Mentoring Contracts

Mentorship
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 88 92
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Mentoring 1,062 1,531 2,474
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.49% 2.69% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.99% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 1,004 1,713
10th Percentile £375 £406 £406
25th Percentile £463 £487 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +5.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £675
90th Percentile £825 £757 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -5.91% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 25 64
10th Percentile £15.17 £32.32 £10.88
25th Percentile £25.02 £60.00 £27.69
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +9.76%
75th Percentile £57.33 £83.31 £59.69
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% +114.29% -12.50%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Daily rate trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mentoring.

Hourly rate trend for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mentoring over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mentoring in the UK

Mentoring
Top 18 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England +7 945 £550 -7.63% 2,131
UK excluding London +10 496 £518 -5.91% 1,593
London +5 467 £600 -7.69% 770
Work from Home +13 385 £550 -4.35% 1,088
North of England +51 180 £500 -9.09% 421
North West +32 104 £493 -10.36% 228
South East +6 102 £540 -6.09% 394
South West +12 91 £600 +1.78% 209
Yorkshire +43 75 £550 - 147
Midlands -10 62 £538 +12.08% 253
Scotland -13 42 £463 -11.48% 120
West Midlands -1 38 £550 +4.76% 151
East Midlands +2 24 £411 -9.12% 101
East of England -14 24 £500 - 139
Northern Ireland +16 16 £600 +50.00% 37
Wales +12 4 £405 -22.30% 53
Isle of Man - 2 - -
North East +9 1 - - 48

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 25 (2.35%) Confluence
2 19 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.04%) Apache
3 11 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.56%) SAS
7 5 (0.47%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.38%) govService
8 4 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.28%) CMS
9 3 (0.28%) IIS
10 2 (0.19%) Drupal
10 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
11 1 (0.094%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.094%) Appian
11 1 (0.094%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.094%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.28%) InVision
5 3 (0.28%) Sketch
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.19%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.19%) Lectora
7 1 (0.094%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.094%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.38%) Endur
3 4 (0.38%) Shopify
4 3 (0.28%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.28%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.19%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.094%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 185 (17.42%) Azure
2 162 (15.25%) AWS
3 61 (5.74%) Power Platform
4 55 (5.18%) Serverless
5 51 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
7 37 (3.48%) GCP
8 35 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (3.01%) SaaS
10 30 (2.82%) PaaS
11 29 (2.73%) GitHub
12 25 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (2.07%) Amazon S3
13 22 (2.07%) IaaS
14 19 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 18 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (1.69%) Azure API Management
16 15 (1.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (1.22%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.95%) Firewall
2 32 (3.01%) Network Security
3 25 (2.35%) DNS
4 19 (1.79%) VPN
5 18 (1.69%) Internet
6 16 (1.51%) DHCP
6 16 (1.51%) WAN
7 15 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.32%) LAN
9 11 (1.04%) BGP
9 11 (1.04%) Wireless
10 10 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (0.94%) WLAN
11 9 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (0.85%) VoIP
12 8 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (0.75%) OSPF
12 8 (0.75%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.75%) VLAN
13 6 (0.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (4.90%) SQL Server
3 48 (4.52%) Relational Database
4 47 (4.43%) Power BI
5 26 (2.45%) NoSQL
6 24 (2.26%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.60%) Big Data
8 17 (1.60%) Tableau
9 16 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
10 14 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
11 13 (1.22%) MySQL
11 13 (1.22%) RDBMS
12 10 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.66%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 61 (5.74%) Git
2 55 (5.18%) JIRA
3 34 (3.20%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.35%) JUnit
5 19 (1.79%) GitLab
6 14 (1.32%) Cypress.io
7 11 (1.04%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.85%) Maven
9 6 (0.56%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.47%) Gradle
10 5 (0.47%) RStudio
10 5 (0.47%) Selenium
11 4 (0.38%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.38%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.38%) Pylint
12 3 (0.28%) Appium
12 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 371 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 287 (27.02%) Finance
3 152 (14.31%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (13.65%) Public Sector
5 71 (6.69%) Banking
6 51 (4.80%) Front Office
7 43 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 41 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.58%) Back Office
10 35 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (2.73%) Law
12 27 (2.54%) Marketing
13 25 (2.35%) Legal
13 25 (2.35%) Retail
14 23 (2.17%) Military
15 20 (1.88%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.22%) Local Government
18 12 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (1.04%) Games
Job Titles
1 169 (15.91%) Senior
2 163 (15.35%) Developer
3 155 (14.60%) Lead
4 111 (10.45%) Analyst
5 108 (10.17%) Architect
6 54 (5.08%) Java Developer
7 45 (4.24%) Consultant
8 39 (3.67%) Software Engineer
9 38 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
11 30 (2.82%) Senior Developer
12 27 (2.54%) Lead Developer
12 27 (2.54%) Project Manager
13 26 (2.45%) DevOps Engineer
14 25 (2.35%) Business Analyst
15 23 (2.17%) Network Engineer
16 22 (2.07%) Designer
16 22 (2.07%) Financial Analyst
17 21 (1.98%) Technical Leader
18 20 (1.88%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.40%) React
2 54 (5.08%) REST
3 49 (4.61%) Spring
4 42 (3.95%) .NET
5 41 (3.86%) Spring Boot
5 41 (3.86%) XML
6 36 (3.39%) CSS
6 36 (3.39%) HTML
7 29 (2.73%) Kafka
8 26 (2.45%) JPA
9 25 (2.35%) Hibernate
10 24 (2.26%) Web Services
11 23 (2.17%) AngularJS
11 23 (2.17%) JSON
12 22 (2.07%) Node.js
13 20 (1.88%) RESTful
14 13 (1.22%) AWS CDK
15 12 (1.13%) jQuery
16 11 (1.04%) ARM Templates
16 11 (1.04%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 63 (5.93%) Cyber Threat
3 57 (5.37%) Cyber Defence
4 47 (4.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 47 (4.43%) Derivative
5 43 (4.05%) Hedge funds
6 36 (3.39%) Data Centre
7 35 (3.30%) Product Ownership
8 28 (2.64%) Virtual Team
9 19 (1.79%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (1.51%) CMDB
11 16 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.41%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.41%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.32%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.32%) Fixed Income
14 13 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (4.90%) Windows
2 43 (4.05%) Linux
3 20 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.04%) Android
5 8 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.75%) Unix
6 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (30.70%) Agile
2 236 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 229 (21.56%) Coaching
4 165 (15.54%) DevOps
5 120 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
6 119 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 110 (10.36%) Scrum
8 108 (10.17%) CI/CD
9 106 (9.98%) Software Engineering
10 97 (9.13%) Analytics
11 93 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
12 92 (8.66%) Roadmaps
13 85 (8.00%) Decision-Making
14 82 (7.72%) Project Management
15 74 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 72 (6.78%) Computer Science
17 70 (6.59%) SIEM
18 68 (6.40%) Test Automation
19 67 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
20 66 (6.21%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 161 (15.16%) Python
2 129 (12.15%) Java
3 122 (11.49%) SQL
4 103 (9.70%) C#
5 85 (8.00%) JavaScript
6 71 (6.69%) TypeScript
7 28 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 20 (1.88%) Bash
9 18 (1.69%) Scala
10 15 (1.41%) C++
11 13 (1.22%) Ruby
12 12 (1.13%) C
13 11 (1.04%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.04%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.75%) Perl
15 7 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.66%) Go
15 7 (0.66%) PHP
16 6 (0.56%) R
16 6 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 259 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 184 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 150 (14.12%) Degree
4 87 (8.19%) DV Cleared
5 50 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (2.45%) CISSP
8 21 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.41%) CISM
10 14 (1.32%) CCIE
10 14 (1.32%) PMP
11 12 (1.13%) PMI Certification
12 11 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.75%) CCNA
15 6 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.56%) CCIE Data Center
15 6 (0.56%) CCNP
15 6 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.59%) QA
2 52 (4.90%) NIST
3 41 (3.86%) Accessibility
4 40 (3.77%) NIST 800
5 32 (3.01%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.41%) NCSC
7 9 (0.85%) GRC
7 9 (0.85%) SLA
8 8 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.75%) PMO
9 7 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.56%) GDPR
11 5 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.38%) WCAG
13 2 (0.19%) P3O
14 1 (0.094%) NEBOSH
14 1 (0.094%) PMBOK
14 1 (0.094%) SEPA
System Software
1 68 (6.40%) Docker
2 28 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.56%) vSphere
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.38%) vCloud
6 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
7 2 (0.19%) NFS
7 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.094%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.094%) iptables
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.094%) XenApp
8 1 (0.094%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 77 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 63 (5.93%) Terraform
3 41 (3.86%) Ansible
4 18 (1.69%) Grafana
5 7 (0.66%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.56%) Kibana
7 5 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.47%) Nessus
7 5 (0.47%) WSUS
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.38%) Puppet
8 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.38%) VxRail
8 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.28%) CA Service Virtualization
9 3 (0.28%) Istio
9 3 (0.28%) logstash
9 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 159 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.24%) Oracle
3 33 (3.11%) Cisco
4 32 (3.01%) SAP
5 29 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.17%) Google
7 22 (2.07%) VMware
8 19 (1.79%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.51%) Databricks
10 15 (1.41%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.22%) Adobe
11 13 (1.22%) Juniper
12 9 (0.85%) CA
12 9 (0.85%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.75%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.75%) Dell
13 8 (0.75%) Informatica
13 8 (0.75%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 7 (0.66%) IBM