Mentoring Job Trends in Leeds

Mentorship
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +16
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 226 110 281
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.41% 11.78% 12.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.78% 13.05% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 173 77 218
10th Percentile £30,000 £61,250 £40,988
25th Percentile £46,446 £63,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +15.18% -2.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £63,076 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.90% +25.00% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,919 843 1,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 71.44% 90.26% 80.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,494 568 1,354
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -3.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in Leeds

Mentoring
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in Leeds over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in Leeds

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.77%) Moodle
3 3 (1.33%) JBoss
4 2 (0.88%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.88%) Trello
3 1 (0.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 86 (38.05%) Azure
2 59 (26.11%) AWS
3 20 (8.85%) GCP
4 14 (6.19%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.19%) Serverless
5 11 (4.87%) GitHub
6 10 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
6 10 (4.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (4.42%) SaaS
7 9 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.10%) OCI
10 6 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.65%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.77%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.77%) Amazon SageMaker
11 4 (1.77%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.08%) Broadband
2 9 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (3.54%) Firewall
4 7 (3.10%) NGFW
4 7 (3.10%) VXLAN
5 6 (2.65%) DNS
6 5 (2.21%) Wireshark
7 4 (1.77%) DHCP
7 4 (1.77%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.77%) VPN
8 3 (1.33%) Internet
8 3 (1.33%) VLAN
9 2 (0.88%) BGP
9 2 (0.88%) CTI
9 2 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.88%) LAN
9 2 (0.88%) OSPF
9 2 (0.88%) VoIP
9 2 (0.88%) WAN
9 2 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.42%) BigQuery
1 10 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (3.54%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.54%) Power BI
3 7 (3.10%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (2.65%) MySQL
5 5 (2.21%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.77%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.33%) Big Data
7 3 (1.33%) Looker
8 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.88%) Metadata
8 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.88%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.44%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.98%) GitLab
2 8 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.77%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.77%) Selenium
4 3 (1.33%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.33%) Maven
4 3 (1.33%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.88%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.88%) Git
5 2 (0.88%) JIRA
5 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.44%) Gatling
6 1 (0.44%) JMeter
6 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
General
1 76 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 73 (32.30%) Public Sector
3 28 (12.39%) Finance
4 27 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.52%) Games
6 9 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.54%) Multimedia
8 6 (2.65%) Legal
8 6 (2.65%) Retail
9 5 (2.21%) Agriculture
9 5 (2.21%) Automotive
9 5 (2.21%) Billing
9 5 (2.21%) Law
10 4 (1.77%) Marketing
11 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Advertising
12 2 (0.88%) Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (26.11%) Senior
2 56 (24.78%) Lead
3 32 (14.16%) Analyst
4 25 (11.06%) Developer
5 19 (8.41%) Software Engineer
6 16 (7.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) Junior
6 16 (7.08%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) Junior Security Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) Security Analyst
6 16 (7.08%) Senior Manager
7 11 (4.87%) Business Analyst
7 11 (4.87%) Consultant
8 10 (4.42%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (3.98%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (3.98%) Lead Software Engineer
10 8 (3.54%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.54%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.54%) Senior Project Manager
10 8 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.50%) React
2 20 (8.85%) Node.js
3 14 (6.19%) Vue
4 13 (5.75%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.10%) CSS
6 6 (2.65%) HTML
6 6 (2.65%) RESTful
7 5 (2.21%) PySpark
8 4 (1.77%) Flask
9 3 (1.33%) .NET
9 3 (1.33%) Drools
9 3 (1.33%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.33%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.33%) Jest
9 3 (1.33%) OAuth
9 3 (1.33%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.33%) OpenID
9 3 (1.33%) Redux
9 3 (1.33%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.85%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.52%) Mobile App
3 16 (7.08%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (3.98%) PKI
6 8 (3.54%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (3.54%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.10%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.10%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.65%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.65%) NHS
9 5 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.21%) e-Learning
9 5 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.21%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.77%) PMI
11 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.08%) Android
1 16 (7.08%) Apple iOS
2 12 (5.31%) Windows
3 5 (2.21%) Linux
3 5 (2.21%) Unix
4 4 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.44%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (43.81%) Agile
2 94 (41.59%) Coaching
3 50 (22.12%) Technical Leadership
4 49 (21.68%) CI/CD
5 41 (18.14%) Decision-Making
6 40 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (17.26%) AI
8 34 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (14.16%) Software Engineering
10 31 (13.72%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (13.72%) Roadmaps
11 27 (11.95%) Project Management
12 25 (11.06%) DevOps
12 25 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (10.18%) Incident Management
14 21 (9.29%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (9.29%) Observability
15 19 (8.41%) Budgeting
16 18 (7.96%) Analytics
17 17 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.26%) JavaScript
2 38 (16.81%) SQL
3 36 (15.93%) Python
4 26 (11.50%) TypeScript
5 23 (10.18%) Java
6 12 (5.31%) C#
7 6 (2.65%) Bash
7 6 (2.65%) Scala
8 4 (1.77%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.77%) VBA
9 3 (1.33%) Go
9 3 (1.33%) Groovy
9 3 (1.33%) Ruby
10 2 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.88%) PHP
10 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.88%) R
11 1 (0.44%) C++
11 1 (0.44%) COBOL
11 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (10.18%) CompTIA Security+
2 18 (7.96%) Azure Certification
3 16 (7.08%) CompTIA CySA+
4 9 (3.98%) Degree
5 8 (3.54%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.54%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.21%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.21%) CEH
6 5 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.77%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.77%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.33%) ACCA
8 3 (1.33%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.33%) CIMA
9 2 (0.88%) CCNP
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.88%) PgMP
9 2 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.50%) Accessibility
2 14 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 12 (5.31%) QA
4 4 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.88%) P3O
5 2 (0.88%) PMO
5 2 (0.88%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (4.42%) Docker
2 6 (2.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (13.72%) Terraform
2 10 (4.42%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.65%) Ansible
4 3 (1.33%) Argo
4 3 (1.33%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.88%) Autotask
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.08%) ForeScout
3 7 (3.10%) Arista
3 7 (3.10%) Databricks
3 7 (3.10%) Google
4 6 (2.65%) Aruba
5 5 (2.21%) Cisco
5 5 (2.21%) NetScout
5 5 (2.21%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.77%) Citrix
6 4 (1.77%) VMware
7 3 (1.33%) Foundry
7 3 (1.33%) SAP
7 3 (1.33%) TOWER Software
7 3 (1.33%) Xero
8 2 (0.88%) Avaya
8 2 (0.88%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.88%) F5
8 2 (0.88%) Genesys
8 2 (0.88%) Palo Alto