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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 91 94
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 +13
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 938 1,256 1,975
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.51% 2.66% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.96% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 808 1,373
10th Percentile £375 £398 £413
25th Percentile £463 £481 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +3.56% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £850 £763 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £578 £560
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.13% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 25 55
10th Percentile £17.26 £32.32 £10.91
25th Percentile £26.12 £51.83 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +114.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £57.41 £83.31 £58.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £84.36 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% -

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 31,926 42,491 64,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 89.97% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,742 29,811 46,026
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,532 1,720
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.51
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +10.45%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -5 470 £600 -7.30% 643
North of England +46 179 £500 -9.09% 422
South East 0 102 £540 -6.09% 304
North West +31 101 £493 -10.36% 250
South West +20 97 £600 - 225
Yorkshire +45 77 £550 +2.33% 124
Midlands -12 61 £523 +8.85% 275
West Midlands -7 37 £550 +12.24% 179
East of England -7 25 £500 - 107
East Midlands -5 24 £411 -11.56% 95
North East +5 1 - - 49
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 25 (2.67%) Confluence
2 16 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.96%) Apache
5 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.53%) SAS
7 4 (0.43%) 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
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%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.32%) InVision
6 3 (0.32%) Sketch
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.11%) Elementor
8 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) Endur
4 4 (0.43%) Shopify
5 2 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.21%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.21%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 155 (16.52%) Azure
2 115 (12.26%) AWS
3 47 (5.01%) Power Platform
4 41 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (3.84%) GCP
6 34 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (2.99%) Serverless
8 23 (2.45%) SaaS
9 22 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (2.03%) Azure API Management
11 19 (2.03%) PaaS
12 14 (1.49%) GitHub
13 12 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.17%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.07%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.07%) dbt
15 10 (1.07%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.52%) Firewall
2 26 (2.77%) Network Security
3 20 (2.13%) DNS
4 18 (1.92%) Internet
5 17 (1.81%) WAN
6 15 (1.60%) LAN
7 14 (1.49%) DHCP
7 14 (1.49%) VPN
8 11 (1.17%) BGP
9 10 (1.07%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (1.07%) TCP/IP
9 10 (1.07%) Wireless
10 9 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.96%) VoIP
10 9 (0.96%) WLAN
11 8 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (0.85%) OSPF
12 7 (0.75%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.64%) IPsec
13 6 (0.64%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.69%) Relational Database
3 43 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (4.16%) Power BI
5 19 (2.03%) Big Data
5 19 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.71%) MongoDB
7 14 (1.49%) MySQL
8 13 (1.39%) Tableau
9 10 (1.07%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.75%) Apache Arrow
12 7 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.64%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.64%) Data Mining
13 6 (0.64%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 53 (5.65%) Git
2 41 (4.37%) JIRA
3 25 (2.67%) JUnit
4 22 (2.35%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.92%) GitLab
6 9 (0.96%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.64%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.53%) RStudio
9 4 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.43%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.43%) Maven
9 4 (0.43%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.43%) Pylint
9 4 (0.43%) Selenium
10 3 (0.32%) Android Studio
10 3 (0.32%) fastlane
10 3 (0.32%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.32%) XCUITest
General
1 338 (36.03%) Social Skills
2 241 (25.69%) Finance
3 136 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 65 (6.93%) Banking
6 43 (4.58%) Front Office
7 39 (4.16%) Telecoms
8 37 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (3.20%) Back Office
10 28 (2.99%) Retail
11 25 (2.67%) Legal
12 24 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.56%) Military
13 20 (2.13%) Law
14 18 (1.92%) Marketing
15 13 (1.39%) Games
15 13 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.28%) Local Government
16 12 (1.28%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.07%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (18.02%) Senior
2 148 (15.78%) Developer
3 135 (14.39%) Lead
4 100 (10.66%) Analyst
5 90 (9.59%) Architect
6 53 (5.65%) Java Developer
7 45 (4.80%) Consultant
8 41 (4.37%) Software Engineer
9 33 (3.52%) Senior Developer
10 31 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
11 30 (3.20%) Project Manager
11 30 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (2.99%) Business Analyst
13 24 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (2.56%) Lead Developer
14 20 (2.13%) Designer
14 20 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (2.03%) Senior Manager
15 19 (2.03%) Technical Leader
16 18 (1.92%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.97%) React
2 54 (5.76%) REST
3 44 (4.69%) Spring
4 40 (4.26%) Spring Boot
5 34 (3.62%) .NET
6 32 (3.41%) HTML
7 31 (3.30%) CSS
7 31 (3.30%) XML
8 26 (2.77%) JPA
9 25 (2.67%) Hibernate
9 25 (2.67%) Kafka
10 21 (2.24%) Web Services
11 19 (2.03%) RESTful
12 18 (1.92%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.81%) JSON
14 16 (1.71%) Node.js
15 14 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
16 11 (1.17%) jQuery
17 10 (1.07%) Redux
18 9 (0.96%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.96%) Management Information System
2 72 (7.68%) Cyber Threat
3 69 (7.36%) Cyber Defence
4 57 (6.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 39 (4.16%) Derivative
6 35 (3.73%) Hedge funds
7 31 (3.30%) Data Centre
8 30 (3.20%) Virtual Team
9 26 (2.77%) Product Ownership
10 19 (2.03%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.71%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.49%) CMDB
14 14 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.49%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.90%) Windows
2 41 (4.37%) Linux
3 19 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.92%) Android
5 14 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.43%) Unix
8 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (29.00%) Agile
2 208 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (21.11%) Coaching
4 130 (13.86%) DevOps
5 112 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
6 110 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 96 (10.23%) Scrum
7 96 (10.23%) Software Engineering
8 89 (9.49%) Analytics
9 86 (9.17%) CI/CD
10 83 (8.85%) Technical Leadership
11 81 (8.64%) Decision-Making
12 79 (8.42%) SIEM
13 78 (8.32%) Roadmaps
14 75 (8.00%) Incident Response
15 73 (7.78%) Project Management
16 72 (7.68%) Incident Management
16 72 (7.68%) Stakeholder Management
17 70 (7.46%) Computer Science
18 69 (7.36%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 119 (12.69%) Python
2 110 (11.73%) Java
3 102 (10.87%) SQL
4 92 (9.81%) C#
5 68 (7.25%) JavaScript
6 59 (6.29%) TypeScript
7 27 (2.88%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.03%) Scala
9 16 (1.71%) Bash
10 14 (1.49%) Ruby
11 13 (1.39%) C++
11 13 (1.39%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.28%) C
13 9 (0.96%) Swift
14 8 (0.85%) Perl
15 7 (0.75%) PHP
15 7 (0.75%) Rust
16 6 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.53%) Go
17 5 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 249 (26.55%) Security Cleared
2 170 (18.12%) SC Cleared
3 129 (13.75%) Degree
4 95 (10.13%) DV Cleared
5 46 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 21 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.03%) CISSP
9 14 (1.49%) CCIE
10 11 (1.17%) CISM
10 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.96%) PMP
13 6 (0.64%) CCIE Data Center
13 6 (0.64%) MCTS
13 6 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.53%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.53%) MCITP
15 4 (0.43%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.72%) QA
2 60 (6.40%) NIST
3 50 (5.33%) NIST 800
4 33 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.96%) PMO
7 8 (0.85%) SLA
8 6 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.64%) GRC
8 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.53%) GDPR
9 5 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.43%) NCSC
11 2 (0.21%) HAZOP
11 2 (0.21%) P3O
11 2 (0.21%) SEPA
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.11%) JTAG
12 1 (0.11%) PMBOK
System Software
1 44 (4.69%) Docker
2 30 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.43%) vCloud
5 4 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.43%) vSphere
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.32%) XenApp
6 3 (0.32%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.11%) iptables
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (6.08%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.48%) Terraform
3 32 (3.41%) Ansible
4 13 (1.39%) Kibana
5 12 (1.28%) logstash
6 9 (0.96%) Grafana
7 5 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.53%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.53%) WSUS
8 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.43%) Nessus
8 4 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.43%) Puppet
8 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.32%) Istio
9 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.32%) SCCM
10 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 151 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.30%) Cisco
3 27 (2.88%) Oracle
4 23 (2.45%) ServiceNow
5 22 (2.35%) Google
6 20 (2.13%) SAP
7 19 (2.03%) Palo Alto
8 16 (1.71%) VMware
9 14 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.39%) Databricks
10 13 (1.39%) Juniper
11 12 (1.28%) Tanium
12 11 (1.17%) Adobe
13 9 (0.96%) SolarWinds
14 8 (0.85%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.85%) Informatica
15 7 (0.75%) IBM
15 7 (0.75%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.75%) Sparx
16 6 (0.64%) Arista