Mentoring Job Trends in the Highlands

Mentorship
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 2.78% 22.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% 33.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £43,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -49.17% -14.29% +0.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42 6 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 58.33% 66.67% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 7
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,475 £32,100
25th Percentile £35,750 £34,313 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -12.09% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,063 £62,250
90th Percentile £51,500 £43,175 £62,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -9.19%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the Highlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness -7 2 £50,000 +23.46% 2
Mentoring
Scotland

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree