Clustering Contract Job Trends in Kent

Clustering
South East > Kent

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 21 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Clustering 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.44% 1.64% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.09% 3.41% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £153 £156
25th Percentile £329 £153 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £156 £159
Median % change year-on-year +113.08% -1.58% -
75th Percentile £340 £158 £160
90th Percentile £342 £158 £160
South East median daily rate £333 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -16.88% - -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate - £22.40 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - +9.27% -
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £22.40 £39.25
% change year-on-year - -42.92% -21.51%

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 33 88 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 26.83% 48.09% 46.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 33 70
10th Percentile £136 £189 £154
25th Percentile £150 £329 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £513 £365
Median % change year-on-year -35.12% +40.41% -23.16%
75th Percentile £457 £580 £538
90th Percentile £538 £635 £651
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 11
10th Percentile - £43.94 £16.25
25th Percentile - £65.47 £19.88
Median hourly rate - £70.32 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - +31.43% +77.86%
75th Percentile - £75.16 £55.13
90th Percentile - - £61.25
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -54.29% - +59.09%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Clustering job vacancy trend in Kent

Clustering
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Clustering

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Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Clustering

Clustering
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Kent region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Maidstone - 3 £333 -
Clustering
South East

Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering