Mentoring Contracts with Work from Home Options

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 94 92
Rank change year-on-year +13 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 389 600 1,256
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.63% 2.43% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 2.71% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 397 909
10th Percentile £415 £413 £400
25th Percentile £493 £487 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +6.80%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £655
90th Percentile £840 £778 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 25
10th Percentile - £21.60 -
25th Percentile £15.17 £35.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £75.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +66.67% -31.30%
75th Percentile £31.00 £85.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £35.00 £88.00 £67.47
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Mentoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Mentoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Mentoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Mentoring hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.83%) Confluence
2 9 (2.31%) Apache
3 6 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.29%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.03%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.77%) IIS
7 2 (0.51%) Drupal
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.26%) SAS
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (1.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.51%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.51%) Camtasia
3 2 (0.51%) Lectora
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Endur
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.51%) Shopify
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 97 (24.94%) Azure
2 81 (20.82%) AWS
3 34 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.48%) Serverless
5 26 (6.68%) GCP
6 24 (6.17%) Power Platform
7 22 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (5.40%) GitHub
9 16 (4.11%) Azure API Management
9 16 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
9 16 (4.11%) SaaS
10 14 (3.60%) Amazon S3
10 14 (3.60%) IaaS
10 14 (3.60%) PaaS
11 13 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.83%) dbt
13 8 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.60%) Firewall
2 11 (2.83%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.80%) DNS
4 5 (1.29%) BGP
4 5 (1.29%) DHCP
4 5 (1.29%) HTTP
4 5 (1.29%) Network Security
4 5 (1.29%) VLAN
4 5 (1.29%) VPN
5 3 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.77%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.77%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.51%) OSPF
6 2 (0.51%) SSL
6 2 (0.51%) VSAN
7 1 (0.26%) HbbTV
7 1 (0.26%) Intranet
7 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.68%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.17%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.14%) Power BI
4 17 (4.37%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.86%) MongoDB
5 15 (3.86%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.34%) Amazon Aurora
7 12 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.57%) RDBMS
10 9 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.54%) Apache Arrow
12 6 (1.54%) Apache Ignite
12 6 (1.54%) Dremio
12 6 (1.54%) MySQL
13 5 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.29%) Big Data
13 5 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 29 (7.46%) JIRA
2 27 (6.94%) Git
3 14 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.57%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.80%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.80%) GitLab
6 5 (1.29%) Maven
7 4 (1.03%) Gradle
7 4 (1.03%) Selenium
7 4 (1.03%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.77%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.51%) Appium
9 2 (0.51%) git-flow
9 2 (0.51%) Pylint
9 2 (0.51%) RStudio
9 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.51%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.51%) XCTest
9 2 (0.51%) XCUITest
General
1 135 (34.70%) Finance
2 111 (28.53%) Social Skills
3 66 (16.97%) Public Sector
4 56 (14.40%) Banking
5 49 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (10.80%) Front Office
7 37 (9.51%) Back Office
8 13 (3.34%) Retail
9 12 (3.08%) Marketing
10 10 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.31%) Publishing
11 9 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.80%) Law
13 6 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.03%) Electronics
14 4 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 73 (18.77%) Senior
2 59 (15.17%) Lead
3 58 (14.91%) Developer
4 51 (13.11%) Analyst
5 28 (7.20%) Architect
6 20 (5.14%) Banking Analyst
6 20 (5.14%) Financial Analyst
6 20 (5.14%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (5.14%) SQL Analyst
6 20 (5.14%) Technical Analyst
7 16 (4.11%) Consultant
7 16 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (3.60%) DBA
8 14 (3.60%) Senior Technical Engineer
8 14 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.60%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (3.34%) Delivery Manager
9 13 (3.34%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.08%) Java Developer
11 11 (2.83%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.48%) XML
2 21 (5.40%) HTML
3 20 (5.14%) CSS
4 19 (4.88%) React
5 15 (3.86%) Kafka
5 15 (3.86%) REST
6 13 (3.34%) JSON
7 12 (3.08%) Node.js
8 11 (2.83%) .NET
8 11 (2.83%) ARM Templates
8 11 (2.83%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.57%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (2.57%) RESTful
10 9 (2.31%) Spring
11 8 (2.06%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.06%) jQuery
11 8 (2.06%) Spring Boot
11 8 (2.06%) Web Services
12 7 (1.80%) LDAP
12 7 (1.80%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.28%) Derivative
1 40 (10.28%) Hedge funds
2 30 (7.71%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.83%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.57%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.57%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.57%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.80%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.80%) Fixed Income
5 7 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.54%) CMDB
6 6 (1.54%) Equities
6 6 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.29%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.29%) NHS
7 5 (1.29%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.60%) Linux
2 13 (3.34%) Windows
3 5 (1.29%) Android
4 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (34.70%) Agile
2 84 (21.59%) DevOps
3 81 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (20.31%) Coaching
5 52 (13.37%) Technical Leadership
6 50 (12.85%) Asset Management
7 47 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (10.80%) CI/CD
9 40 (10.28%) Investment Management
10 39 (10.03%) Analytics
10 39 (10.03%) Software Engineering
11 35 (9.00%) Project Management
12 33 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (8.48%) Decision-Making
13 30 (7.71%) Test Automation
14 29 (7.46%) Scrum
14 29 (7.46%) Test Strategy
15 28 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
17 26 (6.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 96 (24.68%) Python
2 73 (18.77%) SQL
3 65 (16.71%) C#
4 54 (13.88%) Java
5 45 (11.57%) JavaScript
6 28 (7.20%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.57%) Bash
8 9 (2.31%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.31%) Ruby
9 7 (1.80%) Scala
10 6 (1.54%) Go
10 6 (1.54%) PHP
11 5 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.03%) C++
12 4 (1.03%) Groovy
12 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.77%) C
13 3 (0.77%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.77%) R
14 2 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (18.51%) Security Cleared
2 62 (15.94%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.57%) Degree
4 13 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.83%) CISSP
6 8 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.06%) PMP
7 6 (1.54%) CISM
8 5 (1.29%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.03%) APMP
9 4 (1.03%) CCNA
9 4 (1.03%) CEH
9 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.03%) MCTS
9 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.03%) SANS
10 3 (0.77%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.74%) QA
2 24 (6.17%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.34%) NCSC
4 9 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.31%) NIST
5 5 (1.29%) GRC
5 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.77%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.77%) SLA
7 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.51%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 2 (0.51%) WCAG
8 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.26%) HL7
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.26%) PMBOK
System Software
1 36 (9.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.51%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (9.77%) Terraform
2 35 (9.00%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.66%) Ansible
4 13 (3.34%) Grafana
5 5 (1.29%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.29%) Puppet
6 4 (1.03%) Kibana
7 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.51%) logstash
8 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.51%) VxRail
9 1 (0.26%) Argo
9 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.26%) FreeIPA
9 1 (0.26%) Icinga
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.26%) Nagios
9 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.17%) Oracle
3 16 (4.11%) Google
4 9 (2.31%) Adobe
5 8 (2.06%) SAP
6 7 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.54%) Splunk
8 5 (1.29%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.29%) VMware
9 4 (1.03%) Cisco
9 4 (1.03%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.03%) Databricks
9 4 (1.03%) Dell
10 3 (0.77%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.51%) Apple
11 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.51%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.51%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.51%) SolarWinds