Mentoring Contracts with Work from Home Options

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 95 93
Rank change year-on-year +13 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 394 620 1,253
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.62% 2.46% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.74% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 411 907
10th Percentile £425 £413 £400
25th Percentile £493 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £656
90th Percentile £830 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 25
10th Percentile - £21.60 -
25th Percentile £15.17 £35.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £75.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +66.67% -31.30%
75th Percentile £31.00 £85.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £35.00 £88.00 £67.47
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,241 22,603 40,082
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.73% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,876 15,973 29,084
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 538
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.18
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +50.28% +44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Mentoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Mentoring trend for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Mentoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Mentoring hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.79%) Confluence
2 9 (2.28%) Apache
3 6 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.27%) IIS
4 5 (1.27%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.02%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.51%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.25%) JBoss
8 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.25%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.27%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (0.51%) Camtasia
4 2 (0.51%) Lectora
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Endur
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.51%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 97 (24.62%) Azure
2 80 (20.30%) AWS
3 35 (8.88%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.38%) Serverless
5 25 (6.35%) GCP
6 24 (6.09%) Power Platform
7 22 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (5.58%) GitHub
8 16 (4.06%) Azure API Management
8 16 (4.06%) Azure Logic Apps
8 16 (4.06%) SaaS
9 14 (3.55%) IaaS
9 14 (3.55%) PaaS
10 13 (3.30%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (3.05%) dbt
12 11 (2.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.78%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.06%) Firewall
2 11 (2.79%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.78%) DNS
4 5 (1.27%) BGP
4 5 (1.27%) DHCP
4 5 (1.27%) HTTP
4 5 (1.27%) Network Security
4 5 (1.27%) VLAN
4 5 (1.27%) VPN
5 3 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.76%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.76%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.51%) LAN
6 2 (0.51%) OSPF
6 2 (0.51%) SAN
6 2 (0.51%) SSL
6 2 (0.51%) VSAN
6 2 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.60%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.58%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.08%) Power BI
4 17 (4.31%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.81%) MongoDB
5 15 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (2.79%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (2.54%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.52%) Apache Arrow
10 6 (1.52%) Apache Ignite
10 6 (1.52%) Dremio
10 6 (1.52%) MySQL
11 5 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.27%) Big Data
11 5 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 28 (7.11%) JIRA
2 27 (6.85%) Git
3 13 (3.30%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.54%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.03%) GitLab
6 7 (1.78%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.52%) Maven
8 5 (1.27%) Gradle
8 5 (1.27%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.02%) Selenium
9 4 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.76%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.51%) Appium
11 2 (0.51%) git-flow
11 2 (0.51%) JUnit
11 2 (0.51%) Pylint
11 2 (0.51%) RStudio
11 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.51%) Travis CI
11 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (34.26%) Finance
2 112 (28.43%) Social Skills
3 65 (16.50%) Public Sector
4 56 (14.21%) Banking
5 50 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (10.66%) Front Office
7 37 (9.39%) Back Office
8 13 (3.30%) Retail
9 12 (3.05%) Marketing
10 10 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.28%) Publishing
11 9 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.78%) Law
13 6 (1.52%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.52%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.27%) Games
15 4 (1.02%) Electronics
15 4 (1.02%) Legal
Job Titles
1 74 (18.78%) Senior
2 66 (16.75%) Lead
3 55 (13.96%) Developer
4 52 (13.20%) Analyst
5 29 (7.36%) Architect
6 20 (5.08%) Banking Analyst
6 20 (5.08%) Financial Analyst
6 20 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (5.08%) SQL Analyst
6 20 (5.08%) Technical Analyst
7 17 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (4.06%) Consultant
9 14 (3.55%) DBA
9 14 (3.55%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 14 (3.55%) Technical Engineer
10 13 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
10 13 (3.30%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.05%) Java Developer
12 11 (2.79%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.38%) XML
2 19 (4.82%) HTML
3 18 (4.57%) CSS
3 18 (4.57%) React
4 16 (4.06%) REST
5 15 (3.81%) Kafka
6 13 (3.30%) JSON
7 12 (3.05%) Node.js
8 11 (2.79%) ARM Templates
9 10 (2.54%) .NET
9 10 (2.54%) Azure Blueprints
10 9 (2.28%) AWS CDK
10 9 (2.28%) Spring
11 8 (2.03%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.03%) RESTful
11 8 (2.03%) Spring Boot
11 8 (2.03%) Web Services
12 7 (1.78%) LDAP
12 7 (1.78%) Pandas
12 7 (1.78%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.15%) Derivative
1 40 (10.15%) Hedge funds
2 30 (7.61%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.79%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.79%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.54%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.54%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.78%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.78%) Fixed Income
5 7 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.52%) CMDB
6 6 (1.52%) Equities
6 6 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.27%) e-Learning
7 5 (1.27%) Learning Management System
7 5 (1.27%) NHS
7 5 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.81%) Windows
2 14 (3.55%) Linux
3 6 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.27%) Android
5 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (34.01%) Agile
2 86 (21.83%) DevOps
3 82 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (19.80%) Coaching
5 53 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
6 50 (12.69%) Asset Management
7 46 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (10.91%) CI/CD
9 40 (10.15%) Analytics
9 40 (10.15%) Investment Management
10 39 (9.90%) Software Engineering
11 35 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (8.63%) Decision-Making
12 34 (8.63%) Project Management
13 32 (8.12%) Test Automation
14 29 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (7.36%) Test Strategy
15 28 (7.11%) Roadmaps
16 27 (6.85%) Scrum
17 26 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 99 (25.13%) Python
2 73 (18.53%) SQL
3 63 (15.99%) C#
4 54 (13.71%) Java
5 43 (10.91%) JavaScript
6 26 (6.60%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.05%) Bash
8 11 (2.79%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.28%) Ruby
10 7 (1.78%) Scala
11 6 (1.52%) Go
11 6 (1.52%) PHP
12 5 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.02%) C++
13 4 (1.02%) Groovy
14 3 (0.76%) C
14 3 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.76%) R
14 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 73 (18.53%) Security Cleared
2 63 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.17%) Degree
4 13 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.79%) CISSP
6 10 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.78%) PMP
8 6 (1.52%) CCNA
8 6 (1.52%) CISM
9 5 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.02%) APMP
10 4 (1.02%) CEH
10 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.02%) MCTS
10 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.02%) SANS
11 3 (0.76%) CRISC
11 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.63%) QA
2 22 (5.58%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.30%) NCSC
4 11 (2.79%) NIST
5 10 (2.54%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.27%) GRC
8 3 (0.76%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.76%) SLA
9 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.51%) GDPR
9 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.51%) PMO
9 2 (0.51%) WCAG
10 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.25%) HL7
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 35 (8.88%) Docker
2 7 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.51%) vSphere
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (10.15%) Terraform
2 34 (8.63%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.58%) Ansible
4 11 (2.79%) Grafana
5 5 (1.27%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.27%) Puppet
6 4 (1.02%) Kibana
7 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.76%) SCCM
8 2 (0.51%) logstash
8 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.51%) VxRail
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.25%) FreeIPA
9 1 (0.25%) Icinga
9 1 (0.25%) Istio
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 40 (10.15%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.60%) Oracle
3 15 (3.81%) Google
4 9 (2.28%) Adobe
5 8 (2.03%) SAP
6 7 (1.78%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.78%) VMware
7 6 (1.52%) Splunk
8 5 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.02%) Cisco
9 4 (1.02%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.02%) Databricks
9 4 (1.02%) Dell
9 4 (1.02%) Rapid7
9 4 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.02%) Sophos
10 3 (0.76%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.51%) Ariba
11 2 (0.51%) Genesys
11 2 (0.51%) Intel