Mentoring Contracts with Work from Home Options

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Mentoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mentoring over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 99 85
Rank change year-on-year +16 -14 +9
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 382 561 1,291
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.59% 2.35% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.62% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 371 929
10th Percentile £400 £413 £406
25th Percentile £485 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +8.11%
75th Percentile £663 £679 £663
90th Percentile £818 £788 £778
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £559
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.95% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 26
10th Percentile - £21.60 -
25th Percentile £15.17 £35.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £75.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +87.50% -38.93%
75th Percentile £31.00 £85.00 £64.78
90th Percentile £35.00 £88.00 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +97.37% -11.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Mentoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Mentoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Mentoring trend for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Mentoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mentoring.

Mentoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Mentoring hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mentoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (3.14%) Confluence
2 10 (2.62%) Apache
3 6 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.05%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.52%) Drupal
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.52%) Camtasia
4 2 (0.52%) InVision
4 2 (0.52%) Lectora
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.52%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.52%) Sketch
5 1 (0.26%) Elementor
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Endur
1 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (24.87%) Azure
2 82 (21.47%) AWS
3 34 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (8.38%) GCP
5 29 (7.59%) Serverless
6 22 (5.76%) GitHub
7 21 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (4.45%) SaaS
10 16 (4.19%) Azure API Management
10 16 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (4.19%) Power Platform
11 15 (3.93%) PaaS
12 14 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (3.66%) IaaS
13 13 (3.40%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.62%) dbt
15 7 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.14%) Firewall
2 11 (2.88%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.36%) DNS
4 6 (1.57%) DHCP
4 6 (1.57%) Network Security
5 5 (1.31%) BGP
5 5 (1.31%) VLAN
5 5 (1.31%) VPN
6 4 (1.05%) HTTP
7 3 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.79%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.79%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.52%) Internet
8 2 (0.52%) OSPF
8 2 (0.52%) VSAN
8 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.26%) LAN
9 1 (0.26%) SSL
9 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.93%) NoSQL
3 15 (3.93%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.14%) MongoDB
4 12 (3.14%) Power BI
5 10 (2.62%) Amazon Aurora
6 9 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (1.83%) Apache Arrow
8 7 (1.83%) Big Data
8 7 (1.83%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.57%) Apache Ignite
9 6 (1.57%) Dremio
10 5 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.05%) MySQL
12 3 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 26 (6.81%) JIRA
2 25 (6.54%) Git
3 15 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.62%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.83%) GitLab
6 5 (1.31%) Selenium
7 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.79%) fastlane
8 3 (0.79%) Maven
9 2 (0.52%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.52%) Appium
9 2 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.52%) git-flow
9 2 (0.52%) Gradle
9 2 (0.52%) MLflow
9 2 (0.52%) Pylint
9 2 (0.52%) RStudio
9 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.52%) XCTest
9 2 (0.52%) XCUITest
General
1 125 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 118 (30.89%) Finance
3 57 (14.92%) Public Sector
4 49 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (12.57%) Banking
6 32 (8.38%) Front Office
7 26 (6.81%) Back Office
8 16 (4.19%) Retail
9 11 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.36%) Marketing
11 8 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.83%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.57%) Publishing
14 5 (1.31%) Law
14 5 (1.31%) Legal
15 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 73 (19.11%) Senior
2 62 (16.23%) Lead
3 59 (15.45%) Developer
4 41 (10.73%) Analyst
5 28 (7.33%) Architect
6 19 (4.97%) Consultant
7 17 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (4.19%) Senior Developer
8 16 (4.19%) Software Engineer
9 15 (3.93%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.66%) Banking Analyst
10 14 (3.66%) Financial Analyst
10 14 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.66%) SQL Analyst
10 14 (3.66%) Technical Analyst
11 13 (3.40%) Java Developer
12 11 (2.88%) DBA
13 10 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
13 10 (2.62%) Technical Engineer
13 10 (2.62%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.59%) XML
2 21 (5.50%) HTML
3 20 (5.24%) CSS
4 19 (4.97%) React
5 17 (4.45%) REST
6 14 (3.66%) Kafka
7 13 (3.40%) Node.js
8 12 (3.14%) .NET
9 10 (2.62%) ARM Templates
9 10 (2.62%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (2.62%) JSON
9 10 (2.62%) RESTful
9 10 (2.62%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.36%) AWS CDK
10 9 (2.36%) Spring
11 8 (2.09%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.09%) jQuery
12 7 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (1.83%) React Native
12 7 (1.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.42%) Management Information System
2 30 (7.85%) Derivative
2 30 (7.85%) Hedge funds
3 13 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.14%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.62%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.62%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.36%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.09%) CMDB
7 8 (2.09%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (2.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 8 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.83%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.57%) Equities
9 6 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.66%) Windows
2 13 (3.40%) Linux
3 10 (2.62%) Android
4 8 (2.09%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.79%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (31.68%) Agile
2 87 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (21.73%) DevOps
4 76 (19.90%) Coaching
5 57 (14.92%) Technical Leadership
6 52 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (11.52%) Project Management
7 44 (11.52%) Software Engineering
8 41 (10.73%) CI/CD
9 39 (10.21%) Asset Management
10 36 (9.42%) Analytics
11 35 (9.16%) Decision-Making
12 34 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
13 33 (8.64%) Roadmaps
14 30 (7.85%) Investment Management
15 29 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (7.59%) Test Automation
15 29 (7.59%) Test Strategy
16 27 (7.07%) Scrum
17 26 (6.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (20.16%) Python
2 59 (15.45%) SQL
3 58 (15.18%) C#
4 49 (12.83%) Java
5 40 (10.47%) JavaScript
6 27 (7.07%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.14%) Ruby
8 9 (2.36%) Scala
9 8 (2.09%) Bash
10 6 (1.57%) PHP
10 6 (1.57%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.31%) Go
11 5 (1.31%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.31%) Swift
12 4 (1.05%) C++
12 4 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.79%) C
13 3 (0.79%) Groovy
14 2 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 62 (16.23%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.04%) Degree
4 17 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.88%) CISSP
6 10 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.36%) PMP
8 7 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.83%) CISM
8 7 (1.83%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.31%) CEH
9 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.05%) APMP
10 4 (1.05%) CCNA
10 4 (1.05%) MCTS
11 3 (0.79%) CRISC
11 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.79%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.95%) QA
2 23 (6.02%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.40%) NIST
4 12 (3.14%) NCSC
5 10 (2.62%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.09%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.05%) GRC
7 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.79%) GDPR
8 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.79%) WCAG
9 2 (0.52%) PMO
9 2 (0.52%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.26%) PMBOK
System Software
1 33 (8.64%) Docker
2 6 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) vSphere
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) XenApp
6 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (9.42%) Kubernetes
1 36 (9.42%) Terraform
2 24 (6.28%) Ansible
3 10 (2.62%) Grafana
4 9 (2.36%) Kibana
5 7 (1.83%) logstash
6 4 (1.05%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.05%) Puppet
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.52%) VxRail
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.26%) Istio
8 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.26%) Nagios
8 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.24%) Oracle
3 19 (4.97%) Google
4 11 (2.88%) Adobe
5 7 (1.83%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.83%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.83%) VMware
6 5 (1.31%) Cisco
6 5 (1.31%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.31%) SAP
6 5 (1.31%) Splunk
6 5 (1.31%) Tanium
7 4 (1.05%) Databricks
7 4 (1.05%) Dell
8 3 (0.79%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.79%) TOWER Software
9 2 (0.52%) Apple
9 2 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.52%) Genesys
9 2 (0.52%) Intel