Mentoring Contracts in Reading

Mentorship
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 78 75
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -16
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Mentoring 15 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.51% 1.08% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 1.26% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 9
10th Percentile £460 £408 £363
25th Percentile £503 £476 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% +2.22%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £650
90th Percentile £685 £638 £719
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 551 951 967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.14% 85.91% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 512 644
10th Percentile £353 £350 £349
25th Percentile £450 £475 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £599 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +8.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 22
10th Percentile - £14.50 £21.40
25th Percentile £14.75 £51.52 £54.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile £38.42 £74.87 £74.59
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £76.82
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £60.60 £59.38
% change year-on-year -47.11% +2.06% +128.37%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in Reading

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in Reading over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in Reading

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (13.33%) Oracle Service Bus
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (6.67%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (6.67%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
3 2 (13.33%) OCI
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Security Architect
3 2 (13.33%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Information
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Security
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Umbraco Developer
4 1 (6.67%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) OAuth
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) OAuth2
2 2 (13.33%) REST
2 2 (13.33%) SOAP
2 2 (13.33%) Web Services
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.67%) CSS
3 1 (6.67%) Entity Framework
3 1 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (6.67%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (6.67%) React
3 1 (6.67%) RESTful
3 1 (6.67%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Security Posture
2 4 (26.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (20.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (6.67%) IoT
5 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
5 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) SIEM
3 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Data Privacy
4 4 (26.67%) Information Security
4 4 (26.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Detection
5 3 (20.00%) User Experience
6 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C#
1 2 (13.33%) PL/SQL
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (13.33%) Python
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Apex Code
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CISSP
2 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (13.33%) AWS Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
2 2 (13.33%) CCSP
2 2 (13.33%) CFCE
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) GCFA
2 2 (13.33%) GCIA
2 2 (13.33%) GCIH
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) GDPR
1 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (26.67%) NIST
3 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
3 2 (13.33%) PSD2
4 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.67%) GRC
4 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) ArcSight
2 2 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (13.33%) LogRhythm
2 2 (13.33%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Intel
3 1 (6.67%) Progress
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.67%) SAP