Clustering Contracts in England

Clustering
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Clustering over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 414 453
Rank change year-on-year -4 +39 -68
Contract jobs citing Clustering 127 256 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.51% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 1.50% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 174 259
10th Percentile £204 £400 £363
25th Percentile £250 £489 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% - +21.05%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £638
90th Percentile £850 £743 £675
UK median daily rate £473 £565 £565
% change year-on-year -16.37% - +18.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile - £40.25 £45.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £51.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £59.38 £67.50
90th Percentile - £62.75 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
England

Clustering is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,453 17,051 24,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.81% 33.65% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,473 11,843 17,078
10th Percentile £263 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 605 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +0.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Clustering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Clustering in England

Clustering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Clustering in England

Clustering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Clustering in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Clustering in England

Clustering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Clustering in England

Clustering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Clustering in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Clustering in England

Clustering
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 Clustering within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +68 55 £400 -33.61% 20
South West +19 20 £525 -4.55% 6
North of England 0 19 £475 -26.92% 5
South East +5 12 £575 - 6
Midlands +25 9 £288 -36.11% 10
East of England 0 7 £240 -56.36% 8
North West -11 7 £220 -66.15% 3
West Midlands +34 6 £288 -49.34% 4
Yorkshire +18 6 £563 +33.93% 1
North East - 6 £488 - 1
East Midlands +16 2 - - 6
Clustering
UK

Clustering
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 18 (14.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (11.02%) Confluence
3 10 (7.87%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (5.51%) IIS
5 3 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.36%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.57%) nginx
6 2 (1.57%) Traefik
7 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.79%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 40 (31.50%) AWS
2 32 (25.20%) Azure
3 14 (11.02%) PaaS
4 13 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (10.24%) SaaS
5 11 (8.66%) GCP
5 11 (8.66%) GitHub
6 10 (7.87%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (7.87%) dbt
6 10 (7.87%) IaaS
6 10 (7.87%) Nutanix
6 10 (7.87%) Snowflake
7 8 (6.30%) Rubrik
8 3 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (27.56%) DNS
2 31 (24.41%) DHCP
3 26 (20.47%) Firewall
3 26 (20.47%) SAN
4 21 (16.54%) WAN
5 20 (15.75%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (14.17%) LAN
6 18 (14.17%) TCP/IP
7 16 (12.60%) VLAN
8 15 (11.81%) NAS
9 14 (11.02%) VPN
10 11 (8.66%) MPLS
11 8 (6.30%) Kerberos
11 8 (6.30%) VoIP
12 7 (5.51%) VSAN
13 6 (4.72%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (3.94%) BGP
14 5 (3.94%) Network Security
14 5 (3.94%) OSPF
14 5 (3.94%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (30.71%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.02%) Big Data
2 14 (11.02%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (7.87%) Amazon Athena
3 10 (7.87%) Apache Arrow
3 10 (7.87%) Data Lake
3 10 (7.87%) Dremio
4 7 (5.51%) MySQL
5 5 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.94%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 4 (3.15%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.57%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.57%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.79%) DB2
Development Applications
1 16 (12.60%) JIRA
2 15 (11.81%) Git
3 12 (9.45%) GitLab
4 11 (8.66%) Jenkins
5 8 (6.30%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 38 (29.92%) Social Skills
2 28 (22.05%) Finance
3 21 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.30%) Aerospace
6 7 (5.51%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.36%) German Language
9 2 (1.57%) Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.79%) French Language
10 1 (0.79%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.79%) Korean Language
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (11.02%) Support Engineer
3 13 (10.24%) DBA
4 12 (9.45%) Analyst
5 11 (8.66%) SQL DBA
6 10 (7.87%) Administrator
6 10 (7.87%) AWS Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Big Data Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Site Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (6.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Database Specialist
7 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (6.30%) IT Analyst
7 8 (6.30%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 7 (5.51%) Platform Specialist
8 7 (5.51%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.02%) LDAP
2 10 (7.87%) gRPC
2 10 (7.87%) Protocol Buffers
3 6 (4.72%) Flash
4 3 (2.36%) Node.js
5 2 (1.57%) cloud-init
5 2 (1.57%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.57%) SAML
6 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.79%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.79%) OAuth
6 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.79%) OpenID
6 1 (0.79%) Web Services
6 1 (0.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.90%) Replication
2 20 (15.75%) Data Centre
3 11 (8.66%) Client/Server
4 10 (7.87%) Hedge funds
5 9 (7.09%) PKI
6 8 (6.30%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (5.51%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.51%) Driving Licence
8 4 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.36%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.57%) Equities
10 2 (1.57%) Fat Client
10 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.57%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.79%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (51.97%) Windows
2 40 (31.50%) Windows Server
3 38 (29.92%) Linux
4 14 (11.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (10.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (10.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (8.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (7.87%) Unix
7 10 (7.87%) Windows 10
8 8 (6.30%) Mac OS
8 8 (6.30%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (6.30%) Solaris
9 5 (3.94%) VMS
9 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.57%) CentOS
11 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (41.73%) High Availability
2 36 (28.35%) Disaster Recovery
3 28 (22.05%) DevOps
3 28 (22.05%) Migration
4 25 (19.69%) Performance Tuning
5 22 (17.32%) Agile
6 21 (16.54%) Asset Management
6 21 (16.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 20 (15.75%) Decision-Making
7 20 (15.75%) Storage Management
8 19 (14.96%) Capacity Management
8 19 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (12.60%) Data Migration
11 15 (11.81%) ITIL
12 14 (11.02%) Task Automation
13 13 (10.24%) Investment Management
14 12 (9.45%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (9.45%) Data Protection
15 11 (8.66%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 40 (31.50%) PowerShell
2 36 (28.35%) SQL
3 30 (23.62%) Python
4 22 (17.32%) Bash
5 15 (11.81%) Go
6 12 (9.45%) JavaScript
7 10 (7.87%) Java
8 4 (3.15%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.36%) C
9 3 (2.36%) Perl
10 2 (1.57%) Ruby
11 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 34 (26.77%) Degree
3 26 (20.47%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.02%) DV Cleared
5 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (8.66%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (7.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (7.09%) MCSE
9 6 (4.72%) CCNA
9 6 (4.72%) Master's Degree
10 5 (3.94%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.94%) CCDP
10 5 (3.94%) CCNP
11 4 (3.15%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (2.36%) MCITP
12 3 (2.36%) MCTS
13 2 (1.57%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.79%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) GDPR
2 8 (6.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.57%) NCSC
4 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.79%) IFRS
4 1 (0.79%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (45.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (40.94%) Active Directory
3 18 (14.17%) Docker
4 16 (12.60%) Hyper-V
5 15 (11.81%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (11.81%) vSphere
6 13 (10.24%) VMware Workstation
7 11 (8.66%) VMware NSX
8 8 (6.30%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.57%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.57%) XenApp
10 1 (0.79%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.79%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.79%) KVM
10 1 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.79%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.79%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (26.77%) Terraform
2 32 (25.20%) Kubernetes
3 27 (21.26%) Ansible
4 23 (18.11%) SCCM
5 21 (16.54%) Microsoft Clustering
6 15 (11.81%) vCenter Server
7 13 (10.24%) Failover Clustering
8 12 (9.45%) Prometheus
9 8 (6.30%) EMC NetWorker
9 8 (6.30%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (6.30%) Nagios
9 8 (6.30%) NetBackup
9 8 (6.30%) Netcool
9 8 (6.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 8 (6.30%) Tivoli
9 8 (6.30%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (4.72%) Autotask
11 3 (2.36%) Kibana
11 3 (2.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (51.97%) VMware
2 41 (32.28%) Microsoft
3 22 (17.32%) Oracle
4 21 (16.54%) Cisco
5 20 (15.75%) Splunk
6 14 (11.02%) HP
7 11 (8.66%) Dell
7 11 (8.66%) EMC
7 11 (8.66%) ServiceNow
7 11 (8.66%) SolarWinds
8 10 (7.87%) IBM
9 9 (7.09%) CyberArk
9 9 (7.09%) Red Hat
10 8 (6.30%) Hitachi
10 8 (6.30%) Isilon
10 8 (6.30%) NetApp
10 8 (6.30%) Qualys
10 8 (6.30%) Serena
11 6 (4.72%) Apple
11 6 (4.72%) Datto