Clustering Jobs

Clustering
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 596 568 616
Rank change year-on-year -28 +48 +127
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 82 305 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.33% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.92% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 58 273 267
10th Percentile - £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +1.66%
75th Percentile £73,852 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% +5.26%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17,978 33,090 48,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.61% 35.84% 43.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 22,355 25,085
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,546 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Clustering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Clustering.

Salary trend for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clustering over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 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
England -28 75 £55,000 +1.85% 85
UK excluding London +44 48 £50,000 +3.09% 48
London +40 32 £72,500 -14.71% 50
Work from Home +86 31 £67,500 +3.85% 29
South East +93 22 £43,750 -9.79% 12
Midlands +1 10 £45,147 +6.23% 6
North of England +63 8 £71,991 +73.47% 15
Yorkshire +49 8 £71,991 +94.57% 6
East Midlands +51 6 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Scotland +96 4 - - 5
West Midlands -17 4 £45,147 -2.38% 5
South West +74 2 £53,750 -4.02% 5
East of England +48 1 £52,500 -4.55% 4
Wales +41 1 £42,500 -16.67% 2

Clustering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (12.20%) IIS
3 4 (4.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.44%) Confluence
4 2 (2.44%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.44%) WebSphere
4 2 (2.44%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.22%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (39.02%) Azure
2 21 (25.61%) AWS
3 14 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (13.41%) GCP
5 10 (12.20%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (4.88%) Datadog
7 4 (4.88%) GitHub
7 4 (4.88%) SaaS
8 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.66%) PaaS
9 1 (1.22%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (1.22%) Cohesity
9 1 (1.22%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.22%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (34.15%) SAN
2 23 (28.05%) Firewall
3 16 (19.51%) NAS
4 15 (18.29%) TCP/IP
5 13 (15.85%) DNS
5 13 (15.85%) VPN
6 12 (14.63%) DHCP
7 8 (9.76%) SSL
8 5 (6.10%) WAN
9 4 (4.88%) LAN
10 3 (3.66%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (3.66%) iSCSI
10 3 (3.66%) Unified Communications
11 2 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (2.44%) FCoE
11 2 (2.44%) Multicast
11 2 (2.44%) VSAN
12 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
12 1 (1.22%) tcpdump
12 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (35.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.54%) NoSQL
3 5 (6.10%) MySQL
4 4 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.66%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.44%) ClickHouse
6 2 (2.44%) Redis
6 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (1.22%) Big Data
7 1 (1.22%) Power BI
7 1 (1.22%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.44%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.22%) GDB
3 1 (1.22%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (1.22%) Subversion
3 1 (1.22%) WinDbg
General
1 21 (25.61%) Analytical Skills
1 21 (25.61%) Finance
2 16 (19.51%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.76%) Games
4 5 (6.10%) Law
5 4 (4.88%) Banking
6 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Marketing
7 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Retail
7 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (20.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (15.85%) Infrastructure Support
3 12 (14.63%) Senior
3 12 (14.63%) Support Engineer
4 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 10 (12.20%) Infrastructure Manager
6 9 (10.98%) Analyst
7 8 (9.76%) DBA
7 8 (9.76%) Project Analyst
8 7 (8.54%) IT Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) IT Manager
9 6 (7.32%) IT Support
9 6 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (6.10%) Administrator
10 5 (6.10%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (6.10%) Unix Support
11 4 (4.88%) Architect
11 4 (4.88%) Senior DBA
11 4 (4.88%) Senior Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.20%) Middleware
2 4 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (3.66%) ARM Templates
3 3 (3.66%) Plotly
4 2 (2.44%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.44%) LDAP
4 2 (2.44%) REST
4 2 (2.44%) YAML
5 1 (1.22%) .NET
5 1 (1.22%) libvirt
5 1 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.22%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.61%) Replication
2 16 (19.51%) Data Centre
3 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
4 5 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.88%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.66%) Hedge funds
7 2 (2.44%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.44%) Online Games
8 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.22%) Derivative
8 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (48.78%) Windows
2 31 (37.80%) Linux
3 21 (25.61%) Windows Server
4 18 (21.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (20.73%) Unix
6 12 (14.63%) Solaris
7 8 (9.76%) zOS
8 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (4.88%) Android
9 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (3.66%) Apple iOS
10 3 (3.66%) Windows 10
10 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
11 1 (1.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (47.56%) High Availability
2 36 (43.90%) Disaster Recovery
3 26 (31.71%) DevOps
3 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (26.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (23.17%) CI/CD
6 18 (21.95%) Computer Science
7 16 (19.51%) Agile
8 12 (14.63%) Server Building
9 11 (13.41%) ITIL
9 11 (13.41%) Kalman Filter
9 11 (13.41%) Patch Management
9 11 (13.41%) Virtual Environments
10 10 (12.20%) Continuous Delivery
10 10 (12.20%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (12.20%) Customer Service
11 9 (10.98%) IT Strategy
11 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (9.76%) Change Management
12 8 (9.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (36.59%) PowerShell
2 26 (31.71%) SQL
3 20 (24.39%) Python
4 8 (9.76%) Bash
5 6 (7.32%) Shell Script
6 5 (6.10%) JavaScript
7 4 (4.88%) T-SQL
7 4 (4.88%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.44%) Java
8 2 (2.44%) Perl
8 2 (2.44%) R
9 1 (1.22%) C
9 1 (1.22%) C#
9 1 (1.22%) C++
9 1 (1.22%) CodeQL
9 1 (1.22%) PHP
9 1 (1.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (21.95%) Degree
2 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) HND
5 4 (4.88%) AWS Certification
5 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (3.66%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.22%) CCIE
8 1 (1.22%) CCNP
8 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.22%) CISM
8 1 (1.22%) CISSP
8 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.20%) SLA
2 9 (10.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (8.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (40.24%) Active Directory
2 28 (34.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (28.05%) Hyper-V
4 8 (9.76%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 8 (9.76%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (8.54%) Docker
6 3 (3.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (3.66%) Xen
7 2 (2.44%) KVM
7 2 (2.44%) NFS
7 2 (2.44%) SRDF
7 2 (2.44%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.22%) pfSense
8 1 (1.22%) Terminal Server
8 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (20.73%) Failover Clustering
2 14 (17.07%) Ansible
3 12 (14.63%) Kubernetes
4 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Clustering
4 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (10.98%) SCCM
6 7 (8.54%) Terraform
7 5 (6.10%) Puppet
7 5 (6.10%) SCOM
7 5 (6.10%) vCenter Server
8 4 (4.88%) Prometheus
9 3 (3.66%) Progress Chef
10 2 (2.44%) VxRail
10 2 (2.44%) WSUS
11 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
11 1 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (1.22%) SCVMM
11 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (46.34%) Microsoft
2 36 (43.90%) VMware
3 20 (24.39%) Red Hat
4 12 (14.63%) Cisco
5 9 (10.98%) EMC
6 7 (8.54%) Symantec
7 6 (7.32%) Oracle
7 6 (7.32%) Veritas
8 3 (3.66%) Dell
8 3 (3.66%) Google
8 3 (3.66%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.66%) Remedy
8 3 (3.66%) SaltStack
9 2 (2.44%) Aruba
9 2 (2.44%) Commvault
9 2 (2.44%) F5
9 2 (2.44%) NetApp
9 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.44%) Veeam
10 1 (1.22%) CheckPoint