Mentorship
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 7,803 12,544 14,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.86% 12.43% 9.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.19% 13.01% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,047 4,082 6,162
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,973
25th Percentile £43,329 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,419 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £104,970 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.26% +8.70% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Mentoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Salary trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -8 6,865 £62,500 -10.71% 1,929
UK excluding London -16 5,638 £57,965 -7.26% 1,422
Work from Home +13 3,591 £63,500 -9.29% 911
North of England -4 1,985 £60,000 -4.00% 414
London +8 1,848 £78,205 -2.60% 634
South East -3 1,227 £57,500 -14.81% 277
North West -6 1,049 £57,965 -3.39% 217
Midlands -13 850 £50,000 -13.04% 234
Yorkshire +6 650 £61,206 -5.84% 148
South West -20 596 £57,500 +4.55% 212
West Midlands -11 527 £56,371 -1.96% 133
Scotland -42 498 £60,000 -13.60% 111
East Midlands -15 309 £44,441 -22.71% 100
East of England -33 295 £55,173 -4.05% 134
North East +7 291 £61,853 +23.71% 52
Wales -19 131 £58,800 +30.67% 39
Northern Ireland -8 60 £40,000 -23.81% 33
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 147 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 131 (1.68%) Confluence
3 122 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 95 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 62 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 44 (0.56%) CMS
7 40 (0.51%) nginx
8 37 (0.47%) Tuxedo
9 36 (0.46%) Camunda
10 34 (0.44%) IIS
11 31 (0.40%) Apache
12 27 (0.35%) WordPress
13 19 (0.24%) SAS
14 17 (0.22%) OpenStack
15 15 (0.19%) JBoss
16 12 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
17 11 (0.14%) Umbraco
18 10 (0.13%) Drupal
19 9 (0.12%) Tomcat
20 8 (0.10%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 645 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 182 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.49%) UserZoom
5 24 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 23 (0.29%) Sketch
7 22 (0.28%) Simulink
8 21 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 20 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
10 17 (0.22%) MS Visio
11 15 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
12 11 (0.14%) Revit
13 8 (0.10%) Adobe XD
14 7 (0.090%) InVision
15 6 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
16 5 (0.064%) OrCAD
17 4 (0.051%) Blender
17 4 (0.051%) EPLAN
17 4 (0.051%) Maya
17 4 (0.051%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 44 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.40%) Primavera
2 31 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 15 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 15 (0.19%) Shopify
5 14 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 14 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 14 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
6 8 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 8 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.077%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.077%) SAP CX
8 5 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.064%) SAP CRM
8 5 (0.064%) SAP FSCM
8 5 (0.064%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.064%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.064%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,533 (19.65%) Azure
2 1,371 (17.57%) AWS
3 598 (7.66%) GCP
4 404 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
5 331 (4.24%) SaaS
6 297 (3.81%) Power Platform
7 220 (2.82%) IBM Cloud
8 179 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 133 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 125 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 119 (1.53%) Serverless
12 116 (1.49%) IaaS
13 109 (1.40%) GitHub
14 90 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
14 90 (1.15%) PaaS
15 78 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
16 76 (0.97%) OpenShift
17 75 (0.96%) OCI
18 73 (0.94%) dbt
19 67 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 486 (6.23%) Broadband
2 278 (3.56%) Firewall
3 156 (2.00%) WAN
4 109 (1.40%) DNS
5 104 (1.33%) LAN
6 98 (1.26%) VPN
7 79 (1.01%) Network Security
8 75 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 65 (0.83%) SAN
10 63 (0.81%) SD-WAN
11 61 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
12 59 (0.76%) DHCP
13 58 (0.74%) Internet
13 58 (0.74%) Wireless
14 54 (0.69%) VLAN
15 42 (0.54%) OSPF
16 41 (0.53%) 5G
16 41 (0.53%) MPLS
17 40 (0.51%) BGP
18 25 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 372 (4.77%) SQL Server
2 371 (4.75%) BigQuery
3 360 (4.61%) NoSQL
4 291 (3.73%) Looker
5 268 (3.43%) MongoDB
6 267 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
7 264 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
8 222 (2.85%) MySQL
9 220 (2.82%) Power BI
10 158 (2.02%) Big Data
11 152 (1.95%) DB2
12 151 (1.94%) Relational Database
13 112 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
14 88 (1.13%) Tableau
15 78 (1.00%) Data Lake
16 76 (0.97%) Oracle Database
17 47 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
17 47 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 45 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
18 45 (0.58%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 328 (4.20%) Git
2 251 (3.22%) JIRA
3 236 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 182 (2.33%) GitLab
5 81 (1.04%) Selenium
6 46 (0.59%) Visual Studio
7 39 (0.50%) CircleCI
8 38 (0.49%) Maven
9 36 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 36 (0.46%) JUnit
10 32 (0.41%) Cucumber
11 31 (0.40%) Bitbucket
12 29 (0.37%) TeamCity
13 28 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
14 27 (0.35%) NUnit
14 27 (0.35%) Subversion
15 26 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
16 25 (0.32%) Gradle
17 24 (0.31%) SonarQube
18 22 (0.28%) Artifactory
General
1 2,581 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 2,169 (27.80%) Finance
3 1,340 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1,299 (16.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 961 (12.32%) Public Sector
6 731 (9.37%) Influencing Skills
7 492 (6.31%) Law
8 464 (5.95%) Marketing
9 283 (3.63%) Retail
10 259 (3.32%) Legal
11 254 (3.26%) Banking
12 208 (2.67%) Manufacturing
13 185 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
14 136 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 113 (1.45%) Games
16 106 (1.36%) Automotive
17 105 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
18 104 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
19 93 (1.19%) Electronics
20 88 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2,012 (25.78%) Senior
2 1,577 (20.21%) Lead
3 940 (12.05%) Developer
4 823 (10.55%) Analyst
5 654 (8.38%) Architect
6 435 (5.57%) Software Engineer
7 372 (4.77%) Data Engineer
8 362 (4.64%) Senior Developer
9 314 (4.02%) Senior Manager
10 300 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
11 260 (3.33%) Lead Developer
12 232 (2.97%) Consultant
13 230 (2.95%) Technical Leader
14 226 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
15 221 (2.83%) Project Manager
16 218 (2.79%) Principal Engineer
17 207 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
18 206 (2.64%) Team Leader
19 181 (2.32%) Full Stack Engineer
19 181 (2.32%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 635 (8.14%) .NET
2 570 (7.30%) React
3 477 (6.11%) HTML
4 433 (5.55%) CSS
5 321 (4.11%) AngularJS
6 302 (3.87%) Web Services
7 292 (3.74%) REST
8 238 (3.05%) RESTful
9 231 (2.96%) ASP.NET
10 202 (2.59%) Vue
11 180 (2.31%) Node.js
12 175 (2.24%) Spring
13 166 (2.13%) jQuery
14 141 (1.81%) .NET Core
15 139 (1.78%) XML
16 133 (1.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 132 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
18 128 (1.64%) Spring Boot
19 121 (1.55%) .NET Framework
20 116 (1.49%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 521 (6.68%) Self-Motivation
2 352 (4.51%) Product Ownership
3 334 (4.28%) Algorithms
4 324 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 270 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 269 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 248 (3.18%) e-Learning
8 229 (2.93%) Blockchain
9 215 (2.76%) Data Centre
10 203 (2.60%) Data Structures
11 181 (2.32%) Cloud Native
12 121 (1.55%) IoT
13 114 (1.46%) Onboarding
14 112 (1.44%) Mobile App
15 91 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
16 90 (1.15%) Client/Server
17 82 (1.05%) PMI
18 79 (1.01%) Derivative
19 77 (0.99%) Driving Licence
20 74 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 720 (9.23%) Windows
2 566 (7.25%) Linux
3 219 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 212 (2.72%) Apple iOS
5 200 (2.56%) Android
6 98 (1.26%) Unix
7 69 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 61 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 57 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
10 53 (0.68%) Windows 10
11 41 (0.53%) CentOS
12 30 (0.38%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 16 (0.21%) Ubuntu
14 12 (0.15%) AIX
14 12 (0.15%) SUSE
15 11 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
16 10 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.10%) Solaris
17 8 (0.10%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,228 (41.37%) Agile
2 2,978 (38.16%) Coaching
3 1,758 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
4 1,140 (14.61%) Decision-Making
5 1,086 (13.92%) DevOps
6 944 (12.10%) Software Engineering
7 845 (10.83%) Project Management
8 831 (10.65%) Roadmaps
9 679 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
10 615 (7.88%) CI/CD
11 612 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 591 (7.57%) Analytics
13 569 (7.29%) Computer Science
14 556 (7.13%) Cybersecurity
15 503 (6.45%) Project Delivery
16 499 (6.39%) Business Case
17 498 (6.38%) Line Management
18 495 (6.34%) Budgeting
19 472 (6.05%) Test Automation
20 470 (6.02%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 1,142 (14.64%) SQL
2 782 (10.02%) Java
3 750 (9.61%) Python
4 736 (9.43%) JavaScript
5 724 (9.28%) C#
6 249 (3.19%) TypeScript
7 208 (2.67%) PowerShell
8 160 (2.05%) C++
9 145 (1.86%) PHP
10 134 (1.72%) C
11 111 (1.42%) Scala
12 99 (1.27%) Bash
12 99 (1.27%) T-SQL
13 74 (0.95%) COBOL
13 74 (0.95%) Micro Focus COBOL
14 72 (0.92%) Kotlin
15 66 (0.85%) Go
16 61 (0.78%) Ruby
17 43 (0.55%) Swift
18 42 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 1,346 (17.25%) Degree
2 565 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 451 (5.78%) ACCA
3 451 (5.78%) CIMA
4 289 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 270 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 142 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 124 (1.59%) DV Cleared
8 122 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
9 113 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 101 (1.29%) DBS Check
11 83 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 80 (1.03%) CISSP
13 78 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 78 (1.00%) CCNA
14 71 (0.91%) AWS Certification
15 67 (0.86%) APMP
16 63 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
17 56 (0.72%) PMP
18 45 (0.58%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 497 (6.37%) QA
2 362 (4.64%) GDPR
3 259 (3.32%) Data Quality
4 183 (2.35%) SLA
5 152 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 97 (1.24%) PMO
7 87 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 75 (0.96%) NIST
9 74 (0.95%) GMP
10 71 (0.91%) WCAG
11 57 (0.73%) NCSC
12 39 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 39 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
13 27 (0.35%) NIST 800
14 26 (0.33%) PCI DSS
15 20 (0.26%) JSP 440
16 16 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 14 (0.18%) GRC
18 13 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
19 12 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 389 (4.99%) Docker
2 321 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 139 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 58 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (0.69%) Firmware
7 29 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
9 25 (0.32%) vSphere
10 17 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
11 13 (0.17%) IAG
11 13 (0.17%) VMware NSX
12 12 (0.15%) vCloud
13 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
13 9 (0.12%) HDFS
13 9 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
14 8 (0.10%) KVM
15 3 (0.038%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.038%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.026%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 425 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 385 (4.93%) Terraform
3 189 (2.42%) Ansible
4 102 (1.31%) Prometheus
5 97 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 52 (0.67%) Progress Chef
7 44 (0.56%) SCCM
8 40 (0.51%) Grafana
9 39 (0.50%) Puppet
10 35 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 35 (0.45%) vCenter Server
11 33 (0.42%) ZABBIX
12 25 (0.32%) Functional Safety
13 23 (0.29%) SCOM
14 21 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 20 (0.26%) FortiGate
15 20 (0.26%) WSUS
16 15 (0.19%) Nagios
17 14 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
17 14 (0.18%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,592 (20.40%) Microsoft
2 530 (6.79%) Google
3 313 (4.01%) Oracle
4 273 (3.50%) ServiceNow
5 269 (3.45%) IBM
6 263 (3.37%) Red Hat
7 245 (3.14%) VMware
8 130 (1.67%) Cisco
9 117 (1.50%) Dell
10 102 (1.31%) SAP
11 101 (1.29%) Dynatrace
12 79 (1.01%) Salesforce
13 78 (1.00%) YouTube
14 74 (0.95%) Micro Focus
15 73 (0.94%) Splunk
16 72 (0.92%) Juniper
17 66 (0.85%) Veeam
18 63 (0.81%) Atlassian
19 56 (0.72%) Adobe
20 52 (0.67%) Databricks