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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 612 564 759
Rank change year-on-year -48 +195 -211
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 312 497 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.48% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.12% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 281 258 355
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +4.61%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £70,375 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +6.38% +4.44%

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 34,939 44,198 74,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 42.68% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 22,999 23,881 34,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £83,875
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 4 May 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 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -15 279 £57,000 +3.64% 56
UK excluding London -130 197 £48,500 -3.00% 39
Work from Home +23 135 £85,000 +54.55% 22
London +117 110 £86,250 +50.00% 22
Midlands +10 65 £42,500 -22.73% 12
West Midlands +22 52 £42,500 -22.73% 5
South East +11 35 £48,500 -10.19% 8
North of England -15 33 £45,000 - 5
South West -46 24 £57,000 +10.68% 6
Scotland -73 20 £32,500 -53.20% 4
Yorkshire +54 16 £47,500 +5.56% 2
East of England -13 13 £55,000 +10.00% 5
East Midlands -25 13 £40,000 -23.81% 7
North East +1 9 £30,000 -52.00% 1
North West -7 8 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Wales +2 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 67 (21.47%) IIS
2 58 (18.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (11.54%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (4.81%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.92%) SAS
6 3 (0.96%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.96%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.64%) Apache
8 1 (0.32%) Confluence
8 1 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (8.01%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Maximo
2 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 169 (54.17%) Azure
2 105 (33.65%) AWS
3 82 (26.28%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (13.46%) Snowflake
5 36 (11.54%) dbt
5 36 (11.54%) Entra ID
6 27 (8.65%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (5.45%) GCP
8 14 (4.49%) Amazon S3
8 14 (4.49%) SaaS
9 11 (3.53%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.21%) GitHub
11 9 (2.88%) IaaS
12 7 (2.24%) PaaS
13 6 (1.92%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.92%) Google Analytics
14 5 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (1.28%) OneDrive
16 3 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
16 3 (0.96%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 75 (24.04%) Firewall
2 74 (23.72%) WAN
3 41 (13.14%) SAN
4 39 (12.50%) DNS
5 31 (9.94%) TCP/IP
6 25 (8.01%) DHCP
7 23 (7.37%) VPN
8 22 (7.05%) Internet
9 16 (5.13%) LAN
10 15 (4.81%) VLAN
11 12 (3.85%) Wireless
12 10 (3.21%) BGP
12 10 (3.21%) SNMP
12 10 (3.21%) tcpdump
12 10 (3.21%) VoIP
12 10 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (2.56%) VSAN
14 7 (2.24%) HTTP
14 7 (2.24%) MPLS
14 7 (2.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (36.54%) SQL Server
2 38 (12.18%) Dremio
3 37 (11.86%) Big Data
3 37 (11.86%) Data Lake
4 36 (11.54%) Amazon Athena
4 36 (11.54%) Apache Arrow
5 34 (10.90%) NoSQL
6 21 (6.73%) MySQL
7 19 (6.09%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (5.77%) MongoDB
9 17 (5.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (4.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (3.53%) Power BI
13 9 (2.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (2.24%) Relational Database
15 6 (1.92%) InfluxDB
16 4 (1.28%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 26 (8.33%) Git
2 22 (7.05%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.41%) JIRA
4 11 (3.53%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.96%) GitLab
6 2 (0.64%) 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
1 102 (32.69%) Finance
2 68 (21.79%) Social Skills
3 36 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.21%) Games
7 9 (2.88%) Law
8 7 (2.24%) Marketing
9 6 (1.92%) Banking
10 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.28%) Military
11 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.96%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.96%) Retail
12 1 (0.32%) Legal
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (17.31%) Systems Engineer
2 51 (16.35%) Senior
3 47 (15.06%) Support Engineer
4 44 (14.10%) DBA
5 38 (12.18%) Site Engineer
5 38 (12.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 36 (11.54%) AWS Engineer
6 36 (11.54%) Big Data Engineer
7 28 (8.97%) Administrator
8 27 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.73%) SQL DBA
10 20 (6.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 17 (5.45%) Analyst
12 15 (4.81%) Lead
13 14 (4.49%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (4.49%) SQL Server DBA
14 12 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
14 12 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.53%) Infrastructure Manager
15 11 (3.53%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.54%) gRPC
1 36 (11.54%) Protocol Buffers
2 30 (9.62%) REST
3 25 (8.01%) WebRTC
4 11 (3.53%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (3.21%) YAML
6 9 (2.88%) XML
7 8 (2.56%) .NET
8 4 (1.28%) JSON
8 4 (1.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.96%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.96%) Middleware
9 3 (0.96%) React
10 2 (0.64%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.64%) WSH
11 1 (0.32%) J2EE
11 1 (0.32%) LAMP
11 1 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.42%) Replication
2 39 (12.50%) Public Cloud
3 36 (11.54%) Hedge funds
4 26 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (5.45%) PKI
6 16 (5.13%) Data Centre
7 14 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.88%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.88%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.56%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.92%) PMI
12 5 (1.60%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.28%) Fat Client
13 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.28%) Thin Client
14 3 (0.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 164 (52.56%) Windows
2 117 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 55 (17.63%) Linux
4 31 (9.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (7.69%) Windows 10
6 19 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.81%) AIX
9 14 (4.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (3.53%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (3.21%) Solaris
11 10 (3.21%) Unix
12 8 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (2.24%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.28%) CentOS
15 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (41.03%) High Availability
2 113 (36.22%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (20.51%) Disaster Recovery
4 60 (19.23%) DevOps
5 59 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (15.71%) Performance Tuning
7 48 (15.38%) CI/CD
8 41 (13.14%) Load Balancing
9 40 (12.82%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 39 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
11 38 (12.18%) Asset Management
12 36 (11.54%) Investment Management
13 34 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 33 (10.58%) Prototyping
15 32 (10.26%) Continuous Integration
16 28 (8.97%) ITIL
17 27 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
17 27 (8.65%) Migration
18 26 (8.33%) API Development
18 26 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 140 (44.87%) SQL
2 108 (34.62%) PowerShell
3 75 (24.04%) Python
4 68 (21.79%) Java
5 40 (12.82%) JavaScript
6 37 (11.86%) Go
7 27 (8.65%) Bash
8 19 (6.09%) T-SQL
9 15 (4.81%) C#
10 13 (4.17%) Perl
11 12 (3.85%) VB
12 10 (3.21%) ActionScript
13 6 (1.92%) R
14 5 (1.60%) VBScript
15 2 (0.64%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.64%) Korn
15 2 (0.64%) PHP
15 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.64%) Ruby
15 2 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 70 (22.44%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.06%) Degree
3 40 (12.82%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.56%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.24%) MCSE
8 6 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.92%) MCSA
8 6 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.28%) MCP
10 3 (0.96%) HNC
10 3 (0.96%) HND
10 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.96%) MCITP
10 3 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.33%) SLA
2 11 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.56%) GDPR
4 5 (1.60%) SOC 1
4 5 (1.60%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.96%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 116 (37.18%) Active Directory
2 108 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (17.95%) Hyper-V
4 51 (16.35%) VMware ESXi
5 42 (13.46%) VMware NSX
6 31 (9.94%) Docker
7 16 (5.13%) vSphere
8 10 (3.21%) OpenSSH
8 10 (3.21%) XenApp
9 5 (1.60%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.28%) Firmware
11 3 (0.96%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.96%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.64%) Ceph
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.64%) PowerHA
12 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.32%) KVM
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 62 (19.87%) Terraform
2 59 (18.91%) Kubernetes
2 59 (18.91%) Microsoft Clustering
3 55 (17.63%) Failover Clustering
4 42 (13.46%) Prometheus
5 41 (13.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (13.14%) vCenter Server
6 33 (10.58%) Ansible
7 22 (7.05%) SCCM
7 22 (7.05%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (5.77%) Grafana
8 18 (5.77%) Nagios
9 16 (5.13%) Backup Exec
9 16 (5.13%) SCOM
10 15 (4.81%) Puppet
11 12 (3.85%) NetBackup
12 11 (3.53%) FortiGate
12 11 (3.53%) HAProxy
13 10 (3.21%) IBM BigFix
13 10 (3.21%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 168 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 163 (52.24%) VMware
3 36 (11.54%) Oracle
4 26 (8.33%) Commvault
5 25 (8.01%) IBM
6 21 (6.73%) Cisco
7 19 (6.09%) NetApp
7 19 (6.09%) ServiceNow
8 18 (5.77%) Sun
9 16 (5.13%) Veritas
10 14 (4.49%) Citrix
10 14 (4.49%) Veeam
11 13 (4.17%) CheckPoint
12 12 (3.85%) Aruba
12 12 (3.85%) Datto
12 12 (3.85%) Hitachi
12 12 (3.85%) HP
12 12 (3.85%) Snow
13 11 (3.53%) Google
13 11 (3.53%) Serena