Mentoring Contracts

Mentorship
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 81 88
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 871 1,123 1,621
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.98% 2.58% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 2.99% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 744 1,066
10th Percentile £313 £390 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +3.14%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £688
90th Percentile £738 £825 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 34 31
10th Percentile £22.59 £15.17 £27.98
25th Percentile £25.01 £22.01 £58.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -50.00% +114.29%
75th Percentile £86.08 £49.22 £83.31
90th Percentile £92.50 £57.33 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.35 £31.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -11.77% -58.67% +114.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Top 18 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -3 720 £530 -3.64% 3,501
London 0 408 £575 -2.13% 1,687
UK excluding London -7 364 £475 -9.52% 2,035
Work from Home -2 290 £540 -1.82% 2,031
North of England -13 122 £475 -5.00% 648
North West -9 79 £454 -7.96% 396
Scotland +14 62 £525 +3.75% 160
South East -11 51 £493 -6.19% 404
South West -6 42 £500 -16.67% 248
Midlands +3 40 £463 -15.91% 318
Yorkshire -15 36 £563 +7.14% 180
Wales +22 23 £331 +65.59% 80
West Midlands -4 23 £525 -7.89% 184
East of England +34 19 £400 -27.27% 175
East Midlands +9 16 £461 -5.78% 133
North East +5 7 £534 -2.91% 75
Northern Ireland -17 7 £410 -31.67% 32
Channel Islands - 1 £425 -

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 33 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.53%) Confluence
3 18 (2.07%) Apache
4 17 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.15%) SAS
7 8 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.69%) Camunda
9 4 (0.46%) CMS
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.23%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.23%) CICS
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.11%) JBoss
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.57%) Shopify
3 3 (0.34%) Finacle
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) BASE24
4 2 (0.23%) Endur
4 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.23%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.23%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.11%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 1 (0.11%) iTrent
5 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 218 (25.03%) AWS
2 199 (22.85%) Azure
3 66 (7.58%) GCP
4 60 (6.89%) Serverless
5 54 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (5.17%) Power Platform
8 39 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
9 35 (4.02%) GitHub
10 30 (3.44%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (3.10%) SaaS
13 26 (2.99%) Amazon S3
14 23 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (2.64%) IaaS
14 23 (2.64%) PaaS
15 16 (1.84%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.84%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.13%) Network Security
2 31 (3.56%) VPN
3 30 (3.44%) Firewall
4 25 (2.87%) LAN
5 24 (2.76%) DNS
6 22 (2.53%) WAN
7 20 (2.30%) TCP/IP
8 18 (2.07%) HTTP
9 16 (1.84%) DHCP
10 15 (1.72%) HTTPS
11 14 (1.61%) BGP
12 13 (1.49%) OSPF
13 11 (1.26%) Wireless
14 9 (1.03%) SD-WAN
14 9 (1.03%) SSL
15 8 (0.92%) MPLS
16 6 (0.69%) VLAN
17 5 (0.57%) EIGRP
17 5 (0.57%) VoIP
17 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (6.08%) MongoDB
3 42 (4.82%) MySQL
4 37 (4.25%) Relational Database
5 31 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (3.21%) Power BI
6 28 (3.21%) SQL Server
7 27 (3.10%) NoSQL
8 25 (2.87%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (2.41%) Big Data
10 20 (2.30%) Data Lake
11 18 (2.07%) DynamoDB
12 17 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
13 15 (1.72%) Redis
14 14 (1.61%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
15 10 (1.15%) Hadoop
16 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 68 (7.81%) Git
2 65 (7.46%) Jenkins
3 54 (6.20%) JIRA
4 41 (4.71%) GitLab
5 28 (3.21%) JUnit
6 21 (2.41%) Cypress.io
7 19 (2.18%) Selenium
8 15 (1.72%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.72%) SonarQube
9 13 (1.49%) Maven
10 10 (1.15%) Jasmine
11 9 (1.03%) Gradle
12 8 (0.92%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.92%) Mockito
13 7 (0.80%) Postman
14 6 (0.69%) JMeter
14 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
15 5 (0.57%) git-flow
15 5 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
15 5 (0.57%) SpecFlow
General
1 308 (35.36%) Social Skills
2 153 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
3 146 (16.76%) Public Sector
4 131 (15.04%) Finance
5 54 (6.20%) Banking
6 39 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (3.67%) Manufacturing
8 25 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (2.64%) Marketing
10 21 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 19 (2.18%) Law
12 16 (1.84%) Automotive
12 16 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.72%) Retail
14 14 (1.61%) Local Government
15 13 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.49%) Military
16 10 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 177 (20.32%) Lead
2 176 (20.21%) Senior
3 167 (19.17%) Developer
4 112 (12.86%) Architect
5 47 (5.40%) Senior Developer
6 41 (4.71%) Software Engineer
7 40 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (4.48%) Lead Developer
9 36 (4.13%) Analyst
9 36 (4.13%) Data Engineer
10 33 (3.79%) Java Developer
11 32 (3.67%) Consultant
12 30 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
13 23 (2.64%) Designer
14 20 (2.30%) Technical Leader
15 18 (2.07%) Team Leader
16 17 (1.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 17 (1.95%) Software Developer
16 17 (1.95%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.89%) Kafka
2 52 (5.97%) Node.js
3 50 (5.74%) React
4 49 (5.63%) Spring Boot
5 48 (5.51%) HTML
6 47 (5.40%) Spring
7 42 (4.82%) RESTful
8 41 (4.71%) CSS
9 31 (3.56%) JSON
10 29 (3.33%) .NET
10 29 (3.33%) AngularJS
11 28 (3.21%) REST
12 25 (2.87%) XML
13 22 (2.53%) SOAP
14 20 (2.30%) OAuth
15 19 (2.18%) Swagger
15 19 (2.18%) Web Services
16 18 (2.07%) AWS CDK
17 15 (1.72%) GraphQL
17 15 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.48%) Product Ownership
2 36 (4.13%) Management Information System
3 35 (4.02%) Cloud Native
4 27 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.64%) Public Cloud
6 21 (2.41%) PKI
7 18 (2.07%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.49%) EPoS
12 12 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.15%) NHS
15 9 (1.03%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.03%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 68 (7.81%) Linux
2 43 (4.94%) Windows
3 17 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (1.84%) Unix
5 11 (1.26%) Android
6 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.57%) Windows 8
6 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.57%) Windows XP
7 4 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (0.46%) CentOS
8 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.34%) SUSE
9 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (31.34%) Agile
2 252 (28.93%) Problem-Solving
3 204 (23.42%) CI/CD
4 201 (23.08%) DevOps
5 173 (19.86%) Technical Leadership
6 168 (19.29%) Coaching
7 109 (12.51%) Software Engineering
8 107 (12.28%) Test Automation
9 93 (10.68%) Microservices
10 86 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (9.64%) Computer Science
12 82 (9.41%) Analytics
12 82 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
13 81 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 79 (9.07%) Project Management
15 74 (8.50%) Scrum
16 70 (8.04%) Roadmaps
17 69 (7.92%) TDD
18 65 (7.46%) Containerisation
19 62 (7.12%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 190 (21.81%) Python
2 157 (18.03%) Java
3 125 (14.35%) SQL
4 123 (14.12%) JavaScript
5 58 (6.66%) TypeScript
6 53 (6.08%) PowerShell
7 40 (4.59%) Bash
8 33 (3.79%) C#
9 19 (2.18%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.95%) Go
11 15 (1.72%) C++
12 14 (1.61%) Ruby
13 11 (1.26%) PHP
13 11 (1.26%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.26%) Scala
13 11 (1.26%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.92%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.69%) Bicep
15 6 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 186 (21.35%) Security Cleared
2 140 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 132 (15.15%) Degree
4 69 (7.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.56%) Master's Degree
6 30 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (3.44%) DV Cleared
7 29 (3.33%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.84%) CCNP
9 15 (1.72%) CCNA
10 14 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (1.15%) CEH
13 10 (1.15%) CISM
13 10 (1.15%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.92%) CCIE
14 8 (0.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.17%) QA
2 35 (4.02%) Accessibility
3 27 (3.10%) GDPR
4 25 (2.87%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.30%) NIST
7 12 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
8 8 (0.92%) NCSC
9 7 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.80%) PMO
10 6 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.69%) SLA
10 6 (0.69%) WCAG
11 3 (0.34%) AUTOSAR
11 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) DICOM
12 2 (0.23%) GxP
12 2 (0.23%) HL7
System Software
1 93 (10.68%) Docker
2 35 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.46%) HDFS
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 110 (12.63%) Kubernetes
2 103 (11.83%) Terraform
3 49 (5.63%) Ansible
4 22 (2.53%) Grafana
5 20 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.49%) SCCM
6 13 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.38%) Puppet
8 10 (1.15%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.92%) MOM
10 7 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.69%) Istio
12 5 (0.57%) Kibana
13 3 (0.34%) Argo
13 3 (0.34%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.34%) Packer
13 3 (0.34%) SCOM
14 2 (0.23%) Consul
14 2 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 122 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.61%) Oracle
3 38 (4.36%) SAP
4 33 (3.79%) Cisco
5 32 (3.67%) Google
6 24 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.61%) IBM
8 14 (1.61%) VMware
9 11 (1.26%) Databricks
9 11 (1.26%) Juniper
10 10 (1.15%) ForgeRock
10 10 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.03%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.03%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.03%) Ping Identity
12 8 (0.92%) Adobe
12 8 (0.92%) Rockwell
12 8 (0.92%) Siemens
12 8 (0.92%) Splunk