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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 89 93
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 936 1,311 1,946
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.57% 2.71% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 3.00% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 842 1,342
10th Percentile £391 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £485 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +3.56% +9.52%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £700
90th Percentile £850 £763 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £581 £550
% change year-on-year -5.34% +5.64% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 25 57
10th Percentile £16.21 £32.32 £10.77
25th Percentile £25.43 £60.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +114.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £57.33 £83.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.00 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +7.14%

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 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
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% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +2 461 £600 -7.69% 796
North of England +45 180 £500 -9.09% 474
North West +22 104 £493 -10.36% 254
South East -6 102 £540 -6.09% 424
South West +10 91 £600 +0.88% 230
Yorkshire +46 75 £550 - 163
Midlands -16 62 £538 +12.08% 285
West Midlands -4 38 £550 +4.76% 171
East Midlands +3 24 £411 -9.12% 113
East of England -8 24 £500 - 149
North East +9 1 - - 59
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 24 (2.56%) 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
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%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.21%) InVision
6 2 (0.21%) Sketch
7 1 (0.11%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.43%) Endur
3 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.43%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 153 (16.35%) Azure
2 116 (12.39%) AWS
3 51 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 38 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
6 32 (3.42%) GCP
7 29 (3.10%) Serverless
8 21 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (2.24%) SaaS
9 19 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 19 (2.03%) PaaS
10 18 (1.92%) Azure API Management
11 16 (1.71%) GitHub
12 12 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 11 (1.18%) IaaS
14 9 (0.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (0.96%) Amazon S3
14 9 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.74%) Firewall
2 28 (2.99%) Network Security
3 20 (2.14%) DNS
4 17 (1.82%) Internet
5 16 (1.71%) WAN
6 15 (1.60%) VPN
7 13 (1.39%) LAN
8 12 (1.28%) DHCP
9 11 (1.18%) BGP
9 11 (1.18%) Wireless
10 10 (1.07%) Cisco ISE
11 9 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (0.96%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.96%) VoIP
11 9 (0.96%) WLAN
12 8 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (0.85%) OSPF
12 8 (0.85%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.64%) IPsec
13 6 (0.64%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.02%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (4.81%) Power BI
3 45 (4.81%) Relational Database
4 23 (2.46%) NoSQL
5 19 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.92%) MongoDB
7 17 (1.82%) Big Data
8 16 (1.71%) Tableau
9 13 (1.39%) MySQL
9 13 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (1.28%) RDBMS
11 10 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.75%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.64%) Apache Ignite
15 6 (0.64%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.64%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 51 (5.45%) Git
2 44 (4.70%) JIRA
3 25 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.67%) JUnit
4 16 (1.71%) GitLab
5 13 (1.39%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.75%) Maven
7 6 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.53%) RStudio
8 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.43%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.43%) Gradle
9 4 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.43%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.43%) Pylint
9 4 (0.43%) Selenium
10 3 (0.32%) Appium
10 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.32%) XCUITest
General
1 329 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 262 (27.99%) Finance
3 137 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (11.86%) Public Sector
5 69 (7.37%) Banking
6 51 (5.45%) Front Office
7 40 (4.27%) Telecoms
8 38 (4.06%) Back Office
9 36 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (2.56%) Law
11 24 (2.56%) Retail
12 23 (2.46%) Legal
12 23 (2.46%) Military
13 21 (2.24%) Marketing
14 15 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.50%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.28%) Local Government
17 11 (1.18%) Games
18 10 (1.07%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 157 (16.77%) Senior
2 142 (15.17%) Developer
3 133 (14.21%) Lead
4 102 (10.90%) Analyst
5 94 (10.04%) Architect
6 51 (5.45%) Java Developer
7 44 (4.70%) Consultant
8 36 (3.85%) Software Engineer
9 32 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
11 28 (2.99%) Senior Developer
12 27 (2.88%) Project Manager
13 24 (2.56%) Business Analyst
14 23 (2.46%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (2.46%) Lead Developer
15 22 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
16 20 (2.14%) Banking Analyst
16 20 (2.14%) Network Engineer
16 20 (2.14%) Technical Analyst
16 20 (2.14%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.20%) React
2 53 (5.66%) REST
3 44 (4.70%) Spring
4 38 (4.06%) Spring Boot
5 37 (3.95%) XML
6 35 (3.74%) .NET
7 28 (2.99%) CSS
7 28 (2.99%) HTML
7 28 (2.99%) Kafka
8 26 (2.78%) JPA
9 25 (2.67%) Hibernate
10 22 (2.35%) JSON
11 21 (2.24%) Web Services
12 20 (2.14%) RESTful
13 19 (2.03%) AngularJS
14 16 (1.71%) Node.js
15 11 (1.18%) jQuery
15 11 (1.18%) Next.js
16 10 (1.07%) Redux
17 9 (0.96%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (8.01%) Management Information System
2 58 (6.20%) Cyber Threat
3 57 (6.09%) Cyber Defence
4 47 (5.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 47 (5.02%) Derivative
5 43 (4.59%) Hedge funds
6 33 (3.53%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.88%) Virtual Team
8 26 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 19 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (1.71%) CMDB
12 15 (1.60%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.50%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.50%) Fixed Income
14 13 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.18%) PKI
16 11 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.91%) Windows
2 40 (4.27%) Linux
3 18 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.18%) Android
5 7 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.43%) 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
1 278 (29.70%) Agile
2 207 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (20.73%) Coaching
4 136 (14.53%) DevOps
5 108 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 101 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
7 96 (10.26%) Scrum
8 90 (9.62%) CI/CD
9 88 (9.40%) Software Engineering
10 83 (8.87%) Analytics
11 78 (8.33%) Decision-Making
11 78 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
12 76 (8.12%) Roadmaps
13 70 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 66 (7.05%) SIEM
15 63 (6.73%) Service Management
16 62 (6.62%) Computer Science
16 62 (6.62%) Incident Response
16 62 (6.62%) ITIL
17 61 (6.52%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 136 (14.53%) Python
2 110 (11.75%) SQL
3 109 (11.65%) Java
4 98 (10.47%) C#
5 70 (7.48%) JavaScript
6 57 (6.09%) TypeScript
7 27 (2.88%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.92%) Scala
9 16 (1.71%) Bash
10 14 (1.50%) C++
11 12 (1.28%) C
12 11 (1.18%) Kotlin
12 11 (1.18%) Ruby
13 8 (0.85%) Perl
14 6 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.64%) PHP
14 6 (0.64%) R
14 6 (0.64%) Rust
14 6 (0.64%) Swift
15 5 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 239 (25.53%) Security Cleared
2 170 (18.16%) SC Cleared
3 124 (13.25%) Degree
4 87 (9.29%) DV Cleared
5 40 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (2.14%) CISSP
8 17 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.50%) CCIE
10 11 (1.18%) CISM
11 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.96%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.75%) PMP
14 6 (0.64%) CCIE Data Center
14 6 (0.64%) CCNP
14 6 (0.64%) MCTS
14 6 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
15 5 (0.53%) MCITP
16 4 (0.43%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.52%) QA
2 52 (5.56%) NIST
3 40 (4.27%) NIST 800
4 32 (3.42%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.96%) SLA
7 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.85%) PMO
8 7 (0.75%) GRC
9 6 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.53%) GDPR
10 5 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.53%) NCSC
11 2 (0.21%) P3O
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) HL7
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.11%) PMBOK
12 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (4.91%) Docker
2 27 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.85%) 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 2 (0.21%) NFS
6 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) iptables
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) XenApp
7 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.49%) Terraform
3 28 (2.99%) Ansible
4 9 (0.96%) 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 (0.43%) Kibana
6 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.43%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.43%) Puppet
6 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
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
8 2 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 142 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.53%) Cisco
2 33 (3.53%) Oracle
3 28 (2.99%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.24%) Google
4 21 (2.24%) SAP
5 20 (2.14%) VMware
6 19 (2.03%) Palo Alto
7 13 (1.39%) Databricks
7 13 (1.39%) Juniper
7 13 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.96%) Adobe
8 9 (0.96%) SolarWinds
9 8 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 8 (0.85%) Informatica
9 8 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.75%) IBM
10 7 (0.75%) Sparx
11 6 (0.64%) Arista
11 6 (0.64%) Fortinet