Mentoring Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Mentorship
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 22 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 -13
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 2,866 2,924 1,888
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.93% 7.36% 6.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.52% 8.49% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 1,197 1,428
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,920 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £47,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +2.01% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,320 £89,329
UK median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.31% -3.70% -0.20%

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 33,630 34,424 26,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.31% 86.61% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 19,131 16,410 19,920
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,000 £38,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,793 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +4.37% -2.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Mentoring
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 December 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 14 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
North of England -8 875 £55,000 -6.58% 937
Midlands -6 617 £40,000 -33.33% 603
South East +1 583 £48,500 -25.38% 1,010
Yorkshire +9 403 £57,500 -1.65% 354
West Midlands -6 394 £55,100 -8.17% 336
North West -10 376 £55,000 -8.69% 489
South West +6 295 £45,000 -32.08% 416
Scotland -1 237 £30,500 -53.08% 223
East Midlands +14 223 £35,000 -41.67% 245
East of England +4 150 £46,250 -21.61% 476
North East -4 96 £48,445 -16.78% 100
Wales +14 81 £60,000 -7.69% 105
Northern Ireland 0 33 £80,000 +23.08% 67
Mentoring
UK

Mentoring
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 61 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.66%) CMS
4 15 (0.52%) Confluence
5 12 (0.42%) IIS
6 10 (0.35%) Apache
6 10 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.28%) SAS
8 7 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.24%) nginx
9 5 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.10%) Moodle
10 3 (0.10%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.070%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.070%) Kentico
11 2 (0.070%) WordPress
12 1 (0.035%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.035%) JBoss
12 1 (0.035%) WebLogic
Applications
1 85 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.14%) Weka
7 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.10%) Revit
8 2 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.070%) InDesign
8 2 (0.070%) Poser
8 2 (0.070%) Trello
9 1 (0.035%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.035%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 31 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.21%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 5 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.14%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.14%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.10%) Exchequer
9 3 (0.10%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.070%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.070%) Shopify
10 2 (0.070%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,068 (37.26%) Azure
2 527 (18.39%) AWS
3 263 (9.18%) GitHub
4 228 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
5 205 (7.15%) SaaS
6 140 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (4.29%) Entra ID
8 100 (3.49%) GCP
8 100 (3.49%) Power Platform
9 84 (2.93%) Serverless
10 40 (1.40%) Snowflake
11 33 (1.15%) dbt
12 32 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.05%) GitHub Copilot
14 29 (1.01%) PaaS
14 29 (1.01%) Power Automate
15 27 (0.94%) Amazon S3
15 27 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
16 24 (0.84%) OCI
17 22 (0.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 188 (6.56%) Internet
2 94 (3.28%) Firewall
3 74 (2.58%) DNS
4 65 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
5 60 (2.09%) VPN
6 54 (1.88%) Network Security
7 48 (1.67%) DHCP
8 43 (1.50%) VSAT
9 42 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
10 37 (1.29%) TCP/IP
11 30 (1.05%) Wireless
12 28 (0.98%) WAN
13 27 (0.94%) LAN
13 27 (0.94%) VLAN
14 24 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
15 18 (0.63%) Broadband
15 18 (0.63%) SD-WAN
16 14 (0.49%) Unified Communications
17 12 (0.42%) VoIP
18 10 (0.35%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
2 81 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 64 (2.23%) Power BI
4 43 (1.50%) MySQL
5 39 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 31 (1.08%) Data Lake
8 28 (0.98%) Relational Database
9 24 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 19 (0.66%) Metadata
11 17 (0.59%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
13 12 (0.42%) Looker
14 11 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 10 (0.35%) Tableau
16 9 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 266 (9.28%) Git
2 86 (3.00%) JIRA
3 51 (1.78%) Selenium
4 48 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 33 (1.15%) GitLab
6 29 (1.01%) Postman
7 28 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
8 21 (0.73%) SoapUI
9 20 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
10 19 (0.66%) WebDriver
11 11 (0.38%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.35%) JUnit
12 10 (0.35%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.31%) JMeter
14 8 (0.28%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.28%) Snyk
15 6 (0.21%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.17%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 1,045 (36.46%) Social Skills
2 636 (22.19%) Finance
3 280 (9.77%) Multimedia
4 270 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 254 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
6 187 (6.52%) Marketing
7 119 (4.15%) Retail
8 111 (3.87%) Public Sector
9 93 (3.24%) Manufacturing
10 88 (3.07%) Law
10 88 (3.07%) Legal
11 75 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.51%) Electronics
13 68 (2.37%) Telecoms
14 30 (1.05%) Games
15 27 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (0.80%) Automotive
17 22 (0.77%) Aerospace
17 22 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 470 (16.40%) Senior
2 456 (15.91%) Analyst
3 407 (14.20%) Lead
4 307 (10.71%) Developer
5 304 (10.61%) Junior
6 293 (10.22%) Trainee
7 274 (9.56%) Security Analyst
8 273 (9.53%) Junior Analyst
9 272 (9.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 270 (9.42%) Junior Security Analyst
11 214 (7.47%) Systems Engineer
12 195 (6.80%) Facilities Engineer
13 155 (5.41%) Architect
14 141 (4.92%) Software Developer
15 130 (4.54%) IT Support
15 130 (4.54%) Support Engineer
16 118 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support
17 117 (4.08%) Consultant
17 117 (4.08%) Software Engineer
18 110 (3.84%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (9.46%) HTML
2 248 (8.65%) CSS
3 164 (5.72%) .NET
4 143 (4.99%) React
5 77 (2.69%) SOAP
6 71 (2.48%) REST
7 65 (2.27%) RESTful
8 56 (1.95%) Node.js
9 44 (1.54%) GraphQL
10 38 (1.33%) Middleware
11 34 (1.19%) .NET Framework
11 34 (1.19%) Django
12 32 (1.12%) AngularJS
12 32 (1.12%) Spring
13 31 (1.08%) Vue
14 28 (0.98%) Next.js
15 27 (0.94%) Flask
15 27 (0.94%) XML
16 26 (0.91%) Kafka
17 24 (0.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.08%) Cloud Native
2 116 (4.05%) Product Ownership
3 99 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 93 (3.24%) Driving Licence
5 87 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 86 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
7 77 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 72 (2.51%) Operational Technology
9 67 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 65 (2.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 46 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 43 (1.50%) Management Information System
13 41 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
14 35 (1.22%) Data Centre
15 33 (1.15%) Acoustics
16 29 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
17 23 (0.80%) Security Posture
18 22 (0.77%) Mobile App
19 21 (0.73%) Data Structures
20 19 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 229 (7.99%) Windows
2 122 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 93 (3.24%) Linux
4 24 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.45%) Android
7 11 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.24%) Mac OS X
9 7 (0.24%) Unix
10 4 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.035%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.035%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.035%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 707 (24.67%) Cybersecurity
2 611 (21.32%) Coaching
3 599 (20.90%) Agile
4 473 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
5 415 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 328 (11.44%) DevOps
7 322 (11.24%) CI/CD
8 269 (9.39%) Roadmaps
9 261 (9.11%) Customer Service
10 255 (8.90%) Software Engineering
11 219 (7.64%) ITIL
12 210 (7.33%) Inventory Management
13 202 (7.05%) Analytics
14 196 (6.84%) Preventative Maintenance
15 179 (6.25%) AI
16 171 (5.97%) Test Automation
17 170 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 159 (5.55%) Line Management
19 151 (5.27%) Business Strategy
20 149 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 434 (15.14%) Python
2 362 (12.63%) SQL
3 360 (12.56%) JavaScript
4 273 (9.53%) C#
5 167 (5.83%) Java
6 114 (3.98%) PowerShell
7 110 (3.84%) TypeScript
8 87 (3.04%) R
9 46 (1.61%) C++
10 41 (1.43%) Bash
11 33 (1.15%) Go
12 30 (1.05%) C
13 22 (0.77%) PHP
13 22 (0.77%) PL/SQL
14 20 (0.70%) Shell Script
15 19 (0.66%) Bicep
15 19 (0.66%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.45%) Apex Code
17 10 (0.35%) Ruby
18 7 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 483 (16.85%) Azure Certification
2 409 (14.27%) CompTIA Security+
3 274 (9.56%) CompTIA CySA+
4 259 (9.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 253 (8.83%) Degree
6 213 (7.43%) AWS Certification
7 198 (6.91%) Postgraduate
8 196 (6.84%) NVQ Level 3
9 195 (6.80%) City & Guilds
10 172 (6.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 157 (5.48%) Security Cleared
12 140 (4.88%) CEH
13 133 (4.64%) A+ Certification
14 125 (4.36%) Network+ Certification
15 78 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
16 76 (2.65%) SC Cleared
17 75 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
18 65 (2.27%) CCNA
19 59 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
20 52 (1.81%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (6.80%) COSHH
2 154 (5.37%) QA
3 152 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 137 (4.78%) NIST
5 65 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 51 (1.78%) SLA
7 46 (1.61%) Data Quality
8 40 (1.40%) Accessibility
9 37 (1.29%) GDPR
10 33 (1.15%) PCI DSS
11 24 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 21 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
13 20 (0.70%) PMO
14 15 (0.52%) NCSC
15 9 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.31%) GRC
16 7 (0.24%) NEBOSH
16 7 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
17 6 (0.21%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 185 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 107 (3.73%) Docker
3 64 (2.23%) Hyper-V
3 64 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (1.61%) Firmware
5 24 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
6 17 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.21%) vSphere
9 2 (0.070%) Ceph
9 2 (0.070%) KVM
9 2 (0.070%) Lustre
9 2 (0.070%) RHEV
9 2 (0.070%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.070%) vCloud
9 2 (0.070%) Xen
10 1 (0.035%) HDFS
10 1 (0.035%) iptables
10 1 (0.035%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 143 (4.99%) Terraform
2 116 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 76 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.15%) Ansible
5 28 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (0.77%) Grafana
7 17 (0.59%) Autotask
8 16 (0.56%) SCCM
9 11 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 7 (0.24%) Argo
11 6 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.17%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.17%) Kibana
12 5 (0.17%) MaaS360
12 5 (0.17%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.14%) HP Fortify
13 4 (0.14%) WMI
14 3 (0.10%) cPanel
14 3 (0.10%) Nagios
14 3 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 910 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 270 (9.42%) ForeScout
3 93 (3.24%) Cisco
4 90 (3.14%) VMware
5 80 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 75 (2.62%) Oracle
7 68 (2.37%) SAP
8 63 (2.20%) Databricks
9 50 (1.74%) ServiceNow
10 48 (1.67%) Google
11 22 (0.77%) Sophos
12 19 (0.66%) Okta
12 19 (0.66%) Workday
13 15 (0.52%) Guidewire
14 13 (0.45%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.45%) Starlink
15 12 (0.42%) Adobe
15 12 (0.42%) Apple
16 11 (0.38%) Citrix
16 11 (0.38%) Sage