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 have cited Clustering over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 601 541 773
Rank change year-on-year -60 +232 -211
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 313 501 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.49% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.16% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 282 254 340
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £71,600 £82,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +7.53% +3.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Clustering in the UK

Clustering
Top 17 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 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 281 £57,500 +4.55% 51
UK excluding London -128 191 £48,500 -3.00% 39
Work from Home +30 139 £85,000 +51.79% 18
London +109 117 £87,500 +52.17% 15
Midlands -17 63 £42,500 -20.93% 11
West Midlands +18 50 £42,500 -22.73% 5
South East -5 35 £48,500 -10.19% 9
North of England +2 33 £45,000 - 5
South West -50 21 £57,000 +10.68% 6
Scotland -77 19 £32,500 -53.20% 4
Yorkshire +54 16 £47,500 +5.56% 2
East of England -15 13 £55,000 +10.00% 5
East Midlands -30 13 £40,000 -23.81% 6
North East 0 9 £30,000 -52.00% 1
North West -6 8 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Wales -7 5 £51,000 +32.47%
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

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 65 (20.77%) IIS
2 58 (18.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (13.42%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (3.83%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.92%) SAS
6 3 (0.96%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.96%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.64%) Apache
8 1 (0.32%) Confluence
8 1 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (7.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Maximo
2 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 167 (53.35%) Azure
2 112 (35.78%) AWS
3 79 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (15.34%) Snowflake
5 42 (13.42%) dbt
6 35 (11.18%) Entra ID
7 27 (8.63%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (5.43%) GCP
9 14 (4.47%) Amazon S3
9 14 (4.47%) SaaS
10 11 (3.51%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.19%) GitHub
12 9 (2.88%) IaaS
13 7 (2.24%) PaaS
14 6 (1.92%) Adobe Analytics
14 6 (1.92%) Google Analytics
15 5 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
16 4 (1.28%) OCI
16 4 (1.28%) OneDrive
17 3 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 74 (23.64%) Firewall
2 72 (23.00%) WAN
3 39 (12.46%) DNS
4 38 (12.14%) SAN
5 31 (9.90%) TCP/IP
6 24 (7.67%) DHCP
7 23 (7.35%) VPN
8 22 (7.03%) Internet
9 16 (5.11%) LAN
10 15 (4.79%) VLAN
11 12 (3.83%) Wireless
12 10 (3.19%) BGP
12 10 (3.19%) SNMP
12 10 (3.19%) tcpdump
12 10 (3.19%) VoIP
12 10 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (2.56%) VSAN
14 7 (2.24%) HTTP
14 7 (2.24%) MPLS
14 7 (2.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (35.78%) SQL Server
2 44 (14.06%) Dremio
3 43 (13.74%) Big Data
3 43 (13.74%) Data Lake
4 42 (13.42%) Amazon Athena
4 42 (13.42%) Apache Arrow
5 34 (10.86%) NoSQL
6 21 (6.71%) MySQL
7 19 (6.07%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (6.07%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (5.75%) MongoDB
9 17 (5.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (4.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (3.51%) Power BI
13 9 (2.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (2.24%) InfluxDB
14 7 (2.24%) Relational Database
15 4 (1.28%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 27 (8.63%) Git
2 23 (7.35%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.39%) JIRA
4 12 (3.83%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.96%) GitLab
6 2 (0.64%) Subversion
7 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.32%) JMeter
7 1 (0.32%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.32%) Maven
7 1 (0.32%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.32%) Selenium
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 109 (34.82%) Finance
2 68 (21.73%) Social Skills
3 36 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.83%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.19%) Games
7 9 (2.88%) Law
8 7 (2.24%) Marketing
9 6 (1.92%) Banking
10 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.96%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.96%) Retail
12 1 (0.32%) Legal
12 1 (0.32%) Military
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (16.61%) Systems Engineer
2 47 (15.02%) Support Engineer
3 46 (14.70%) Senior
4 44 (14.06%) DBA
4 44 (14.06%) Site Engineer
4 44 (14.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 42 (13.42%) AWS Engineer
5 42 (13.42%) Big Data Engineer
6 28 (8.95%) Administrator
7 25 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (6.71%) SQL DBA
9 18 (5.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 17 (5.43%) Analyst
11 15 (4.79%) Lead
12 14 (4.47%) Linux Engineer
12 14 (4.47%) SQL Server DBA
13 12 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (3.83%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.51%) Infrastructure Manager
14 11 (3.51%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (13.42%) gRPC
1 42 (13.42%) Protocol Buffers
2 28 (8.95%) REST
3 23 (7.35%) WebRTC
4 11 (3.51%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (3.19%) YAML
6 9 (2.88%) XML
7 8 (2.56%) .NET
8 4 (1.28%) JSON
8 4 (1.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.96%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.96%) Middleware
9 3 (0.96%) React
10 2 (0.64%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.64%) WSH
11 1 (0.32%) J2EE
11 1 (0.32%) LAMP
11 1 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.70%) Replication
2 42 (13.42%) Hedge funds
3 39 (12.46%) Public Cloud
4 26 (8.31%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (5.11%) Data Centre
6 14 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (4.47%) PKI
7 9 (2.88%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.56%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (2.56%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.92%) PMI
11 5 (1.60%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.28%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.96%) Product Ownership
14 2 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 160 (51.12%) Windows
2 113 (36.10%) Windows Server
3 53 (16.93%) Linux
4 27 (8.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (7.67%) Windows 10
6 18 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (4.79%) AIX
7 15 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (4.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (3.83%) Oracle Linux
10 11 (3.51%) Solaris
11 10 (3.19%) Unix
12 7 (2.24%) Mac OS
12 7 (2.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (1.28%) CentOS
14 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (40.58%) High Availability
2 111 (35.46%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (21.09%) DevOps
4 65 (20.77%) Disaster Recovery
5 60 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (15.97%) Performance Tuning
7 49 (15.65%) CI/CD
8 46 (14.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 44 (14.06%) Asset Management
10 42 (13.42%) Investment Management
11 39 (12.46%) Capacity Planning
11 39 (12.46%) Load Balancing
12 32 (10.22%) Continuous Integration
12 32 (10.22%) Prototyping
13 31 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 28 (8.95%) ITIL
15 27 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (8.63%) Migration
15 27 (8.63%) Security Hardening
16 26 (8.31%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 135 (43.13%) SQL
2 106 (33.87%) PowerShell
3 82 (26.20%) Python
4 74 (23.64%) Java
5 46 (14.70%) JavaScript
6 43 (13.74%) Go
7 28 (8.95%) Bash
8 19 (6.07%) T-SQL
9 16 (5.11%) C#
10 13 (4.15%) Perl
11 12 (3.83%) VB
12 10 (3.19%) ActionScript
13 6 (1.92%) R
14 5 (1.60%) VBScript
15 2 (0.64%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.64%) Korn
15 2 (0.64%) PHP
15 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.64%) Ruby
15 2 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.02%) Degree
3 36 (11.50%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.83%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.56%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.24%) MCSE
8 6 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.92%) MCSA
8 6 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.28%) MCP
10 3 (0.96%) HNC
10 3 (0.96%) HND
10 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.96%) MCITP
10 3 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.31%) SLA
2 11 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.56%) GDPR
4 5 (1.60%) SOC 1
4 5 (1.60%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.96%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 112 (35.78%) Active Directory
2 103 (32.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (16.93%) Hyper-V
4 51 (16.29%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (12.14%) VMware NSX
6 32 (10.22%) Docker
7 13 (4.15%) vSphere
8 10 (3.19%) OpenSSH
8 10 (3.19%) XenApp
9 5 (1.60%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.28%) Firmware
11 3 (0.96%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.96%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.64%) Ceph
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.64%) PowerHA
12 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.32%) KVM
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 69 (22.04%) Terraform
2 66 (21.09%) Kubernetes
3 55 (17.57%) Microsoft Clustering
4 51 (16.29%) Failover Clustering
5 49 (15.65%) Prometheus
6 41 (13.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 41 (13.10%) vCenter Server
7 34 (10.86%) Ansible
8 21 (6.71%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (6.07%) Grafana
9 19 (6.07%) SCCM
10 18 (5.75%) Nagios
11 16 (5.11%) Backup Exec
11 16 (5.11%) SCOM
12 15 (4.79%) Puppet
13 12 (3.83%) NetBackup
14 11 (3.51%) FortiGate
14 11 (3.51%) HAProxy
15 10 (3.19%) IBM BigFix
15 10 (3.19%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 162 (51.76%) Microsoft
2 158 (50.48%) VMware
3 37 (11.82%) Oracle
4 26 (8.31%) Commvault
5 25 (7.99%) IBM
6 21 (6.71%) Cisco
7 19 (6.07%) NetApp
7 19 (6.07%) ServiceNow
8 18 (5.75%) Sun
9 16 (5.11%) Veritas
10 14 (4.47%) Citrix
10 14 (4.47%) Veeam
11 12 (3.83%) Aruba
11 12 (3.83%) CheckPoint
11 12 (3.83%) Datto
11 12 (3.83%) Google
11 12 (3.83%) Hitachi
11 12 (3.83%) HP
11 12 (3.83%) Serena
11 12 (3.83%) Snow