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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 142 202 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 8.20% 11.23% 8.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.35% 12.04% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 104 59 113
10th Percentile - £37,357 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.94% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,550 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,687 £90,750 £86,993
West Midlands median annual salary £44,543 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -25.76% +4.35% +1.81%

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 1,372 1,678 1,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.21% 93.27% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 971 782 1,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,563 £40,000
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 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,125 £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 13 January 2026.

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 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) CMS
2 2 (1.41%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.70%) IIS
3 1 (0.70%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.41%) Trello
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Sage X3
2 3 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.70%) Maximo
3 1 (0.70%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 73 (51.41%) Azure
2 39 (27.46%) AWS
3 30 (21.13%) SaaS
4 25 (17.61%) GitHub
5 9 (6.34%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.52%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.52%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.11%) Firebase
9 3 (2.11%) GCP
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.31%) Internet
2 3 (2.11%) DNS
3 2 (1.41%) Intranet
3 2 (1.41%) LAN
3 2 (1.41%) WAN
4 1 (0.70%) DHCP
4 1 (0.70%) Firewall
4 1 (0.70%) ISDN
4 1 (0.70%) PSTN
4 1 (0.70%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.70%) RTP
4 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.70%) VoIP
4 1 (0.70%) Wireless
4 1 (0.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.82%) MySQL
2 4 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.82%) Power BI
3 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.41%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (23.24%) Git
2 6 (4.23%) JIRA
3 5 (3.52%) Selenium
4 3 (2.11%) GitLab
4 3 (2.11%) Maven
5 2 (1.41%) JUnit
5 2 (1.41%) Mockito
5 2 (1.41%) Postman
6 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.70%) Gatling
6 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.70%) Moq
6 1 (0.70%) MSTest
6 1 (0.70%) NSubstitute
6 1 (0.70%) NUnit
6 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (27.46%) Multimedia
2 34 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 31 (21.83%) Finance
4 17 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.63%) Legal
7 6 (4.23%) Marketing
8 5 (3.52%) Retail
9 4 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.82%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.11%) Banking
11 2 (1.41%) Games
11 2 (1.41%) Law
12 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (27.46%) Trainee
2 28 (19.72%) Developer
3 27 (19.01%) Lead
4 23 (16.20%) Senior
5 14 (9.86%) Software Developer
6 12 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (8.45%) Trainee Developer
6 12 (8.45%) Trainee Software Developer
7 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 9 (6.34%) Lead Developer
7 9 (6.34%) Support Engineer
8 8 (5.63%) Analyst
8 8 (5.63%) Junior
9 7 (4.93%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Facilities Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.23%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (21.13%) CSS
1 30 (21.13%) HTML
2 11 (7.75%) .NET
3 9 (6.34%) React
4 3 (2.11%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.11%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.11%) EDI
4 3 (2.11%) Laravel
4 3 (2.11%) Next.js
4 3 (2.11%) Node.js
4 3 (2.11%) React Native
4 3 (2.11%) REST
4 3 (2.11%) Vue
5 2 (1.41%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (1.41%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (1.41%) RESTful
5 2 (1.41%) Spring
6 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.70%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.75%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.52%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (2.11%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.11%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.41%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.34%) Windows
1 9 (6.34%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.51%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (24.65%) Agile
3 34 (23.94%) Coaching
4 24 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.38%) Line Management
7 17 (11.97%) Analytics
7 17 (11.97%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (11.27%) AI
8 16 (11.27%) Ethical Hacking
9 14 (9.86%) CI/CD
9 14 (9.86%) DevOps
9 14 (9.86%) Migration
10 13 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (8.45%) Creative Thinking
11 12 (8.45%) Data Architecture
11 12 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (7.75%) Business Strategy
12 11 (7.75%) Digital Strategy
12 11 (7.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 40 (28.17%) Python
2 35 (24.65%) SQL
3 34 (23.94%) JavaScript
4 18 (12.68%) C#
5 13 (9.15%) R
6 5 (3.52%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.82%) Java
7 4 (2.82%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.11%) PHP
9 2 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.41%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (21.83%) Azure Certification
2 26 (18.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (17.61%) AWS Certification
3 25 (17.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 21 (14.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 16 (11.27%) CEH
6 14 (9.86%) A+ Certification
6 14 (9.86%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (9.15%) Degree
8 7 (4.93%) City & Guilds
8 7 (4.93%) NVQ Level 3
8 7 (4.93%) Postgraduate
9 5 (3.52%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (3.52%) SC Cleared
9 5 (3.52%) Security Cleared
10 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.11%) APMG
12 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) QA
2 7 (4.93%) COSHH
3 6 (4.23%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (2.11%) NIST
4 3 (2.11%) WCAG
5 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.41%) Terraform
2 1 (0.70%) Grafana
2 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (38.03%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.75%) Databricks
3 5 (3.52%) ForeScout
4 4 (2.82%) Sage
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle
6 2 (1.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.70%) Aruba
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco
7 1 (0.70%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.70%) Google
7 1 (0.70%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) Juniper
7 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.70%) New Relic
7 1 (0.70%) Planon
7 1 (0.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.70%) Splunk