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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Clustering 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.92% - 1.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.94% - 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - -
East of England median daily rate £452 £467 £240
% change year-on-year -3.11% +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
% change year-on-year - - -24.66%

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 34 27 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 31.19% 29.35% 34.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 34
10th Percentile £178 £284 £111
25th Percentile £185 £317 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £350 £329
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +6.38% -
75th Percentile £512 £450 £500
90th Percentile £662 £598 £650
East of England median daily rate £452 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -9.60% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 18
10th Percentile - - £15.63
25th Percentile £12.75 - £17.69
Median hourly rate £14.50 - £35.65
Median % change year-on-year - - +69.76%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £57.50
90th Percentile £32.54 - £66.65
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +22.73% -8.33%

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

Clustering
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Essex region over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. 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
Witham - 1 £335 -
Clustering
East of England

Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat