Mentoring Contract Job Trends in the North West

Mentorship
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Mentoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 45 37
Rank change year-on-year -16 -8 +41
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 139 100 105
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.50% 4.54% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 5.13% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 69 60
10th Percentile £400 £321 -
25th Percentile £428 £402 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £460 £417
Median % change year-on-year +19.02% +10.31% -22.96%
75th Percentile £669 £550 £495
90th Percentile £726 £655 £539
England median daily rate £545 £525 £560
% change year-on-year +3.71% -6.25% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 3
10th Percentile £14.11 £41.94 £43.40
25th Percentile - £43.33 £44.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +14.80% -36.77%
75th Percentile £85.40 £64.69 £51.00
90th Percentile £86.07 £69.38 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.96% +21.43% -7.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,284 1,949 2,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.80% 88.55% 83.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,853 1,287 1,107
10th Percentile £300 £261 £294
25th Percentile £403 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £680 £656
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 143 111
10th Percentile £14.33 £13.91 £16.50
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £29.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +88.90% -37.64% +18.60%
75th Percentile £72.71 £47.12 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.25 £73.56
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the North West

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the North West over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the North West

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring in the North West over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in the North West

Mentoring
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Manchester -19 76 £575 +21.05% 429
Lancashire -2 27 £665 +57.02% 36
Cheshire -4 17 £474 +1.39% 41
Cumbria -29 9 £510 +13.33% 13
Merseyside -5 8 £505 +6.32% 47
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (5.76%) Confluence
2 2 (1.44%) CMS
3 1 (0.72%) Camunda
3 1 (0.72%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.16%) AutoCAD
2 3 (2.16%) Navisworks
2 3 (2.16%) ProjectWise
2 3 (2.16%) Revit
3 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 44 (31.65%) AWS
2 13 (9.35%) SuccessFactors
3 12 (8.63%) Azure
4 11 (7.91%) GitHub
4 11 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 10 (7.19%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (5.76%) Serverless
7 6 (4.32%) Anthropic Claude
7 6 (4.32%) GCP
7 6 (4.32%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.32%) Google Gemini
8 4 (2.88%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.88%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.16%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 3 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.44%) AWS CodeBuild
10 2 (1.44%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.88%) WAN
2 3 (2.16%) BGP
2 3 (2.16%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (2.16%) Firewall
2 3 (2.16%) LAN
2 3 (2.16%) MPLS
2 3 (2.16%) OSPF
2 3 (2.16%) VPN
2 3 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.44%) SSL
3 2 (1.44%) VLAN
3 2 (1.44%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.72%) DHCP
4 1 (0.72%) DNS
4 1 (0.72%) FTP
4 1 (0.72%) Network Security
4 1 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.72%) VoIP
4 1 (0.72%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) Power BI
2 5 (3.60%) Power Query
3 4 (2.88%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.44%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (1.44%) DocumentDB
5 2 (1.44%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.44%) Tableau
6 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.72%) Metadata
6 1 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.72%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (8.63%) Git
2 9 (6.47%) JIRA
3 7 (5.04%) Claude Code
3 7 (5.04%) GitLab
4 2 (1.44%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.44%) Postman
4 2 (1.44%) Selenium
5 1 (0.72%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.72%) JMeter
5 1 (0.72%) MLflow
5 1 (0.72%) Ranorex
5 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.72%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.72%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.30%) Finance
3 22 (15.83%) Public Sector
4 20 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.19%) Retail
6 8 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.04%) Banking
7 7 (5.04%) Military
8 6 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Advertising
9 3 (2.16%) Legal
9 3 (2.16%) Marketing
10 2 (1.44%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Automotive
11 1 (0.72%) Games
11 1 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (24.46%) Senior
2 30 (21.58%) Lead
3 23 (16.55%) Developer
4 15 (10.79%) Consultant
5 10 (7.19%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (5.76%) Lead Developer
7 7 (5.04%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.04%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Analyst
9 5 (3.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (3.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Power BI Developer
9 5 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
10 4 (2.88%) Agile Delivery Lead
10 4 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.88%) Java Developer
10 4 (2.88%) Principal Engineer
10 4 (2.88%) Project Manager
10 4 (2.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.67%) Terraform
2 18 (12.95%) REST
3 17 (12.23%) Node.js
4 14 (10.07%) React
5 9 (6.47%) Spring
5 9 (6.47%) Spring Boot
6 7 (5.04%) Next.js
7 6 (4.32%) Kafka
8 5 (3.60%) Vue
9 3 (2.16%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.16%) CSS
9 3 (2.16%) GraphQL
9 3 (2.16%) HTML
9 3 (2.16%) Middleware
10 2 (1.44%) AWS CDK
10 2 (1.44%) CSS3
10 2 (1.44%) Django
10 2 (1.44%) Gherkin
10 2 (1.44%) HTML5
10 2 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.95%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.63%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (7.91%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.47%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.04%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.16%) Client/Server
8 3 (2.16%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (2.16%) Learning Management System
8 3 (2.16%) PKI
9 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.44%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (1.44%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.44%) NHS
9 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.76%) Linux
2 6 (4.32%) Windows
3 4 (2.88%) Unix
4 3 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.72%) Android
5 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.72%) CentOS
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.65%) Coaching
2 42 (30.22%) Agile
3 40 (28.78%) CI/CD
4 37 (26.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (24.46%) Technical Leadership
7 28 (20.14%) DevOps
8 27 (19.42%) Software Engineering
9 23 (16.55%) AI
10 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (15.83%) Roadmaps
11 21 (15.11%) Decision-Making
12 20 (14.39%) Microservices
13 19 (13.67%) Observability
14 17 (12.23%) Code Quality
14 17 (12.23%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (11.51%) Test Automation
16 15 (10.79%) Project Delivery
17 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
17 14 (10.07%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.55%) TypeScript
2 18 (12.95%) Java
2 18 (12.95%) Python
3 11 (7.91%) JavaScript
4 8 (5.76%) SQL
5 5 (3.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (2.88%) Bash
6 4 (2.88%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.16%) Rust
7 3 (2.16%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.44%) C#
9 1 (0.72%) Bicep
9 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (23.74%) Security Cleared
2 26 (18.71%) SC Cleared
3 15 (10.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (5.76%) Degree
5 5 (3.60%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.88%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.16%) CCNP
7 3 (2.16%) NVQ Level 5
8 2 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.44%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.72%) CISSP
9 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.07%) QA
2 10 (7.19%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.60%) GDPR
4 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.16%) ISO 19650
5 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.16%) PMO
6 2 (1.44%) NCSC
7 1 (0.72%) GRC
7 1 (0.72%) NIST
7 1 (0.72%) SLA
7 1 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (12.95%) Docker
2 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Firmware
2 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (14.39%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.88%) Ansible
3 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.72%) Grafana
4 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.72%) Puppet
4 1 (0.72%) QRadar
4 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.35%) SAP
3 7 (5.04%) Qualtrics
4 4 (2.88%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.88%) Cisco
5 3 (2.16%) Autodesk
5 3 (2.16%) F5
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle
6 2 (1.44%) Databricks
6 2 (1.44%) Forcepoint
6 2 (1.44%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.44%) HP
6 2 (1.44%) Juniper
6 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.44%) Splunk
6 2 (1.44%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) Apple
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Informatica
7 1 (0.72%) Sage