Mentoring Jobs in the Thames Valley

Mentorship
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Mentoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mentoring over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +18
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 446 565 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.04% 8.01% 11.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.94% 9.56% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 63 229 200
10th Percentile £33,250 £39,242 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +4.87%
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £87,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £67,750
% change year-on-year +8.70% -15.13% +12.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,200 5,909 5,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.57% 83.79% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 3,946 3,007
10th Percentile £27,950 £29,000 £30,265
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the Thames Valley

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Mentoring in the Thames Valley

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the Thames Valley

Mentoring
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Buckinghamshire +1 261 £65,000 +44.44% 58
Berkshire +12 108 £57,500 +4.55% 129
Oxfordshire +23 77 £58,750 +12.10% 78
Mentoring
South East

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.12%) CMS
3 2 (0.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Sitefinity
4 1 (0.22%) Strapi
4 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.45%) InDesign
3 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 59 (13.23%) Azure
2 27 (6.05%) Power Platform
3 26 (5.83%) Power Automate
3 26 (5.83%) PowerApps
4 14 (3.14%) AWS
5 12 (2.69%) SaaS
6 11 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.12%) GCP
9 4 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.90%) Serverless
10 3 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.67%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.67%) GitHub
10 3 (0.67%) iPaaS
10 3 (0.67%) PaaS
10 3 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.45%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 204 (45.74%) Wi-Fi
1 204 (45.74%) Wireless
2 203 (45.52%) 5G
2 203 (45.52%) Bluetooth
2 203 (45.52%) GSM
2 203 (45.52%) LTE
2 203 (45.52%) UMTS
3 41 (9.19%) VPN
4 34 (7.62%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.04%) Broadband
6 7 (1.57%) VLAN
7 6 (1.35%) Firewall
8 4 (0.90%) VoIP
9 3 (0.67%) BGP
9 3 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.67%) DNS
9 3 (0.67%) IPsec
9 3 (0.67%) LAN
9 3 (0.67%) OSPF
9 3 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.05%) Data Lake
1 27 (6.05%) Power BI
2 26 (5.83%) Big Data
2 26 (5.83%) Tableau
3 7 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.12%) MySQL
4 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.45%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.22%) DTS
8 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (7.62%) Cucumber
1 34 (7.62%) Robot Framework
2 13 (2.91%) Git
3 4 (0.90%) JIRA
4 2 (0.45%) Jasmine
4 2 (0.45%) NUnit
4 2 (0.45%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.22%) CMake
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) Moq
5 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 212 (47.53%) Electronics
2 109 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 80 (17.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (10.54%) Manufacturing
5 37 (8.30%) Law
6 36 (8.07%) Telecoms
7 34 (7.62%) Finance
8 18 (4.04%) Legal
8 18 (4.04%) Marketing
9 13 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (2.02%) Automotive
11 8 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.12%) Retail
14 4 (0.90%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.67%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.67%) Games
15 3 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 249 (55.83%) Test Engineer
2 203 (45.52%) Electronics Engineer
2 203 (45.52%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 74 (16.59%) Senior
4 40 (8.97%) Lead
5 34 (7.62%) Test Automation Engineer
6 12 (2.69%) Architect
6 12 (2.69%) Electrical Engineer
6 12 (2.69%) Safety Engineer
6 12 (2.69%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 12 (2.69%) Senior Safety Engineer
6 12 (2.69%) Senior Test Engineer
7 9 (2.02%) Senior Manager
8 8 (1.79%) Marketing Manager
8 8 (1.79%) Product Manager
8 8 (1.79%) Product Marketing Manager
8 8 (1.79%) Service Manager
9 7 (1.57%) Senior Service Manager
10 6 (1.35%) Developer
11 5 (1.12%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.79%) .NET
2 6 (1.35%) React
3 4 (0.90%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.90%) HTML
3 4 (0.90%) HTML5
3 4 (0.90%) REST
3 4 (0.90%) Vue
4 3 (0.67%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.67%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.67%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.67%) CSS
4 3 (0.67%) CSS3
4 3 (0.67%) Jest
5 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.45%) Kafka
5 2 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.45%) Node.js
5 2 (0.45%) RESTful
6 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.22%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 204 (45.74%) Driving Licence
2 34 (7.62%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (2.69%) Social Media
4 8 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.57%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.12%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.90%) CCTV
7 4 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.45%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.45%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.45%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.45%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.45%) NHS
9 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 48 (10.76%) Windows
2 35 (7.85%) Linux
3 6 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.67%) Android
5 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) VMS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (63.45%) Coaching
2 205 (45.96%) Validation
3 204 (45.74%) Customer Requirements
4 203 (45.52%) Test Strategy
4 203 (45.52%) Verification and Validation
5 73 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (12.11%) Analytics
7 52 (11.66%) Computer Science
8 49 (10.99%) Project Management
9 46 (10.31%) DevOps
9 46 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (8.74%) Test Automation
11 34 (7.62%) Data Governance
11 34 (7.62%) System Testing
11 34 (7.62%) Test Management
12 31 (6.95%) CAD
12 31 (6.95%) Data Management
12 31 (6.95%) Design for Manufacturing
13 30 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (6.50%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (10.54%) Python
2 39 (8.74%) JavaScript
3 37 (8.30%) Bash
3 37 (8.30%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.02%) C
4 9 (2.02%) C++
4 9 (2.02%) SQL
5 7 (1.57%) C#
5 7 (1.57%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.45%) SOQL
7 1 (0.22%) Java
7 1 (0.22%) Perl
7 1 (0.22%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (0.22%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 363 (81.39%) Degree
2 204 (45.74%) HND
3 23 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.81%) Master's Degree
5 14 (3.14%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.24%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.35%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.35%) PMP
8 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.67%) CCNP
9 3 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.22%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.22%) CCNA
11 1 (0.22%) CISM
11 1 (0.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (14.80%) QA
2 32 (7.17%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.67%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.22%) CDISC
7 1 (0.22%) COBIT
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.22%) PMO
7 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.90%) Docker
2 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (1.57%) Terraform
2 4 (0.90%) Ansible
2 4 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.45%) Grafana
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.22%) SCCM
4 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.83%) ServiceNow
3 6 (1.35%) Cisco
4 5 (1.12%) Oracle
4 5 (1.12%) PeopleSoft
5 4 (0.90%) Rollbar
6 3 (0.67%) F5
6 3 (0.67%) Juniper
6 3 (0.67%) Meraki
7 2 (0.45%) Adobe
7 2 (0.45%) Facebook
7 2 (0.45%) Google
7 2 (0.45%) Instagram
7 2 (0.45%) Pinterest
7 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.45%) Siemens
7 2 (0.45%) TikTok
7 2 (0.45%) VMware
8 1 (0.22%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.22%) Mellanox