Clustering Contracts in Dorset

Clustering
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Clustering 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 5.10% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £521 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%

All Generic Skills
Dorset

Clustering falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 27 63 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 27.55% 38.18% 24.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 32
10th Percentile £225 £172 £159
25th Percentile £384 £175 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £185 £506
Median % change year-on-year +194.72% -63.56% +6.58%
75th Percentile £578 £213 £627
90th Percentile £663 £734 £650
South West median daily rate £535 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 22 8
10th Percentile - £11.98 £15.81
25th Percentile £14.41 £13.69 £17.22
Median hourly rate £14.81 £14.46 £19.22
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -24.75% -63.47%
75th Percentile £15.22 £38.70 £32.43
90th Percentile - £57.33 £64.38
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Clustering in Dorset

Clustering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Clustering in Dorset

Clustering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Clustering in Dorset

Clustering
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Blandford Forum - 5 £550 -
Clustering
South West

Clustering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Flash
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (80.00%) NsoIT
2 4 (80.00%) Power Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Atlassian