Mentoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Mentorship
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 75 89
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -4
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 364 530 666
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.85% 2.56% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 3.02% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 354 482
10th Percentile £261 £352 £373
25th Percentile £366 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +9.02%
75th Percentile £580 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £768 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 26
10th Percentile £24.50 £15.17 £29.25
25th Percentile £25.25 £18.84 £60.69
Median hourly rate £27.35 £35.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.86% -53.33% +114.29%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.33 £83.31
90th Percentile £84.48 £66.88 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +18.75% -46.67% +114.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

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 3 May 2025.

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 3 May 2025.

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 3 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 of England -14 124 £475 -5.00% 719
North West -9 82 £450 -8.72% 437
Scotland +21 66 £525 +4.37% 182
South East -21 50 £500 -4.76% 717
South West -20 42 £513 -14.58% 268
Midlands -6 39 £463 -14.03% 351
Yorkshire -20 35 £563 +2.27% 201
West Midlands -6 23 £525 -7.89% 188
Wales +21 21 £331 +65.59% 84
East of England +35 18 £400 -13.98% 246
East Midlands +7 15 £459 +13.19% 145
North East +1 7 £534 -2.91% 88
Northern Ireland -16 6 £410 -31.67% 38
Channel Islands - 1 £425 -
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 19 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.75%) Confluence
3 5 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.82%) SAS
6 2 (0.55%) Apache
6 2 (0.55%) Camunda
6 2 (0.55%) CICS
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.27%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 15 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.82%) Finacle
4 2 (0.55%) BASE24
4 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 63 (17.31%) Azure
2 57 (15.66%) AWS
3 22 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.77%) Serverless
5 15 (4.12%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.57%) GCP
7 13 (3.57%) SaaS
8 11 (3.02%) IaaS
8 11 (3.02%) PaaS
9 8 (2.20%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.92%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (1.92%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (1.65%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.65%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.12%) Network Security
2 14 (3.85%) Firewall
2 14 (3.85%) LAN
3 13 (3.57%) WAN
4 12 (3.30%) VPN
5 8 (2.20%) BGP
5 8 (2.20%) DNS
5 8 (2.20%) OSPF
5 8 (2.20%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.92%) HTTP
7 6 (1.65%) MPLS
8 5 (1.37%) DHCP
8 5 (1.37%) VoIP
9 4 (1.10%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.82%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.82%) VLAN
10 3 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.24%) MongoDB
2 25 (6.87%) MySQL
2 25 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.67%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.67%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.12%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.30%) Power BI
7 10 (2.75%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.75%) RDBMS
8 7 (1.92%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.65%) Big Data
10 5 (1.37%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.37%) MariaDB
11 4 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.10%) Power Query
11 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.69%) JIRA
2 22 (6.04%) Git
3 21 (5.77%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.02%) Selenium
5 10 (2.75%) GitLab
5 10 (2.75%) JUnit
6 9 (2.47%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.92%) Jasmine
8 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.82%) JMeter
9 3 (0.82%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.82%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.55%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.55%) MagicDraw
10 2 (0.55%) Maven
10 2 (0.55%) Postman
10 2 (0.55%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.55%) SOAtest
General
1 140 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (16.76%) Public Sector
4 59 (16.21%) Finance
5 25 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.95%) Banking
6 18 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.30%) Automotive
9 10 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.47%) Law
10 9 (2.47%) Marketing
11 7 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.65%) Local Government
12 6 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.37%) Retail
13 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.37%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.10%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 72 (19.78%) Developer
2 70 (19.23%) Lead
3 63 (17.31%) Senior
4 39 (10.71%) Architect
5 21 (5.77%) Senior Developer
6 17 (4.67%) Java Developer
7 16 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.85%) Analyst
8 14 (3.85%) Lead Developer
8 14 (3.85%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.30%) Consultant
9 12 (3.30%) Team Leader
10 10 (2.75%) Availability Manager
10 10 (2.75%) Capacity and Availability Manager
10 10 (2.75%) Capacity Manager
10 10 (2.75%) DBA
11 9 (2.47%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.47%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (2.20%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.69%) Kafka
2 25 (6.87%) Spring Boot
3 22 (6.04%) Spring
4 20 (5.49%) RESTful
5 18 (4.95%) JSON
5 18 (4.95%) XML
6 14 (3.85%) Node.js
7 12 (3.30%) React
8 11 (3.02%) CSS
9 10 (2.75%) .NET
9 10 (2.75%) HTML
9 10 (2.75%) SOAP
10 9 (2.47%) Swagger
11 7 (1.92%) Android Jetpack
11 7 (1.92%) OpenAPI
11 7 (1.92%) REST
12 6 (1.65%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (1.65%) Spring Security
13 5 (1.37%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.97%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.57%) EPoS
5 11 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.75%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.47%) NHS
7 9 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.20%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.65%) Industry 4.0
9 6 (1.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 6 (1.65%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.37%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.37%) PKI
11 4 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.42%) Linux
2 19 (5.22%) Windows
3 12 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.47%) Unix
5 7 (1.92%) Android
6 5 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.37%) Windows 8
6 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.37%) Windows XP
7 4 (1.10%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.55%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (33.24%) Agile
3 77 (21.15%) Coaching
3 77 (21.15%) Technical Leadership
4 64 (17.58%) CI/CD
5 61 (16.76%) DevOps
6 43 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (11.54%) Test Automation
8 40 (10.99%) Project Management
9 39 (10.71%) Microservices
10 38 (10.44%) Roadmaps
11 37 (10.16%) ITIL
12 36 (9.89%) Software Engineering
13 34 (9.34%) Computer Science
13 34 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (9.34%) TDD
14 33 (9.07%) Analytics
15 26 (7.14%) Decision-Making
15 26 (7.14%) Service Delivery
16 25 (6.87%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 55 (15.11%) Java
2 43 (11.81%) SQL
3 41 (11.26%) Python
4 34 (9.34%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.12%) Bash
5 15 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.75%) PL/SQL
8 9 (2.47%) C#
9 7 (1.92%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.65%) Scala
11 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.10%) Bicep
12 4 (1.10%) COBOL
12 4 (1.10%) Go
13 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.55%) JCL
14 2 (0.55%) REXX
Qualifications
1 67 (18.41%) Degree
2 53 (14.56%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.89%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (5.49%) Master's Degree
6 16 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.92%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.65%) CCNA
11 6 (1.65%) CCNP
11 6 (1.65%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.37%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.37%) CISM
12 5 (1.37%) PMP
13 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.10%) CCIE
14 3 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.04%) Accessibility
2 16 (4.40%) QA
3 15 (4.12%) GDPR
4 9 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.47%) Disclosure Scotland
5 8 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.65%) NIST
7 5 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.10%) PMO
9 3 (0.82%) AUTOSAR
9 3 (0.82%) NCSC
9 3 (0.82%) SLA
10 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.55%) WCAG
11 1 (0.27%) COBIT
11 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 27 (7.42%) Docker
2 13 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) HDFS
4 3 (0.82%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (6.59%) Terraform
2 22 (6.04%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.30%) Ansible
4 10 (2.75%) SCCM
5 8 (2.20%) Grafana
6 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.65%) MOM
7 6 (1.65%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.10%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.82%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.82%) Kibana
9 3 (0.82%) SCOM
10 2 (0.55%) Packer
10 2 (0.55%) PTC Integrity
11 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.27%) Nessus
11 1 (0.27%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.27%) Puppet
11 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 49 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.99%) Oracle
3 19 (5.22%) Cisco
4 13 (3.57%) SAP
5 12 (3.30%) VMware
6 7 (1.92%) Juniper
6 7 (1.92%) Rockwell
6 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.92%) Siemens
7 6 (1.65%) Google
7 6 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.37%) Canon
9 4 (1.10%) Databricks
9 4 (1.10%) Meraki
9 4 (1.10%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.10%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.82%) Avaloq
10 3 (0.82%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.82%) Veeam