Mentoring Job Trends in Birmingham

Mentorship
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 144 211 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 8.41% 11.18% 7.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.47% 12.10% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 106 71 82
10th Percentile - £40,988 £31,988
25th Percentile £28,250 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,368 £60,000 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year -27.72% -5.14% +5.42%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,870 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,478 £87,500 £87,246
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -16.67% +3.51% +2.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Mentoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,375 1,744 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 80.27% 92.42% 89.98%
Number of salaries quoted 969 822 927
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,478 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mentoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Mentoring job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Mentoring
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in Birmingham

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.39%) CMS
2 2 (1.39%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.69%) IIS
3 1 (0.69%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.39%) Trello
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Sage X3
2 3 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.69%) Maximo
3 1 (0.69%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 71 (49.31%) Azure
2 38 (26.39%) AWS
3 33 (22.92%) SaaS
4 24 (16.67%) GitHub
5 10 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.17%) Power Automate
8 5 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.47%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.08%) Firebase
9 3 (2.08%) GCP
10 2 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (16.67%) Internet
2 3 (2.08%) DNS
3 2 (1.39%) Intranet
3 2 (1.39%) LAN
3 2 (1.39%) WAN
4 1 (0.69%) DHCP
4 1 (0.69%) Firewall
4 1 (0.69%) ISDN
4 1 (0.69%) PSTN
4 1 (0.69%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.69%) RTP
4 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.69%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.69%) VoIP
4 1 (0.69%) Wireless
4 1 (0.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.78%) MySQL
2 4 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.78%) Power BI
3 3 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (21.53%) Git
2 6 (4.17%) JIRA
2 6 (4.17%) Selenium
3 3 (2.08%) GitLab
3 3 (2.08%) Maven
4 2 (1.39%) JUnit
4 2 (1.39%) Mockito
4 2 (1.39%) Moq
4 2 (1.39%) MSTest
4 2 (1.39%) NSubstitute
4 2 (1.39%) NUnit
4 2 (1.39%) Postman
5 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.69%) Gatling
5 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 36 (25.00%) Multimedia
2 35 (24.31%) Social Skills
3 31 (21.53%) Finance
4 17 (11.81%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.56%) Legal
7 6 (4.17%) Marketing
8 5 (3.47%) Retail
9 4 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.08%) Banking
11 2 (1.39%) Games
11 2 (1.39%) Law
12 1 (0.69%) Back Office
12 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (25.00%) Trainee
2 28 (19.44%) Developer
2 28 (19.44%) Lead
3 24 (16.67%) Senior
4 13 (9.03%) Software Developer
5 12 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (7.64%) Trainee Developer
6 11 (7.64%) Trainee Software Developer
7 10 (6.94%) Junior
8 9 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
8 9 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 9 (6.25%) Lead Developer
8 9 (6.25%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.56%) Analyst
10 7 (4.86%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.86%) QA Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.86%) QA Engineer
10 7 (4.86%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (4.86%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (19.44%) CSS
1 28 (19.44%) HTML
2 12 (8.33%) .NET
3 9 (6.25%) React
4 4 (2.78%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.08%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.08%) EDI
5 3 (2.08%) Laravel
5 3 (2.08%) Next.js
5 3 (2.08%) Node.js
5 3 (2.08%) React Native
5 3 (2.08%) REST
5 3 (2.08%) Vue
6 2 (1.39%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.39%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (1.39%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.39%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (1.39%) RESTful
6 2 (1.39%) Spring
6 2 (1.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.47%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.39%) NHS
7 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.69%) IoT
7 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.25%) Windows
1 9 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.94%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (23.61%) Agile
2 34 (23.61%) Coaching
3 23 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (12.50%) Line Management
5 18 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
6 16 (11.11%) Analytics
6 16 (11.11%) DevOps
7 15 (10.42%) AI
7 15 (10.42%) Ethical Hacking
8 14 (9.72%) CI/CD
8 14 (9.72%) Migration
9 13 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (7.64%) Business Strategy
11 11 (7.64%) Creative Thinking
11 11 (7.64%) Data Architecture
11 11 (7.64%) Roadmaps
11 11 (7.64%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.69%) Python
2 35 (24.31%) SQL
3 33 (22.92%) JavaScript
4 21 (14.58%) C#
5 12 (8.33%) R
6 7 (4.86%) Java
7 6 (4.17%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.78%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.08%) PHP
10 2 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.39%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.39%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.69%) C
Qualifications
1 30 (20.83%) Azure Certification
2 25 (17.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (15.97%) AWS Certification
3 23 (15.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 20 (13.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (10.42%) CEH
5 15 (10.42%) Degree
6 13 (9.03%) A+ Certification
6 13 (9.03%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (4.86%) City & Guilds
7 7 (4.86%) NVQ Level 3
7 7 (4.86%) Postgraduate
8 5 (3.47%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.47%) SC Cleared
8 5 (3.47%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.08%) APMG
10 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.33%) QA
2 7 (4.86%) COSHH
3 6 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (2.08%) NIST
5 3 (2.08%) WCAG
6 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.69%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.39%) Terraform
2 1 (0.69%) Grafana
2 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.94%) Databricks
3 5 (3.47%) ForeScout
4 4 (2.78%) Sage
5 3 (2.08%) Oracle
6 2 (1.39%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.69%) Aruba
7 1 (0.69%) Cisco
7 1 (0.69%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.69%) Google
7 1 (0.69%) IBM
7 1 (0.69%) Juniper
7 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.69%) New Relic
7 1 (0.69%) Planon
7 1 (0.69%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.69%) Splunk