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 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 186 173
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +73
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 6 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.17% 0.23% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.74% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 13
10th Percentile £50,750 - £34,108
25th Percentile £50,875 £50,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,875 £60,500 £64,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -4.76%

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 1,296 1,349 1,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.37% 31.37% 34.75%
Number of salaries quoted 674 545 788
10th Percentile £27,150 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,732 £40,697
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,000 £71,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £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 12 November 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 12 November 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 +3 3 £57,500 +4.55% 4
Buckinghamshire -1 3 £51,500 - 1
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 (33.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) DBA
1 3 (50.00%) SQL DBA
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server DBA
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Production DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Production DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Replication
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) High Availability
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) Data Collection
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) API Design
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) SOLID
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
1 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) C#
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
1 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco