Clustering Job Trends in England

Clustering
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 529 587
Rank change year-on-year -78 +58 -39
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 106 104 282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.60% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 70 91 241
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,051 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% -3.36% +8.18%
75th Percentile £75,438 £73,125 £93,750
90th Percentile £91,375 £77,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +0.88% +3.64%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,629 17,348 30,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.54% 42.99% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14,280 8,451 20,858
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.95% +4.55% -15.38%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Clustering job vacancy trend in England

Clustering
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Clustering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Clustering

Clustering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clustering in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Clustering in England

Clustering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
London -26 36 £92,500 +32.14% 6
Midlands -14 25 £45,000 -5.26% 1
East Midlands -5 20 £45,000 -21.05%
South East -40 20 £50,000 -9.09% 9
East of England -2 16 £76,250 +38.64% 1
North of England -45 7 £47,500 -20.83% 3
North West -2 6 £47,500 -33.33% 1
West Midlands -18 5 £67,500 +42.11% 1
South West -54 2 £52,500 -6.25% 2
Yorkshire -45 1 - - 1
Clustering
UK

Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 24 (22.64%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (21.70%) Apache Spark
3 16 (15.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (13.21%) SharePoint
5 7 (6.60%) IIS
6 6 (5.66%) SAS
7 4 (3.77%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.94%) Apache
8 1 (0.94%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.94%) Site Server
8 1 (0.94%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.94%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 52 (49.06%) Azure
2 34 (32.08%) AWS
3 31 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (25.47%) Snowflake
5 26 (24.53%) dbt
6 25 (23.58%) GCP
6 25 (23.58%) Power Platform
7 23 (21.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 14 (13.21%) Entra ID
9 9 (8.49%) Mimecast
9 9 (8.49%) SaaS
10 6 (5.66%) PaaS
11 4 (3.77%) Cloudflare
12 3 (2.83%) GitHub
13 2 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (1.89%) IaaS
14 1 (0.94%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.94%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.94%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.09%) SAN
2 14 (13.21%) Firewall
3 8 (7.55%) Internet
3 8 (7.55%) Network Security
3 8 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (5.66%) 5G
4 6 (5.66%) Broadband
4 6 (5.66%) DNS
5 5 (4.72%) DHCP
5 5 (4.72%) WAN
6 4 (3.77%) LAN
6 4 (3.77%) Wireless
7 2 (1.89%) NAS
7 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.89%) VPN
8 1 (0.94%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.94%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.94%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.94%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.94%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (24.53%) Data Warehouse
1 26 (24.53%) SQL Server
2 25 (23.58%) BigQuery
2 25 (23.58%) Power BI
2 25 (23.58%) Snowflake Schema
3 24 (22.64%) Amazon Redshift
3 24 (22.64%) Data Lake
4 23 (21.70%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (21.70%) Looker
4 23 (21.70%) Tableau
5 6 (5.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (3.77%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.89%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.94%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (22.64%) MLflow
2 3 (2.83%) GitLab
3 2 (1.89%) Git
3 2 (1.89%) JIRA
4 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.94%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (31.13%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (14.15%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.60%) Finance
4 6 (5.66%) Banking
5 5 (4.72%) Law
6 4 (3.77%) Legal
6 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.83%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.83%) Marketing
7 3 (2.83%) Retail
8 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Advertising
9 1 (0.94%) Aviation
9 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.94%) Games
9 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.94%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (42.45%) Senior
2 36 (33.96%) Systems Engineer
3 24 (22.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 21 (19.81%) Administrator
5 19 (17.92%) Systems Administrator
6 15 (14.15%) IT Administrator
6 15 (14.15%) IT Systems Administrator
7 13 (12.26%) IT Engineer
8 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Architect
9 6 (5.66%) DBA
9 6 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Support Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Analyst
10 5 (4.72%) IT Support
10 5 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Lead
10 5 (4.72%) Senior IT Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Senior IT Support
10 5 (4.72%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (22.64%) LangChain
1 24 (22.64%) PyTorch
1 24 (22.64%) scikit-learn
1 24 (22.64%) TensorFlow
2 23 (21.70%) Kafka
2 23 (21.70%) LlamaIndex
2 23 (21.70%) pgvector
3 6 (5.66%) Streamlit
4 2 (1.89%) REST
4 2 (1.89%) Snowpark
5 1 (0.94%) Keras
5 1 (0.94%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.94%) LDAP
5 1 (0.94%) NumPy
5 1 (0.94%) Pandas
5 1 (0.94%) PySpark
5 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.64%) Cloud Native
2 23 (21.70%) Public Cloud
3 14 (13.21%) Replication
4 11 (10.38%) Data Centre
5 7 (6.60%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (5.66%) Algorithms
7 4 (3.77%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.83%) NHS
8 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.83%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.89%) PKI
10 1 (0.94%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.94%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.94%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.94%) iSeries
10 1 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (26.42%) Windows
2 26 (24.53%) Windows Server
3 17 (16.04%) Linux
4 6 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.83%) Debian
5 3 (2.83%) Gentoo
6 2 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.94%) CentOS
7 1 (0.94%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.85%) AI
1 38 (35.85%) Analytics
2 33 (31.13%) Machine Learning
2 33 (31.13%) Performance Tuning
3 31 (29.25%) Data Science
4 30 (28.30%) Predictive Modelling
5 29 (27.36%) Feature Engineering
6 28 (26.42%) Data Pipeline
6 28 (26.42%) Use Case
7 27 (25.47%) Data Modelling
7 27 (25.47%) Systems Engineering
8 26 (24.53%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (24.53%) Data Governance
9 25 (23.58%) Data Engineering
9 25 (23.58%) ETL
9 25 (23.58%) Generative AI
9 25 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (23.58%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
10 24 (22.64%) Prompt Engineering
10 24 (22.64%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 78 (73.58%) SQL
2 46 (43.40%) Python
3 16 (15.09%) PowerShell
4 8 (7.55%) Bash
5 4 (3.77%) C#
5 4 (3.77%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.83%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.83%) R
6 3 (2.83%) Ruby
6 3 (2.83%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (1.89%) Perl
7 2 (1.89%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.94%) C
8 1 (0.94%) C++
8 1 (0.94%) Java
8 1 (0.94%) Korn
Qualifications
1 9 (8.49%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.60%) Degree
3 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (3.77%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.77%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.77%) MCSA
5 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.89%) Linux+ Certification
6 2 (1.89%) LPIC
7 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.94%) IISP
7 1 (0.94%) ISACA
7 1 (0.94%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (24.53%) GDPR
2 23 (21.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 6 (5.66%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (34.91%) Active Directory
2 29 (27.36%) Hyper-V
3 10 (9.43%) Docker
4 7 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (14.15%) Failover Clustering
2 12 (11.32%) Ansible
3 9 (8.49%) Kubernetes
3 9 (8.49%) Terraform
4 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (2.83%) Podman
6 3 (2.83%) Puppet
7 2 (1.89%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.94%) Netcool
8 1 (0.94%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.94%) SCOM
8 1 (0.94%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 40 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (24.53%) Databricks
3 24 (22.64%) Dell
4 23 (21.70%) Cloudera
5 10 (9.43%) Veeam
6 8 (7.55%) SonicWALL
6 8 (7.55%) VMware
7 5 (4.72%) Oracle
8 4 (3.77%) Splunk
9 3 (2.83%) BMC
9 3 (2.83%) Remedy
9 3 (2.83%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.89%) Sybase
11 1 (0.94%) Cisco
11 1 (0.94%) Citrix
11 1 (0.94%) Commvault
11 1 (0.94%) Intel
11 1 (0.94%) NetApp
11 1 (0.94%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.94%) SAP