Mentoring Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Mentorship
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Mentoring skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 20 36
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 -9
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 8 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.91% 3.85% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 5.44% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £405 £329 -
25th Percentile £412 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £650 £375
Median % change year-on-year -34.85% +73.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £435 £988 £388
90th Percentile £442 - -
North West median daily rate £475 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £41.94 £49.00 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% -5.77% -9.57%
North West median hourly rate £63.75 £49.00 £76.25
% change year-on-year +30.10% -35.74% +1.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 147 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.89% 70.67% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 59 137
10th Percentile £334 £259 £359
25th Percentile £425 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -10.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £645
90th Percentile £678 £646 £720
North West median daily rate £455 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.87 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.75
Median hourly rate £47.12 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -12.68% +22.18%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.36 £51.35 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% +28.79% +46.67%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in Lancashire

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Preston +1 5 £424 -56.56% 10
Burnley - 3 - - 2
Mentoring
North West

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (25.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (12.50%) SAP IBP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Industrial Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAP BW Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 8
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Case
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Time Management
2 3 (37.50%) Use Case
3 2 (25.00%) CAD
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) PLM
3 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) MOM
2 1 (12.50%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Canon
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Siemens
3 1 (12.50%) AVEVA
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Wonderware