Mentoring Job Trends in the North of England

Mentorship
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 30 10
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +22
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 1,260 774 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.22% 8.07% 11.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.37% 9.16% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 910 370 455
10th Percentile £37,500 £28,250 £35,920
25th Percentile £44,972 £39,467 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -8.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,375 £84,350
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% -4.62% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,103 8,451 10,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.91% 88.08% 79.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12,674 4,068 5,378
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,922
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the North of England

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the North of England

Mentoring
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
North West +8 643 £63,076 +5.13% 605
Yorkshire +10 352 £65,576 +4.73% 326
North East +17 265 £57,500 +10.58% 169
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 39 (3.10%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.51%) Apache
5 17 (1.35%) Jupyter
6 16 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 15 (1.19%) Confluence
8 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.24%) CMS
12 2 (0.16%) IIS
13 1 (0.079%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.079%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.079%) Moodle
13 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.079%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.40%) InDesign
4 5 (0.40%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.079%) Revit
6 1 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
1 12 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.79%) Cloudability
3 9 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.079%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 343 (27.22%) Azure
2 335 (26.59%) AWS
3 108 (8.57%) GCP
4 68 (5.40%) Serverless
5 63 (5.00%) SaaS
6 61 (4.84%) Power Platform
7 60 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
8 53 (4.21%) AWS Lambda
9 50 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
10 41 (3.25%) GitHub
11 31 (2.46%) Amazon S3
12 29 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (1.83%) Azure AKS
14 22 (1.75%) Amazon EMR
14 22 (1.75%) dbt
15 21 (1.67%) Datadog
16 20 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
16 20 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 18 (1.43%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.54%) Firewall
2 19 (1.51%) DNS
2 19 (1.51%) Internet
3 18 (1.43%) Network Security
4 13 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.03%) VPN
5 12 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.79%) VoIP
7 9 (0.71%) VLAN
8 8 (0.63%) CTI
8 8 (0.63%) WAN
9 7 (0.56%) BGP
9 7 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
9 7 (0.56%) LAN
9 7 (0.56%) VXLAN
9 7 (0.56%) Wireless
9 7 (0.56%) WPA
10 6 (0.48%) DHCP
10 6 (0.48%) SAN
10 6 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (3.17%) Power BI
3 36 (2.86%) MongoDB
4 32 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.38%) Metadata
6 28 (2.22%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.83%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.83%) MySQL
8 21 (1.67%) DynamoDB
9 16 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 15 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (1.19%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.11%) Big Data
11 14 (1.11%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.03%) Looker
13 12 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.95%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.95%) Spark SQL
14 11 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 73 (5.79%) Git
2 50 (3.97%) GitLab
3 22 (1.75%) JIRA
4 9 (0.71%) Claude Code
4 9 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.40%) Maven
6 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.32%) Storybook
7 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.24%) JUnit
8 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.16%) MLflow
8 2 (0.16%) Selenium
8 2 (0.16%) Spock
8 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.16%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.079%) fastlane
9 1 (0.079%) Postman
9 1 (0.079%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 1 (0.079%) Zephyr
General
1 393 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 373 (29.60%) Public Sector
3 147 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (11.43%) Finance
5 96 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (4.60%) Legal
7 53 (4.21%) Marketing
8 42 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 41 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (3.02%) Law
10 38 (3.02%) Retail
11 26 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 25 (1.98%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.59%) Electronics
14 16 (1.27%) Advertising
14 16 (1.27%) Aviation
15 15 (1.19%) Publishing
16 14 (1.11%) Local Government
17 13 (1.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 371 (29.44%) Senior
2 249 (19.76%) Lead
3 146 (11.59%) Analyst
4 143 (11.35%) Developer
5 95 (7.54%) Software Engineer
6 90 (7.14%) Junior
7 83 (6.59%) Architect
8 63 (5.00%) Senior Developer
9 62 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
10 61 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 61 (4.84%) Security Analyst
11 60 (4.76%) Junior Analyst
11 60 (4.76%) Junior Security Analyst
12 56 (4.44%) Data Engineer
13 45 (3.57%) Technical Architect
14 41 (3.25%) Lead Software Engineer
15 40 (3.17%) IT Manager
15 40 (3.17%) Technical Leader
16 38 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
17 36 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (9.05%) Terraform
2 90 (7.14%) React
3 81 (6.43%) Node.js
4 70 (5.56%) .NET
5 57 (4.52%) CSS
6 55 (4.37%) HTML
7 39 (3.10%) PySpark
8 36 (2.86%) Spring
9 30 (2.38%) Spring Boot
10 29 (2.30%) Kafka
11 28 (2.22%) REST
12 26 (2.06%) AngularJS
13 25 (1.98%) Middleware
14 21 (1.67%) Web Services
15 20 (1.59%) Next.js
15 20 (1.59%) RESTful
16 15 (1.19%) .NET Core
17 13 (1.03%) React Native
17 13 (1.03%) XML
18 12 (0.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 54 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 46 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.27%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (0.95%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (0.95%) IVR
13 11 (0.87%) Media Streaming
13 11 (0.87%) Podcast
13 11 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (6.27%) Linux
2 62 (4.92%) Windows
3 42 (3.33%) Unix
4 14 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.56%) Android
6 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.32%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.079%) SUSE
8 1 (0.079%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.079%) VMS
8 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (39.76%) Coaching
2 409 (32.46%) Agile
3 361 (28.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 332 (26.35%) CI/CD
5 256 (20.32%) Technical Leadership
6 244 (19.37%) DevOps
7 239 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (15.71%) Decision-Making
9 196 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 194 (15.40%) Software Engineering
11 173 (13.73%) AI
12 160 (12.70%) Analytics
13 149 (11.83%) Test Automation
14 145 (11.51%) Roadmaps
15 140 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
16 138 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
17 128 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 96 (7.62%) Microservices
19 95 (7.54%) Containerisation
19 95 (7.54%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 191 (15.16%) SQL
2 173 (13.73%) Python
3 144 (11.43%) Java
4 141 (11.19%) JavaScript
5 107 (8.49%) TypeScript
6 90 (7.14%) C#
7 27 (2.14%) C++
8 24 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 23 (1.83%) Bash
10 20 (1.59%) Go
11 15 (1.19%) Ruby
12 13 (1.03%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.87%) PHP
14 10 (0.79%) Bicep
14 10 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.79%) Scala
15 8 (0.63%) C
16 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 119 (9.44%) Degree
2 117 (9.29%) Security Cleared
3 110 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 76 (6.03%) Azure Certification
5 62 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 61 (4.84%) CompTIA CySA+
7 45 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 41 (3.25%) HNC
9 28 (2.22%) DBS Check
10 26 (2.06%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.27%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (0.95%) HND
13 10 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.63%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.63%) Postgraduate
15 7 (0.56%) PMP
16 6 (0.48%) CAPM
16 6 (0.48%) CCNP
16 6 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.94%) Accessibility
2 92 (7.30%) Data Quality
3 77 (6.11%) QA
4 33 (2.62%) GDPR
5 21 (1.67%) WCAG
6 13 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (0.87%) SLA
8 10 (0.79%) GMP
8 10 (0.79%) NCSC
9 7 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.56%) PMO
10 5 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.16%) COBIT
13 2 (0.16%) GRC
13 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.16%) NIST
14 1 (0.079%) TickIT
System Software
1 91 (7.22%) Docker
2 23 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.19%) Firmware
4 10 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.079%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 82 (6.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.03%) Argo
3 11 (0.87%) Ansible
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.71%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.40%) Autotask
7 3 (0.24%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.24%) SCCM
8 2 (0.16%) Grafana
8 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.16%) Packer
8 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) SCOM
8 2 (0.16%) WSUS
9 1 (0.079%) logstash
9 1 (0.079%) Opsview
9 1 (0.079%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.079%) VxRail
Vendors
1 229 (18.17%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.76%) ForeScout
3 56 (4.44%) Google
4 33 (2.62%) Oracle
5 30 (2.38%) Cisco
6 27 (2.14%) Databricks
7 26 (2.06%) Adobe
8 23 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.43%) YouTube
11 11 (0.87%) Apple
12 10 (0.79%) VMware
13 9 (0.71%) Siemens
14 8 (0.63%) Avaya
14 8 (0.63%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.63%) Genesys
14 8 (0.63%) SAP
14 8 (0.63%) Splunk
15 7 (0.56%) Arista
15 7 (0.56%) Sage