Clustering Job Trends in the South West

Clustering
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 212 204
Rank change year-on-year +44 -8 +52
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 7 10 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.20% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 0.53% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 12
10th Percentile £35,000 £50,200 -
25th Percentile £35,625 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +28.05% -29.91%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,050 £56,600 £63,100
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -

All Generic Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,283 1,873 1,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.76% 28.55% 39.94%
Number of salaries quoted 754 982 1,445
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,275 £29,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +9.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £71,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Clustering job vacancy trend in the South West

Clustering
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Clustering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Clustering

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clustering in the South West over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Clustering in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +42 6 £42,500 -16.67%
Somerset - 1 £57,000 -
Clustering
England

Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (85.71%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco IOS
1 6 (85.71%) DHCP
1 6 (85.71%) DNS
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) IPsec
1 6 (85.71%) VLAN
1 6 (85.71%) VoIP
1 6 (85.71%) VPN
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 5 (71.43%) Electronics
3 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
3 5 (71.43%) Marketing
3 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) IT Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) IT Support
2 6 (85.71%) IT Support Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 6 (85.71%) Senior IT Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior IT Support
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) Mac OS
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Coaching
2 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Culture
2 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
2 6 (85.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (85.71%) IT Strategy
2 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
2 6 (85.71%) Migration
2 6 (85.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 6 (85.71%) Server Building
2 6 (85.71%) Server Management
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (71.43%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ACMT
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (85.71%) Docker
2 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
2 6 (85.71%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Autotask
1 6 (85.71%) Kubernetes
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (85.71%) vCenter Server
2 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
2 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (85.71%) Apple
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Datto
2 6 (85.71%) Sophos
2 6 (85.71%) Veeam
3 5 (71.43%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) Hitachi
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) Snow
4 1 (14.29%) Veritas