Clustering
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Clustering over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 599 562 767
Rank change year-on-year -37 +205 -209
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 309 467 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.45% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.04% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 278 252 359
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +3.09% +4.61%
75th Percentile £81,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £70,000 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £47,063
% change year-on-year -3.00% +6.24% +4.58%

All Generic Skills
UK

Clustering is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Clustering.

Salary trend for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clustering over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 275 £57,000 +3.64% 54
UK excluding London -81 199 £48,500 -3.00% 41
Work from Home +30 129 £85,000 +54.55% 17
London +123 104 £85,000 +51.11% 20
Midlands +4 65 £42,500 -22.73% 10
West Midlands +34 53 £42,500 -22.73% 4
South East +28 35 £48,500 -10.19% 7
North of England +11 34 £42,500 -5.56% 5
South West -23 24 £57,000 +9.62% 6
Scotland -65 21 £32,500 -53.20% 6
Yorkshire +59 17 £45,000 - 1
East of England -21 13 £55,000 +10.00% 8
East Midlands -27 12 £43,750 -16.67% 6
North East +2 9 £30,000 -52.00% 1
North West +2 8 £50,000 -13.04% 3
Wales +4 5 £51,000 +32.47%
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

Clustering
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 68 (22.01%) IIS
2 61 (19.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (9.71%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (4.85%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.94%) SAS
6 3 (0.97%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.97%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.65%) Apache
8 1 (0.32%) Confluence
8 1 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Maximo
2 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 174 (56.31%) Azure
2 99 (32.04%) AWS
3 85 (27.51%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (11.65%) Entra ID
4 36 (11.65%) Snowflake
5 30 (9.71%) dbt
6 27 (8.74%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (5.50%) GCP
8 14 (4.53%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.21%) SaaS
10 11 (3.56%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.24%) GitHub
12 8 (2.59%) IaaS
13 6 (1.94%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.94%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.94%) PaaS
14 5 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (1.29%) OneDrive
16 3 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
16 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 76 (24.60%) Firewall
1 76 (24.60%) WAN
2 41 (13.27%) SAN
3 40 (12.94%) DNS
4 31 (10.03%) TCP/IP
5 26 (8.41%) DHCP
6 24 (7.77%) VPN
7 22 (7.12%) Internet
8 16 (5.18%) LAN
9 15 (4.85%) VLAN
10 13 (4.21%) Wireless
11 10 (3.24%) BGP
11 10 (3.24%) SNMP
11 10 (3.24%) tcpdump
11 10 (3.24%) VoIP
11 10 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (2.59%) VSAN
13 7 (2.27%) HTTP
13 7 (2.27%) MPLS
13 7 (2.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (37.22%) SQL Server
2 34 (11.00%) NoSQL
3 32 (10.36%) Dremio
4 31 (10.03%) Big Data
4 31 (10.03%) Data Lake
5 30 (9.71%) Amazon Athena
5 30 (9.71%) Apache Arrow
6 22 (7.12%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (6.80%) MySQL
8 19 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (5.83%) MongoDB
10 17 (5.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (4.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (3.56%) Power BI
14 9 (2.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (2.27%) Relational Database
16 6 (1.94%) InfluxDB
17 4 (1.29%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 26 (8.41%) Git
2 22 (7.12%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.47%) JIRA
4 11 (3.56%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.97%) GitLab
6 2 (0.65%) Subversion
7 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.32%) JMeter
7 1 (0.32%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.32%) Maven
7 1 (0.32%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.32%) Selenium
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 96 (31.07%) Finance
2 69 (22.33%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.88%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.24%) Games
7 8 (2.59%) Law
8 7 (2.27%) Marketing
9 6 (1.94%) Banking
10 4 (1.29%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.29%) Military
11 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.97%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.97%) Retail
12 1 (0.32%) Legal
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (17.48%) Systems Engineer
2 53 (17.15%) Senior
3 47 (15.21%) Support Engineer
4 44 (14.24%) DBA
5 32 (10.36%) Site Engineer
5 32 (10.36%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 30 (9.71%) AWS Engineer
6 30 (9.71%) Big Data Engineer
7 29 (9.39%) Administrator
7 29 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (7.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 21 (6.80%) SQL DBA
10 17 (5.50%) Analyst
11 16 (5.18%) Lead
12 14 (4.53%) Linux Engineer
12 14 (4.53%) SQL Server DBA
13 12 (3.88%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.56%) Infrastructure Manager
14 11 (3.56%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.36%) REST
2 30 (9.71%) gRPC
2 30 (9.71%) Protocol Buffers
3 27 (8.74%) WebRTC
4 11 (3.56%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (3.24%) YAML
6 9 (2.91%) XML
7 8 (2.59%) .NET
8 5 (1.62%) JSON
9 4 (1.29%) Node.js
10 3 (0.97%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.97%) Middleware
10 3 (0.97%) React
11 2 (0.65%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.32%) J2EE
12 1 (0.32%) LAMP
12 1 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 1 (0.32%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.89%) Replication
2 39 (12.62%) Public Cloud
3 30 (9.71%) Hedge funds
4 26 (8.41%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (5.50%) PKI
6 16 (5.18%) Data Centre
7 14 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.24%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.91%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.91%) Enterprise Storage
10 8 (2.59%) Operational Technology
11 7 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.94%) PMI
13 5 (1.62%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.62%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.29%) Fat Client
14 4 (1.29%) Thin Client
15 3 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 165 (53.40%) Windows
2 117 (37.86%) Windows Server
3 55 (17.80%) Linux
4 31 (10.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (7.77%) Windows 10
6 20 (6.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (5.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.85%) AIX
9 14 (4.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (3.56%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (3.24%) Solaris
11 10 (3.24%) Unix
12 7 (2.27%) Mac OS
13 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.29%) CentOS
15 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (42.39%) High Availability
2 116 (37.54%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (21.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 59 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (17.48%) DevOps
6 49 (15.86%) Performance Tuning
7 48 (15.53%) CI/CD
8 43 (13.92%) Load Balancing
9 39 (12.62%) Capacity Planning
10 36 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (11.00%) Prototyping
11 34 (11.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 32 (10.36%) Asset Management
12 32 (10.36%) Continuous Integration
13 30 (9.71%) Investment Management
14 28 (9.06%) ITIL
15 27 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (8.74%) Migration
16 26 (8.41%) Continuous Delivery
16 26 (8.41%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 141 (45.63%) SQL
2 108 (34.95%) PowerShell
3 70 (22.65%) Python
4 62 (20.06%) Java
5 34 (11.00%) JavaScript
6 31 (10.03%) Go
7 28 (9.06%) Bash
8 19 (6.15%) T-SQL
9 15 (4.85%) C#
10 13 (4.21%) Perl
11 12 (3.88%) VB
12 10 (3.24%) ActionScript
13 6 (1.94%) R
14 4 (1.29%) VBScript
15 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.65%) Korn
15 2 (0.65%) PHP
15 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.65%) Ruby
15 2 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 49 (15.86%) Degree
3 42 (13.59%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.88%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.59%) A+ Certification
6 8 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.27%) MCSE
8 6 (1.94%) MCSA
8 6 (1.94%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.29%) MCP
10 3 (0.97%) HNC
10 3 (0.97%) HND
10 3 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.97%) MCITP
10 3 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.74%) SLA
2 10 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.91%) GDPR
4 5 (1.62%) SOC 1
4 5 (1.62%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.97%) QA
7 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
System Software
1 120 (38.83%) Active Directory
2 111 (35.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (18.45%) Hyper-V
4 51 (16.50%) VMware ESXi
5 43 (13.92%) VMware NSX
6 31 (10.03%) Docker
7 16 (5.18%) vSphere
8 10 (3.24%) OpenSSH
8 10 (3.24%) XenApp
9 6 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.62%) Firmware
10 5 (1.62%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.97%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.97%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.65%) Ceph
12 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.65%) PowerHA
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.32%) KVM
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (19.09%) Microsoft Clustering
2 57 (18.45%) Failover Clustering
2 57 (18.45%) Terraform
3 53 (17.15%) Kubernetes
4 43 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (13.27%) vCenter Server
6 36 (11.65%) Prometheus
7 33 (10.68%) Ansible
8 22 (7.12%) SCCM
8 22 (7.12%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (5.83%) Grafana
9 18 (5.83%) Nagios
10 17 (5.50%) SCOM
11 16 (5.18%) Puppet
12 15 (4.85%) Backup Exec
13 13 (4.21%) FortiGate
14 12 (3.88%) NetBackup
15 11 (3.56%) HAProxy
16 10 (3.24%) IBM BigFix
16 10 (3.24%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 171 (55.34%) Microsoft
2 167 (54.05%) VMware
3 36 (11.65%) Oracle
4 27 (8.74%) Commvault
5 25 (8.09%) IBM
6 21 (6.80%) Cisco
7 20 (6.47%) NetApp
8 19 (6.15%) ServiceNow
9 18 (5.83%) Sun
10 15 (4.85%) Citrix
10 15 (4.85%) Veeam
10 15 (4.85%) Veritas
11 14 (4.53%) CheckPoint
12 12 (3.88%) Aruba
12 12 (3.88%) Datto
12 12 (3.88%) Hitachi
12 12 (3.88%) HP
12 12 (3.88%) Snow
13 11 (3.56%) Dell
13 11 (3.56%) Serena