Mentoring Contracts in England

Mentorship
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Mentoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mentoring over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 89 93
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 951 1,299 1,925
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.62% 2.69% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 2.98% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 830 1,327
10th Percentile £398 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +2.69% +9.52%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £700
90th Percentile £850 £763 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 25 57
10th Percentile £15.95 £32.32 £10.98
25th Percentile £25.40 £60.00 £30.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +114.29% -20.45%
75th Percentile £57.12 £83.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £68.13 £88.00 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +9.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,440 43,538 63,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.17% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,583 30,556 45,375
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,239 1,538 1,750
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +6.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in England

Mentoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in England.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in England

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in England

Mentoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in England.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in England

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in England

Mentoring
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 472 £600 -7.69% 659
North of England +44 180 £500 -9.09% 450
North West +27 104 £493 -10.36% 247
South East -9 102 £540 -7.06% 290
South West +21 91 £600 +1.78% 228
Yorkshire +50 75 £550 - 152
Midlands 0 64 £538 +13.26% 247
West Midlands -1 40 £550 +7.32% 146
East Midlands 0 24 £411 -9.12% 100
East of England -7 23 £483 -3.50% 137
North East +8 1 - - 53
Mentoring
UK

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 23 (2.42%) Confluence
2 15 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.95%) Apache
4 9 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.63%) SAS
7 4 (0.42%) govService
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.32%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.21%) Mendix
9 2 (0.21%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.32%) InVision
5 3 (0.32%) Sketch
6 1 (0.11%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.42%) Endur
3 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.42%) Shopify
4 2 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.21%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.11%) Actimize
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 159 (16.72%) Azure
2 120 (12.62%) AWS
3 52 (5.47%) Power Platform
4 38 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (3.58%) GCP
6 29 (3.05%) Serverless
7 21 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (2.00%) SaaS
9 18 (1.89%) Azure API Management
10 17 (1.79%) GitHub
10 17 (1.79%) PaaS
11 12 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (1.16%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.16%) IaaS
13 10 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.00%) Firewall
2 28 (2.94%) Network Security
3 20 (2.10%) DNS
4 17 (1.79%) Internet
4 17 (1.79%) WAN
5 16 (1.68%) VPN
6 14 (1.47%) LAN
7 12 (1.26%) BGP
7 12 (1.26%) DHCP
7 12 (1.26%) Wireless
8 10 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (0.95%) OSPF
9 9 (0.95%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.95%) VoIP
9 9 (0.95%) WLAN
10 8 (0.84%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.63%) PBX
11 6 (0.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.47%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (4.84%) Power BI
4 45 (4.73%) Relational Database
5 24 (2.52%) NoSQL
6 19 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.89%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.79%) Big Data
8 17 (1.79%) Tableau
9 13 (1.37%) MySQL
10 12 (1.26%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.84%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.74%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.63%) Apache Ignite
15 6 (0.63%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.63%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 50 (5.26%) Git
2 42 (4.42%) JIRA
3 25 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.63%) JUnit
4 17 (1.79%) GitLab
5 14 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.84%) Maven
7 6 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.53%) Gradle
8 5 (0.53%) RStudio
8 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.42%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.42%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.42%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.42%) Pylint
9 4 (0.42%) Selenium
9 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.32%) Axure RP
10 3 (0.32%) XCUITest
General
1 330 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 262 (27.55%) Finance
3 137 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 69 (7.26%) Banking
6 50 (5.26%) Front Office
7 43 (4.52%) Telecoms
8 38 (4.00%) Back Office
9 36 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (2.73%) Law
12 25 (2.63%) Marketing
13 24 (2.52%) Retail
14 23 (2.42%) Military
15 22 (2.31%) Legal
16 17 (1.79%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.47%) Games
19 13 (1.37%) Local Government
20 10 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 163 (17.14%) Senior
2 145 (15.25%) Developer
3 136 (14.30%) Lead
4 103 (10.83%) Analyst
5 93 (9.78%) Architect
6 51 (5.36%) Java Developer
7 43 (4.52%) Consultant
8 36 (3.79%) Software Engineer
9 31 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
10 30 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
11 29 (3.05%) Senior Developer
12 27 (2.84%) Project Manager
13 25 (2.63%) Business Analyst
13 25 (2.63%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (2.42%) Lead Developer
15 22 (2.31%) Designer
15 22 (2.31%) Financial Analyst
16 21 (2.21%) Network Engineer
17 20 (2.10%) Banking Analyst
17 20 (2.10%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.20%) React
2 54 (5.68%) REST
3 44 (4.63%) Spring
4 38 (4.00%) Spring Boot
5 37 (3.89%) XML
6 36 (3.79%) .NET
7 29 (3.05%) Kafka
8 28 (2.94%) CSS
8 28 (2.94%) HTML
9 26 (2.73%) JPA
10 25 (2.63%) Hibernate
11 22 (2.31%) JSON
11 22 (2.31%) Web Services
12 20 (2.10%) RESTful
13 19 (2.00%) AngularJS
14 16 (1.68%) Node.js
15 11 (1.16%) jQuery
15 11 (1.16%) Next.js
16 10 (1.05%) Redux
17 9 (0.95%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (7.89%) Management Information System
2 58 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
3 57 (5.99%) Cyber Defence
4 47 (4.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 47 (4.94%) Derivative
5 43 (4.52%) Hedge funds
6 33 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.84%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.84%) Virtual Team
8 20 (2.10%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
10 16 (1.68%) CMDB
11 15 (1.58%) Algorithms
12 14 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.47%) Fixed Income
13 13 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.16%) PKI
15 11 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.94%) Windows
2 40 (4.21%) Linux
3 19 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.16%) Android
5 7 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.42%) Unix
8 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (29.76%) Agile
2 208 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
3 191 (20.08%) Coaching
4 140 (14.72%) DevOps
5 108 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
7 97 (10.20%) Scrum
8 91 (9.57%) CI/CD
9 90 (9.46%) Software Engineering
10 83 (8.73%) Analytics
11 78 (8.20%) Technical Leadership
12 77 (8.10%) Decision-Making
12 77 (8.10%) Roadmaps
13 69 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 68 (7.15%) SIEM
15 65 (6.83%) Service Management
16 64 (6.73%) Incident Response
16 64 (6.73%) ITIL
17 63 (6.62%) Computer Science
18 61 (6.41%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 139 (14.62%) Python
2 110 (11.57%) Java
2 110 (11.57%) SQL
3 99 (10.41%) C#
4 71 (7.47%) JavaScript
5 58 (6.10%) TypeScript
6 27 (2.84%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.89%) Scala
8 16 (1.68%) Bash
9 15 (1.58%) C++
10 12 (1.26%) C
11 11 (1.16%) Kotlin
11 11 (1.16%) Ruby
12 8 (0.84%) Perl
13 7 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.63%) PHP
14 6 (0.63%) R
14 6 (0.63%) Rust
14 6 (0.63%) Swift
15 5 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 239 (25.13%) Security Cleared
2 170 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 126 (13.25%) Degree
4 88 (9.25%) DV Cleared
5 40 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (2.10%) CISSP
8 17 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.47%) CCIE
10 11 (1.16%) CISM
11 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.74%) CCNP
12 7 (0.74%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.63%) CCIE Data Center
13 6 (0.63%) MCTS
13 6 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.53%) MCITP
14 5 (0.53%) PMP
15 4 (0.42%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.41%) QA
2 54 (5.68%) NIST
3 40 (4.21%) NIST 800
4 32 (3.36%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.95%) SLA
8 7 (0.74%) GRC
8 7 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.63%) GDPR
9 6 (0.63%) PMO
10 5 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.53%) NCSC
11 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.11%) HAZOP
12 1 (0.11%) IASME
12 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 48 (5.05%) Docker
2 27 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.42%) vCloud
5 4 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.42%) vSphere
6 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.21%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) iptables
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.11%) XenApp
8 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 44 (4.63%) Terraform
3 28 (2.94%) Ansible
4 9 (0.95%) Grafana
5 5 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.53%) Nessus
5 5 (0.53%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.53%) WSUS
6 4 (0.42%) Kibana
6 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.42%) Puppet
6 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.42%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.32%) CA Service Virtualization
7 3 (0.32%) logstash
7 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.32%) SCCM
8 2 (0.21%) Istio
8 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 142 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.68%) Oracle
3 34 (3.58%) Cisco
4 29 (3.05%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.52%) SAP
6 22 (2.31%) VMware
7 21 (2.21%) Google
8 20 (2.10%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.37%) Databricks
9 13 (1.37%) Juniper
9 13 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.95%) Adobe
10 9 (0.95%) SolarWinds
11 8 (0.84%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.84%) Informatica
11 8 (0.84%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.74%) IBM
12 7 (0.74%) Sparx
13 6 (0.63%) Arista
13 6 (0.63%) CA