Mentoring Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Mentorship
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Mentoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 59 45
Rank change year-on-year -17 -14 +47
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 194 114 179
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.12% 3.46% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.85% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 74 127
10th Percentile £315 £343 £325
25th Percentile £400 £409 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £571 £591 £561
90th Percentile £669 £669 £695
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 3
10th Percentile £30.79 £23.86 £25.80
25th Percentile £41.94 £24.44 £26.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.63 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.20% +98.63% -44.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £84.75 £54.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.15 £71.40
England median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% +31.25% -46.67%

All Process & 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 5,243 2,961 3,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.44% 89.97% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,295 1,902 2,432
10th Percentile £312 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 156 364
10th Percentile £16.07 £13.60 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.51 £12.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £27.31 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +97.71% +54.13% -39.21%
75th Percentile £71.50 £58.34 £45.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.96 £57.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the North of England

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mentoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mentoring

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 12 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mentoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mentoring

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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 2026. 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 -10 103 £475 +5.56% 195
Yorkshire -20 69 £525 -6.67% 117
North East +2 27 £456 -14.61% 59
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.06%) Confluence
3 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (30.41%) AWS
2 57 (29.38%) Azure
3 23 (11.86%) GCP
4 22 (11.34%) Serverless
5 12 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.15%) GitHub
8 9 (4.64%) Power Platform
9 8 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.61%) Amazon ECR
10 7 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.09%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.09%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.58%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (2.58%) Azure AKS
13 4 (2.06%) AWS KMS
13 4 (2.06%) Nutanix
13 4 (2.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (11.34%) Firewall
2 14 (7.22%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.64%) DNS
4 6 (3.09%) LAN
4 6 (3.09%) WAN
5 5 (2.58%) Network Security
6 4 (2.06%) DHCP
6 4 (2.06%) NetScaler
6 4 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.55%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.03%) DWDM
8 2 (1.03%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.03%) VLAN
8 2 (1.03%) VPN
8 2 (1.03%) Wireless
9 1 (0.52%) NAS
9 1 (0.52%) PSTN
9 1 (0.52%) SAN
9 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.25%) MongoDB
2 13 (6.70%) NoSQL
2 13 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.67%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (5.15%) Relational Database
5 9 (4.64%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.06%) DocumentDB
6 4 (2.06%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.55%) Power BI
8 2 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.03%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.52%) Big Data
9 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.52%) Metadata
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.52%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (9.28%) GitLab
2 14 (7.22%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.12%) Git
3 8 (4.12%) Jaeger
4 7 (3.61%) JIRA
5 4 (2.06%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.55%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.55%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.55%) Selenium
7 2 (1.03%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.52%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.52%) Gradle
8 1 (0.52%) JMeter
8 1 (0.52%) JUnit
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Mockito
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 73 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 49 (25.26%) Finance
3 39 (20.10%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.19%) Banking
6 9 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.12%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.58%) Law
9 4 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.06%) Retail
10 3 (1.55%) Military
10 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Advertising
11 2 (1.03%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.52%) Billing
12 1 (0.52%) Games
12 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.52%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (21.13%) Lead
2 35 (18.04%) Senior
3 32 (16.49%) Developer
4 17 (8.76%) Architect
5 16 (8.25%) Analyst
6 11 (5.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 11 (5.67%) Java Developer
6 11 (5.67%) Software Engineer
7 10 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (5.15%) Software Developer
8 9 (4.64%) DBA
8 9 (4.64%) Lead Developer
9 8 (4.12%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 8 (4.12%) User Experience Researcher
10 7 (3.61%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.09%) Business Analyst
11 6 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.37%) Kafka
2 22 (11.34%) Spring Boot
3 15 (7.73%) Node.js
3 15 (7.73%) Spring
4 12 (6.19%) React
5 11 (5.67%) YAML
6 9 (4.64%) AngularJS
6 9 (4.64%) JSON
6 9 (4.64%) Middleware
6 9 (4.64%) XML
7 8 (4.12%) OAuth
7 8 (4.12%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (4.12%) RESTful
8 7 (3.61%) .NET
9 6 (3.09%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.58%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (2.58%) LangChain
10 5 (2.58%) REST
10 5 (2.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.34%) Cloud Native
1 22 (11.34%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.25%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.64%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.12%) Mobile App
6 7 (3.61%) NHS
7 6 (3.09%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.58%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.06%) e-Learning
9 4 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.06%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.55%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.03%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.34%) Linux
2 16 (8.25%) Windows
3 8 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.55%) Unix
6 2 (1.03%) Android
6 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (45.88%) DevOps
2 71 (36.60%) Agile
3 68 (35.05%) CI/CD
4 50 (25.77%) Technical Leadership
5 46 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (23.20%) Coaching
7 43 (22.16%) Microservices
8 40 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (20.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (17.01%) Observability
10 29 (14.95%) Roadmaps
11 28 (14.43%) Decision-Making
11 28 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (13.92%) Test Automation
13 24 (12.37%) Software Engineering
14 21 (10.82%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (10.31%) DevSecOps
16 19 (9.79%) Event-Driven
17 18 (9.28%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 45 (23.20%) Java
2 37 (19.07%) Python
3 27 (13.92%) SQL
4 20 (10.31%) TypeScript
5 11 (5.67%) PowerShell
6 10 (5.15%) Rust
7 9 (4.64%) JavaScript
8 8 (4.12%) Kotlin
9 7 (3.61%) Bash
10 6 (3.09%) C#
11 3 (1.55%) Go
11 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.03%) Scala
12 2 (1.03%) VBA
13 1 (0.52%) Groovy
13 1 (0.52%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 41 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.95%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.28%) Degree
4 11 (5.67%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (3.09%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.06%) CCNA
8 4 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.06%) CISM
8 4 (2.06%) CISSP
8 4 (2.06%) IBM Certification
9 3 (1.55%) CCNP
9 3 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.03%) ACCA
10 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.03%) CIMA
10 2 (1.03%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.76%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.64%) QA
3 7 (3.61%) SLA
4 4 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.55%) PMO
6 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.03%) HL7
6 2 (1.03%) NCSC
6 2 (1.03%) NIST
6 2 (1.03%) WCAG
7 1 (0.52%) GAAP
7 1 (0.52%) GRC
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.52%) P3O
7 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.52%) Solvency II
System Software
1 35 (18.04%) Docker
2 9 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.06%) vSphere
6 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (18.56%) Terraform
2 35 (18.04%) Kubernetes
3 25 (12.89%) Ansible
4 19 (9.79%) Grafana
5 13 (6.70%) Prometheus
6 8 (4.12%) Kiali
6 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.58%) SCCM
8 4 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.03%) Packer
10 1 (0.52%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.52%) Istio
10 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 18 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.70%) Oracle
2 13 (6.70%) Splunk
3 10 (5.15%) Google
4 9 (4.64%) Red Hat
5 6 (3.09%) Databricks
5 6 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.58%) VMware
7 4 (2.06%) F5
7 4 (2.06%) IBM
7 4 (2.06%) Veeam
8 3 (1.55%) Cisco
8 3 (1.55%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.55%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.55%) SAP
9 2 (1.03%) Arista
9 2 (1.03%) Brio
9 2 (1.03%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.03%) Ekahau
9 2 (1.03%) Okta