Mentoring Job Trends in the North East

Mentorship
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +23
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 115 110 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 10.68% 12.13% 9.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.84% 13.60% 10.50%
Number of salaries quoted 95 38 77
10th Percentile - £37,276 £40,988
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,298 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £61,000 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -4.81% +11.93%
75th Percentile £62,875 £68,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £77,470 £78,130 £84,964
England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £66,345
% change year-on-year -18.52% +1.74% -4.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 831 809 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 77.16% 89.20% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 563 321 686
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% -0.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,914 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,313
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -6.40%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the North East

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the North East over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the North East

Mentoring
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the North East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Tyne and Wear +1 100 £45,497 -22.56% 70
Durham +13 15 £71,750 +14.43% 4
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (0.87%) IIS
1 1 (0.87%) SAS
1 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (54.78%) Azure
2 34 (29.57%) AWS
3 26 (22.61%) GitHub
4 7 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (6.09%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.61%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.74%) Azure AKS
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.74%) GCP
6 2 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.74%) IaaS
6 2 (1.74%) OCI
6 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.74%) SaaS
6 2 (1.74%) Serverless
6 2 (1.74%) Slack
7 1 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (19.13%) Internet
2 5 (4.35%) DNS
3 3 (2.61%) DHCP
3 3 (2.61%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.74%) Firewall
4 2 (1.74%) NGFW
4 2 (1.74%) VPN
4 2 (1.74%) VXLAN
4 2 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.74%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.74%) Metadata
1 2 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.87%) Apache Hive
2 1 (0.87%) Big Data
2 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.87%) Impala
2 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (22.61%) Git
2 5 (4.35%) GitLab
3 3 (2.61%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.74%) Appium
4 2 (1.74%) JIRA
4 2 (1.74%) JMeter
4 2 (1.74%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.87%) JUnit
5 1 (0.87%) Selenium
General
1 33 (28.70%) Multimedia
2 29 (25.22%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.57%) Electronics
4 10 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.96%) Finance
6 4 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.87%) Banking
8 1 (0.87%) Legal
8 1 (0.87%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (28.70%) Trainee
2 28 (24.35%) Developer
3 18 (15.65%) Senior
4 16 (13.91%) Junior
4 16 (13.91%) Software Developer
5 15 (13.04%) Lead
6 13 (11.30%) Analyst
6 13 (11.30%) Trainee Developer
6 13 (11.30%) Trainee Software Developer
7 12 (10.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 12 (10.43%) Junior Analyst
7 12 (10.43%) Junior Security Analyst
7 12 (10.43%) Security Analyst
8 10 (8.70%) Software Engineer
9 9 (7.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (6.96%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (6.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (5.22%) Architect
11 6 (5.22%) Senior Manager
12 5 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (27.83%) CSS
1 32 (27.83%) HTML
2 15 (13.04%) .NET
3 5 (4.35%) Node.js
4 4 (3.48%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.48%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.48%) Apache Cordova
4 4 (3.48%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.74%) Blazor
5 2 (1.74%) Playwright
5 2 (1.74%) React
5 2 (1.74%) Spring
5 2 (1.74%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.74%) WebAssembly
5 2 (1.74%) YAML
6 1 (0.87%) CSS3
6 1 (0.87%) Django
6 1 (0.87%) Express.js
6 1 (0.87%) HTML5
6 1 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.96%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (6.09%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.22%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.35%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.48%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.61%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.74%) PKI
8 1 (0.87%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.87%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.87%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.87%) Derivative
8 1 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.83%) Windows
1 9 (7.83%) Windows Server
2 7 (6.09%) Linux
3 4 (3.48%) Android
3 4 (3.48%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.87%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (26.09%) Coaching
3 20 (17.39%) Agile
3 20 (17.39%) DevOps
4 19 (16.52%) Roadmaps
5 17 (14.78%) CI/CD
5 17 (14.78%) Software Engineering
6 14 (12.17%) ITIL
6 14 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.57%) Ethical Hacking
7 11 (9.57%) Line Management
8 10 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
8 10 (8.70%) User Experience
9 9 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (7.83%) Full-Stack Development
10 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (6.96%) UX Design
11 7 (6.09%) Business Strategy
11 7 (6.09%) Containerisation
11 7 (6.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (31.30%) JavaScript
2 28 (24.35%) Python
3 12 (10.43%) C#
4 9 (7.83%) R
5 8 (6.96%) C
6 7 (6.09%) C++
7 4 (3.48%) Bicep
7 4 (3.48%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.48%) SQL
7 4 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.48%) XAML
8 3 (2.61%) Java
9 2 (1.74%) Bash
9 2 (1.74%) VBA
10 1 (0.87%) Delphi
10 1 (0.87%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 34 (29.57%) Azure Certification
2 23 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 22 (19.13%) AWS Certification
3 22 (19.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (10.43%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (9.57%) A+ Certification
5 11 (9.57%) CEH
5 11 (9.57%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.87%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.87%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 4 (3.48%) NIST
1 4 (3.48%) QA
2 3 (2.61%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.61%) SLA
3 2 (1.74%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (6.96%) Firmware
2 7 (6.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.61%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (8.70%) Terraform
2 5 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.48%) Ansible
4 3 (2.61%) Grafana
5 2 (1.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (35.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.43%) ForeScout
3 3 (2.61%) Dell
3 3 (2.61%) Dell Compellent
3 3 (2.61%) HP
3 3 (2.61%) Nimble Storage
3 3 (2.61%) VMware
4 2 (1.74%) Arista
4 2 (1.74%) Aruba
4 2 (1.74%) BMC
4 2 (1.74%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.74%) Google
4 2 (1.74%) NetScout
4 2 (1.74%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.74%) Splunk
5 1 (0.87%) Cloudera
5 1 (0.87%) Informatica
5 1 (0.87%) Intapp
5 1 (0.87%) Oracle