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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -11
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 286 287 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.71% 6.62% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.86% 7.85% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 192 140 241
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 £70,225 £93,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% -1.03%

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 3,638 3,658 3,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.60% 84.34% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 1,879 3,024
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +7.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,781
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 31 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 31 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 +6 140 £45,000 -37.93% 116
Devon +19 46 £42,500 -30.89% 147
Dorset +3 22 £59,000 +15.12% 76
Cornwall +2 22 £32,000 -7.91% 3
Somerset 0 18 £92,850 +58.04% 81
Wiltshire -1 17 £34,000 -57.50% 70
Gloucestershire -22 15 £54,032 -6.84% 167
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
2 28 (9.79%) Network Security
3 21 (7.34%) Internet
4 19 (6.64%) VPN
5 17 (5.94%) DNS
5 17 (5.94%) VSAT
6 16 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (4.20%) DHCP
7 12 (4.20%) Wireless
8 8 (2.80%) LAN
8 8 (2.80%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (2.80%) VLAN
8 8 (2.80%) VoIP
9 6 (2.10%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (2.10%) IPsec
9 6 (2.10%) LTE
10 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.75%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.40%) Software-Defined Radio
12 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
1 132 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.88%) Finance
3 38 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 33 (11.54%) Marketing
5 33 (11.54%) Telecoms
6 32 (11.19%) Electronics
7 31 (10.84%) Multimedia
8 28 (9.79%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Legal
12 5 (1.75%) Publishing
13 4 (1.40%) Billing
14 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.70%) Humanities
15 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.70%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 60 (20.98%) Consultant
2 59 (20.63%) 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 28 (9.79%) Lead
8 24 (8.39%) Technical Support
9 22 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
9 22 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 22 (7.69%) Security Consultant
10 21 (7.34%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (7.34%) Technical Support Engineer
11 16 (5.59%) Developer
12 15 (5.24%) 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 22 (7.69%) 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
6 6 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
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%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.05%) IoT
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 94 (32.87%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (15.03%) Commercial Awareness
4 41 (14.34%) Coaching
5 38 (13.29%) Customer Service
6 37 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (10.49%) Programme Management
8 29 (10.14%) Service Delivery
9 28 (9.79%) Digital Marketing
9 28 (9.79%) ITIL
10 25 (8.74%) Vulnerability Management
11 23 (8.04%) Software Engineering
12 22 (7.69%) Agile
13 21 (7.34%) CI/CD
14 20 (6.99%) Line Management
15 19 (6.64%) Analytics
15 19 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (5.94%) DevOps
17 14 (4.90%) Roadmaps
18 13 (4.55%) Collaborative Culture
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
9 5 (1.75%) C++
10 4 (1.40%) PHP
10 4 (1.40%) Rust
11 2 (0.70%) Go
12 1 (0.35%) Bicep
12 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
2 51 (17.83%) Azure Certification
3 42 (14.69%) Security Cleared
4 34 (11.89%) CEH
5 32 (11.19%) RIBA
6 31 (10.84%) CompTIA CySA+
7 30 (10.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (9.09%) Degree
9 23 (8.04%) Network+ Certification
10 22 (7.69%) AWS Certification
10 22 (7.69%) CISSP
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 29 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (9.09%) NIST
3 22 (7.69%) 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 28 (9.79%) SAP
4 12 (4.20%) Oracle
5 10 (3.50%) Cisco
6 9 (3.15%) Apple
6 9 (3.15%) 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