Coaching
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Coaching skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 35 44
Rank change year-on-year -31 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Coaching 2,517 2,860 4,808
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.73% 6.51% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 6.98% 5.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 799 2,820
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,851 £35,924
25th Percentile £44,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -8.54%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £94,480 £100,000 £85,420
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +5.77% -10.29% -3.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,989 40,970 82,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 93.29% 84.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,964 22,120 59,644
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,887 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% +3.77% -9.09%

Coaching
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Coaching job vacancy trend in the UK

Coaching
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Coaching.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Coaching

Coaching
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Coaching over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Coaching in the UK

Coaching
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Coaching within the UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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
England -37 2,065 £62,500 -0.44% 838
UK excluding London -45 1,648 £55,000 +5.77% 586
Work from Home +82 1,104 £63,076 -4.09% 455
London +15 656 £76,000 +4.83% 366
North of England +14 619 £63,076 +15.12% 214
Yorkshire +35 261 £63,076 -9.89% 59
Scotland -10 249 £27,000 -17.81% 39
North West +19 240 £62,499 +14.06% 125
Midlands -58 238 £63,076 +31.41% 98
South East -91 214 £55,000 -15.06% 108
West Midlands -12 166 £63,076 +31.41% 63
South West -35 148 £47,500 -18.10% 53
North East -10 118 £60,000 +31.37% 30
East of England -76 108 £56,000 -20.00% 43
East Midlands -76 72 £40,500 -4.71% 34
Wales -26 40 £47,500 -7.58% 15
Northern Ireland -25 35 £27,500 -16.29% 26

Coaching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 82 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (1.11%) Confluence
4 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.40%) SAS
7 8 (0.32%) CMS
7 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.20%) Apache
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.12%) Drupal
11 3 (0.12%) IIS
11 3 (0.12%) JBoss
11 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.079%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.079%) ArchestrA
12 2 (0.079%) Luigi
13 1 (0.040%) Anypoint
Applications
1 152 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 104 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 39 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.23%) Simulink
6 9 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.12%) FrameMaker
8 3 (0.12%) MadCap Flare
9 2 (0.079%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.079%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.040%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.040%) EngageOne
10 1 (0.040%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 16 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (0.24%) Hyperion Planning
5 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.20%) Primavera
5 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.20%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) Alphatax
8 2 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.079%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 471 (18.71%) Azure
2 387 (15.38%) AWS
3 166 (6.60%) GCP
4 151 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 130 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
6 122 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
7 114 (4.53%) SaaS
8 83 (3.30%) GitHub
9 66 (2.62%) Entra ID
10 49 (1.95%) Serverless
11 47 (1.87%) Snowflake
12 40 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
13 38 (1.51%) OCI
14 37 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
15 30 (1.19%) PowerApps
16 29 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
16 29 (1.15%) OneDrive
17 28 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
17 28 (1.11%) Power Automate
18 26 (1.03%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 86 (3.42%) Broadband
2 71 (2.82%) DNS
3 57 (2.26%) Firewall
4 54 (2.15%) DHCP
5 44 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
7 22 (0.87%) Wireless
8 21 (0.83%) NGFW
8 21 (0.83%) SAN
9 20 (0.79%) VXLAN
10 15 (0.60%) Network Security
10 15 (0.60%) Wireshark
11 14 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
12 13 (0.52%) CHAP
12 13 (0.52%) VPN
13 10 (0.40%) TCP/IP
14 8 (0.32%) Internet
14 8 (0.32%) LAN
15 7 (0.28%) VLAN
15 7 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (4.21%) Power BI
2 50 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (1.87%) BigQuery
4 44 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.67%) NoSQL
6 39 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 37 (1.47%) Metadata
8 33 (1.31%) Data Lake
9 32 (1.27%) Tableau
10 26 (1.03%) MySQL
11 24 (0.95%) Looker
11 24 (0.95%) SQL Server
12 16 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
13 13 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.40%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (0.40%) Big Data
15 9 (0.36%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.36%) Pinecone
15 9 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 78 (3.10%) JIRA
2 75 (2.98%) Git
3 62 (2.46%) GitLab
4 31 (1.23%) Jenkins
5 24 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
6 22 (0.87%) Cucumber
7 21 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
8 18 (0.72%) TeamCity
9 14 (0.56%) Selenium
10 10 (0.40%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.40%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.40%) XCUITest
11 9 (0.36%) MLflow
12 7 (0.28%) JMeter
13 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.20%) Balsamiq
14 5 (0.20%) Gatling
14 5 (0.20%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 857 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 642 (25.51%) Finance
3 490 (19.47%) Public Sector
4 307 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 241 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 201 (7.99%) Marketing
7 147 (5.84%) Banking
8 144 (5.72%) Influencing Skills
9 136 (5.40%) Law
10 133 (5.28%) Legal
11 131 (5.20%) Retail
12 68 (2.70%) Manufacturing
13 55 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
14 45 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.55%) Electronics
15 39 (1.55%) Games
16 34 (1.35%) Financial Institution
17 31 (1.23%) Telecoms
18 29 (1.15%) Billing
19 27 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 688 (27.33%) Senior
2 343 (13.63%) Lead
3 278 (11.04%) Senior Manager
4 243 (9.65%) Analyst
5 130 (5.16%) Consultant
6 128 (5.09%) Project Manager
7 122 (4.85%) Developer
8 101 (4.01%) Senior Project Manager
9 94 (3.73%) Architect
10 91 (3.62%) Business Analyst
11 89 (3.54%) Software Engineer
11 89 (3.54%) Team Leader
12 69 (2.74%) Recruitment Consultant
13 68 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
14 67 (2.66%) IT Manager
15 66 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
16 62 (2.46%) Senior Consultant
17 59 (2.34%) Principal Engineer
18 57 (2.26%) Service Manager
19 52 (2.07%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (2.62%) .NET
2 56 (2.22%) RESTful
3 55 (2.19%) React
4 48 (1.91%) Node.js
5 45 (1.79%) gRPC
6 28 (1.11%) CSS
6 28 (1.11%) HTML
7 27 (1.07%) Spring Boot
8 26 (1.03%) Spring
9 25 (0.99%) OAuth
10 21 (0.83%) Kafka
10 21 (0.83%) Playwright
11 20 (0.79%) REST
12 19 (0.75%) JSON
12 19 (0.75%) Middleware
13 18 (0.72%) SOAP
14 15 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
15 14 (0.56%) PyTorch
15 14 (0.56%) TensorFlow
16 12 (0.48%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.71%) Product Ownership
2 141 (5.60%) Cloud Native
3 114 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 112 (4.45%) Management Information System
5 88 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 81 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
7 62 (2.46%) Public Cloud
8 61 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
9 54 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
10 52 (2.07%) Data Centre
11 46 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
12 45 (1.79%) Over-the-Top Content
12 45 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
13 38 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 38 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
14 35 (1.39%) e-Learning
15 33 (1.31%) Security Posture
16 30 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
16 30 (1.19%) Driving Licence
17 28 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 156 (6.20%) Windows
2 69 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 36 (1.43%) Linux
4 28 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 25 (0.99%) Unix
6 24 (0.95%) Android
7 17 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.52%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) CentOS
9 3 (0.12%) Debian
9 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.12%) VME
9 3 (0.12%) VMS
9 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.079%) AIX
11 1 (0.040%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,202 (47.76%) Mentoring
2 954 (37.90%) Agile
3 680 (27.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 565 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
5 409 (16.25%) CI/CD
6 314 (12.48%) DevOps
7 304 (12.08%) Roadmaps
8 278 (11.04%) Decision-Making
9 266 (10.57%) AI
10 263 (10.45%) Analytics
11 259 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 256 (10.17%) Software Engineering
13 251 (9.97%) Project Management
14 245 (9.73%) Test Automation
15 230 (9.14%) Project Delivery
16 199 (7.91%) Scrum
17 182 (7.23%) Microservices
17 182 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
18 177 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
19 175 (6.95%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 257 (10.21%) Python
2 235 (9.34%) SQL
3 158 (6.28%) Java
4 99 (3.93%) JavaScript
5 64 (2.54%) Scala
6 62 (2.46%) C#
7 60 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 58 (2.30%) Go
9 53 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 38 (1.51%) Bash
11 31 (1.23%) MATLAB
12 18 (0.72%) VBA
13 16 (0.64%) C++
14 15 (0.60%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.60%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.48%) Bicep
15 12 (0.48%) R
15 12 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 11 (0.44%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.36%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 378 (15.02%) Degree
2 146 (5.80%) Security Cleared
3 95 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 70 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (2.70%) CISSP
6 66 (2.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 60 (2.38%) DBS Check
8 57 (2.26%) PMI Certification
9 38 (1.51%) CISM
9 38 (1.51%) PMP
10 36 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 36 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (1.31%) OSCP
12 32 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (1.15%) CISA
14 28 (1.11%) CREST Certified
15 27 (1.07%) MCSE
16 26 (1.03%) Master's Degree
17 21 (0.83%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (9.02%) QA
2 117 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 80 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 59 (2.34%) SLA
5 55 (2.19%) GDPR
6 46 (1.83%) PMO
7 44 (1.75%) NIST
8 30 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 26 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
10 20 (0.79%) GRC
11 16 (0.64%) COBIT
11 16 (0.64%) GMP
12 12 (0.48%) P3O
13 11 (0.44%) ITGC
14 9 (0.36%) GAAP
14 9 (0.36%) IFRS
15 8 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.28%) PERC
17 6 (0.24%) WCAG
18 5 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 135 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 106 (4.21%) Docker
3 38 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.12%) IAG
7 3 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.040%) Firmware
9 1 (0.040%) KVM
9 1 (0.040%) QEMU
9 1 (0.040%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 139 (5.52%) Terraform
2 73 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.51%) Ansible
4 30 (1.19%) Grafana
4 30 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (0.60%) Argo
7 13 (0.52%) SCCM
8 10 (0.40%) Nessus
8 10 (0.40%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.28%) Puppet
10 6 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.12%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.12%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.079%) Autotask
12 2 (0.079%) DatAdvantage
12 2 (0.079%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.079%) Packer
12 2 (0.079%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.040%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 409 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 115 (4.57%) Salesforce
3 84 (3.34%) Google
4 74 (2.94%) SAP
5 63 (2.50%) Oracle
6 55 (2.19%) Cisco
7 47 (1.87%) Dell
8 45 (1.79%) Typelevel
9 41 (1.63%) Databricks
9 41 (1.63%) VMware
10 35 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 25 (0.99%) Dell Compellent
11 25 (0.99%) HP
11 25 (0.99%) Nimble Storage
12 20 (0.79%) Arista
12 20 (0.79%) Siemens
13 15 (0.60%) Aruba
13 15 (0.60%) NetScout
14 14 (0.56%) Adobe
15 13 (0.52%) Apple