Clustering Contracts in England

Clustering
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Clustering over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 408 471
Rank change year-on-year -10 +63 -84
Contract jobs citing Clustering 131 255 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.52% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 1.54% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 173 253
10th Percentile £210 £385 £363
25th Percentile £286 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +21.05%
75th Percentile £588 £663 £638
90th Percentile £850 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £483 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -12.27% -4.35% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile - £40.25 £45.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £51.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £59.38 £67.50
90th Percentile - £62.75 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
England

Clustering is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,259 16,505 23,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.63% 33.70% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,386 11,462 16,891
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 819 582 629
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +46.76% -16.66% +3.34%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.39
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £22.45 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.21% -18.37% +4.47%

Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Clustering in England

Clustering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Clustering in England.

Daily rate trend for Clustering in England

Clustering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Clustering in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Clustering in England

Clustering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Clustering in England.

Hourly rate trend for Clustering in England

Clustering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Clustering in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Clustering in England

Clustering
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +64 63 £500 -16.67% 20
North of England +6 19 £475 -26.92% 5
South West +12 17 £525 -4.55% 7
South East -3 12 £575 +9.52% 10
Midlands +23 9 £288 -36.11% 10
East of England +2 7 £240 -56.36% 5
North West -6 7 £220 -66.15% 2
West Midlands +20 6 £288 -49.34% 5
Yorkshire +14 6 £563 +52.03% 2
North East - 6 £488 - 1
East Midlands +17 2 - - 5
Clustering
UK

Clustering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (13.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (10.69%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (9.92%) Confluence
4 7 (5.34%) IIS
5 3 (2.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (1.53%) nginx
6 2 (1.53%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.53%) Traefik
7 1 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.76%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.76%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (10.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 47 (35.88%) AWS
2 35 (26.72%) Azure
3 15 (11.45%) PaaS
4 14 (10.69%) dbt
4 14 (10.69%) SaaS
4 14 (10.69%) Snowflake
5 13 (9.92%) GCP
6 12 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (8.40%) GitHub
8 10 (7.63%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (7.63%) IaaS
8 10 (7.63%) Nutanix
9 8 (6.11%) Rubrik
10 5 (3.82%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.72%) DNS
2 31 (23.66%) DHCP
3 26 (19.85%) Firewall
4 25 (19.08%) SAN
5 21 (16.03%) WAN
6 20 (15.27%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (13.74%) LAN
7 18 (13.74%) TCP/IP
8 16 (12.21%) VLAN
9 14 (10.69%) NAS
9 14 (10.69%) VPN
10 11 (8.40%) MPLS
11 8 (6.11%) Kerberos
11 8 (6.11%) VoIP
12 6 (4.58%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (4.58%) VSAN
13 5 (3.82%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (3.82%) HTTP
13 5 (3.82%) Network Security
13 5 (3.82%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (31.30%) SQL Server
2 18 (13.74%) Big Data
3 16 (12.21%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (10.69%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (10.69%) Apache Arrow
4 14 (10.69%) Data Lake
4 14 (10.69%) Dremio
5 8 (6.11%) MySQL
6 7 (5.34%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (3.82%) MongoDB
8 5 (3.82%) NoSQL
8 5 (3.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.53%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.53%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (11.45%) Git
1 15 (11.45%) JIRA
2 12 (9.16%) GitLab
3 11 (8.40%) Jenkins
4 8 (6.11%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.29%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 36 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.43%) Finance
3 20 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.11%) Aerospace
6 7 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.53%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) German Language
9 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (10.69%) AWS Engineer
1 14 (10.69%) Big Data Engineer
1 14 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 14 (10.69%) Site Engineer
1 14 (10.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
1 14 (10.69%) Support Engineer
2 13 (9.92%) DBA
3 12 (9.16%) Analyst
4 11 (8.40%) SQL DBA
5 10 (7.63%) Administrator
6 8 (6.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Database Specialist
6 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 8 (6.11%) IT Analyst
6 8 (6.11%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) Platform Specialist
8 6 (4.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (4.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.45%) LDAP
2 14 (10.69%) gRPC
2 14 (10.69%) Protocol Buffers
3 5 (3.82%) Flash
4 3 (2.29%) Node.js
4 3 (2.29%) SAML
5 2 (1.53%) cloud-init
5 2 (1.53%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.53%) OpenID
6 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.76%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.76%) OAuth
6 1 (0.76%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.76%) Web Services
6 1 (0.76%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.08%) Replication
2 21 (16.03%) Data Centre
3 14 (10.69%) Hedge funds
4 11 (8.40%) Client/Server
5 8 (6.11%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (6.11%) PKI
6 7 (5.34%) Algorithms
6 7 (5.34%) Driving Licence
7 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.53%) Equities
9 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.76%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.76%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.76%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 66 (50.38%) Windows
2 39 (29.77%) Windows Server
3 38 (29.01%) Linux
4 14 (10.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (9.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (9.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (7.63%) Windows 10
7 10 (7.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (6.87%) Unix
9 8 (6.11%) Mac OS
9 8 (6.11%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (6.11%) Solaris
10 5 (3.82%) VMS
10 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.53%) CentOS
12 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (39.69%) High Availability
2 36 (27.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 33 (25.19%) DevOps
4 27 (20.61%) Migration
5 25 (19.08%) Asset Management
5 25 (19.08%) Performance Tuning
5 25 (19.08%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 21 (16.03%) Agile
7 20 (15.27%) Decision-Making
8 19 (14.50%) Capacity Management
8 19 (14.50%) Storage Management
9 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (12.98%) Investment Management
11 16 (12.21%) Data Migration
11 16 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 15 (11.45%) ITIL
13 14 (10.69%) Task Automation
14 12 (9.16%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (9.16%) Data Protection
14 12 (9.16%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 41 (31.30%) PowerShell
2 35 (26.72%) SQL
3 34 (25.95%) Python
4 22 (16.79%) Bash
5 19 (14.50%) Go
6 16 (12.21%) JavaScript
7 14 (10.69%) Java
8 4 (3.05%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.29%) C
10 2 (1.53%) Perl
10 2 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.53%) Ruby
11 1 (0.76%) R
11 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (29.01%) Security Cleared
2 33 (25.19%) Degree
3 27 (20.61%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.69%) DV Cleared
5 12 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (7.63%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (6.87%) MCSE
7 9 (6.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (3.82%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.82%) CCDP
8 5 (3.82%) CCNA
8 5 (3.82%) CCNP
8 5 (3.82%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.05%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.05%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (2.29%) MCITP
10 3 (2.29%) MCTS
11 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.76%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) GDPR
2 8 (6.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.53%) NCSC
4 1 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.76%) IFRS
4 1 (0.76%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (42.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (40.46%) Active Directory
3 18 (13.74%) Docker
4 15 (11.45%) Hyper-V
5 14 (10.69%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (10.69%) vSphere
6 13 (9.92%) VMware Workstation
7 10 (7.63%) VMware NSX
8 8 (6.11%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.53%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.53%) XenApp
10 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.76%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.76%) KVM
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.76%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.76%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (29.01%) Terraform
2 36 (27.48%) Kubernetes
3 27 (20.61%) Ansible
4 22 (16.79%) SCCM
5 20 (15.27%) Microsoft Clustering
6 16 (12.21%) Prometheus
7 14 (10.69%) vCenter Server
8 13 (9.92%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (6.11%) EMC NetWorker
9 8 (6.11%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (6.11%) Nagios
9 8 (6.11%) NetBackup
9 8 (6.11%) Netcool
9 8 (6.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 8 (6.11%) Tivoli
9 8 (6.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (4.58%) Autotask
11 3 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (2.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 64 (48.85%) VMware
2 40 (30.53%) Microsoft
3 23 (17.56%) Oracle
4 20 (15.27%) Cisco
4 20 (15.27%) Splunk
5 14 (10.69%) HP
6 12 (9.16%) ServiceNow
7 11 (8.40%) Dell
7 11 (8.40%) EMC
7 11 (8.40%) SolarWinds
8 10 (7.63%) CyberArk
9 9 (6.87%) IBM
9 9 (6.87%) Red Hat
10 8 (6.11%) Hitachi
10 8 (6.11%) Isilon
10 8 (6.11%) NetApp
10 8 (6.11%) Qualys
10 8 (6.11%) Serena
11 6 (4.58%) Apple
11 6 (4.58%) Datto