Mentoring Jobs in the UK excluding London

Mentorship
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 24 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 +21
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 3,059 5,567 9,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.31% 7.92% 14.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.00% 9.38% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,408 3,614 2,425
10th Percentile £32,675 £32,500 £37,039
25th Percentile £47,863 £42,303 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,965 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% -7.26% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £84,964 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,997 59,372 58,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.31% 84.44% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17,723 41,125 30,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
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 Mentoring within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +12 813 £62,000 +7.83% 694
North of England -24 699 £62,779 +4.63% 713
Midlands +6 597 £60,500 +21.00% 336
North West -30 457 £62,500 +7.82% 441
East of England +31 371 £62,500 +13.28% 223
West Midlands -4 322 £62,500 +8.70% 183
East Midlands +10 273 £60,000 +36.36% 137
South West +6 265 £61,500 +10.14% 272
Scotland +25 237 £55,000 -15.38% 170
Yorkshire -21 183 £69,018 +12.76% 192
Wales +10 83 £65,000 +10.54% 89
North East -20 59 £55,000 -12.00% 87
Northern Ireland -8 10 £60,000 +26.32% 31
Channel Islands - 1 £97,500 -
Mentoring
UK

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 75 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.34%) Confluence
3 36 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.14%) Apache
5 28 (0.92%) CMS
6 25 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.26%) nginx
8 7 (0.23%) Camunda
9 6 (0.20%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.13%) SAS
12 3 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.098%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.098%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.065%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 142 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.42%) Simulink
5 11 (0.36%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.20%) Sketch
9 5 (0.16%) Trello
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.065%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.065%) Moqups
11 2 (0.065%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.033%) MicroStation
12 1 (0.033%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.033%) Revit
12 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.033%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 22 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
2 10 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.098%) Ripple
7 3 (0.098%) Ripple XRP
8 2 (0.065%) Magento
8 2 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.065%) PeopleSoft Financials
8 2 (0.065%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.033%) BASE24
9 1 (0.033%) Maximo
9 1 (0.033%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.033%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.033%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.033%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 503 (16.44%) Azure
2 331 (10.82%) AWS
3 137 (4.48%) SaaS
4 121 (3.96%) GCP
5 118 (3.86%) Power Platform
6 115 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (2.22%) GitHub
9 55 (1.80%) PaaS
10 40 (1.31%) Power Automate
11 39 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 39 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 38 (1.24%) Serverless
13 27 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
14 26 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (0.72%) IBM Cloud
17 21 (0.69%) Amazon S3
17 21 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
18 19 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 434 (14.19%) Wi-Fi
2 427 (13.96%) 5G
2 427 (13.96%) Wireless
3 420 (13.73%) Bluetooth
4 417 (13.63%) GSM
5 415 (13.57%) LTE
5 415 (13.57%) UMTS
6 147 (4.81%) Network Security
7 114 (3.73%) VPN
8 103 (3.37%) Internet
9 97 (3.17%) Firewall
9 97 (3.17%) WLAN
10 93 (3.04%) TCP/IP
11 52 (1.70%) WAN
12 32 (1.05%) LAN
13 28 (0.92%) DNS
14 25 (0.82%) SD-WAN
15 13 (0.42%) VLAN
16 12 (0.39%) DHCP
17 11 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (3.20%) Power BI
2 92 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 77 (2.52%) NoSQL
4 64 (2.09%) Big Data
5 63 (2.06%) Data Lake
5 63 (2.06%) Tableau
6 60 (1.96%) MongoDB
6 60 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 46 (1.50%) Relational Database
8 40 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (0.95%) MySQL
11 21 (0.69%) RDBMS
12 17 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (0.49%) BigQuery
14 14 (0.46%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (0.39%) Cloud Spanner
16 12 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 177 (5.79%) Rational DOORS
2 134 (4.38%) Git
3 113 (3.69%) JIRA
4 67 (2.19%) Cucumber
5 62 (2.03%) Robot Framework
6 57 (1.86%) Jenkins
7 41 (1.34%) GitLab
8 37 (1.21%) Selenium
9 27 (0.88%) Visual Studio
10 26 (0.85%) Eclipse
11 25 (0.82%) Eclipse RCP
12 21 (0.69%) SonarQube
13 15 (0.49%) Maven
14 12 (0.39%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.36%) eggPlant
15 11 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
15 11 (0.36%) Postman
16 9 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
17 7 (0.23%) Storybook
17 7 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 778 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 591 (19.32%) Finance
3 579 (18.93%) Electronics
4 325 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 244 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
6 203 (6.64%) Telecoms
7 192 (6.28%) Manufacturing
8 189 (6.18%) Retail
9 148 (4.84%) Banking
9 148 (4.84%) Games
10 132 (4.32%) Public Sector
11 109 (3.56%) Law
12 106 (3.47%) Marketing
13 92 (3.01%) Legal
14 64 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
15 58 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.14%) Aerospace
17 31 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
18 27 (0.88%) Advertising
19 21 (0.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 883 (28.87%) Senior
2 502 (16.41%) Test Engineer
3 499 (16.31%) Lead
4 418 (13.66%) Electronics Engineer
5 415 (13.57%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 230 (7.52%) Architect
7 227 (7.42%) Systems Engineer
8 212 (6.93%) Software Engineer
9 175 (5.72%) Developer
10 142 (4.64%) Support Engineer
11 140 (4.58%) IT Support
12 134 (4.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 104 (3.40%) IT Engineer
14 102 (3.33%) Senior Manager
15 101 (3.30%) Engineering Manager
16 97 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
17 96 (3.14%) Senior Architect
18 95 (3.11%) Analyst
19 78 (2.55%) Senior Software Engineer
20 68 (2.22%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (5.36%) .NET
2 147 (4.81%) React
3 110 (3.60%) Node.js
4 103 (3.37%) HTML
5 99 (3.24%) CSS
6 74 (2.42%) AngularJS
7 57 (1.86%) Kafka
8 53 (1.73%) .NET Framework
9 50 (1.63%) Middleware
9 50 (1.63%) REST
10 49 (1.60%) Spring Boot
11 47 (1.54%) RESTful
11 47 (1.54%) Spring
12 36 (1.18%) Vue
13 35 (1.14%) .NET Core
14 30 (0.98%) GraphQL
15 25 (0.82%) JSP
16 24 (0.78%) SailPoint
17 23 (0.75%) Laravel
18 17 (0.56%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 568 (18.57%) Driving Licence
2 218 (7.13%) Management Information System
3 189 (6.18%) Algorithms
4 100 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 79 (2.58%) Blockchain
6 71 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
7 63 (2.06%) Robotics
8 60 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 58 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 51 (1.67%) e-Learning
10 51 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 49 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
12 47 (1.54%) Public Cloud
13 41 (1.34%) Cloud Native
14 39 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 38 (1.24%) SCADA
16 36 (1.18%) IoT
17 31 (1.01%) Social Media
18 29 (0.95%) Cyberattack
18 29 (0.95%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 346 (11.31%) Windows
2 316 (10.33%) Linux
3 51 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 28 (0.92%) Unix
6 20 (0.65%) Android
7 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.33%) Windows Vista
9 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.20%) VMS
11 2 (0.065%) CentOS
11 2 (0.065%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.065%) Debian
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.065%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.065%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,186 (38.77%) Coaching
2 739 (24.16%) Agile
3 683 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
4 498 (16.28%) Customer Requirements
5 490 (16.02%) Validation
6 451 (14.74%) Software Engineering
7 429 (14.02%) Test Strategy
8 425 (13.89%) DevOps
9 424 (13.86%) Verification and Validation
10 359 (11.74%) Project Management
11 319 (10.43%) Technical Leadership
12 299 (9.77%) Computer Science
13 295 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 290 (9.48%) Analytics
15 284 (9.28%) CI/CD
16 266 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
17 250 (8.17%) Test Automation
18 222 (7.26%) Artificial Intelligence
19 218 (7.13%) Roadmaps
20 210 (6.86%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 319 (10.43%) Python
2 298 (9.74%) JavaScript
3 284 (9.28%) SQL
4 237 (7.75%) Java
5 220 (7.19%) C#
6 153 (5.00%) PowerShell
7 145 (4.74%) R
8 137 (4.48%) TypeScript
9 103 (3.37%) Bash
10 80 (2.62%) C++
11 68 (2.22%) C
12 53 (1.73%) PHP
13 28 (0.92%) Ada
14 26 (0.85%) Rust
15 21 (0.69%) Go
16 15 (0.49%) Ruby
17 13 (0.42%) Bicep
18 11 (0.36%) T-SQL
19 9 (0.29%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,344 (43.94%) Degree
2 480 (15.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 428 (13.99%) HND
4 200 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 173 (5.66%) Security Cleared
6 142 (4.64%) Chartered Engineer
7 139 (4.54%) Cisco Certification
7 139 (4.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 134 (4.38%) CCNA
9 115 (3.76%) CCNP
10 113 (3.69%) CISSP
11 101 (3.30%) MCSE
12 100 (3.27%) MCP
13 95 (3.11%) LPIC
14 77 (2.52%) SC Cleared
15 55 (1.80%) DV Cleared
16 54 (1.77%) Master's Degree
17 42 (1.37%) CISM
18 38 (1.24%) Azure Certification
18 38 (1.24%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (8.11%) QA
2 175 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 87 (2.84%) Data Quality
4 77 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (1.54%) NIST
6 45 (1.47%) ITGC
7 43 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 39 (1.27%) GDPR
9 34 (1.11%) NCSC
10 26 (0.85%) PMO
11 24 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.49%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 12 (0.39%) SLA
15 11 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.33%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 8 (0.26%) ISO 9001
18 7 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 6 (0.20%) PMBOK
System Software
1 185 (6.05%) Docker
2 89 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 37 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (1.11%) Firmware
5 19 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.46%) XenApp
8 12 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.065%) vSphere
11 1 (0.033%) HDFS
11 1 (0.033%) KVM
11 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.033%) Snort
Systems Management
1 199 (6.51%) Kubernetes
2 108 (3.53%) Terraform
3 47 (1.54%) Ansible
4 36 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.42%) Grafana
7 13 (0.42%) SCCM
8 10 (0.33%) Puppet
9 7 (0.23%) CA Endevor
10 6 (0.20%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.16%) CASB
11 5 (0.16%) Kibana
12 4 (0.13%) Argo
12 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.065%) Autotask
13 2 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.065%) Nmap
13 2 (0.065%) WMI
Vendors
1 444 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 233 (7.62%) IBM
3 162 (5.30%) Cisco
4 93 (3.04%) Oracle
5 72 (2.35%) Google
6 70 (2.29%) BT
7 62 (2.03%) Red Hat
8 61 (1.99%) Databricks
9 54 (1.77%) ServiceNow
10 52 (1.70%) VMware
11 43 (1.41%) SAP
12 38 (1.24%) Salesforce
13 22 (0.72%) Adobe
14 21 (0.69%) Citrix
15 19 (0.62%) Meraki
16 18 (0.59%) Okta
17 17 (0.56%) Informatica
18 16 (0.52%) CheckPoint
18 16 (0.52%) Commvault
19 15 (0.49%) Facebook