Mentorship
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mentoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mentoring over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 31 21 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 +13
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 3,939 11,929 10,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.38% 9.52% 7.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.85% 9.94% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 5,514 5,825
10th Percentile £41,210 £39,248 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mentoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,205 119,980 123,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.73% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 36,305 73,101 82,277
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Salary trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 -9 3,228 £67,500 - 2,313
UK excluding London -8 2,349 £60,000 - 1,598
Work from Home +12 2,071 £70,000 +1.16% 1,228
London -1 1,247 £85,000 +6.25% 892
North of England -5 652 £62,500 +4.17% 500
South East -12 429 £63,856 +6.43% 375
South West -8 401 £60,000 - 195
North West -3 363 £60,000 +4.35% 269
Midlands -21 282 £57,500 +1.77% 228
Yorkshire -11 257 £65,351 +0.54% 154
Scotland -10 252 £68,474 +1.24% 103
Wales +1 166 £55,000 -10.57% 43
West Midlands -38 147 £57,500 +1.81% 143
East Midlands -5 133 £58,000 -3.33% 85
East of England -26 98 £67,500 +12.50% 164
Northern Ireland +21 72 £50,000 -16.67% 29
North East +10 32 £65,000 +14.54% 85

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 119 (3.02%) Confluence
2 88 (2.23%) Red Hat Fuse
3 86 (2.18%) JBoss
4 82 (2.08%) SharePoint
5 42 (1.07%) IIS
6 40 (1.02%) Apache Spark
7 28 (0.71%) WebSphere
8 26 (0.66%) Apache
9 22 (0.56%) MS Exchange
10 18 (0.46%) CMS
10 18 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
11 17 (0.43%) Tomcat
12 16 (0.41%) Jupyter
12 16 (0.41%) SAS
13 10 (0.25%) WordPress
14 8 (0.20%) OpenEdge
15 7 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
16 6 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
17 5 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
17 5 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 77 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.36%) AutoCAD
4 12 (0.30%) Sketch
4 12 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
5 10 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.23%) Trello
7 8 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.18%) PTC Creo
8 7 (0.18%) Simulink
9 5 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 5 (0.13%) Revit
10 4 (0.10%) 3ds Max
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.076%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 33 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.20%) SAP SCM
5 7 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 6 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
6 6 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 6 (0.15%) SAP CRM
6 6 (0.15%) SAP SD
7 5 (0.13%) ProductWriter
7 5 (0.13%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.13%) SAP CX
7 5 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
7 5 (0.13%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.10%) Endur
8 4 (0.10%) Maximo
8 4 (0.10%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 1,240 (31.48%) Azure
2 713 (18.10%) AWS
3 416 (10.56%) Power Platform
4 411 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
5 404 (10.26%) GCP
6 303 (7.69%) Serverless
7 232 (5.89%) Dynamics 365
8 229 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
9 186 (4.72%) SaaS
10 143 (3.63%) PaaS
11 113 (2.87%) GitHub
12 107 (2.72%) IaaS
13 79 (2.01%) Entra ID
14 57 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (1.35%) PowerApps
16 46 (1.17%) OpenShift
17 42 (1.07%) Azure Functions
18 41 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
19 40 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
19 40 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 125 (3.17%) Firewall
2 99 (2.51%) SAN
3 72 (1.83%) DNS
4 70 (1.78%) TCP/IP
5 69 (1.75%) WAN
6 64 (1.62%) LAN
7 57 (1.45%) VPN
8 46 (1.17%) Network Security
9 45 (1.14%) Wireless
10 44 (1.12%) VLAN
11 38 (0.96%) DHCP
12 27 (0.69%) Internet
13 25 (0.63%) HTTP
13 25 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (0.46%) WLAN
15 17 (0.43%) SSL
16 16 (0.41%) iSCSI
16 16 (0.41%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.38%) OSPF
17 15 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 204 (5.18%) Power BI
3 117 (2.97%) Big Data
4 114 (2.89%) MySQL
5 101 (2.56%) MongoDB
6 98 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
7 84 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
8 83 (2.11%) NoSQL
9 77 (1.95%) Hadoop
10 73 (1.85%) Relational Database
11 56 (1.42%) Data Lake
12 55 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
13 52 (1.32%) Tableau
14 47 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 40 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
16 37 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
17 35 (0.89%) Metadata
18 33 (0.84%) BigQuery
19 30 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 29 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 443 (11.25%) Git
2 205 (5.20%) Jenkins
3 197 (5.00%) JIRA
4 105 (2.67%) IntelliJ
5 66 (1.68%) Selenium
6 49 (1.24%) Maven
7 40 (1.02%) GitLab
8 39 (0.99%) Cucumber
9 37 (0.94%) Bitbucket
9 37 (0.94%) Cypress.io
10 29 (0.74%) Jasmine
10 29 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
10 29 (0.74%) Visual Studio
11 27 (0.69%) Visual Studio Team System
12 24 (0.61%) Gradle
12 24 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
13 23 (0.58%) Spinnaker
14 22 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
15 20 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
16 19 (0.48%) SonarQube
General
1 1,218 (30.92%) Finance
2 1,165 (29.58%) Social Skills
3 406 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 382 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 357 (9.06%) Banking
6 256 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 217 (5.51%) Retail
8 150 (3.81%) Marketing
9 139 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
10 119 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
11 108 (2.74%) Police
12 89 (2.26%) Law
12 89 (2.26%) Manufacturing
13 85 (2.16%) Legal
14 69 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 62 (1.57%) Games
16 56 (1.42%) Electronics
16 56 (1.42%) Telecoms
17 42 (1.07%) Front Office
18 38 (0.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 953 (24.19%) Senior
2 819 (20.79%) Lead
3 613 (15.56%) Developer
4 517 (13.13%) Architect
5 511 (12.97%) Software Engineer
6 263 (6.68%) Analyst
6 263 (6.68%) Solutions Architect
7 246 (6.25%) Java Engineer
8 235 (5.97%) Senior Developer
9 227 (5.76%) Java Software Engineer
10 184 (4.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 177 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
12 173 (4.39%) Senior Software Engineer
13 162 (4.11%) Lead Developer
14 144 (3.66%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 139 (3.53%) Consultant
16 108 (2.74%) Data Engineer
17 100 (2.54%) Java Developer
18 98 (2.49%) Team Leader
19 95 (2.41%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 498 (12.64%) React
2 444 (11.27%) .NET
3 323 (8.20%) Spring
4 304 (7.72%) AngularJS
5 259 (6.58%) HTML
6 202 (5.13%) CSS
7 197 (5.00%) RESTful
8 188 (4.77%) Web Services
9 183 (4.65%) REST
10 157 (3.99%) J2EE
11 153 (3.88%) Ruby on Rails
12 143 (3.63%) XML
13 142 (3.60%) JSON
14 133 (3.38%) Node.js
15 128 (3.25%) .NET Framework
16 124 (3.15%) SOAP
17 119 (3.02%) ASP.NET
18 114 (2.89%) Hibernate
19 102 (2.59%) Spring Boot
20 101 (2.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 256 (6.50%) Product Ownership
2 175 (4.44%) Public Cloud
3 139 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
4 101 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 101 (2.56%) Virtual Team
5 91 (2.31%) Algorithms
6 89 (2.26%) Cyberattack
7 86 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
8 81 (2.06%) Mobile App
9 77 (1.95%) Private Cloud
10 76 (1.93%) Management Information System
11 73 (1.85%) Data Centre
12 59 (1.50%) Onboarding
13 43 (1.09%) IoT
14 36 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
15 32 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
16 31 (0.79%) Driving Licence
16 31 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
17 30 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
17 30 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 385 (9.77%) Windows
2 364 (9.24%) Linux
3 146 (3.71%) Windows Server
4 87 (2.21%) Unix
5 66 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 46 (1.17%) Windows 10
7 43 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 37 (0.94%) Android
9 30 (0.76%) CentOS
10 29 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
11 28 (0.71%) Ubuntu
12 21 (0.53%) Apple iOS
13 17 (0.43%) Mac OS
14 16 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 14 (0.36%) SUSE
16 10 (0.25%) zOS
17 7 (0.18%) CoreOS
18 6 (0.15%) Solaris
19 5 (0.13%) Debian
20 4 (0.10%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,708 (43.36%) Agile
2 1,036 (26.30%) Coaching
3 961 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
4 958 (24.32%) DevOps
5 855 (21.71%) Software Engineering
6 605 (15.36%) Actionable Insight
7 533 (13.53%) Microservices
8 449 (11.40%) CI/CD
9 427 (10.84%) Project Management
10 413 (10.48%) Containerisation
11 384 (9.75%) Continuous Integration
12 354 (8.99%) Roadmaps
13 349 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 346 (8.78%) Analytics
15 343 (8.71%) Test Automation
16 339 (8.61%) Scrum
17 323 (8.20%) Computer Science
17 323 (8.20%) Technical Leadership
18 294 (7.46%) Design Patterns
19 267 (6.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 752 (19.09%) Java
2 668 (16.96%) C#
3 665 (16.88%) Python
4 601 (15.26%) SQL
5 556 (14.12%) JavaScript
6 258 (6.55%) PowerShell
7 204 (5.18%) TypeScript
8 188 (4.77%) Ruby
9 165 (4.19%) Bash
10 131 (3.33%) C++
11 95 (2.41%) Go
12 78 (1.98%) C
13 70 (1.78%) PHP
14 62 (1.57%) R
15 56 (1.42%) T-SQL
16 47 (1.19%) Scala
17 32 (0.81%) Bicep
18 25 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 24 (0.61%) Rust
20 23 (0.58%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 731 (18.56%) Degree
2 666 (16.91%) Security Cleared
3 427 (10.84%) SC Cleared
4 210 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 147 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 77 (1.95%) AWS Certification
7 66 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 63 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 55 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
10 47 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 43 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 42 (1.07%) CISSP
13 41 (1.04%) DBS Check
14 40 (1.02%) Azure Certification
15 37 (0.94%) MCSE
16 36 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 28 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
18 25 (0.63%) CISM
19 24 (0.61%) MCSA
20 23 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (6.93%) QA
2 66 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 55 (1.40%) SLA
5 42 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 37 (0.94%) NIST
7 35 (0.89%) GDPR
8 32 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 28 (0.71%) PMO
10 24 (0.61%) IFRS
11 15 (0.38%) IFRS 17
12 12 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.30%) NCSC
13 11 (0.28%) GAAP
13 11 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.25%) GRC
15 9 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
15 9 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 332 (8.43%) Docker
2 193 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 81 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (1.14%) Firmware
5 39 (0.99%) vSphere
6 28 (0.71%) Hyper-V
7 23 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.36%) vCloud
11 11 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
12 10 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
13 9 (0.23%) Terminal Server
14 4 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.10%) XenApp
14 4 (0.10%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.076%) IAG
15 3 (0.076%) Time Sharing Option
15 3 (0.076%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.051%) KVM
Systems Management
1 350 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 263 (6.68%) Terraform
3 153 (3.88%) Ansible
4 49 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 44 (1.12%) SCCM
6 35 (0.89%) Puppet
7 18 (0.46%) SCOM
8 17 (0.43%) Nagios
9 16 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.30%) Grafana
11 12 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
11 12 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.25%) Kibana
12 10 (0.25%) Nessus
13 9 (0.23%) Istio
13 9 (0.23%) vCenter Server
14 8 (0.20%) Packer
15 7 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 812 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 243 (6.17%) Oracle
3 222 (5.64%) Google
4 121 (3.07%) SAP
5 115 (2.92%) VMware
6 80 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 79 (2.01%) IBM
8 71 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 70 (1.78%) Cisco
10 57 (1.45%) Databricks
11 52 (1.32%) Red Hat
12 45 (1.14%) HP
13 40 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 34 (0.86%) Splunk
15 29 (0.74%) Veeam
16 28 (0.71%) Dell
16 28 (0.71%) NEC
17 24 (0.61%) Citrix
18 20 (0.51%) Dynatrace
19 19 (0.48%) Palo Alto