Clustering Job Trends in the East Midlands

Clustering
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 140 188
Rank change year-on-year -5 +48 -59
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 25 1 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.48% 0.045% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 0.10% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 25 1 16
10th Percentile £37,500 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £54,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +26.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £59,500 £50,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +0.88% +3.64%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,072 984 1,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.70% 44.50% 28.56%
Number of salaries quoted 695 396 906
10th Percentile £27,440 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,359 £61,563 £56,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Clustering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Clustering job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Clustering
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Clustering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Clustering

Clustering
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire - 25 £45,000 -
Clustering
England

Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (84.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 10 (40.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) Firewall
1 10 (40.00%) SAN
2 8 (32.00%) Internet
2 8 (32.00%) Network Security
2 8 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (24.00%) DHCP
3 6 (24.00%) DNS
4 2 (8.00%) VPN
4 2 (8.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 23 (92.00%) Administrator
2 21 (84.00%) Systems Administrator
3 16 (64.00%) IT Administrator
3 16 (64.00%) IT Systems Administrator
4 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (28.00%) Network Administrator
4 7 (28.00%) Network Engineer
4 7 (28.00%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (24.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (20.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (20.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 5 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (20.00%) Network Systems Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 1 (4.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support
8 1 (4.00%) IT Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
1 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Patch Management
1 10 (40.00%) Storage Management
2 8 (32.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 8 (32.00%) Server Management
3 6 (24.00%) Virtual Environments
4 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (8.00%) Network Management
5 1 (4.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.00%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 25 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 25 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Failover Clustering
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (84.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (40.00%) Veeam
3 8 (32.00%) SonicWALL