Mentoring Job Trends in the North West

Mentorship
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 413 510 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.44% 10.07% 8.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.95% 11.03% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 273 184 317
10th Percentile - £37,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,375 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,206 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +13.34% -3.08%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,193 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £84,964
England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% - -1.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,198 4,623 3,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.05% 91.29% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,569 2,267 3,029
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,445 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the North West

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the North West over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the North West

Mentoring
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Manchester -13 201 £48,750 -25.00% 132
Merseyside +5 65 £30,500 -28.24% 29
Cheshire +4 50 £60,000 +71.43% 42
Lancashire -3 48 £61,538 +7.02% 68
Cumbria +25 47 £74,000 +18.40% 7
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 13 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.97%) nginx
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.48%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Confluence
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.48%) Revit
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (0.48%) Infor LN
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 129 (31.23%) Azure
2 94 (22.76%) AWS
3 56 (13.56%) GitHub
4 42 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (5.81%) SaaS
6 20 (4.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 16 (3.87%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.42%) GCP
9 9 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.18%) Serverless
10 6 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.45%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.73%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.73%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.73%) IaaS
12 3 (0.73%) PaaS
13 2 (0.48%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 42 (10.17%) Internet
2 13 (3.15%) VPN
3 8 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.45%) PPP
4 6 (1.45%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (1.21%) DNS
6 4 (0.97%) Firewall
7 3 (0.73%) DHCP
8 2 (0.48%) Network Security
8 2 (0.48%) SAN
8 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.48%) VLAN
8 2 (0.48%) WAN
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) NGFW
9 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.24%) Wireless
9 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (2.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.94%) Power BI
3 6 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.45%) MySQL
4 4 (0.97%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.73%) Tableau
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.48%) PostHog
6 2 (0.48%) Redis
7 1 (0.24%) Big Data
7 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.24%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) Power Query
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 55 (13.32%) Git
2 4 (0.97%) Cypress.io
2 4 (0.97%) GitLab
3 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.73%) JIRA
3 3 (0.73%) Selenium
4 2 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.24%) Appium
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.24%) git-flow
5 1 (0.24%) Postman
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 97 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.19%) Multimedia
3 56 (13.56%) Finance
4 32 (7.75%) Marketing
5 29 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.36%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.18%) Legal
10 8 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.45%) Law
13 5 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.21%) Electronics
13 5 (1.21%) Retail
14 4 (0.97%) Games
14 4 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.97%) Local Government
15 3 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 92 (22.28%) Senior
2 80 (19.37%) Developer
3 71 (17.19%) Trainee
4 58 (14.04%) Lead
5 55 (13.32%) Analyst
6 34 (8.23%) Senior Developer
7 26 (6.30%) IT Support
7 26 (6.30%) Software Developer
8 23 (5.57%) Junior
9 22 (5.33%) Trainee Developer
9 22 (5.33%) Trainee Software Developer
10 21 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 21 (5.08%) Security Analyst
11 20 (4.84%) Junior Analyst
11 20 (4.84%) Junior Security Analyst
11 20 (4.84%) Salesforce Developer
11 20 (4.84%) Senior Salesforce Developer
12 19 (4.60%) Software Engineer
13 17 (4.12%) Support Engineer
14 15 (3.63%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (13.32%) CSS
1 55 (13.32%) HTML
2 43 (10.41%) .NET
3 26 (6.30%) React
4 12 (2.91%) Node.js
5 10 (2.42%) AngularJS
5 10 (2.42%) Vue
6 8 (1.94%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.94%) RESTful
6 8 (1.94%) Spring
7 7 (1.69%) Spring Boot
8 6 (1.45%) Kafka
9 5 (1.21%) Web Services
10 4 (0.97%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.97%) Entity Framework
10 4 (0.97%) Next.js
10 4 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.73%) OAuth
11 3 (0.73%) PySpark
12 2 (0.48%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.99%) Driving Licence
2 18 (4.36%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.18%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.18%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (1.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (1.69%) IoT
8 7 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.45%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.45%) EPoS
9 6 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
13 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.75%) Windows
2 14 (3.39%) Windows 10
3 8 (1.94%) Linux
4 5 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.48%) Android
5 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (28.33%) Coaching
2 91 (22.03%) Agile
2 91 (22.03%) Cybersecurity
3 71 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (13.80%) Software Engineering
6 47 (11.38%) CI/CD
7 45 (10.90%) DevOps
8 38 (9.20%) Analytics
8 38 (9.20%) Customer Service
8 38 (9.20%) ITIL
9 37 (8.96%) Test Automation
10 33 (7.99%) Line Management
10 33 (7.99%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (7.75%) Collaborative Culture
12 29 (7.02%) Microservices
13 28 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (6.54%) Business Analysis
14 27 (6.54%) Process Improvement
15 24 (5.81%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.74%) JavaScript
2 57 (13.80%) Python
3 36 (8.72%) C#
4 25 (6.05%) SQL
5 21 (5.08%) R
6 20 (4.84%) Java
7 14 (3.39%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.42%) Go
9 8 (1.94%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.21%) Elixir
10 5 (1.21%) Ruby
11 4 (0.97%) PHP
12 3 (0.73%) Bash
12 3 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.48%) Bicep
14 1 (0.24%) C++
14 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.24%) Scala
14 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (16.71%) Azure Certification
2 45 (10.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (10.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 42 (10.17%) AWS Certification
4 42 (10.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 36 (8.72%) Degree
6 26 (6.30%) A+ Certification
7 24 (5.81%) CEH
7 24 (5.81%) Network+ Certification
8 20 (4.84%) CompTIA CySA+
8 20 (4.84%) DBS Check
9 19 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (2.42%) Security Cleared
11 8 (1.94%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.21%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.97%) HND
14 4 (0.97%) RIBA
15 2 (0.48%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.96%) QA
2 13 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 8 (1.94%) NIST
5 6 (1.45%) NEBOSH
5 6 (1.45%) SLA
6 5 (1.21%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 17 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.63%) Docker
3 2 (0.48%) Firmware
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.39%) Terraform
3 6 (1.45%) Grafana
3 6 (1.45%) SCCM
4 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.97%) Ansible
6 3 (0.73%) cPanel
6 3 (0.73%) Plesk
6 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.48%) Argo
7 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.24%) Autotask
8 1 (0.24%) Nagios
8 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 143 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.90%) Salesforce
3 23 (5.57%) Cisco
4 20 (4.84%) ForeScout
5 13 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.66%) TOWER Software
7 9 (2.18%) Databricks
8 8 (1.94%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.45%) Sophos
10 5 (1.21%) Fujitsu
10 5 (1.21%) SAP
10 5 (1.21%) Virgin Media
11 4 (0.97%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.97%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.97%) Mitel
12 3 (0.73%) Google
13 2 (0.48%) Cognos
13 2 (0.48%) IBM
13 2 (0.48%) Siemens
13 2 (0.48%) VMware