Mentoring Job Trends in the South West

Mentorship
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -8
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 286 286 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.69% 6.58% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.85% 7.82% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 193 140 243
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £48,463 £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £77,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £70,200 £93,750 £94,387
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% -1.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,642 3,658 4,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.49% 84.13% 91.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 1,880 3,049
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,236 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,351
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.09% +6.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 South West

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the South West

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the South West over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the South West

Mentoring
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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
Bristol +7 142 £45,000 -37.93% 108
Devon +20 46 £42,500 -30.89% 98
Dorset +2 22 £59,000 +15.12% 48
Cornwall +1 21 £32,000 -7.91% 3
Wiltshire 0 17 £34,000 -57.50% 53
Somerset 0 17 £92,850 +58.04% 57
Gloucestershire -17 15 £54,032 -6.84% 121
Mentoring
England

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 15 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.10%) IIS
4 3 (1.05%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 84 (29.37%) Azure
2 44 (15.38%) AWS
3 30 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (8.39%) GitHub
5 18 (6.29%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.15%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.80%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.45%) Serverless
9 6 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.10%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.75%) GCP
10 5 (1.75%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.40%) SaaS
11 4 (1.40%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.05%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.05%) AWS Fargate
12 3 (1.05%) IaaS
12 3 (1.05%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.14%) Firewall
1 29 (10.14%) Network Security
2 21 (7.34%) Internet
3 19 (6.64%) VPN
4 17 (5.94%) DNS
4 17 (5.94%) VSAT
5 16 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (4.20%) DHCP
6 12 (4.20%) Wireless
7 8 (2.80%) LAN
7 8 (2.80%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (2.80%) VLAN
7 8 (2.80%) VoIP
8 6 (2.10%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (2.10%) IPsec
8 6 (2.10%) LTE
9 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.75%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.40%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (1.05%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.10%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.10%) MySQL
4 6 (2.10%) Power BI
5 5 (1.75%) Geospatial Data
5 5 (1.75%) Metadata
5 5 (1.75%) Metadata Repository
6 4 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.70%) DTS
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.35%) Power Query
9 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (9.09%) Git
2 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.40%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.40%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.40%) GitLab
4 3 (1.05%) JIRA
4 3 (1.05%) JUnit
4 3 (1.05%) Postman
4 3 (1.05%) Selenium
5 2 (0.70%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.70%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.35%) Jaeger
General
1 131 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.23%) Finance
3 39 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (12.59%) Public Sector
5 34 (11.89%) Marketing
5 34 (11.89%) Telecoms
6 33 (11.54%) Electronics
7 31 (10.84%) Multimedia
8 29 (10.14%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Legal
11 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Publishing
12 4 (1.40%) Billing
13 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Humanities
15 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 61 (21.33%) Consultant
2 58 (20.28%) Senior
3 43 (15.03%) Analyst
4 35 (12.24%) Junior
4 35 (12.24%) Senior Consultant
5 31 (10.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 31 (10.84%) Junior Analyst
5 31 (10.84%) Junior Security Analyst
5 31 (10.84%) Security Analyst
5 31 (10.84%) Trainee
6 29 (10.14%) Support Engineer
7 27 (9.44%) Lead
8 24 (8.39%) Technical Support
9 23 (8.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 23 (8.04%) Security Consultant
10 22 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
11 21 (7.34%) Technical Engineer
11 21 (7.34%) Technical Support Engineer
12 16 (5.59%) Developer
12 16 (5.59%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.99%) CSS
1 20 (6.99%) HTML
2 16 (5.59%) React
3 7 (2.45%) Node.js
4 5 (1.75%) .NET
4 5 (1.75%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.75%) Spring
5 4 (1.40%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.40%) JSF
5 4 (1.40%) RESTful
6 3 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.05%) Playwright
6 3 (1.05%) PrimeFaces
6 3 (1.05%) REST
6 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.70%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.70%) Kafka
7 2 (0.70%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.70%) Next.js
7 2 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.19%) Acoustics
2 23 (8.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.20%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.80%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.45%) Podcast
5 7 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.10%) Clustering
6 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.75%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.40%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.05%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.04%) Windows
2 18 (6.29%) Windows Server
3 16 (5.59%) Linux
4 9 (3.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (33.22%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (15.03%) Commercial Awareness
4 41 (14.34%) Coaching
5 38 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
5 38 (13.29%) Customer Service
6 31 (10.84%) Programme Management
7 29 (10.14%) Digital Marketing
7 29 (10.14%) Service Delivery
8 28 (9.79%) ITIL
9 26 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
10 23 (8.04%) Software Engineering
11 22 (7.69%) Agile
12 21 (7.34%) CI/CD
13 20 (6.99%) Line Management
14 19 (6.64%) Analytics
14 19 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (5.94%) DevOps
16 14 (4.90%) Roadmaps
17 13 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.64%) Python
2 30 (10.49%) JavaScript
3 16 (5.59%) TypeScript
4 14 (4.90%) Java
4 14 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 12 (4.20%) R
6 10 (3.50%) C#
7 8 (2.80%) Bash
7 8 (2.80%) SQL
8 6 (2.10%) C
8 6 (2.10%) C++
9 4 (1.40%) PHP
9 4 (1.40%) Rust
10 2 (0.70%) Go
11 1 (0.35%) Bicep
11 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (23.43%) CompTIA Security+
2 51 (17.83%) Azure Certification
3 43 (15.03%) Security Cleared
4 35 (12.24%) CEH
5 32 (11.19%) RIBA
6 31 (10.84%) CompTIA CySA+
7 30 (10.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (8.74%) Degree
9 23 (8.04%) CISSP
9 23 (8.04%) Network+ Certification
10 22 (7.69%) AWS Certification
11 21 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (6.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 19 (6.64%) CCNA
13 17 (5.94%) JNCIA
14 12 (4.20%) A+ Certification
14 12 (4.20%) SC Cleared
15 8 (2.80%) MCITP
16 6 (2.10%) ACMT
16 6 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (9.44%) NIST
3 23 (8.04%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.50%) SLA
5 6 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (1.05%) QA
7 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.55%) Docker
3 8 (2.80%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.35%) Ceph
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) iptables
5 1 (0.35%) Lustre
5 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.24%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.20%) Autotask
4 10 (3.50%) Terraform
5 6 (2.10%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.75%) Ansible
6 5 (1.75%) Kibana
7 3 (1.05%) SCCM
8 2 (0.70%) Nmap
8 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.35%) Argo
9 1 (0.35%) Grafana
9 1 (0.35%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.35%) Nessus
9 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 90 (31.47%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.84%) ForeScout
3 29 (10.14%) SAP
4 12 (4.20%) Oracle
5 10 (3.50%) Cisco
6 9 (3.15%) Apple
7 8 (2.80%) Google
7 8 (2.80%) VMware
8 7 (2.45%) Sophos
9 6 (2.10%) Datto
9 6 (2.10%) Meraki
9 6 (2.10%) Starlink
9 6 (2.10%) Veeam
10 4 (1.40%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.40%) Sage
10 4 (1.40%) Xero
11 3 (1.05%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.70%) Nokia
12 2 (0.70%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.70%) Ubiquiti