Mentoring Contracts in the North of England

Mentorship
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 57 43 93
Rank change year-on-year -14 +50 -17
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 123 183 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.73% 3.84% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 4.48% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 130 110
10th Percentile £349 £325 £350
25th Percentile £427 £438 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £595 £559 £600
90th Percentile £681 £675 £675
England median daily rate £530 £550 £586
% change year-on-year -3.64% -6.14% +1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £23.86 £25.80 £15.73
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.32
Median hourly rate £53.63 £27.00 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year +98.63% -3.50% +36.55%
75th Percentile £84.75 £54.75 £48.99
90th Percentile £87.15 £71.40 £61.60
England median hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +31.25% -46.67% +114.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West -5 80 £454 -7.96% 441
Yorkshire -21 36 £563 +4.65% 192
North East +5 7 £534 -2.91% 87
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (6.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.69%) Confluence
3 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.63%) CICS
5 2 (1.63%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.81%) CMS
6 1 (0.81%) SAS
6 1 (0.81%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (6.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.07%) AWS
1 21 (17.07%) Azure
2 14 (11.38%) Serverless
3 11 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.88%) IaaS
4 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (4.88%) Slack
5 5 (4.07%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.07%) PaaS
6 4 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.25%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.25%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.44%) GCP
7 3 (2.44%) GitHub
7 3 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.44%) SaaS
8 2 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.63%) Amazon MSK
8 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) LAN
1 6 (4.88%) VPN
2 5 (4.07%) Firewall
2 5 (4.07%) HTTP
3 4 (3.25%) Network Security
4 3 (2.44%) Ethernet
4 3 (2.44%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.63%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.81%) DNS
6 1 (0.81%) DWDM
6 1 (0.81%) Intranet
6 1 (0.81%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.81%) VoIP
6 1 (0.81%) WAN
6 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.14%) MongoDB
2 21 (17.07%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (11.38%) MySQL
4 12 (9.76%) NoSQL
5 11 (8.94%) Relational Database
6 10 (8.13%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (8.13%) RDBMS
7 7 (5.69%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
9 4 (3.25%) Big Data
9 4 (3.25%) Hadoop
10 3 (2.44%) InfluxDB
11 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.63%) DB2
11 2 (1.63%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.63%) Power BI
11 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.81%) Presto
Development Applications
1 13 (10.57%) JIRA
2 11 (8.94%) Git
3 9 (7.32%) Cucumber
3 9 (7.32%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.32%) JUnit
4 8 (6.50%) GitLab
5 7 (5.69%) Jasmine
5 7 (5.69%) Selenium
6 3 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.63%) JMeter
7 2 (1.63%) Maven
7 2 (1.63%) Postman
7 2 (1.63%) SOAtest
8 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.81%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.81%) MSI
8 1 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.81%) WebDriver
General
1 49 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.63%) Finance
4 13 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.94%) Automotive
5 11 (8.94%) Manufacturing
6 10 (8.13%) Banking
6 10 (8.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Local Government
9 2 (1.63%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.63%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Front Office
10 1 (0.81%) International Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Publishing
10 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (20.33%) Developer
1 25 (20.33%) Senior
2 14 (11.38%) Architect
3 12 (9.76%) Senior Developer
4 10 (8.13%) DBA
5 8 (6.50%) Lead
5 8 (6.50%) Software Engineer
6 7 (5.69%) Java Developer
7 6 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (4.88%) PostgreSQL DBA
7 6 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 5 (4.07%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Desktop Support
8 5 (4.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.07%) Kafka
2 12 (9.76%) JSON
2 12 (9.76%) Spring Boot
2 12 (9.76%) XML
3 10 (8.13%) RESTful
4 9 (7.32%) Spring
5 7 (5.69%) React
6 6 (4.88%) Node.js
6 6 (4.88%) Spring Security
6 6 (4.88%) Swagger
7 5 (4.07%) OpenAPI
7 5 (4.07%) Spring Batch
8 3 (2.44%) Akka
8 3 (2.44%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.44%) AWS CDK
8 3 (2.44%) OAuth
8 3 (2.44%) OAuth2
8 3 (2.44%) OpenID
8 3 (2.44%) Pandas
8 3 (2.44%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.88%) Industry 4.0
3 6 (4.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 5 (4.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.44%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.44%) PKI
6 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.44%) Taxonomies
6 3 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.63%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.63%) Mobile Payment
7 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.63%) Replication
7 2 (1.63%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.63%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.13%) Linux
2 8 (6.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Windows
4 5 (4.07%) Unix
4 5 (4.07%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.07%) Windows 8
4 5 (4.07%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (4.07%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (4.07%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (4.07%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (4.07%) Windows XP
5 2 (1.63%) Android
6 1 (0.81%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (38.21%) Agile
2 38 (30.89%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (27.64%) Technical Leadership
4 30 (24.39%) CI/CD
5 28 (22.76%) Coaching
6 26 (21.14%) DevOps
7 21 (17.07%) Microservices
8 20 (16.26%) Software Engineering
9 17 (13.82%) TDD
9 17 (13.82%) Test Automation
10 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (11.38%) BDD
12 13 (10.57%) Continuous Integration
12 13 (10.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (10.57%) Roadmaps
13 12 (9.76%) API Integration
13 12 (9.76%) Cloud Security
13 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (8.94%) Computer Science
14 11 (8.94%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.51%) Java
2 17 (13.82%) Python
3 12 (9.76%) SQL
4 10 (8.13%) Bash
5 9 (7.32%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.50%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.25%) Scala
7 4 (3.25%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.44%) Go
9 2 (1.63%) C#
9 2 (1.63%) COBOL
9 2 (1.63%) JCL
9 2 (1.63%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.63%) REXX
10 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.81%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.82%) Degree
3 11 (8.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.69%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.07%) CCNA
8 3 (2.44%) CISM
9 2 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.63%) CRISC
9 2 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.81%) CCNP
10 1 (0.81%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.81%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.88%) GDPR
3 5 (4.07%) QA
4 3 (2.44%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.81%) NCSC
5 1 (0.81%) NIST
5 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (14.63%) Docker
2 10 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.44%) vSphere
4 1 (0.81%) HDFS
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.38%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.32%) Terraform
3 8 (6.50%) SCCM
4 6 (4.88%) Ansible
4 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.88%) MOM
5 4 (3.25%) Grafana
5 4 (3.25%) Progress Chef
5 4 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.44%) Kibana
7 1 (0.81%) Nessus
7 1 (0.81%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.81%) Packer
7 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.81%) QRadar
Vendors
1 20 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.20%) Oracle
3 8 (6.50%) SAP
4 6 (4.88%) Rockwell
4 6 (4.88%) Siemens
5 5 (4.07%) Canon
5 5 (4.07%) Cisco
6 4 (3.25%) VMware
7 3 (2.44%) ForgeRock
7 3 (2.44%) Meraki
7 3 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.44%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.44%) Veeam
8 2 (1.63%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.63%) Informatica
8 2 (1.63%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.63%) Parasoft
9 1 (0.81%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.81%) IBM