Mentoring Job Trends in London

Mentorship
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 1,084 1,348 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs in London 7.69% 8.69% 7.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 9.18% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 558 585 906
10th Percentile £28,675 £52,500 £48,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -4.24% +3.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £99,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,750 £123,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% - -1.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in London

Mentoring
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in London

Mentoring
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Central London +8 217 £85,000 +9.68% 145
West London 0 28 £40,000 -46.67% 59
South London +1 17 £36,250 -39.58% 55
East London -17 8 £36,419 -54.48% 53
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 31 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.58%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.83%) SAS
5 8 (0.74%) Apache
5 8 (0.74%) CMS
5 8 (0.74%) Confluence
6 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.28%) Moodle
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.18%) WordPress
9 1 (0.092%) TPMS
Applications
1 42 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.40%) Maya
4 19 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.11%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.28%) Stata
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.18%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.18%) InDesign
9 2 (0.18%) InVision
9 2 (0.18%) Sketch
10 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Endur
2 4 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.18%) Shopify
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.092%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.092%) Primavera
5 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.092%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.092%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 303 (27.95%) Azure
2 263 (24.26%) AWS
3 100 (9.23%) GCP
4 87 (8.03%) Power Platform
5 76 (7.01%) SaaS
6 69 (6.37%) Serverless
7 67 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
8 66 (6.09%) GitHub
9 53 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
10 47 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (3.60%) Amazon S3
12 36 (3.32%) Entra ID
13 35 (3.23%) PaaS
14 30 (2.77%) Figma
15 28 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
16 23 (2.12%) Snowflake
17 21 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
17 21 (1.94%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.66%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.04%) Internet
2 31 (2.86%) Broadband
3 14 (1.29%) Firewall
3 14 (1.29%) Structured Cabling
4 13 (1.20%) Network Security
5 12 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (1.11%) Wireless
6 11 (1.01%) HTTP
7 10 (0.92%) VoIP
7 10 (0.92%) VPN
8 9 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (0.74%) DNS
10 7 (0.65%) WAN
11 6 (0.55%) BGP
11 6 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (0.55%) Modbus
11 6 (0.55%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.46%) IP Telephony
12 5 (0.46%) VLAN
12 5 (0.46%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.81%) Power BI
2 54 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.40%) Relational Database
5 23 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (2.03%) NoSQL
7 21 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
8 20 (1.85%) MongoDB
9 17 (1.57%) Big Data
10 16 (1.48%) Data Lake
10 16 (1.48%) Tableau
11 14 (1.29%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.29%) Hadoop
11 14 (1.29%) MySQL
11 14 (1.29%) RDBMS
12 12 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.11%) Power Query
13 11 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.01%) Apache Hive
14 8 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 74 (6.83%) Git
2 29 (2.68%) JIRA
3 17 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.20%) Postman
5 12 (1.11%) Balsamiq
5 12 (1.11%) Selenium
5 12 (1.11%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.01%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.92%) Axure RP
7 10 (0.92%) GitLab
7 10 (0.92%) Jaeger
8 8 (0.74%) JMeter
8 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.65%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.65%) Storybook
9 7 (0.65%) Vite
10 6 (0.55%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.46%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 378 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 364 (33.58%) Finance
3 150 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (10.24%) Law
5 107 (9.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 87 (8.03%) Public Sector
7 82 (7.56%) Banking
8 79 (7.29%) Marketing
9 66 (6.09%) Retail
10 58 (5.35%) Multimedia
11 56 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
12 50 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (4.52%) Financial Institution
14 43 (3.97%) Legal
15 41 (3.78%) French Language
16 37 (3.41%) Games
17 33 (3.04%) Telecoms
18 30 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
19 26 (2.40%) German Language
20 25 (2.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 302 (27.86%) Senior
2 205 (18.91%) Lead
3 126 (11.62%) Developer
4 94 (8.67%) Analyst
5 70 (6.46%) Software Engineer
6 67 (6.18%) Architect
7 63 (5.81%) Consultant
8 62 (5.72%) Trainee
9 44 (4.06%) Senior Developer
10 36 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
10 36 (3.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 35 (3.23%) Data Engineer
11 35 (3.23%) IT Manager
11 35 (3.23%) Senior Manager
12 33 (3.04%) Lead Developer
13 27 (2.49%) Software Developer
14 26 (2.40%) Python Developer
15 24 (2.21%) IT Support
15 24 (2.21%) Java Engineer
15 24 (2.21%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.81%) REST
2 62 (5.72%) CSS
2 62 (5.72%) HTML
3 59 (5.44%) React
4 47 (4.34%) Node.js
5 40 (3.69%) RESTful
6 39 (3.60%) Spring
7 36 (3.32%) Spring Boot
8 31 (2.86%) GraphQL
9 30 (2.77%) Kafka
10 27 (2.49%) SOAP
11 23 (2.12%) .NET
12 16 (1.48%) Django
13 15 (1.38%) JSON
13 15 (1.38%) YAML
14 14 (1.29%) OAuth
14 14 (1.29%) SAML
15 13 (1.20%) FastAPI
15 13 (1.20%) Next.js
16 12 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.20%) Cloud Native
2 57 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 40 (3.69%) Driving Licence
4 40 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.95%) NHS
8 29 (2.68%) Security Posture
9 28 (2.58%) Public Cloud
10 27 (2.49%) Mobile App
11 25 (2.31%) Blockchain
11 25 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
12 22 (2.03%) Algorithms
12 22 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
13 21 (1.94%) Blog
13 21 (1.94%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.48%) Life Science
14 16 (1.48%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.38%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 49 (4.52%) Windows
2 26 (2.40%) Linux
3 22 (2.03%) Android
3 22 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.01%) Unix
6 10 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.092%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (37.92%) Agile
2 293 (27.03%) Coaching
3 214 (19.74%) AI
4 211 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
5 197 (18.17%) CI/CD
6 189 (17.44%) DevOps
7 184 (16.97%) Roadmaps
8 181 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 158 (14.58%) Analytics
9 158 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
10 142 (13.10%) Creative Thinking
11 121 (11.16%) Software Engineering
12 118 (10.89%) Technical Leadership
13 111 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 108 (9.96%) Collaborative Culture
15 107 (9.87%) Microservices
16 103 (9.50%) Computer Science
17 102 (9.41%) Business Strategy
18 101 (9.32%) Business Development
18 101 (9.32%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 246 (22.69%) Python
2 157 (14.48%) SQL
3 118 (10.89%) Java
4 115 (10.61%) JavaScript
5 63 (5.81%) TypeScript
6 53 (4.89%) PowerShell
7 42 (3.87%) C#
8 35 (3.23%) Bash
9 31 (2.86%) Kotlin
10 23 (2.12%) R
11 19 (1.75%) Bicep
11 19 (1.75%) Go
12 17 (1.57%) Scala
13 14 (1.29%) T-SQL
14 13 (1.20%) Swift
15 11 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.92%) PHP
17 9 (0.83%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.46%) MATLAB
19 4 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 223 (20.57%) Degree
2 76 (7.01%) AWS Certification
3 72 (6.64%) Master's Degree
4 66 (6.09%) Azure Certification
5 63 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 60 (5.54%) Security Cleared
7 59 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.87%) SC Cleared
9 34 (3.14%) PhD
10 32 (2.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 25 (2.31%) CISSP
12 24 (2.21%) A+ Certification
13 23 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
14 20 (1.85%) CISM
14 20 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.66%) CEH
15 18 (1.66%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.38%) DV Cleared
16 15 (1.38%) OSCP
17 14 (1.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.27%) QA
2 67 (6.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (4.70%) Accessibility
4 46 (4.24%) NIST
5 41 (3.78%) Data Quality
6 31 (2.86%) GDPR
7 23 (2.12%) NCSC
8 16 (1.48%) WCAG
9 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.01%) SLA
10 9 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.83%) GRC
11 7 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 5 (0.46%) PERC
14 4 (0.37%) EMIR
14 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.28%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (6.83%) Docker
2 45 (4.15%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.74%) HDFS
6 6 (0.55%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.092%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 91 (8.39%) Kubernetes
2 77 (7.10%) Terraform
3 23 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.29%) Ansible
5 13 (1.20%) Grafana
6 12 (1.11%) Argo
6 12 (1.11%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.01%) SCCM
8 10 (0.92%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.46%) CSIRT
10 5 (0.46%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.46%) Nessus
11 4 (0.37%) SCOM
12 2 (0.18%) Control-M
12 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.092%) Autotask
13 1 (0.092%) Icinga
13 1 (0.092%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.092%) Nagios
Vendors
1 241 (22.23%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.35%) Google
3 41 (3.78%) Databricks
4 37 (3.41%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.23%) Oracle
5 35 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.68%) Adobe
7 24 (2.21%) VMware
8 22 (2.03%) Cisco
9 14 (1.29%) Foundry
10 12 (1.11%) Informatica
10 12 (1.11%) Palantir
11 11 (1.01%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.01%) Fujitsu
11 11 (1.01%) SAP
11 11 (1.01%) Virgin Media
12 8 (0.74%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.65%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.46%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.46%) Avaya