Clustering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Clustering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Clustering over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 308 354
Rank change year-on-year -1 +46 -48
Contract jobs citing Clustering 77 149 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.63% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 1.95% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 104 120
10th Percentile £210 £387 £363
25th Percentile £269 £477 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £457
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +20.28% +7.91%
75th Percentile £569 £650 £632
90th Percentile £588 £700 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile - £38.50 -
25th Percentile - £43.75 £62.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +9.70%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.25 £67.50
90th Percentile - £63.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Clustering is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,947 7,647 9,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.18% 32.53% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,557 5,163 6,728
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £614 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 435 456
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.36
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Clustering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Clustering in the UK excluding London

Clustering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Clustering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Clustering in the UK excluding London

Clustering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Clustering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Clustering in the UK excluding London

Clustering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Clustering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Clustering in the UK excluding London

Clustering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Clustering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Clustering in the UK excluding London

Clustering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -2 19 £475 -26.92% 5
South West +10 17 £525 -4.55% 6
Scotland +41 12 £415 -22.33% 4
South East -1 12 £575 - 8
Midlands +30 9 £288 -36.11% 12
North West -5 7 £220 -66.15% 2
East of England -9 7 £240 -56.36% 5
West Midlands +27 6 £288 -49.34% 5
Yorkshire +21 6 £563 +52.03% 2
North East - 6 £488 - 1
East Midlands +15 2 - - 7
Wales - 1 - -
Clustering
UK

Clustering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (25.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.49%) Confluence
3 4 (5.19%) IIS
4 2 (2.60%) nginx
4 2 (2.60%) Traefik
5 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 9 (11.69%) GitHub
3 8 (10.39%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.09%) AWS
4 7 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.90%) GCP
6 2 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.60%) IaaS
6 2 (2.60%) PaaS
6 2 (2.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.30%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (31.17%) DNS
2 20 (25.97%) DHCP
3 17 (22.08%) VPN
4 16 (20.78%) Firewall
4 16 (20.78%) LAN
4 16 (20.78%) WAN
5 15 (19.48%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (15.58%) SAN
7 8 (10.39%) MPLS
8 6 (7.79%) SMTP
8 6 (7.79%) VLAN
8 6 (7.79%) VoIP
8 6 (7.79%) VSAN
9 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
10 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.30%) NAS
10 1 (1.30%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (6.49%) Big Data
5 3 (3.90%) MongoDB
5 3 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.60%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.30%) MySQL
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) GitLab
2 5 (6.49%) JIRA
3 3 (3.90%) Git
4 2 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.30%) tSQLt
General
1 37 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.39%) Aerospace
4 8 (10.39%) Finance
5 7 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Banking
6 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (19.48%) Support Engineer
2 13 (16.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (11.69%) Analyst
3 9 (11.69%) Linux Engineer
3 9 (11.69%) Linux Support
3 9 (11.69%) Linux Support Engineer
4 8 (10.39%) DBA
4 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) IT Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
5 7 (9.09%) SQL DBA
6 6 (7.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 6 (7.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Database Specialist
6 6 (7.79%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Windows Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) LDAP
2 5 (6.49%) Flash
3 2 (2.60%) cloud-init
4 1 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.30%) FHIR
4 1 (1.30%) Keycloak
4 1 (1.30%) XML
4 1 (1.30%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.48%) Data Centre
2 12 (15.58%) PKI
3 11 (14.29%) Replication
4 8 (10.39%) Client/Server
4 8 (10.39%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (7.79%) Driving Licence
6 4 (5.19%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.30%) NHS
8 1 (1.30%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 46 (59.74%) Windows
2 35 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 20 (25.97%) Linux
4 15 (19.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (11.69%) Unix
5 9 (11.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (10.39%) Windows 10
6 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (7.79%) Mac OS
9 5 (6.49%) VMS
10 3 (3.90%) Solaris
10 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (2.60%) CentOS
12 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
12 1 (1.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (50.65%) High Availability
2 21 (27.27%) Migration
3 17 (22.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (20.78%) Capacity Management
4 16 (20.78%) Data Migration
4 16 (20.78%) Decision-Making
4 16 (20.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.29%) Agile
6 11 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 11 (14.29%) Server Management
6 11 (14.29%) Task Automation
7 10 (12.99%) ITIL
8 9 (11.69%) Asset Management
8 9 (11.69%) Customer Service
8 9 (11.69%) Database Security
8 9 (11.69%) Performance Tuning
8 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
9 8 (10.39%) Business Transformation
9 8 (10.39%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (38.96%) PowerShell
2 18 (23.38%) SQL
3 10 (12.99%) Bash
4 4 (5.19%) MATLAB
5 3 (3.90%) Python
6 2 (2.60%) Go
6 2 (2.60%) Ruby
6 2 (2.60%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (48.05%) Security Cleared
2 27 (35.06%) SC Cleared
3 25 (32.47%) Degree
4 18 (23.38%) DV Cleared
5 9 (11.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (7.79%) MCSE
6 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (6.49%) CCNA
7 5 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (6.49%) Master's Degree
8 4 (5.19%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) RHCE
9 2 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) SLA
2 2 (2.60%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (2.60%) NCSC
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) HL7
System Software
1 42 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (51.95%) Active Directory
3 21 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (23.38%) Hyper-V
5 14 (18.18%) vSphere
6 13 (16.88%) VMware Workstation
7 9 (11.69%) VMware NSX
8 8 (10.39%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (7.79%) BitLocker
9 6 (7.79%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (7.79%) Terminal Services
10 5 (6.49%) KVM
11 3 (3.90%) Docker
12 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (1.30%) DFS Replication
13 1 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (1.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (28.57%) vCenter Server
2 16 (20.78%) SCCM
3 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Clustering
4 12 (15.58%) Ansible
5 11 (14.29%) Terraform
6 9 (11.69%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (11.69%) Nagios
7 8 (10.39%) NetBackup
8 7 (9.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 6 (7.79%) Autotask
9 6 (7.79%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (7.79%) vMotion
10 5 (6.49%) Kubernetes
11 4 (5.19%) vRealize
12 3 (3.90%) Packer
12 3 (3.90%) Puppet
12 3 (3.90%) VxRail
13 2 (2.60%) McAfee ePO
13 2 (2.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (68.83%) VMware
2 28 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.58%) Red Hat
4 10 (12.99%) Citrix
5 9 (11.69%) Oracle
5 9 (11.69%) SolarWinds
6 8 (10.39%) Hitachi
6 8 (10.39%) NetApp
7 6 (7.79%) Apple
7 6 (7.79%) Cisco
7 6 (7.79%) Datto
7 6 (7.79%) HP
7 6 (7.79%) Infoblox
8 5 (6.49%) Atlassian
8 5 (6.49%) Symantec
9 4 (5.19%) Veritas
10 3 (3.90%) Dell
10 3 (3.90%) EMC
11 2 (2.60%) McAfee
11 2 (2.60%) Splunk