Mentoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Mentorship
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Mentoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mentoring over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 85 80
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +7
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 506 640 922
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.48% 2.72% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 3.04% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 459 653
10th Percentile £353 £368 £357
25th Percentile £430 £463 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.91% +1.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £775 £689 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 43
10th Percentile £15.17 £27.98 £10.82
25th Percentile £19.84 £56.25 £17.53
Median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% +114.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.33 £83.31 £57.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £73.66
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +9.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Mentoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,192 21,035 27,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.42% 89.50% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,233 14,534 19,060
10th Percentile £250 £256 £237
25th Percentile £379 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,049 1,280 1,365
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.99 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.23 £15.43 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £47.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.55
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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 of England +39 178 £500 -9.09% 453
South East -9 106 £525 -8.70% 297
North West +28 104 £493 -10.36% 244
South West +24 99 £600 +1.78% 222
Yorkshire +48 73 £550 +2.33% 159
Midlands -4 64 £538 +13.26% 249
Scotland -5 43 £463 -11.27% 114
West Midlands 0 42 £570 +18.75% 140
East Midlands +7 22 £406 -10.33% 108
East of England -14 22 £483 -3.50% 136
Northern Ireland +17 16 £600 +50.00% 37
Wales +16 4 £405 -20.69% 42
Isle of Man - 2 - -
North East +8 1 - - 53
Mentoring
UK

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.58%) Confluence
2 7 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.40%) Drupal
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.40%) nginx
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.40%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.40%) Lectora
Business Applications
1 7 (1.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.40%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.40%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.40%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.40%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 60 (11.86%) Azure
2 55 (10.87%) AWS
3 33 (6.52%) Serverless
4 23 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.57%) Amazon S3
6 13 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.17%) IaaS
7 11 (2.17%) PaaS
8 10 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 10 (1.98%) OpenShift
9 9 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (1.78%) GCP
9 9 (1.78%) SaaS
10 6 (1.19%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.99%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.99%) GitHub
12 4 (0.79%) Rekognition
12 4 (0.79%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.51%) Firewall
2 24 (4.74%) Network Security
3 22 (4.35%) DNS
4 15 (2.96%) WAN
5 12 (2.37%) VPN
6 10 (1.98%) DHCP
6 10 (1.98%) SAN
7 9 (1.78%) BGP
7 9 (1.78%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (1.78%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.78%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (1.78%) LAN
7 9 (1.78%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.78%) Wireless
8 8 (1.58%) VoIP
9 7 (1.38%) WLAN
10 6 (1.19%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (1.19%) Internet
10 6 (1.19%) MPLS
10 6 (1.19%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.30%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.53%) Relational Database
3 26 (5.14%) SQL Server
4 21 (4.15%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.36%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.96%) Power BI
7 12 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (2.17%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (2.17%) RDBMS
9 10 (1.98%) MySQL
10 8 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.19%) Tableau
12 5 (0.99%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.79%) Big Data
14 3 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.59%) Metadata
14 3 (0.59%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 24 (4.74%) Git
2 22 (4.35%) JIRA
3 15 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.77%) JUnit
5 10 (1.98%) GitLab
6 6 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.79%) Maven
7 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.59%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.59%) Gradle
9 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.40%) Selenium
9 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.20%) CA Gen
10 1 (0.20%) Hudson
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 182 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 96 (18.97%) Public Sector
3 84 (16.60%) Finance
4 81 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.72%) Telecoms
6 21 (4.15%) Military
7 18 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.57%) Legal
9 11 (2.17%) Banking
10 10 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.38%) Law
12 7 (1.38%) Publishing
13 6 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.59%) Aviation
14 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) French Language
14 3 (0.59%) Marketing
14 3 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (12.25%) Lead
2 61 (12.06%) Developer
3 58 (11.46%) Senior
4 45 (8.89%) Analyst
4 45 (8.89%) Architect
5 26 (5.14%) Consultant
6 23 (4.55%) Java Developer
7 19 (3.75%) Network Engineer
8 17 (3.36%) Project Manager
9 16 (3.16%) DBA
9 16 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.96%) Software Engineer
11 14 (2.77%) Capacity Manager
11 14 (2.77%) Lead Developer
11 14 (2.77%) Problem Manager
12 13 (2.57%) Cyber Defence Analyst
12 13 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (2.37%) Designer
13 12 (2.37%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.72%) React
2 25 (4.94%) REST
3 19 (3.75%) Spring
4 18 (3.56%) Spring Boot
5 16 (3.16%) JSON
6 15 (2.96%) CSS
7 14 (2.77%) XML
8 13 (2.57%) HTML
8 13 (2.57%) JPA
8 13 (2.57%) Kafka
9 12 (2.37%) Hibernate
10 10 (1.98%) AWS CDK
10 10 (1.98%) RESTful
11 9 (1.78%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.58%) .NET
12 8 (1.58%) Node.js
12 8 (1.58%) Web Services
13 5 (0.99%) OpenAPI
13 5 (0.99%) RAML
13 5 (0.99%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.23%) Management Information System
2 54 (10.67%) Cyber Threat
3 53 (10.47%) Cyber Defence
4 45 (8.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 23 (4.55%) Virtual Team
6 20 (3.95%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.56%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (1.98%) CMDB
9 10 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.78%) Operational Technology
10 9 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.38%) PKI
13 6 (1.19%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.19%) NHS
14 5 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.70%) Windows
2 30 (5.93%) Linux
3 17 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.58%) Android
6 7 (1.38%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.79%) Unix
10 3 (0.59%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (31.23%) Agile
2 121 (23.91%) Coaching
3 103 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (15.81%) Cybersecurity
5 64 (12.65%) DevOps
6 59 (11.66%) ITIL
7 58 (11.46%) Incident Management
8 57 (11.26%) SIEM
9 55 (10.87%) Incident Response
10 54 (10.67%) Service Management
11 52 (10.28%) Root Cause Analysis
12 51 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (9.68%) Scrum
14 48 (9.49%) Problem Management
15 46 (9.09%) Information Security
16 45 (8.89%) Protective Monitoring
17 43 (8.50%) Quality Management
18 40 (7.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 40 (7.91%) Threat Intelligence
19 39 (7.71%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.87%) Java
2 40 (7.91%) Python
3 35 (6.92%) JavaScript
3 35 (6.92%) SQL
4 33 (6.52%) TypeScript
5 18 (3.56%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.36%) Bash
7 14 (2.77%) C#
8 13 (2.57%) C++
9 10 (1.98%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.78%) C
11 7 (1.38%) Perl
12 6 (1.19%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.99%) Groovy
13 5 (0.99%) PHP
13 5 (0.99%) Ruby
14 4 (0.79%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.40%) R
15 2 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 189 (37.35%) Security Cleared
2 124 (24.51%) SC Cleared
3 76 (15.02%) DV Cleared
4 64 (12.65%) Degree
5 22 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.77%) CISSP
7 13 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.37%) CCNP
9 10 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.58%) CCIE
10 8 (1.58%) CCNA
10 8 (1.58%) CISM
11 7 (1.38%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.19%) CCIE Data Center
12 6 (1.19%) MCTS
13 5 (0.99%) MCITP
14 4 (0.79%) HNC
15 2 (0.40%) MCSE
15 2 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.29%) NIST
2 38 (7.51%) NIST 800
3 28 (5.53%) QA
4 25 (4.94%) Accessibility
5 17 (3.36%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.79%) NCSC
9 4 (0.79%) SLA
9 4 (0.79%) WCAG
10 3 (0.59%) PMO
11 2 (0.40%) GDPR
11 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.20%) HAZOP
12 1 (0.20%) HL7
12 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 26 (5.14%) Docker
2 21 (4.15%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.99%) vSphere
5 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.40%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) iptables
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) XenApp
8 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.94%) Ansible
3 19 (3.75%) Terraform
4 9 (1.78%) Grafana
5 6 (1.19%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.99%) SCCM
6 5 (0.99%) WSUS
7 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.79%) Nessus
7 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.79%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.59%) Kibana
8 3 (0.59%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.59%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.59%) Puppet
8 3 (0.59%) VxRail
9 2 (0.40%) CEMLI
9 2 (0.40%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 99 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.13%) Cisco
3 27 (5.34%) Oracle
4 16 (3.16%) VMware
5 12 (2.37%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.98%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.78%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.78%) SAP
8 8 (1.58%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.38%) CheckPoint
9 7 (1.38%) F5
9 7 (1.38%) Sparx
10 6 (1.19%) CA
10 6 (1.19%) HP
10 6 (1.19%) Sophos
10 6 (1.19%) Veeam
11 5 (0.99%) Infoblox
11 5 (0.99%) Nimble Storage
11 5 (0.99%) Rapid7