Clustering Contract Job Trends in Essex

Clustering
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Clustering 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Essex - - 1.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £467 £240
% change year-on-year +12.54% +94.38% -56.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 50 21 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 23.58% 28.38% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 24
10th Percentile £205 £315 £110
25th Percentile £284 £322 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.51% +28.47%
75th Percentile £539 £513 £588
90th Percentile £598 £608 £668
East of England median daily rate £475 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -7.77% +8.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 22
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.48 £12.86
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.44 £14.17
Median hourly rate £15.38 £18.67 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -47.63% -11.74%
75th Percentile £16.33 £21.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £22.86 £64.25
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £66.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -65.91% +20.00% -12.70%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Clustering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Clustering job vacancy trend in Essex

Clustering
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Clustering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Clustering

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Clustering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Clustering