Mentoring Job Trends

Mentorship
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 20 31
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 3,993 5,060 3,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.18% 8.00% 6.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.55% 9.24% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,364 2,063 2,562
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,778 £41,023
25th Percentile £33,000 £51,506 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,699 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.81% +1.22% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mentoring job vacancy trend in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England -3 3,501 £57,500 -11.54% 1,813
UK excluding London -5 2,651 £48,699 -19.81% 1,739
Work from Home -4 1,342 £64,150 -1.31% 860
London -3 1,085 £77,500 -3.13% 487
North of England -12 813 £55,100 -6.21% 480
South East +7 576 £49,000 -24.62% 531
Midlands -4 513 £42,039 -29.94% 246
Yorkshire +2 370 £57,500 -1.68% 157
North West -12 353 £60,000 - 267
West Midlands -17 293 £55,200 -8.00% 153
South West +4 288 £45,000 -30.77% 164
East Midlands +11 220 £35,500 -42.04% 89
Scotland -3 216 £38,000 -30.91% 134
East of England 0 147 £45,000 -22.41% 155
North East -6 90 £48,445 -16.42% 63
Wales +11 77 £60,000 -7.69% 57
Northern Ireland -3 27 £80,000 +25.49% 12

Mentoring
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 93 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.13%) Apache Spark
4 36 (0.90%) CMS
5 31 (0.78%) Confluence
6 25 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.48%) Apache
8 18 (0.45%) SAS
9 14 (0.35%) IIS
10 9 (0.23%) nginx
11 8 (0.20%) Headless CMS
12 6 (0.15%) Moodle
13 4 (0.10%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.10%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.10%) WordPress
14 3 (0.075%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.075%) Kentico
14 3 (0.075%) Oracle Coherence
15 2 (0.050%) Apache Solr
15 2 (0.050%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 148 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 89 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (0.78%) Maya
4 29 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (0.50%) Adobe XD
6 15 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.35%) AutoCAD
7 14 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.30%) MS Visio
9 11 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
9 11 (0.28%) Revit
10 8 (0.20%) 3ds Max
11 7 (0.18%) Sketch
12 6 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
12 6 (0.15%) Navisworks
13 5 (0.13%) Blender
13 5 (0.13%) Civil 3D
13 5 (0.13%) InVision
13 5 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
14 4 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 29 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 22 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.18%) Endur
6 7 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.18%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 7 (0.18%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.15%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.10%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.10%) SAP MII
8 4 (0.10%) Shopify
8 4 (0.10%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,320 (33.06%) Azure
2 806 (20.19%) AWS
3 333 (8.34%) GitHub
4 299 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
4 299 (7.49%) SaaS
5 230 (5.76%) Power Platform
6 224 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
7 215 (5.38%) GCP
8 179 (4.48%) Serverless
9 165 (4.13%) Entra ID
10 100 (2.50%) PaaS
11 78 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 73 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
13 72 (1.80%) Amazon S3
14 66 (1.65%) Power Automate
15 62 (1.55%) Snowflake
16 47 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
17 46 (1.15%) dbt
17 46 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
18 43 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 197 (4.93%) Internet
2 130 (3.26%) Firewall
3 91 (2.28%) DNS
4 74 (1.85%) VPN
5 71 (1.78%) Network Security
6 69 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
7 58 (1.45%) DHCP
8 54 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (1.13%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.13%) VSAT
10 38 (0.95%) WAN
11 35 (0.88%) Wireless
12 34 (0.85%) LAN
13 33 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
14 30 (0.75%) VLAN
15 28 (0.70%) SD-WAN
15 28 (0.70%) VoIP
16 27 (0.68%) Broadband
17 22 (0.55%) Modbus
18 18 (0.45%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
2 146 (3.66%) Power BI
3 144 (3.61%) SQL Server
4 75 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
5 62 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 62 (1.55%) MySQL
6 56 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 53 (1.33%) Data Lake
8 43 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 34 (0.85%) BigQuery
10 30 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 27 (0.68%) Big Data
12 26 (0.65%) Metadata
13 24 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (0.58%) DynamoDB
14 23 (0.58%) Tableau
15 21 (0.53%) Looker
15 21 (0.53%) Power Query
16 20 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 342 (8.56%) Git
2 130 (3.26%) JIRA
3 70 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 61 (1.53%) Selenium
5 41 (1.03%) GitLab
6 37 (0.93%) Postman
7 26 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 24 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
9 23 (0.58%) SoapUI
10 19 (0.48%) JMeter
11 18 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
11 18 (0.45%) Visual Studio
12 17 (0.43%) WebDriver
13 15 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 15 (0.38%) JUnit
14 13 (0.33%) Bitbucket
15 12 (0.30%) Axure RP
15 12 (0.30%) Balsamiq
16 10 (0.25%) LoadRunner
17 8 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 1,444 (36.16%) Social Skills
2 968 (24.24%) Finance
3 439 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (7.51%) Marketing
5 297 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 283 (7.09%) Multimedia
7 234 (5.86%) Public Sector
8 225 (5.63%) Law
9 190 (4.76%) Retail
10 172 (4.31%) Legal
11 130 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 118 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
13 96 (2.40%) Electronics
13 96 (2.40%) Telecoms
14 90 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
15 80 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
16 76 (1.90%) Banking
17 75 (1.88%) Games
18 56 (1.40%) French Language
19 48 (1.20%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 839 (21.01%) Senior
2 657 (16.45%) Lead
3 460 (11.52%) Developer
4 431 (10.79%) Analyst
5 299 (7.49%) Trainee
6 237 (5.94%) Architect
7 221 (5.53%) Junior
8 217 (5.43%) Consultant
9 187 (4.68%) Software Engineer
10 177 (4.43%) Security Analyst
11 172 (4.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 170 (4.26%) Junior Analyst
13 165 (4.13%) Junior Security Analyst
14 160 (4.01%) Software Developer
15 149 (3.73%) Senior Developer
16 147 (3.68%) IT Support
17 138 (3.46%) Support Engineer
18 123 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
19 121 (3.03%) Technical Support
20 119 (2.98%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 316 (7.91%) HTML
2 300 (7.51%) CSS
3 225 (5.63%) .NET
4 220 (5.51%) React
5 124 (3.11%) REST
6 112 (2.80%) RESTful
7 106 (2.65%) Node.js
8 92 (2.30%) SOAP
9 76 (1.90%) GraphQL
10 66 (1.65%) Kafka
10 66 (1.65%) Spring
11 59 (1.48%) .NET Framework
12 55 (1.38%) Spring Boot
13 53 (1.33%) Django
14 49 (1.23%) Middleware
15 47 (1.18%) Flask
16 44 (1.10%) AngularJS
17 41 (1.03%) JSON
17 41 (1.03%) Vue
18 38 (0.95%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 223 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 177 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 149 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 136 (3.41%) Driving Licence
5 120 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 116 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
7 106 (2.65%) NHS
8 104 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 97 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
10 92 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 86 (2.15%) Operational Technology
12 83 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
13 70 (1.75%) Data Centre
14 68 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 54 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
16 52 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
16 52 (1.30%) Security Posture
17 47 (1.18%) Data Structures
18 42 (1.05%) Public Cloud
19 41 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 287 (7.19%) Windows
2 147 (3.68%) Windows Server
3 123 (3.08%) Linux
4 41 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 32 (0.80%) Android
6 28 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.30%) Unix
9 10 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 7 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.13%) VMS
12 2 (0.050%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.025%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.025%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.025%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.025%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,145 (28.68%) Agile
2 947 (23.72%) Coaching
3 761 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
4 724 (18.13%) Cybersecurity
5 688 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 582 (14.58%) CI/CD
6 582 (14.58%) DevOps
7 443 (11.09%) Roadmaps
8 403 (10.09%) AI
9 399 (9.99%) Software Engineering
10 358 (8.97%) Analytics
11 341 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 311 (7.79%) Customer Service
13 307 (7.69%) Test Automation
14 305 (7.64%) Technical Leadership
15 298 (7.46%) ITIL
16 255 (6.39%) Computer Science
17 248 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
17 248 (6.21%) Business Strategy
18 245 (6.14%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 673 (16.85%) Python
2 541 (13.55%) SQL
3 459 (11.50%) JavaScript
4 329 (8.24%) C#
5 287 (7.19%) Java
6 187 (4.68%) TypeScript
7 166 (4.16%) PowerShell
8 101 (2.53%) R
9 66 (1.65%) Bash
10 52 (1.30%) C++
11 49 (1.23%) Go
12 41 (1.03%) Bicep
12 41 (1.03%) Kotlin
13 37 (0.93%) C
14 29 (0.73%) PHP
15 24 (0.60%) Scala
16 22 (0.55%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.53%) Swift
18 20 (0.50%) Apex Code
18 20 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 609 (15.25%) Degree
2 406 (10.17%) Azure Certification
3 303 (7.59%) CompTIA Security+
4 287 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 264 (6.61%) Security Cleared
6 263 (6.59%) AWS Certification
7 178 (4.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 176 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 169 (4.23%) CompTIA CySA+
10 155 (3.88%) SC Cleared
11 139 (3.48%) CEH
12 138 (3.46%) A+ Certification
13 136 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
14 132 (3.31%) Master's Degree
15 104 (2.60%) Postgraduate
16 92 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
16 92 (2.30%) NVQ Level 3
17 91 (2.28%) City & Guilds
18 81 (2.03%) CISSP
19 69 (1.73%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (6.66%) QA
2 224 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 178 (4.46%) NIST
4 124 (3.11%) Accessibility
5 91 (2.28%) COSHH
5 91 (2.28%) Data Quality
6 82 (2.05%) GDPR
7 71 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 57 (1.43%) SLA
9 36 (0.90%) PCI DSS
10 35 (0.88%) NCSC
11 29 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
12 28 (0.70%) PMO
12 28 (0.70%) WCAG
13 24 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 16 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 15 (0.38%) GRC
16 14 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 12 (0.30%) ISO 9001
18 11 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 241 (6.04%) Active Directory
2 187 (4.68%) Docker
3 106 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 90 (2.25%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.20%) Firmware
6 25 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.30%) HDFS
9 11 (0.28%) vSphere
10 10 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.075%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.075%) zsh
12 2 (0.050%) Apache Flume
12 2 (0.050%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.050%) Ceph
12 2 (0.050%) KVM
12 2 (0.050%) RHEV
12 2 (0.050%) vCloud
12 2 (0.050%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 223 (5.58%) Terraform
2 220 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 107 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 49 (1.23%) Ansible
5 43 (1.08%) Grafana
6 33 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (0.65%) Autotask
8 23 (0.58%) SCCM
9 20 (0.50%) Prometheus
10 16 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.25%) Argo
12 9 (0.23%) Functional Safety
13 8 (0.20%) Kubeflow
14 7 (0.18%) Kibana
14 7 (0.18%) SCOM
15 6 (0.15%) CSIRT
15 6 (0.15%) vCenter Server
15 6 (0.15%) ZABBIX
16 5 (0.13%) MaaS360
16 5 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,057 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 165 (4.13%) ForeScout
3 136 (3.41%) VMware
4 120 (3.01%) Salesforce
5 110 (2.75%) Cisco
6 109 (2.73%) Oracle
7 104 (2.60%) Databricks
7 104 (2.60%) Google
8 88 (2.20%) SAP
9 84 (2.10%) ServiceNow
10 42 (1.05%) Adobe
11 26 (0.65%) Workday
12 25 (0.63%) Guidewire
13 22 (0.55%) Sophos
14 21 (0.53%) Informatica
15 20 (0.50%) Okta
16 19 (0.48%) Palo Alto
17 18 (0.45%) Xero
18 17 (0.43%) Foundry
18 17 (0.43%) MuleSoft