86% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 5
10th Percentile £303 £284 £258
25th Percentile £305 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £620 £490
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% +26.53% -2.00%
75th Percentile £364 £810 £500
90th Percentile £433 £924 £519
South Wales median daily rate £331 £200 £521
% change year-on-year +65.59% -61.63% -5.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 161 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.25% 75.94% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 132 233
10th Percentile £196 £189 £201
25th Percentile £269 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -0.54%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £575
90th Percentile £625 £644 £630
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.46% -12.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £35.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.75 £46.60 £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) dbt
1 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.00%) IaaS
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Selenium
1 3 (15.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Welsh Language
3 3 (15.00%) Multimedia
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Lead
2 7 (35.00%) Designer
3 6 (30.00%) Lead Designer
4 5 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
5 4 (20.00%) Senior
6 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) Test Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Lead Test Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Service Designer
8 1 (5.00%) Consultant
8 1 (5.00%) Developer
8 1 (5.00%) Java Developer
8 1 (5.00%) Lead Service Designer
8 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
8 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
8 1 (5.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 5 (25.00%) Node.js
3 4 (20.00%) React
4 3 (15.00%) HTML
5 2 (10.00%) Blazor
5 2 (10.00%) GWT
5 2 (10.00%) Jest
5 2 (10.00%) Puppeteer
6 1 (5.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) NHS
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (5.00%) IoT
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Agile
2 12 (60.00%) Coaching
3 8 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) User Experience
5 5 (25.00%) Interaction Design
5 5 (25.00%) TDD
6 4 (20.00%) Business Case
6 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (20.00%) DevOps
6 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (15.00%) Change Management
7 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (15.00%) Open Source
7 3 (15.00%) Product Management
7 3 (15.00%) Product Requirements
7 3 (15.00%) Service Design
7 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
7 3 (15.00%) Test Strategy
8 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) Go
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 10 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (5.00%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) WCAG