Mentoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Mentorship
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 82 90 81
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 495 624 939
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.44% 2.70% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 3.02% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 449 669
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £420 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £775 £698 £653
UK median daily rate £550 £581 £550
% change year-on-year -5.34% +5.64% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 42
10th Percentile £15.17 £30.02 £10.77
25th Percentile £23.52 £61.38 £17.52
Median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% +114.29% -15.66%
75th Percentile £57.37 £83.31 £58.02
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £77.25
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK excluding London

Mentoring
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mentoring within the UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -11 41 £469 -10.50% 125
West Midlands -4 38 £550 +4.76% 171
East Midlands +3 24 £411 -9.12% 113
East of England -8 24 £500 - 149
Northern Ireland +14 16 £600 +50.00% 36
Wales +14 4 £405 -22.30% 56
Isle of Man - 2 - -
North East +9 1 - - 59
Mentoring
UK

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.40%) Drupal
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.40%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.40%) Lectora
6 1 (0.20%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.40%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.40%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.40%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 57 (11.52%) AWS
1 57 (11.52%) Azure
2 34 (6.87%) Serverless
3 23 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 21 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (2.83%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
6 12 (2.42%) OpenShift
7 11 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.02%) IaaS
8 10 (2.02%) PaaS
9 9 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (1.82%) GCP
9 9 (1.82%) SaaS
10 6 (1.21%) Azure Functions
10 6 (1.21%) Textract
11 5 (1.01%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.01%) GitHub
12 4 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.45%) Firewall
2 19 (3.84%) Network Security
3 16 (3.23%) DNS
4 10 (2.02%) DHCP
4 10 (2.02%) VPN
5 9 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (1.82%) WAN
6 8 (1.62%) BGP
6 8 (1.62%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (1.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (1.62%) VoIP
7 7 (1.41%) LAN
7 7 (1.41%) WLAN
8 6 (1.21%) Internet
8 6 (1.21%) MPLS
8 6 (1.21%) PBX
8 6 (1.21%) SAN
8 6 (1.21%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.21%) Wireless
9 5 (1.01%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.66%) Relational Database
3 26 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.04%) MongoDB
5 18 (3.64%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.03%) Power BI
7 12 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 12 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (2.22%) RDBMS
9 8 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.21%) MySQL
10 6 (1.21%) Tableau
11 5 (1.01%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.81%) Big Data
13 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 24 (4.85%) JIRA
2 23 (4.65%) Git
3 15 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.83%) JUnit
5 10 (2.02%) GitLab
6 6 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.61%) Maven
9 2 (0.40%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.40%) Gradle
9 2 (0.40%) Hudson
9 2 (0.40%) Selenium
9 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.20%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.20%) VersionOne
General
1 179 (36.16%) Social Skills
2 94 (18.99%) Public Sector
3 88 (17.78%) Finance
4 74 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.87%) Telecoms
6 22 (4.44%) Military
7 17 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.83%) Legal
9 11 (2.22%) Banking
10 10 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.62%) Law
13 7 (1.41%) Publishing
14 6 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.81%) Automotive
15 4 (0.81%) Aviation
15 4 (0.81%) Retail
16 3 (0.61%) French Language
16 3 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (12.73%) Developer
2 57 (11.52%) Lead
2 57 (11.52%) Senior
3 46 (9.29%) Analyst
4 45 (9.09%) Architect
5 25 (5.05%) Consultant
6 24 (4.85%) Java Developer
7 17 (3.43%) Project Manager
8 16 (3.23%) DBA
8 16 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (3.03%) Software Engineer
10 14 (2.83%) Capacity Manager
10 14 (2.83%) Problem Manager
11 13 (2.63%) Cyber Defence Analyst
11 13 (2.63%) Network Engineer
11 13 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (2.42%) Availability Manager
12 12 (2.42%) Capacity and Availability Manager
12 12 (2.42%) Designer
12 12 (2.42%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.87%) React
2 24 (4.85%) REST
3 20 (4.04%) Spring
4 19 (3.84%) Spring Boot
5 17 (3.43%) CSS
6 16 (3.23%) JSON
7 15 (3.03%) HTML
8 14 (2.83%) Kafka
8 14 (2.83%) XML
9 13 (2.63%) JPA
10 12 (2.42%) AWS CDK
10 12 (2.42%) Hibernate
10 12 (2.42%) RESTful
11 9 (1.82%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.62%) .NET
12 8 (1.62%) Node.js
12 8 (1.62%) Web Services
13 5 (1.01%) jQuery
13 5 (1.01%) RAML
13 5 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 71 (14.34%) Management Information System
2 54 (10.91%) Cyber Threat
3 53 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
4 45 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 23 (4.65%) Virtual Team
6 18 (3.64%) Data Centre
7 16 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.82%) CMDB
9 9 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.82%) Operational Technology
9 9 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (1.62%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.41%) PKI
12 6 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.21%) NHS
12 6 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.08%) Windows
2 25 (5.05%) Linux
3 17 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.41%) Android
5 5 (1.01%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.81%) Unix
7 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (32.53%) Agile
2 122 (24.65%) Coaching
3 95 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (12.53%) DevOps
6 58 (11.72%) Incident Management
7 55 (11.11%) SIEM
8 53 (10.71%) Incident Response
9 52 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (10.51%) Root Cause Analysis
9 52 (10.51%) Service Management
10 50 (10.10%) ITIL
10 50 (10.10%) Scrum
11 46 (9.29%) Information Security
11 46 (9.29%) Problem Management
12 45 (9.09%) Protective Monitoring
13 43 (8.69%) Quality Management
14 40 (8.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 40 (8.08%) Threat Intelligence
15 39 (7.88%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.71%) Java
2 39 (7.88%) Python
3 36 (7.27%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.87%) TypeScript
5 32 (6.46%) SQL
6 17 (3.43%) PowerShell
7 16 (3.23%) Bash
7 16 (3.23%) C#
8 12 (2.42%) C++
9 9 (1.82%) C
10 8 (1.62%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.41%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.41%) Perl
12 5 (1.01%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.81%) Groovy
13 4 (0.81%) PHP
13 4 (0.81%) Ruby
14 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 179 (36.16%) Security Cleared
2 117 (23.64%) SC Cleared
3 74 (14.95%) DV Cleared
4 65 (13.13%) Degree
5 15 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.83%) CISSP
7 13 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.62%) CCIE
9 8 (1.62%) CISM
10 7 (1.41%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.21%) CCIE Data Center
11 6 (1.21%) MCTS
12 5 (1.01%) CCNP
12 5 (1.01%) MCITP
13 4 (0.81%) HNC
14 3 (0.61%) CCNA
14 3 (0.61%) PgMP
14 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.09%) NIST
2 38 (7.68%) NIST 800
3 28 (5.66%) QA
4 27 (5.45%) Accessibility
5 16 (3.23%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.81%) NCSC
7 4 (0.81%) SLA
7 4 (0.81%) WCAG
8 3 (0.61%) PMO
9 2 (0.40%) GDPR
9 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.20%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 28 (5.66%) Docker
2 19 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.01%) vSphere
5 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) Firmware
6 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) iptables
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.85%) Ansible
3 17 (3.43%) Terraform
4 10 (2.02%) Grafana
5 6 (1.21%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.01%) WSUS
7 4 (0.81%) Nessus
7 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.81%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.61%) Kibana
8 3 (0.61%) SCCM
8 3 (0.61%) VxRail
9 2 (0.40%) CEMLI
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.40%) Puppet
10 1 (0.20%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.20%) logstash
10 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 100 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.45%) Oracle
3 21 (4.24%) Cisco
4 13 (2.63%) VMware
5 10 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.82%) Palo Alto
6 9 (1.82%) SAP
7 8 (1.62%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.62%) SolarWinds
8 7 (1.41%) CheckPoint
8 7 (1.41%) Sparx
9 6 (1.21%) CA
9 6 (1.21%) F5
10 5 (1.01%) Autodesk
10 5 (1.01%) EMC
10 5 (1.01%) Infoblox
10 5 (1.01%) Symantec
10 5 (1.01%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.81%) Veeam