Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 27 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 26 53 36
Rank change year-on-year +27 -17 +10
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 2,545 588 559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.58% 5.26% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.03% 5.61% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 521 494
10th Percentile £35,745 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £88,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +4.55%

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,177 10,482 6,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 95.04% 93.77% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 21,599 9,261 5,930
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

Mentoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Mentoring trend for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 27 January 2022.

Mentoring salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 January 2022, Mentoring job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Mentoring.

1 1,339 (52.61%) Agile Software Development
2 775 (30.45%) Coaching
3 624 (24.52%) Social Skills
4 549 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 549 (21.57%) Azure
5 523 (20.55%) Finance
6 509 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 507 (19.92%) .NET
8 505 (19.84%) C#
9 495 (19.45%) AWS
10 483 (18.98%) Degree
11 449 (17.64%) SQL
12 431 (16.94%) CI/CD
13 430 (16.90%) Scrum
14 428 (16.82%) DevOps
15 402 (15.80%) Java
16 349 (13.71%) React
17 313 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
18 309 (12.14%) TypeScript
19 297 (11.67%) Full Stack Development
19 297 (11.67%) TDD
20 280 (11.00%) Python
21 274 (10.77%) Test Automation
22 271 (10.65%) CSS
23 265 (10.41%) HTML
23 265 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
24 260 (10.22%) AngularJS
25 259 (10.18%) Greenfield Project
26 254 (9.98%) Microservices
27 252 (9.90%) Microsoft

Mentoring
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 143 (5.62%) SAS
2 48 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 24 (0.94%) Apache
4 22 (0.86%) Apache Solr
5 19 (0.75%) nginx
6 17 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
7 16 (0.63%) Confluence
8 14 (0.55%) CMS
9 12 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 9 (0.35%) Apache Spark
10 9 (0.35%) WordPress
11 6 (0.24%) IIS
12 5 (0.20%) Drupal
13 4 (0.16%) IBM Domino
13 4 (0.16%) JBoss
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.16%) WebSphere
14 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.039%) MS Exchange
15 1 (0.039%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.16%) Sketch
7 3 (0.12%) InVision
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.079%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.079%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.079%) EngageOne
8 2 (0.079%) InDesign
8 2 (0.079%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.039%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.039%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.039%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 20 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
2 18 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.31%) Summit
5 5 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.20%) SAP BPC
5 5 (0.20%) Shopify
6 4 (0.16%) Magento
7 3 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.079%) Avolution ABACUS
8 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.079%) Social Studio
8 2 (0.079%) Toggl
9 1 (0.039%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle Payroll
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.039%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 549 (21.57%) Azure
2 495 (19.45%) AWS
3 190 (7.47%) SaaS
4 150 (5.89%) GCP
5 108 (4.24%) iPaaS
6 91 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
7 78 (3.06%) Serverless
8 56 (2.20%) Boomi
9 54 (2.12%) AtomSphere
10 53 (2.08%) GitHub
11 49 (1.93%) Power Platform
12 46 (1.81%) Azure Active Directory
13 36 (1.41%) Amazon S3
14 34 (1.34%) OpenShift
14 34 (1.34%) PaaS
15 32 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
17 27 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
17 27 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
18 26 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.32%) Firewall
2 24 (0.94%) HTTP
2 24 (0.94%) Internet
3 22 (0.86%) DNS
4 18 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.63%) DHCP
5 16 (0.63%) Network Security
6 14 (0.55%) LAN
7 12 (0.47%) HTTPS
7 12 (0.47%) VLAN
8 9 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (0.31%) VoIP
9 8 (0.31%) WAN
10 7 (0.28%) IPv6
10 7 (0.28%) Multicast
10 7 (0.28%) RTSP
10 7 (0.28%) UPnP
10 7 (0.28%) VPN
11 5 (0.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 128 (5.03%) MongoDB
3 118 (4.64%) Relational Database
4 106 (4.17%) MySQL
5 103 (4.05%) NoSQL
6 57 (2.24%) Redis
7 48 (1.89%) Data Lake
8 44 (1.73%) Power BI
9 41 (1.61%) Big Data
10 39 (1.53%) Tableau
11 37 (1.45%) Spotfire
12 35 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
13 31 (1.22%) DTS
14 30 (1.18%) Amazon DynamoDB
14 30 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
14 30 (1.18%) Hadoop
15 29 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
16 20 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 19 (0.75%) Couchbase
18 17 (0.67%) Blockchain
Development Applications
1 243 (9.55%) Git (software)
2 135 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 109 (4.28%) JIRA
4 47 (1.85%) Selenium
5 44 (1.73%) TeamCity
6 43 (1.69%) Subversion
7 31 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 28 (1.10%) Bitbucket
9 26 (1.02%) Cypress.io
10 22 (0.86%) Postman
11 20 (0.79%) Axure RP
12 19 (0.75%) Maven
13 16 (0.63%) Eclipse
13 16 (0.63%) GitLab
14 15 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
15 14 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
15 14 (0.55%) webpack
16 13 (0.51%) Cucumber
16 13 (0.51%) JIRA Agile
16 13 (0.51%) SpecFlow
General
1 624 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 523 (20.55%) Finance
3 265 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (7.27%) Marketing
5 98 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 95 (3.73%) Pharmaceutical
7 83 (3.26%) Banking
7 83 (3.26%) Retail
8 78 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 76 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 68 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 63 (2.48%) Legal
12 61 (2.40%) Billing
13 46 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 44 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 35 (1.38%) Games
16 30 (1.18%) Automotive
16 30 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (1.02%) Law
17 26 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 826 (32.46%) Developer
2 253 (9.94%) Senior Developer
3 212 (8.33%) Graduate
4 182 (7.15%) C# Developer
5 180 (7.07%) Analyst
6 177 (6.95%) Architect
7 170 (6.68%) Software Engineer
8 148 (5.82%) .NET Developer
9 142 (5.58%) Software Developer
10 140 (5.50%) Programmer
11 104 (4.09%) Lead Developer
12 86 (3.38%) Senior .NET Developer
13 83 (3.26%) Java Developer
14 79 (3.10%) Statistical Programmer
14 79 (3.10%) Team Leader
15 76 (2.99%) Consultant
16 75 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
17 74 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
17 74 (2.91%) Senior C# Developer
17 74 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 507 (19.92%) .NET
2 349 (13.71%) React
3 271 (10.65%) CSS
4 265 (10.41%) HTML
5 260 (10.22%) AngularJS
6 229 (9.00%) Node.js
7 203 (7.98%) .NET Core
8 202 (7.94%) REST
9 162 (6.37%) RESTful
10 148 (5.82%) XML
11 146 (5.74%) Web Services
12 130 (5.11%) ASP.NET
13 126 (4.95%) Vue.js
14 109 (4.28%) JSON
15 91 (3.58%) jQuery
16 83 (3.26%) ASP.NET MVC
16 83 (3.26%) Kafka
17 77 (3.03%) Spring
18 70 (2.75%) .NET Framework
19 68 (2.67%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 259 (10.18%) Greenfield Project
2 175 (6.88%) User Experience
3 152 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 92 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 78 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
6 68 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 59 (2.32%) Mobile App
8 53 (2.08%) Virtual Team
9 51 (2.00%) Legacy Code
10 48 (1.89%) PMI
11 46 (1.81%) Social Media
12 44 (1.73%) Data Structures
13 42 (1.65%) Algorithms
14 40 (1.57%) Data Centre
15 36 (1.41%) Life Science
16 34 (1.34%) e-Health
17 29 (1.14%) Public Cloud
18 26 (1.02%) Driving Licence
19 24 (0.94%) Management Information System
20 19 (0.75%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 141 (5.54%) Windows
2 136 (5.34%) Linux
3 56 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 47 (1.85%) Android
5 39 (1.53%) Apple iOS
6 30 (1.18%) Unix
7 28 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.24%) CentOS
10 6 (0.24%) Debian
10 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.039%) Mesosphere
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,339 (52.61%) Agile Software Development
2 775 (30.45%) Coaching
3 509 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 431 (16.94%) CI/CD
5 430 (16.90%) Scrum
6 428 (16.82%) DevOps
7 313 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
8 297 (11.67%) Full Stack Development
8 297 (11.67%) TDD
9 274 (10.77%) Test Automation
10 254 (9.98%) Microservices
11 246 (9.67%) Project Management
12 212 (8.33%) Computer Science
13 177 (6.95%) MVC
14 176 (6.92%) SDLC
15 163 (6.40%) Technical Leadership
16 151 (5.93%) Analytics
17 146 (5.74%) Kanban
18 143 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
19 138 (5.42%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 549 (21.57%) JavaScript
2 505 (19.84%) C#
3 449 (17.64%) SQL
4 402 (15.80%) Java
5 309 (12.14%) TypeScript
6 280 (11.00%) Python
7 92 (3.61%) T-SQL
8 91 (3.58%) Ruby
9 90 (3.54%) PHP
10 88 (3.46%) C
11 87 (3.42%) R
12 66 (2.59%) C++
13 54 (2.12%) Scala
14 50 (1.96%) Go
15 40 (1.57%) Java 8
16 39 (1.53%) Kotlin
17 38 (1.49%) PowerShell
18 34 (1.34%) VB.NET
19 26 (1.02%) Apex Code
20 24 (0.94%) Apple Swift
Qualifications
1 483 (18.98%) Degree
2 230 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 214 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 164 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 48 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 46 (1.81%) CISSP
8 22 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (0.71%) APMP
11 16 (0.63%) CISM
12 15 (0.59%) ISTQB
13 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.55%) PhD
14 10 (0.39%) CCNA
14 10 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 9 (0.35%) CCNP
15 9 (0.35%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.31%) OCP
16 8 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (8.72%) QA
2 68 (2.67%) CDISC
3 47 (1.85%) NIST
4 44 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 37 (1.45%) GDPR
5 37 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.14%) PCI DSS
7 29 (1.14%) SLA
8 13 (0.51%) PMO
9 10 (0.39%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
11 2 (0.079%) GRC
11 2 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.079%) P3O
12 1 (0.039%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.039%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.039%) NCSC
12 1 (0.039%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.039%) Solvency II
System Software
1 228 (8.96%) Docker
2 66 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.35%) vSphere
5 8 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.28%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.079%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.079%) Firmware
8 2 (0.079%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 138 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 107 (4.20%) Terraform
3 50 (1.96%) Ansible
4 42 (1.65%) Opscode Chef
5 40 (1.57%) Puppet
6 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.67%) Amdocs OSS
9 10 (0.39%) WSUS
10 8 (0.31%) Kibana
11 7 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
11 7 (0.28%) PTC Integrity
11 7 (0.28%) SCCM
12 6 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 6 (0.24%) Salt
12 6 (0.24%) vCenter Server
13 5 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.16%) Cisco UCCX
14 4 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 252 (9.90%) Microsoft
2 79 (3.10%) Oracle
3 74 (2.91%) ServiceNow
4 73 (2.87%) Google
5 68 (2.67%) MuleSoft
6 63 (2.48%) Salesforce.com
7 55 (2.16%) Dell
8 32 (1.26%) SAP
9 30 (1.18%) Cisco
10 22 (0.86%) Adobe
10 22 (0.86%) Mercator
10 22 (0.86%) Xamarin
11 20 (0.79%) Zend
12 19 (0.75%) VMware
13 18 (0.71%) Apple
13 18 (0.71%) Sparx
14 17 (0.67%) Amdocs
15 16 (0.63%) IBM
16 12 (0.47%) Bloomberg
17 11 (0.43%) Splunk