Coaching Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Coaching
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Coaching skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 38 38
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing Coaching 1,635 1,543 3,217
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.05% 5.59% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 6.08% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 753 518 2,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,750 £36,063
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,538 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.76% -5.62%
75th Percentile £69,390 £80,938 £75,772
90th Percentile £86,000 £97,528 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,068 £61,206
% change year-on-year -9.18% +7.94% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Coaching 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40,195 25,394 50,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.10% 92.08% 85.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23,951 13,564 37,864
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

Coaching
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Coaching relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Coaching job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Coaching
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Coaching.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Coaching

Coaching
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Coaching in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Coaching in the UK excluding London

Coaching
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Coaching within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
North of England -23 535 £60,000 -1.97% 201
Scotland +8 362 £31,000 -55.71% 27
South East -45 241 £52,500 -25.00% 165
Midlands -11 238 £60,000 +8.11% 93
North West -32 228 £61,999 +7.82% 101
Yorkshire +4 221 £58,445 -16.51% 71
West Midlands -7 163 £62,000 +7.83% 63
South West -34 102 £50,000 -18.37% 58
East of England +7 92 £50,000 -28.57% 53
North East -9 86 £58,196 +21.24% 31
East Midlands -22 75 £52,500 -2.78% 30
Northern Ireland -16 38 £27,500 - 2
Wales +3 30 £29,000 -46.05% 17
Isle of Man - 1 £32,000 -
Coaching
UK

Coaching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 108 (6.61%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.16%) Confluence
3 11 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.31%) SAS
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) IIS
7 2 (0.12%) JBoss
7 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 128 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 80 (4.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.65%) Simulink
5 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.61%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 35 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
2 20 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (0.61%) Hyperion Planning
4 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.24%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.24%) Primavera
6 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.12%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.061%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.061%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 393 (24.04%) Azure
2 172 (10.52%) AWS
3 139 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
4 103 (6.30%) GitHub
4 103 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
5 91 (5.57%) Power Platform
6 79 (4.83%) SaaS
7 65 (3.98%) Entra ID
7 65 (3.98%) GitHub Copilot
8 63 (3.85%) Snowflake
9 46 (2.81%) OCI
10 45 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 44 (2.69%) dbt
12 30 (1.83%) Serverless
13 29 (1.77%) GCP
14 28 (1.71%) Nutanix
15 24 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
17 20 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.94%) DNS
2 38 (2.32%) DHCP
3 37 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (1.83%) Broadband
5 28 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
6 27 (1.65%) Firewall
7 21 (1.28%) Wireshark
8 16 (0.98%) SAN
9 13 (0.80%) NGFW
9 13 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
10 12 (0.73%) VXLAN
11 11 (0.67%) Wireless
12 9 (0.55%) LAN
12 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
12 9 (0.55%) WAN
13 8 (0.49%) TCP/IP
13 8 (0.49%) Telnet
14 7 (0.43%) VPN
15 4 (0.24%) VLAN
16 3 (0.18%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (4.46%) Power BI
2 56 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (2.02%) Metadata
4 27 (1.65%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.35%) Looker
6 16 (0.98%) Tableau
7 11 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (0.61%) Essbase
8 10 (0.61%) MySQL
8 10 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.43%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.37%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (4.40%) JIRA
2 45 (2.75%) Git
2 45 (2.75%) Oracle Forms
3 30 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.98%) GitLab
6 8 (0.49%) Selenium
6 8 (0.49%) XCUITest
7 7 (0.43%) ER Studio
7 7 (0.43%) ERwin
8 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.37%) Storybook
9 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.12%) Gatling
10 2 (0.12%) JIRA Agile
10 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 549 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 458 (28.01%) Finance
3 241 (14.74%) Public Sector
4 225 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
5 117 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 109 (6.67%) Marketing
7 80 (4.89%) Legal
8 66 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
9 62 (3.79%) Retail
10 53 (3.24%) Manufacturing
11 46 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
12 44 (2.69%) Banking
13 39 (2.39%) Electronics
14 29 (1.77%) Law
15 28 (1.71%) Games
16 26 (1.59%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.10%) Military
18 17 (1.04%) Billing
19 15 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
20 13 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 421 (25.75%) Senior
2 257 (15.72%) Lead
3 180 (11.01%) Analyst
4 175 (10.70%) Senior Manager
5 65 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
6 64 (3.91%) QA Manager
6 64 (3.91%) Quality Manager
6 64 (3.91%) Senior QA Manager
6 64 (3.91%) Senior Quality Manager
7 62 (3.79%) Project Manager
8 57 (3.49%) Developer
9 55 (3.36%) Business Analyst
10 52 (3.18%) Team Leader
11 44 (2.69%) Support Engineer
12 43 (2.63%) Applications Engineer
12 43 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
13 41 (2.51%) Technical Support
14 37 (2.26%) IT Support
15 36 (2.20%) Systems Engineer
16 35 (2.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.43%) RESTful
2 47 (2.87%) React
3 46 (2.81%) .NET
4 38 (2.32%) SOAP
5 36 (2.20%) OAuth
6 33 (2.02%) JSON
7 29 (1.77%) REST
8 24 (1.47%) OAuth2
9 22 (1.35%) Node.js
10 21 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
11 16 (0.98%) XML
12 15 (0.92%) Web Services
13 14 (0.86%) CSS
13 14 (0.86%) HTML
13 14 (0.86%) SAML
14 13 (0.80%) YAML
15 12 (0.73%) GraphQL
15 12 (0.73%) Spring
16 11 (0.67%) .NET Framework
16 11 (0.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 92 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 86 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 75 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
5 69 (4.22%) Cyber Threat
5 69 (4.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 65 (3.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 65 (3.98%) Operational Technology
7 64 (3.91%) Management Information System
8 43 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 41 (2.51%) Data Centre
9 41 (2.51%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 29 (1.77%) Driving Licence
12 28 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.41%) Low-Code
14 22 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
15 20 (1.22%) e-Learning
16 18 (1.10%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 113 (6.91%) Windows
2 73 (4.46%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.41%) Linux
5 22 (1.35%) Android
6 17 (1.04%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.18%) Unix
9 2 (0.12%) VME
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.061%) CentOS
10 1 (0.061%) Debian
10 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (49.24%) Mentoring
2 573 (35.05%) Agile
3 518 (31.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 288 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
5 231 (14.13%) Analytics
6 227 (13.88%) CI/CD
7 222 (13.58%) DevOps
8 213 (13.03%) Asset Management
9 208 (12.72%) Roadmaps
10 186 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 180 (11.01%) Business Strategy
12 179 (10.95%) ITIL
12 179 (10.95%) Project Management
13 163 (9.97%) Customer Service
13 163 (9.97%) Software Engineering
14 156 (9.54%) AI
15 148 (9.05%) Test Automation
16 142 (8.69%) Customer Experience
17 121 (7.40%) Decision-Making
18 109 (6.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (10.76%) SQL
2 148 (9.05%) Python
3 73 (4.46%) Java
4 65 (3.98%) PowerShell
5 50 (3.06%) JavaScript
6 47 (2.87%) C#
7 27 (1.65%) TypeScript
8 25 (1.53%) MATLAB
8 25 (1.53%) PL/SQL
8 25 (1.53%) Shell Script
9 21 (1.28%) Apex Code
10 16 (0.98%) Bash
11 15 (0.92%) VBA
12 14 (0.86%) Bicep
13 12 (0.73%) Groovy
14 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.37%) R
16 5 (0.31%) Go
16 5 (0.31%) Scala
16 5 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 182 (11.13%) Degree
2 68 (4.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 64 (3.91%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 43 (2.63%) Security Cleared
5 29 (1.77%) DBS Check
5 29 (1.77%) SC Cleared
6 28 (1.71%) PMI Certification
7 24 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.35%) MCSE
9 19 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (1.16%) CISSP
10 17 (1.04%) A+ Certification
10 17 (1.04%) DV Cleared
11 16 (0.98%) CCNA
11 16 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (0.98%) PMP
12 13 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.80%) HND
12 13 (0.80%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.73%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (13.64%) QA
2 97 (5.93%) NIST
3 92 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 65 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 63 (3.85%) Accessibility
6 44 (2.69%) SLA
7 38 (2.32%) Data Quality
8 37 (2.26%) PMO
9 26 (1.59%) GDPR
10 11 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.61%) P3O
12 8 (0.49%) GMP
12 8 (0.49%) IFRS
12 8 (0.49%) ITGC
12 8 (0.49%) WCAG
13 7 (0.43%) GAAP
13 7 (0.43%) NCSC
14 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 119 (7.28%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.32%) Hyper-V
3 33 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (1.83%) Docker
5 14 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.37%) Firmware
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 131 (8.01%) Terraform
2 38 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
3 30 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (1.53%) Kubernetes
5 20 (1.22%) Ansible
6 19 (1.16%) SCCM
7 13 (0.80%) Grafana
8 11 (0.67%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) FTK
9 2 (0.12%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.12%) Packer
9 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.061%) Autotask
10 1 (0.061%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.061%) Kibana
10 1 (0.061%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 368 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.32%) Salesforce
3 64 (3.91%) Cisco
4 58 (3.55%) Oracle
5 46 (2.81%) Databricks
6 45 (2.75%) Dell
7 38 (2.32%) VMware
8 30 (1.83%) Google
9 29 (1.77%) HP
10 28 (1.71%) Dell Compellent
10 28 (1.71%) Nimble Storage
11 24 (1.47%) ServiceNow
12 19 (1.16%) SAP
13 18 (1.10%) Siemens
14 17 (1.04%) Ab Initio
15 14 (0.86%) Okta
16 12 (0.73%) Arista
16 12 (0.73%) Aruba
16 12 (0.73%) NetScout
17 11 (0.67%) HubSpot