Mentoring Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Mentorship
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 +17
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 90 113 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 11.45% 15.37% 7.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.13% 16.87% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 78 46 32
10th Percentile - £37,789 £40,988
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,238 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £57,965 £63,290
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% -8.41% +5.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,591 £75,772
90th Percentile £72,875 £71,991 £84,581
North East median annual salary £45,497 £58,465 £61,853
% change year-on-year -22.18% -5.48% +11.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 637 670 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 81.04% 91.16% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 464 311 353
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,793 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £77,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,896
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.39% -4.21%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mentoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Mentoring job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Mentoring
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in Tyne and Wear

Mentoring
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 3 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +1 83 £30,500 -47.38% 38
Mentoring
North East

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (1.11%) SAS
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (2.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (46.67%) Azure
2 26 (28.89%) GitHub
3 24 (26.67%) AWS
4 5 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.44%) Power Platform
5 4 (4.44%) SaaS
6 3 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.22%) IaaS
7 2 (2.22%) Slack
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.11%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.33%) Internet
2 2 (2.22%) DNS
2 2 (2.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.11%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.11%) Big Data
3 1 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.11%) Impala
3 1 (1.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (26.67%) Git
2 4 (4.44%) GitLab
3 2 (2.22%) Appium
3 2 (2.22%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.22%) JIRA
3 2 (2.22%) JMeter
3 2 (2.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 32 (35.56%) Multimedia
2 14 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.22%) Electronics
4 8 (8.89%) Finance
5 2 (2.22%) Back Office
5 2 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.11%) Banking
6 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (35.56%) Trainee
2 25 (27.78%) Developer
3 12 (13.33%) Software Developer
3 12 (13.33%) Trainee Developer
3 12 (13.33%) Trainee Software Developer
4 11 (12.22%) Lead
5 10 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 9 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (10.00%) Senior
7 8 (8.89%) Embedded Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) Junior
8 6 (6.67%) Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Junior Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Junior Security Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.44%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (4.44%) Operations Engineer
10 4 (4.44%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (34.44%) CSS
1 31 (34.44%) HTML
2 10 (11.11%) .NET
3 5 (5.56%) Node.js
4 4 (4.44%) .NET Core
4 4 (4.44%) Apache Cordova
4 4 (4.44%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.22%) Playwright
5 2 (2.22%) React
5 2 (2.22%) XML
6 1 (1.11%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.11%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.11%) CSS3
6 1 (1.11%) Express.js
6 1 (1.11%) hapi
6 1 (1.11%) HTML5 Boilerplate
6 1 (1.11%) NestJS
6 1 (1.11%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.11%) Vue
6 1 (1.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.89%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (6.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (4.44%) Operational Technology
3 4 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.22%) NHS
5 2 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.11%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.11%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.11%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (1.11%) Derivative
6 1 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.11%) IoT
6 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.67%) Linux
1 6 (6.67%) Windows
1 6 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.44%) Android
2 4 (4.44%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.11%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (21.11%) Coaching
3 16 (17.78%) Roadmaps
4 15 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 14 (15.56%) Agile
5 14 (15.56%) DevOps
6 12 (13.33%) CI/CD
7 11 (12.22%) Ethical Hacking
7 11 (12.22%) ITIL
7 11 (12.22%) Line Management
8 10 (11.11%) User Experience
9 9 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
10 8 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.89%) Technology Roadmap
10 8 (8.89%) UX Design
11 7 (7.78%) Software Testing
12 6 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 5 (5.56%) Service Management
13 5 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 34 (37.78%) JavaScript
2 21 (23.33%) Python
3 12 (13.33%) C#
4 10 (11.11%) C
5 9 (10.00%) R
6 7 (7.78%) C++
7 4 (4.44%) Java
7 4 (4.44%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.44%) XAML
8 3 (3.33%) SQL
9 2 (2.22%) Bicep
10 1 (1.11%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (28.89%) Azure Certification
2 21 (23.33%) AWS Certification
2 21 (23.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 21 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (17.78%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (12.22%) A+ Certification
4 11 (12.22%) CEH
4 11 (12.22%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.22%) Degree
7 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 4 (4.44%) NIST
3 3 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.33%) QA
4 2 (2.22%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (8.89%) Firmware
2 7 (7.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (6.67%) Terraform
2 2 (2.22%) Ansible
2 2 (2.22%) Grafana
2 2 (2.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.56%) ForeScout
3 2 (2.22%) BMC
3 2 (2.22%) Dynatrace
3 2 (2.22%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.22%) Splunk
4 1 (1.11%) Cloudera
4 1 (1.11%) Informatica