Clustering Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Clustering
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 185 173
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +79
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 8 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.22% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.73% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 12
10th Percentile £50,750 - £33,304
25th Percentile £51,000 £50,750 £45,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +0.49% -14.58%
75th Percentile £71,875 £55,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £60,500 £62,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £48,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +18.56% +5.43% -12.38%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,412 1,372 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.13% 31.58% 35.30%
Number of salaries quoted 681 555 777
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,252 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +2.18% +0.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Clustering job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Clustering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Clustering

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clustering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Clustering in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +9 5 £68,750 +25.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +6 3 £51,500 -
Clustering
South East

Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (25.00%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) NAS
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) DBA
1 3 (37.50%) SQL DBA
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server DBA
2 2 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Software Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Production DBA
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Production DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Basis
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (12.50%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Replication
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) High Availability
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) API Design
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) SDLC
3 2 (25.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scorecard
4 1 (12.50%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (12.50%) C#
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
1 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) VMware