Mentoring Contracts with Work from Home Options

Mentorship
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 97 85
Rank change year-on-year +15 -12 +10
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 381 578 1,296
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.60% 2.38% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.66% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 386 934
10th Percentile £413 £413 £406
25th Percentile £489 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +4.11% +8.16%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £663
90th Percentile £825 £783 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £583 £551
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.81% +4.95%
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 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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 2 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 2 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 (3.15%) Confluence
2 9 (2.36%) Apache
3 6 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.05%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) Drupal
6 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
7 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%) Camtasia
4 2 (0.52%) Lectora
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.26%) Elementor
5 1 (0.26%) InVision
5 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.26%) Sketch
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 90 (23.62%) Azure
2 78 (20.47%) AWS
3 33 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (7.61%) Serverless
5 28 (7.35%) GCP
6 22 (5.77%) GitHub
7 21 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (4.99%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (4.46%) SaaS
10 16 (4.20%) Azure API Management
10 16 (4.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (4.20%) Power Platform
11 14 (3.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (3.67%) IaaS
11 14 (3.67%) PaaS
12 13 (3.41%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.62%) dbt
14 7 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.15%) Firewall
2 11 (2.89%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.36%) DNS
4 6 (1.57%) DHCP
5 5 (1.31%) BGP
5 5 (1.31%) Network Security
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
9 1 (0.26%) Intranet
9 1 (0.26%) SSL
9 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.04%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.20%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.67%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.15%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.15%) Power BI
6 10 (2.62%) Amazon Aurora
6 10 (2.62%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (2.10%) RDBMS
9 7 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.57%) Apache Arrow
10 6 (1.57%) Apache Ignite
10 6 (1.57%) Big Data
10 6 (1.57%) Dremio
11 5 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.05%) MySQL
13 3 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 26 (6.82%) JIRA
2 24 (6.30%) Git
3 13 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.62%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.57%) GitLab
6 5 (1.31%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.31%) Selenium
7 3 (0.79%) fastlane
7 3 (0.79%) Maven
8 2 (0.52%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.52%) Appium
8 2 (0.52%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.52%) git-flow
8 2 (0.52%) Gradle
8 2 (0.52%) JUnit
8 2 (0.52%) Pylint
8 2 (0.52%) RStudio
8 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
General
1 124 (32.55%) Finance
2 118 (30.97%) Social Skills
3 58 (15.22%) Public Sector
4 52 (13.65%) Banking
5 48 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (9.97%) Front Office
7 33 (8.66%) Back Office
8 16 (4.20%) Retail
9 11 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.36%) Publishing
11 8 (2.10%) Marketing
12 7 (1.84%) Law
12 7 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.57%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.57%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.31%) Legal
15 4 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 77 (20.21%) Senior
2 61 (16.01%) Lead
3 58 (15.22%) Developer
4 46 (12.07%) Analyst
5 27 (7.09%) Architect
6 19 (4.99%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (4.72%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.72%) Financial Analyst
7 18 (4.72%) SQL Analyst
7 18 (4.72%) Technical Analyst
8 17 (4.46%) Consultant
9 15 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (3.94%) Senior Developer
10 14 (3.67%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
11 13 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.15%) DBA
12 12 (3.15%) Java Developer
12 12 (3.15%) Senior Technical Engineer
12 12 (3.15%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.87%) XML
2 21 (5.51%) HTML
3 20 (5.25%) CSS
3 20 (5.25%) React
4 17 (4.46%) REST
5 14 (3.67%) Kafka
6 13 (3.41%) Node.js
7 11 (2.89%) .NET
7 11 (2.89%) JSON
8 10 (2.62%) ARM Templates
8 10 (2.62%) Azure Blueprints
8 10 (2.62%) RESTful
8 10 (2.62%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.36%) AWS CDK
9 9 (2.36%) Spring
10 8 (2.10%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.10%) jQuery
11 7 (1.84%) React Native
11 7 (1.84%) Web Services
12 6 (1.57%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.45%) Derivative
1 36 (9.45%) Hedge funds
2 35 (9.19%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.15%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (2.89%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.89%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.62%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.62%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.84%) CMDB
7 7 (1.84%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (1.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (1.84%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.84%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.57%) Equities
8 6 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.67%) Windows
2 12 (3.15%) Linux
3 8 (2.10%) Android
4 7 (1.84%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.52%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (33.33%) Agile
2 82 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (21.00%) DevOps
4 78 (20.47%) Coaching
5 54 (14.17%) Technical Leadership
6 50 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (12.07%) Asset Management
8 41 (10.76%) Project Management
8 41 (10.76%) Software Engineering
9 38 (9.97%) CI/CD
10 36 (9.45%) Investment Management
11 35 (9.19%) Analytics
11 35 (9.19%) Decision-Making
12 34 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (8.14%) Roadmaps
14 29 (7.61%) Test Strategy
15 28 (7.35%) Scrum
15 28 (7.35%) Test Automation
16 27 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
17 25 (6.56%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.47%) Python
2 64 (16.80%) SQL
3 61 (16.01%) C#
4 47 (12.34%) Java
5 40 (10.50%) JavaScript
6 28 (7.35%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.89%) Ruby
8 8 (2.10%) Bash
8 8 (2.10%) Scala
9 7 (1.84%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.57%) PHP
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%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (20.21%) Security Cleared
2 64 (16.80%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.81%) Degree
4 15 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.89%) CISSP
6 9 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.36%) PMP
7 7 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.84%) CISM
8 5 (1.31%) CEH
8 5 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.05%) APMP
9 4 (1.05%) CCNA
9 4 (1.05%) MCTS
10 3 (0.79%) CISA
10 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.79%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.97%) QA
2 23 (6.04%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.15%) NCSC
3 12 (3.15%) NIST
4 10 (2.62%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.84%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.05%) GRC
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.79%) SLA
7 3 (0.79%) WCAG
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.26%) PMBOK
System Software
1 30 (7.87%) Docker
2 6 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.52%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) XenApp
5 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (9.19%) Terraform
2 34 (8.92%) Kubernetes
3 21 (5.51%) Ansible
4 10 (2.62%) Grafana
5 8 (2.10%) Kibana
6 6 (1.57%) logstash
7 4 (1.05%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.05%) Puppet
8 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.52%) VxRail
9 1 (0.26%) Argo
9 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
9 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.26%) Nagios
9 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (9.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.25%) Oracle
3 17 (4.46%) Google
4 10 (2.62%) Adobe
5 7 (1.84%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.57%) VMware
7 5 (1.31%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.31%) SAP
7 5 (1.31%) Splunk
8 4 (1.05%) Cisco
8 4 (1.05%) Databricks
8 4 (1.05%) Dell
8 4 (1.05%) Tanium
9 3 (0.79%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.79%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.52%) Apple
10 2 (0.52%) Ariba
10 2 (0.52%) Genesys
10 2 (0.52%) Intel