Mentoring Jobs

Mentorship
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 22 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 5,414 7,802 12,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.89% 7.86% 12.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.55% 9.19% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,197 5,047 4,096
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,329 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +11.28%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,419
90th Percentile £98,584 £96,250 £104,985
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £57,965 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.82% -7.26% +8.70%

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 51,302 84,920 96,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.76% 85.59% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27,015 59,883 56,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,008 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Top 18 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 11 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
England +9 4,941 £65,000 +4.00% 5,088
UK excluding London +12 3,800 £62,500 +7.82% 3,336
Work from Home +3 2,195 £67,037 +5.57% 3,034
London +2 1,221 £77,500 -0.90% 2,552
South East +13 1,038 £62,000 +7.83% 1,044
North of England -15 948 £62,779 +4.63% 898
North West -16 696 £62,500 +7.82% 518
Midlands +7 644 £60,000 +20.00% 407
East of England +32 550 £62,500 +13.28% 298
East Midlands +13 349 £59,000 +32.76% 162
West Midlands -9 293 £62,500 +10.87% 224
South West +7 283 £60,000 +4.35% 357
Scotland +21 252 £63,000 +5.00% 250
Yorkshire -21 188 £69,509 +13.57% 277
Wales +10 92 £65,000 +10.54% 99
North East -16 64 £55,000 -11.08% 113
Northern Ireland -5 9 £60,000 +50.00% 60
Channel Islands - 1 £97,500 -

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 88 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 62 (1.15%) Confluence
2 62 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (0.83%) CMS
4 41 (0.76%) Apache
5 28 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 25 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 14 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.22%) OpenEdge
9 10 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 9 (0.17%) SAS
11 7 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 5 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.092%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.092%) WordPress
14 4 (0.074%) IIS
14 4 (0.074%) Liferay
15 3 (0.055%) Apache Solr
15 3 (0.055%) OpenStack
Applications
1 166 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 90 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 15 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.22%) Simulink
7 11 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 11 (0.20%) Maya
8 10 (0.18%) Sketch
9 9 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.17%) Trello
10 6 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 6 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.055%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.037%) InDesign
13 2 (0.037%) Moqups
13 2 (0.037%) ProjectWise
13 2 (0.037%) Revit
Business Applications
1 32 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 9 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.15%) Ripple
7 8 (0.15%) Ripple XRP
8 7 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (0.092%) Shopify
10 4 (0.074%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.074%) iTrent
10 4 (0.074%) Magento
10 4 (0.074%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.074%) Orchestrade
10 4 (0.074%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 4 (0.074%) Relativity
10 4 (0.074%) Ringtail
10 4 (0.074%) Veritas eDiscovery
11 3 (0.055%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 1,103 (20.37%) Azure
2 852 (15.74%) AWS
3 384 (7.09%) GCP
4 222 (4.10%) Power Platform
5 198 (3.66%) SaaS
6 174 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 167 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
8 121 (2.23%) GitHub
9 115 (2.12%) Serverless
10 78 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
10 78 (1.44%) PaaS
11 72 (1.33%) Entra ID
12 60 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
12 60 (1.11%) PowerApps
13 57 (1.05%) Amazon S3
14 53 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
15 52 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
16 50 (0.92%) Power Automate
17 43 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
17 43 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 759 (14.02%) Wi-Fi
2 751 (13.87%) Wireless
3 747 (13.80%) 5G
4 735 (13.58%) Bluetooth
5 732 (13.52%) GSM
6 730 (13.48%) LTE
6 730 (13.48%) UMTS
7 561 (10.36%) Broadband
8 141 (2.60%) Firewall
9 134 (2.48%) VPN
10 112 (2.07%) Network Security
11 101 (1.87%) TCP/IP
12 75 (1.39%) WAN
13 47 (0.87%) Internet
13 47 (0.87%) LAN
14 41 (0.76%) DNS
15 35 (0.65%) WLAN
16 33 (0.61%) SD-WAN
17 21 (0.39%) VLAN
18 19 (0.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 167 (3.08%) Power BI
3 117 (2.16%) Tableau
4 111 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 101 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 89 (1.64%) Data Lake
7 83 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
7 83 (1.53%) MongoDB
8 81 (1.50%) Big Data
9 75 (1.39%) Relational Database
10 49 (0.91%) MySQL
11 38 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 36 (0.66%) DynamoDB
13 31 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
14 29 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
15 28 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
15 28 (0.52%) RDBMS
16 26 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 25 (0.46%) BigQuery
18 24 (0.44%) DB2
Development Applications
1 251 (4.64%) JIRA
2 179 (3.31%) Git
3 177 (3.27%) Rational DOORS
4 164 (3.03%) Cucumber
5 146 (2.70%) GitLab
6 142 (2.62%) Selenium
7 123 (2.27%) SonarQube
8 107 (1.98%) Bitbucket
9 103 (1.90%) Jenkins
10 98 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
11 97 (1.79%) Maven
12 64 (1.18%) Robot Framework
13 29 (0.54%) Eclipse
14 27 (0.50%) Visual Studio
15 26 (0.48%) Eclipse RCP
16 23 (0.42%) Postman
17 18 (0.33%) webpack
18 15 (0.28%) JUnit
19 13 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
20 12 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 1,844 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 1,009 (18.64%) Finance
3 897 (16.57%) Electronics
4 721 (13.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 414 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 332 (6.13%) Banking
7 314 (5.80%) Retail
8 228 (4.21%) Manufacturing
9 224 (4.14%) Law
10 212 (3.92%) Telecoms
11 195 (3.60%) Marketing
12 181 (3.34%) Games
13 157 (2.90%) Public Sector
14 139 (2.57%) Legal
15 115 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
16 113 (2.09%) Investment Banking
17 90 (1.66%) Corporate Banking
18 85 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
19 83 (1.53%) Multimedia
20 68 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,349 (24.92%) Senior
2 1,014 (18.73%) Lead
3 821 (15.16%) Test Engineer
4 733 (13.54%) Electronics Engineer
5 730 (13.48%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 529 (9.77%) Software Engineer
7 390 (7.20%) Systems Engineer
8 357 (6.59%) Architect
9 345 (6.37%) Developer
10 273 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
11 238 (4.40%) Engineering Manager
12 186 (3.44%) Team Leader
13 172 (3.18%) Analyst
14 163 (3.01%) Senior Manager
15 134 (2.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 122 (2.25%) Senior Developer
17 105 (1.94%) Senior Architect
18 103 (1.90%) Data Engineer
19 102 (1.88%) Consultant
20 101 (1.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 445 (8.22%) .NET
2 350 (6.46%) React
3 339 (6.26%) Node.js
4 252 (4.65%) CSS
5 248 (4.58%) HTML
6 188 (3.47%) Kafka
7 175 (3.23%) REST
8 173 (3.20%) RESTful
9 165 (3.05%) Spring
10 150 (2.77%) Spring Boot
11 125 (2.31%) AngularJS
12 120 (2.22%) HTML5
13 113 (2.09%) CSS3
14 112 (2.07%) Jest
15 111 (2.05%) Redux
15 111 (2.05%) Sass
16 94 (1.74%) Middleware
17 92 (1.70%) JPA
18 72 (1.33%) .NET Framework
19 62 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 820 (15.15%) Driving Licence
2 289 (5.34%) Management Information System
3 251 (4.64%) Linux Command Line
4 249 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 240 (4.43%) Product Ownership
6 219 (4.05%) Cyberattack
7 216 (3.99%) Algorithms
8 142 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
9 99 (1.83%) Cloud Native
10 76 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 74 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
12 71 (1.31%) Blockchain
13 65 (1.20%) e-Learning
14 63 (1.16%) Robotics
15 62 (1.15%) Public Cloud
16 57 (1.05%) Virtual Team
17 55 (1.02%) IoT
18 53 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
19 50 (0.92%) Security Posture
20 47 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 464 (8.57%) Linux
2 344 (6.35%) Windows
3 77 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 52 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 39 (0.72%) Android
6 35 (0.65%) Unix
7 24 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.31%) Windows 10
10 11 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 10 (0.18%) Windows Vista
12 9 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.11%) VMS
14 3 (0.055%) CentOS
14 3 (0.055%) Debian
14 3 (0.055%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.055%) zOS
15 2 (0.037%) CoreOS
15 2 (0.037%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,805 (33.34%) Coaching
2 1,504 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 1,434 (26.49%) Agile
4 921 (17.01%) Computer Science
5 915 (16.90%) Roadmaps
6 874 (16.14%) Software Engineering
7 838 (15.48%) Validation
8 830 (15.33%) Customer Requirements
9 788 (14.55%) DevOps
10 760 (14.04%) Test Strategy
11 743 (13.72%) Verification and Validation
12 627 (11.58%) High Availability
13 615 (11.36%) Product Management
14 573 (10.58%) CI/CD
15 569 (10.51%) Microservices
16 557 (10.29%) Broadcast Engineering
17 524 (9.68%) Project Management
18 486 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
19 462 (8.53%) Technical Leadership
20 459 (8.48%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 763 (14.09%) Python
2 712 (13.15%) JavaScript
3 632 (11.67%) Java
4 590 (10.90%) SQL
5 332 (6.13%) C#
6 319 (5.89%) TypeScript
7 277 (5.12%) C++
8 217 (4.01%) Go
9 208 (3.84%) Rust
10 202 (3.73%) PowerShell
11 162 (2.99%) R
12 123 (2.27%) Bash
13 75 (1.39%) C
14 69 (1.27%) PHP
15 29 (0.54%) Ada
16 28 (0.52%) PL/SQL
17 23 (0.42%) Ruby
18 20 (0.37%) Kotlin
18 20 (0.37%) T-SQL
18 20 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2,450 (45.25%) Degree
2 780 (14.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 743 (13.72%) HND
4 532 (9.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 460 (8.50%) Security Cleared
6 259 (4.78%) DV Cleared
7 228 (4.21%) AWS Certification
8 203 (3.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 199 (3.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 179 (3.31%) AWS Certified Developer
11 151 (2.79%) SC Cleared
12 147 (2.72%) CISSP
13 103 (1.90%) Master's Degree
14 97 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
15 90 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
16 84 (1.55%) CCNA
17 62 (1.15%) CISA
18 61 (1.13%) Azure Certification
19 58 (1.07%) CCNP
19 58 (1.07%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 437 (8.07%) QA
2 175 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 172 (3.18%) Accessibility
4 142 (2.62%) Data Quality
5 114 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 96 (1.77%) GDPR
7 65 (1.20%) NIST
8 64 (1.18%) ITGC
9 38 (0.70%) PMO
10 37 (0.68%) NCSC
11 35 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 31 (0.57%) SOC 2
13 30 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 27 (0.50%) HIPAA
15 23 (0.42%) IFRS
16 22 (0.41%) SLA
17 21 (0.39%) PCI DSS
17 21 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 20 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 19 (0.35%) GAAP
System Software
1 379 (7.00%) Docker
2 144 (2.66%) Active Directory
3 54 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (0.72%) Firmware
5 31 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
7 15 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.28%) XenApp
8 6 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.092%) HDFS
9 5 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.092%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.074%) vSphere
11 1 (0.018%) KVM
11 1 (0.018%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.018%) Snort
11 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 403 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 210 (3.88%) Terraform
3 76 (1.40%) Ansible
4 52 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (0.87%) Grafana
6 41 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 29 (0.54%) Progress Chef
8 21 (0.39%) SCCM
9 20 (0.37%) Puppet
10 12 (0.22%) QRadar
10 12 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (0.18%) CASB
12 9 (0.17%) Argo
13 8 (0.15%) Proxmox
14 7 (0.13%) CA Endevor
15 5 (0.092%) Kibana
15 5 (0.092%) Nagios
15 5 (0.092%) Opsgenie
15 5 (0.092%) vCenter Server
16 4 (0.074%) Istio
Vendors
1 591 (10.92%) Microsoft
2 255 (4.71%) IBM
3 127 (2.35%) Oracle
4 126 (2.33%) Google
5 122 (2.25%) Cisco
6 93 (1.72%) Solace
7 87 (1.61%) SAP
8 85 (1.57%) Databricks
9 81 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 78 (1.44%) VMware
11 70 (1.29%) BT
12 66 (1.22%) Red Hat
13 61 (1.13%) Salesforce
14 45 (0.83%) Adobe
15 30 (0.55%) Citrix
16 28 (0.52%) Meraki
17 26 (0.48%) Okta
18 25 (0.46%) Informatica
19 22 (0.41%) Palo Alto
20 21 (0.39%) CheckPoint