Hybrid/Remote Mentoring Job Trends

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Mentoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 2,082 1,600 2,529
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.17% 9.69% 10.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.08% 10.42% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,447 869 1,661
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,988
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £67,037 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +6.78% -10.31%
75th Percentile £84,875 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - +5.69% -9.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,798 15,349 21,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.91% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,570 9,030 15,663
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mentoring and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Mentoring job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Mentoring
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Mentoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Mentoring

Mentoring
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Mentoring salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Mentoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 52 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.83%) Confluence
3 31 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (1.34%) CMS
5 17 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.62%) Anypoint
6 13 (0.62%) Mule
7 11 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.53%) WordPress
8 9 (0.43%) SAS
9 8 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.29%) Apache
12 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.19%) Camunda
13 4 (0.19%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.14%) Artix
14 3 (0.14%) Moodle
15 2 (0.096%) Apache Solr
15 2 (0.096%) Drupal
Applications
1 42 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 12 (0.58%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.34%) InDesign
8 5 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.24%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.19%) Revit
9 4 (0.19%) Trello
10 3 (0.14%) Sketch
11 2 (0.096%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.048%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.15%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.53%) Workday HCM
3 9 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.096%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.096%) Primavera
9 2 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.096%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.096%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.048%) HFM
10 1 (0.048%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 681 (32.71%) Azure
2 579 (27.81%) AWS
3 256 (12.30%) GCP
4 168 (8.07%) SaaS
5 134 (6.44%) Entra ID
6 113 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
7 112 (5.38%) Serverless
8 103 (4.95%) Power Platform
9 95 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
10 81 (3.89%) GitHub
11 49 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
12 48 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
13 46 (2.21%) Figma
14 43 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
15 38 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
16 35 (1.68%) Amazon S3
16 35 (1.68%) PaaS
17 31 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
19 29 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 110 (5.28%) Broadband
2 66 (3.17%) Firewall
3 42 (2.02%) VPN
4 39 (1.87%) DNS
5 34 (1.63%) WAN
6 32 (1.54%) LAN
6 32 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 28 (1.34%) VLAN
8 26 (1.25%) Network Security
9 23 (1.10%) DHCP
10 19 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (0.82%) HTTP
12 16 (0.77%) VoIP
12 16 (0.77%) Wireless
13 15 (0.72%) Unified Communications
13 15 (0.72%) WLAN
14 14 (0.67%) SSL
15 11 (0.53%) CTI
16 8 (0.38%) Internet
17 7 (0.34%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 61 (2.93%) Power BI
4 51 (2.45%) MongoDB
5 45 (2.16%) MySQL
6 41 (1.97%) BigQuery
6 41 (1.97%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.34%) DynamoDB
8 27 (1.30%) Metadata
9 25 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
11 20 (0.96%) Data Lake
12 18 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (0.77%) Big Data
14 15 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (0.72%) Pinecone
15 14 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (0.67%) Looker
16 12 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.66%) Git
2 52 (2.50%) JIRA
3 42 (2.02%) GitLab
4 38 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 34 (1.63%) TeamCity
6 23 (1.10%) JUnit
7 20 (0.96%) Selenium
8 15 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.72%) Maven
8 15 (0.72%) Mockito
9 10 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.48%) Gatling
10 8 (0.38%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.38%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 7 (0.34%) Postman
12 6 (0.29%) JMeter
12 6 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 761 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 479 (23.01%) Public Sector
3 446 (21.42%) Finance
4 205 (9.85%) Legal
5 200 (9.61%) Law
6 199 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 183 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
8 89 (4.27%) Marketing
9 76 (3.65%) Banking
10 72 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
10 72 (3.46%) Retail
11 61 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (2.69%) Games
14 29 (1.39%) Back Office
14 29 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 29 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.15%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.10%) Advertising
16 23 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 702 (33.72%) Senior
2 507 (24.35%) Lead
3 259 (12.44%) Developer
4 195 (9.37%) Software Engineer
5 172 (8.26%) Senior Manager
6 151 (7.25%) Architect
7 142 (6.82%) Analyst
8 99 (4.76%) Lead Developer
9 87 (4.18%) Consultant
10 81 (3.89%) Senior Developer
11 68 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
12 64 (3.07%) Lead Software Engineer
13 63 (3.03%) Technical Leader
14 61 (2.93%) Senior Software Engineer
14 61 (2.93%) Team Leader
15 56 (2.69%) Lead Architect
16 55 (2.64%) Data Engineer
16 55 (2.64%) Technical Architect
17 53 (2.55%) Business Analyst
18 52 (2.50%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (9.27%) React
2 129 (6.20%) Node.js
3 117 (5.62%) .NET
4 85 (4.08%) REST
5 56 (2.69%) RESTful
6 53 (2.55%) PyTorch
7 51 (2.45%) CSS
7 51 (2.45%) TensorFlow
8 47 (2.26%) Spring
9 37 (1.78%) AngularJS
10 34 (1.63%) Next.js
11 30 (1.44%) Playwright
12 29 (1.39%) Vue
13 28 (1.34%) ASP.NET
14 27 (1.30%) AWS CDK
14 27 (1.30%) Spring Boot
15 26 (1.25%) HTML
16 25 (1.20%) Hugging Face
16 25 (1.20%) WPF
17 24 (1.15%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 232 (11.14%) Cloud Native
2 129 (6.20%) Product Ownership
3 75 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
4 73 (3.51%) Virtual Team
5 70 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 64 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
7 61 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
7 61 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
8 45 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 43 (2.07%) AI Agents
9 43 (2.07%) Management Information System
10 33 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.54%) Mobile App
12 29 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
13 26 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
14 25 (1.20%) Driving Licence
15 22 (1.06%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.06%) Blog
16 21 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
16 21 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 127 (6.10%) Windows
2 107 (5.14%) Linux
3 47 (2.26%) Unix
4 46 (2.21%) Windows Server
5 42 (2.02%) Android
6 34 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.29%) VMS
8 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.14%) VME
11 2 (0.096%) CentOS
11 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.048%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.048%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (36.84%) Agile
2 656 (31.51%) Coaching
3 639 (30.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 586 (28.15%) CI/CD
5 465 (22.33%) AI
6 436 (20.94%) Software Engineering
7 415 (19.93%) DevOps
8 390 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
9 371 (17.82%) Technical Leadership
10 338 (16.23%) Test Automation
11 337 (16.19%) Roadmaps
12 295 (14.17%) Decision-Making
13 256 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 254 (12.20%) Microservices
15 242 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
16 239 (11.48%) Infrastructure as Code
17 214 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
18 198 (9.51%) Analytics
19 188 (9.03%) Collaborative Working
20 181 (8.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 408 (19.60%) Python
2 300 (14.41%) SQL
3 246 (11.82%) JavaScript
4 230 (11.05%) Java
5 227 (10.90%) C#
6 213 (10.23%) TypeScript
7 113 (5.43%) PowerShell
8 57 (2.74%) Bash
9 40 (1.92%) C++
10 36 (1.73%) PHP
11 35 (1.68%) Go
12 23 (1.10%) Bicep
13 22 (1.06%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.82%) Ruby
15 15 (0.72%) C
16 13 (0.62%) DataWeave
17 10 (0.48%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.48%) VBA
18 9 (0.43%) R
18 9 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 266 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 264 (12.68%) Degree
3 230 (11.05%) SC Cleared
4 86 (4.13%) CISSP
5 74 (3.55%) CISM
6 61 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (2.69%) Network+ Certification
8 55 (2.64%) A+ Certification
9 54 (2.59%) Azure Certification
10 38 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 28 (1.34%) Master's Degree
12 28 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (1.30%) DBS Check
14 26 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 26 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
15 22 (1.06%) ACCA
16 21 (1.01%) CIMA
17 17 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (0.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (7.54%) QA
2 155 (7.44%) Accessibility
3 70 (3.36%) Data Quality
4 52 (2.50%) WCAG
5 51 (2.45%) GDPR
6 35 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.49%) NIST
8 29 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.15%) GRC
10 19 (0.91%) PMO
11 16 (0.77%) NCSC
12 11 (0.53%) SLA
13 10 (0.48%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.24%) IFRS
14 5 (0.24%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.14%) COBIT
15 3 (0.14%) PERC
15 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 156 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 138 (6.63%) Docker
3 35 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 32 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (1.20%) Firmware
6 14 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 13 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.38%) vSphere
10 1 (0.048%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.048%) KVM
10 1 (0.048%) QEMU
10 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.048%) Xen
Systems Management
1 206 (9.89%) Terraform
2 190 (9.13%) Kubernetes
3 100 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (1.97%) Grafana
5 26 (1.25%) Ansible
6 22 (1.06%) Argo
7 13 (0.62%) CloudHub
8 12 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.43%) Packer
9 9 (0.43%) SCCM
10 6 (0.29%) Istio
10 6 (0.29%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.24%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.14%) QRadar
13 2 (0.096%) Autotask
13 2 (0.096%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.096%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 2 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 371 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.18%) Google
3 82 (3.94%) ServiceNow
4 81 (3.89%) Adobe
5 61 (2.93%) CyberArk
6 59 (2.83%) Oracle
7 49 (2.35%) Cisco
8 46 (2.21%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.83%) Apple
10 37 (1.78%) VMware
11 30 (1.44%) Databricks
11 30 (1.44%) SAP
12 21 (1.01%) Palo Alto
13 18 (0.86%) IBM
14 16 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 15 (0.72%) Foundry
15 15 (0.72%) Workday
16 13 (0.62%) Aruba
16 13 (0.62%) MuleSoft
17 12 (0.58%) Pega
1,541 hybrid/remote Mentoring jobs