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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +17
Permanent jobs citing Mentoring 7,750 12,828 14,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.86% 12.36% 9.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 12.93% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,052 4,245 6,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,329 £51,833 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £63,950
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +9.46% +2.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,510 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £62,603 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.87% +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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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% +9.38%

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 2 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 2 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 6,796 £62,500 -10.71% 1,854
UK excluding London -16 5,561 £57,965 -7.41% 1,343
Work from Home +12 3,617 £64,080 -8.46% 847
North of England -3 1,976 £60,000 -4.00% 388
London +8 1,871 £78,138 -2.68% 628
South East -5 1,178 £57,500 -14.81% 266
North West -6 1,048 £57,965 -3.39% 216
Midlands -15 828 £50,000 -13.04% 229
Yorkshire +6 643 £61,206 -5.84% 128
South West -19 594 £55,173 +0.31% 175
West Midlands -11 518 £57,500 -4.17% 148
Scotland -40 505 £65,000 -6.40% 106
East Midlands -16 296 £44,441 -22.71% 80
North East +7 290 £62,500 +16.28% 48
East of England -31 285 £55,173 -8.05% 136
Wales -18 135 £58,800 +29.24% 44
Northern Ireland -5 63 £46,250 -11.90% 41
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 - 1

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
1 144 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 137 (1.77%) Confluence
3 124 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 94 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 60 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 45 (0.58%) CMS
7 40 (0.52%) nginx
8 37 (0.48%) Tuxedo
9 36 (0.46%) Camunda
10 35 (0.45%) IIS
11 31 (0.40%) JBoss
12 30 (0.39%) Apache
13 29 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
14 27 (0.35%) WordPress
15 20 (0.26%) SAS
16 17 (0.22%) OpenStack
17 11 (0.14%) Tomcat
17 11 (0.14%) Umbraco
18 10 (0.13%) Drupal
19 8 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 645 (8.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 178 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.49%) UserZoom
5 24 (0.31%) Sketch
6 23 (0.30%) AutoCAD
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 12 (0.15%) Revit
13 8 (0.10%) Adobe XD
13 8 (0.10%) InVision
14 6 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
15 5 (0.065%) OrCAD
16 4 (0.052%) Blender
16 4 (0.052%) EPLAN
16 4 (0.052%) Maya
16 4 (0.052%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 43 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 31 (0.40%) Primavera
4 19 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 15 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 15 (0.19%) Shopify
6 14 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 14 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 14 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
7 8 (0.10%) Elite 3E
7 8 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.10%) SAP CX
8 7 (0.090%) SAP CRM
8 7 (0.090%) SAP SD
9 6 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.077%) NEC Housing
10 5 (0.065%) SAP FSCM
10 5 (0.065%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.065%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.065%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,522 (19.64%) Azure
2 1,372 (17.70%) AWS
3 603 (7.78%) GCP
4 404 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
5 326 (4.21%) SaaS
6 297 (3.83%) Power Platform
7 212 (2.74%) IBM Cloud
8 182 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 142 (1.83%) Serverless
10 131 (1.69%) Entra ID
11 123 (1.59%) Amazon S3
12 115 (1.48%) IaaS
13 108 (1.39%) GitHub
14 89 (1.15%) PaaS
15 88 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
16 77 (0.99%) dbt
17 76 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
18 75 (0.97%) OpenShift
19 74 (0.95%) OCI
20 66 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 486 (6.27%) Broadband
2 280 (3.61%) Firewall
3 155 (2.00%) WAN
4 110 (1.42%) DNS
5 102 (1.32%) LAN
6 99 (1.28%) VPN
7 77 (0.99%) Network Security
7 77 (0.99%) TCP/IP
8 64 (0.83%) SAN
9 62 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 61 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 59 (0.76%) DHCP
12 58 (0.75%) Wireless
13 57 (0.74%) Internet
14 55 (0.71%) VLAN
15 42 (0.54%) MPLS
15 42 (0.54%) OSPF
16 40 (0.52%) 5G
16 40 (0.52%) BGP
17 26 (0.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 373 (4.81%) BigQuery
2 370 (4.77%) SQL Server
3 353 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 291 (3.75%) Looker
5 261 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
5 261 (3.37%) MongoDB
6 255 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
7 222 (2.86%) MySQL
8 221 (2.85%) Power BI
9 160 (2.06%) Big Data
10 150 (1.94%) Relational Database
11 143 (1.85%) DB2
12 110 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
13 91 (1.17%) Tableau
14 77 (0.99%) Data Lake
15 75 (0.97%) Oracle Database
16 47 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
17 46 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 45 (0.58%) DynamoDB
19 44 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 346 (4.46%) Git
2 257 (3.32%) JIRA
3 237 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 175 (2.26%) GitLab
5 79 (1.02%) Selenium
6 47 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 40 (0.52%) IntelliJ
8 39 (0.50%) Maven
9 36 (0.46%) CircleCI
9 36 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 34 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
10 34 (0.44%) JUnit
11 32 (0.41%) Bitbucket
12 30 (0.39%) Cucumber
12 30 (0.39%) TeamCity
13 28 (0.36%) NUnit
13 28 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
14 26 (0.34%) Subversion
15 24 (0.31%) Gradle
16 23 (0.30%) SonarQube
General
1 2,514 (32.44%) Social Skills
2 2,189 (28.25%) Finance
3 1,342 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 1,227 (15.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 967 (12.48%) Public Sector
6 733 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
7 486 (6.27%) Law
8 470 (6.06%) Marketing
9 281 (3.63%) Retail
10 275 (3.55%) Banking
11 255 (3.29%) Legal
12 185 (2.39%) Manufacturing
13 179 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
14 136 (1.75%) Telecoms
15 112 (1.45%) Games
16 106 (1.37%) Automotive
17 104 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
18 96 (1.24%) Electronics
19 88 (1.14%) Financial Institution
20 82 (1.06%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,987 (25.64%) Senior
2 1,567 (20.22%) Lead
3 937 (12.09%) Developer
4 824 (10.63%) Analyst
5 592 (7.64%) Architect
6 474 (6.12%) Software Engineer
7 369 (4.76%) Data Engineer
8 359 (4.63%) Senior Developer
9 311 (4.01%) Senior Manager
10 301 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
11 259 (3.34%) Lead Developer
12 234 (3.02%) Consultant
12 234 (3.02%) Technical Leader
13 219 (2.83%) Project Manager
14 216 (2.79%) Principal Engineer
15 208 (2.68%) Delivery Manager
16 205 (2.65%) Team Leader
17 186 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
18 177 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 177 (2.28%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 625 (8.06%) .NET
2 576 (7.43%) React
3 461 (5.95%) HTML
4 417 (5.38%) CSS
5 339 (4.37%) AngularJS
6 307 (3.96%) Web Services
7 302 (3.90%) REST
8 251 (3.24%) RESTful
9 223 (2.88%) ASP.NET
10 207 (2.67%) Spring
11 197 (2.54%) Vue
12 175 (2.26%) Node.js
13 158 (2.04%) jQuery
14 155 (2.00%) XML
15 141 (1.82%) .NET Core
16 127 (1.64%) ASP.NET Core
16 127 (1.64%) Spring Boot
17 125 (1.61%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 121 (1.56%) JSON
19 119 (1.54%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 524 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
2 358 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 329 (4.25%) Algorithms
4 322 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 268 (3.46%) Public Cloud
6 262 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 240 (3.10%) e-Learning
8 221 (2.85%) Blockchain
9 218 (2.81%) Data Centre
10 193 (2.49%) Data Structures
11 179 (2.31%) Cloud Native
12 120 (1.55%) IoT
13 112 (1.45%) Onboarding
14 111 (1.43%) Mobile App
15 91 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
16 89 (1.15%) Client/Server
17 82 (1.06%) Derivative
17 82 (1.06%) PMI
18 79 (1.02%) Driving Licence
19 76 (0.98%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 726 (9.37%) Windows
2 571 (7.37%) Linux
3 221 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 206 (2.66%) Apple iOS
5 193 (2.49%) Android
6 101 (1.30%) Unix
7 71 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 64 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 58 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
10 54 (0.70%) Windows 10
11 42 (0.54%) CentOS
12 32 (0.41%) Mac OS
13 18 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 17 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 13 (0.17%) SUSE
16 12 (0.15%) AIX
17 11 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
18 10 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
19 8 (0.10%) Solaris
20 7 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,256 (42.01%) Agile
2 2,903 (37.46%) Coaching
3 1,710 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 1,139 (14.70%) Decision-Making
5 1,094 (14.12%) DevOps
6 985 (12.71%) Software Engineering
7 845 (10.90%) Project Management
8 832 (10.74%) Roadmaps
9 717 (9.25%) Actionable Insight
10 611 (7.88%) CI/CD
11 601 (7.75%) Analytics
12 595 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 572 (7.38%) Computer Science
14 559 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
15 499 (6.44%) Project Delivery
16 498 (6.43%) Business Case
17 494 (6.37%) Budgeting
18 472 (6.09%) Data Science
19 469 (6.05%) Test Automation
20 462 (5.96%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 1,135 (14.65%) SQL
2 822 (10.61%) Java
3 770 (9.94%) Python
4 738 (9.52%) C#
5 725 (9.35%) JavaScript
6 245 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 214 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 166 (2.14%) C++
9 146 (1.88%) PHP
10 136 (1.75%) C
11 109 (1.41%) Scala
12 102 (1.32%) Bash
13 98 (1.26%) T-SQL
14 79 (1.02%) Ruby
15 73 (0.94%) COBOL
15 73 (0.94%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 71 (0.92%) Kotlin
17 65 (0.84%) Go
18 43 (0.55%) Swift
19 41 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 1,261 (16.27%) Degree
2 587 (7.57%) Security Cleared
3 451 (5.82%) ACCA
3 451 (5.82%) CIMA
4 314 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 273 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 146 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 128 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 124 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
9 112 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 101 (1.30%) DBS Check
11 82 (1.06%) CISSP
11 82 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 80 (1.03%) CCNA
13 76 (0.98%) Azure Certification
14 72 (0.93%) AWS Certification
15 67 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
16 66 (0.85%) APMP
17 55 (0.71%) PMP
18 44 (0.57%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 480 (6.19%) QA
2 364 (4.70%) GDPR
3 255 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 179 (2.31%) SLA
5 150 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 97 (1.25%) PMO
7 92 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 76 (0.98%) NIST
9 71 (0.92%) WCAG
10 58 (0.75%) NCSC
11 52 (0.67%) GMP
12 42 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
13 40 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
14 27 (0.35%) NIST 800
15 26 (0.34%) PCI DSS
16 20 (0.26%) JSP 440
17 18 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 14 (0.18%) GRC
19 13 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
20 12 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 397 (5.12%) Docker
2 321 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 143 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 57 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (0.70%) Firmware
7 29 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 27 (0.35%) vSphere
9 16 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.17%) IAG
10 13 (0.17%) vCloud
10 13 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.12%) HDFS
11 9 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
12 8 (0.10%) KVM
13 4 (0.052%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.039%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.026%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 432 (5.57%) Kubernetes
2 380 (4.90%) Terraform
3 188 (2.43%) Ansible
4 97 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 93 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 52 (0.67%) Progress Chef
7 43 (0.55%) SCCM
8 39 (0.50%) Puppet
9 35 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 35 (0.45%) ZABBIX
10 33 (0.43%) vCenter Server
11 32 (0.41%) Grafana
12 25 (0.32%) Functional Safety
13 21 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 21 (0.27%) SCOM
14 20 (0.26%) FortiGate
14 20 (0.26%) WSUS
15 16 (0.21%) Nagios
16 14 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
17 13 (0.17%) WMI
Vendors
1 1,583 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 542 (6.99%) Google
3 310 (4.00%) Oracle
4 274 (3.54%) ServiceNow
5 267 (3.45%) IBM
6 257 (3.32%) Red Hat
7 248 (3.20%) VMware
8 130 (1.68%) Cisco
9 117 (1.51%) Dell
10 103 (1.33%) SAP
11 99 (1.28%) Dynatrace
12 81 (1.05%) YouTube
13 75 (0.97%) Salesforce
14 73 (0.94%) Micro Focus
14 73 (0.94%) Splunk
15 72 (0.93%) Juniper
16 66 (0.85%) Atlassian
17 65 (0.84%) Veeam
18 59 (0.76%) Adobe
19 51 (0.66%) Databricks