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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 529 773
Rank change year-on-year -68 +244 -216
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 308 515 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.52% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 1.22% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 274 249 331
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,700 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,563 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £87,500 £62,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £118,750 £72,600 £80,000
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 35,120 42,375 76,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.19% 42.70% 47.88%
Number of salaries quoted 23,035 23,099 33,981
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,433 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,750 £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 17 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 17 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 -15 282 £59,500 +8.18% 62
UK excluding London -153 180 £48,500 -3.00% 41
Work from Home +38 146 £85,000 +51.79% 28
London +129 124 £87,500 +52.17% 28
Midlands -16 59 £42,500 -20.93% 10
West Midlands +18 44 £42,500 -26.09% 4
South East -7 35 £48,500 -10.19% 15
North of England -13 31 £47,500 +5.56% 5
South West -46 21 £57,000 +10.68% 6
East Midlands -23 15 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Yorkshire +34 14 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Scotland -77 14 £32,500 -53.20% 4
East of England -22 13 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North East +1 9 £30,000 -52.00% 1
North West -28 8 £50,000 -12.74%
Wales +1 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 59 (19.16%) IIS
2 55 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (15.58%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (3.90%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.95%) SAS
6 3 (0.97%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.97%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.65%) Apache
8 1 (0.32%) Confluence
8 1 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Maximo
2 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 155 (50.32%) Azure
2 112 (36.36%) AWS
3 77 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (17.53%) Snowflake
5 48 (15.58%) dbt
6 35 (11.36%) Entra ID
7 21 (6.82%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (5.19%) GCP
9 14 (4.55%) SaaS
10 13 (4.22%) Amazon S3
11 11 (3.57%) GitHub
11 11 (3.57%) Power Platform
12 9 (2.92%) IaaS
13 6 (1.95%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.95%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.95%) PaaS
14 4 (1.30%) OCI
14 4 (1.30%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 73 (23.70%) Firewall
2 63 (20.45%) WAN
3 39 (12.66%) SAN
4 38 (12.34%) DNS
5 30 (9.74%) TCP/IP
6 24 (7.79%) VPN
7 23 (7.47%) DHCP
8 22 (7.14%) Internet
9 16 (5.19%) LAN
9 16 (5.19%) VLAN
10 10 (3.25%) BGP
10 10 (3.25%) VoIP
10 10 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (3.25%) Wireless
11 9 (2.92%) SNMP
11 9 (2.92%) tcpdump
12 8 (2.60%) VSAN
13 7 (2.27%) MPLS
13 7 (2.27%) OSPF
13 7 (2.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (33.77%) SQL Server
2 50 (16.23%) Dremio
3 49 (15.91%) Big Data
3 49 (15.91%) Data Lake
4 48 (15.58%) Amazon Athena
4 48 (15.58%) Apache Arrow
5 28 (9.09%) NoSQL
6 20 (6.49%) MySQL
7 18 (5.84%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (5.52%) MongoDB
9 16 (5.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (4.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (3.57%) Power BI
13 9 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (2.27%) InfluxDB
15 6 (1.95%) Relational Database
16 5 (1.62%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (9.09%) Git
2 22 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.49%) JIRA
4 12 (3.90%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.97%) GitLab
6 2 (0.65%) 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
General
1 116 (37.66%) Finance
2 66 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 37 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.90%) Law
6 11 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.25%) Games
8 7 (2.27%) Marketing
9 6 (1.95%) Banking
10 4 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.97%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.65%) Legal
12 2 (0.65%) Retail
13 1 (0.32%) Back Office
13 1 (0.32%) Military
13 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (16.23%) Site Engineer
1 50 (16.23%) Site Reliability Engineer
1 50 (16.23%) Support Engineer
2 49 (15.91%) AWS Engineer
3 48 (15.58%) Big Data Engineer
4 43 (13.96%) DBA
5 42 (13.64%) Systems Engineer
6 41 (13.31%) Senior
7 25 (8.12%) Administrator
7 25 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (6.49%) SQL DBA
9 17 (5.52%) Analyst
10 15 (4.87%) Lead
10 15 (4.87%) SQL Server DBA
11 14 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 13 (4.22%) Linux Engineer
13 12 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support
14 11 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (3.57%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.58%) gRPC
1 48 (15.58%) Protocol Buffers
2 24 (7.79%) REST
3 19 (6.17%) WebRTC
4 10 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (2.92%) YAML
6 8 (2.60%) .NET
6 8 (2.60%) XML
7 4 (1.30%) JSON
7 4 (1.30%) Node.js
8 3 (0.97%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.97%) Middleware
8 3 (0.97%) React
9 2 (0.65%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.65%) WSH
10 1 (0.32%) J2EE
10 1 (0.32%) LAMP
10 1 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.58%) Hedge funds
2 45 (14.61%) Replication
3 33 (10.71%) Public Cloud
4 20 (6.49%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (5.19%) PKI
6 15 (4.87%) Data Centre
7 14 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.92%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.60%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.60%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.95%) PMI
12 5 (1.62%) Client/Server
13 4 (1.30%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.30%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.97%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 161 (52.27%) Windows
2 114 (37.01%) Windows Server
3 53 (17.21%) Linux
4 26 (8.44%) Windows Server 2012
5 25 (8.12%) Windows 10
6 17 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (4.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (4.55%) AIX
9 12 (3.90%) Oracle Linux
9 12 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (3.57%) Solaris
11 10 (3.25%) Unix
12 7 (2.27%) Mac OS
12 7 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (1.30%) CentOS
14 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (37.34%) High Availability
2 100 (32.47%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (23.05%) DevOps
4 60 (19.48%) Disaster Recovery
5 59 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (16.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 50 (16.23%) Asset Management
8 48 (15.58%) Investment Management
9 47 (15.26%) Performance Tuning
10 42 (13.64%) CI/CD
11 34 (11.04%) Load Balancing
12 31 (10.06%) Capacity Planning
12 31 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (8.77%) ITIL
14 26 (8.44%) Continuous Integration
14 26 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (8.44%) Migration
14 26 (8.44%) Security Hardening
14 26 (8.44%) Systems Engineering
15 25 (8.12%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 126 (40.91%) SQL
2 109 (35.39%) PowerShell
3 87 (28.25%) Python
4 74 (24.03%) Java
5 52 (16.88%) JavaScript
6 49 (15.91%) Go
7 26 (8.44%) Bash
8 19 (6.17%) T-SQL
9 16 (5.19%) C#
10 13 (4.22%) VB
11 12 (3.90%) Perl
12 11 (3.57%) ActionScript
13 6 (1.95%) R
14 5 (1.62%) VBScript
15 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.65%) PHP
15 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.65%) Ruby
15 2 (0.65%) Scala
16 1 (0.32%) Korn
Qualifications
1 55 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 48 (15.58%) Degree
3 32 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.60%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.27%) MCSE
8 6 (1.95%) MCSA
8 6 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.30%) MCP
11 3 (0.97%) HNC
11 3 (0.97%) HND
11 3 (0.97%) MCITP
11 3 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.65%) CCNA
12 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.12%) SLA
2 12 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.92%) GDPR
4 5 (1.62%) SOC 1
4 5 (1.62%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.97%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 111 (36.04%) Active Directory
2 98 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (16.88%) VMware ESXi
4 51 (16.56%) Hyper-V
5 31 (10.06%) Docker
6 30 (9.74%) VMware NSX
7 15 (4.87%) vSphere
8 11 (3.57%) OpenSSH
8 11 (3.57%) XenApp
9 5 (1.62%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.97%) Firmware
10 3 (0.97%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.97%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.65%) Ceph
11 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.32%) KVM
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.32%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 75 (24.35%) Terraform
2 72 (23.38%) Kubernetes
3 59 (19.16%) Microsoft Clustering
4 55 (17.86%) Prometheus
5 48 (15.58%) Failover Clustering
6 42 (13.64%) vCenter Server
7 39 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 34 (11.04%) Ansible
9 22 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (5.84%) Grafana
10 18 (5.84%) SCCM
11 17 (5.52%) Nagios
12 16 (5.19%) Backup Exec
13 14 (4.55%) Puppet
13 14 (4.55%) SCOM
14 12 (3.90%) NetBackup
15 11 (3.57%) IBM BigFix
15 11 (3.57%) PowerCLI
16 10 (3.25%) HAProxy
16 10 (3.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 150 (48.70%) Microsoft
2 147 (47.73%) VMware
3 38 (12.34%) Oracle
4 25 (8.12%) IBM
5 24 (7.79%) Commvault
6 20 (6.49%) ServiceNow
7 19 (6.17%) Cisco
7 19 (6.17%) NetApp
8 18 (5.84%) Sun
9 16 (5.19%) Veritas
10 13 (4.22%) Citrix
11 12 (3.90%) Datto
11 12 (3.90%) Google
11 12 (3.90%) Hitachi
11 12 (3.90%) HP
11 12 (3.90%) Serena
11 12 (3.90%) Snow
11 12 (3.90%) Veeam
12 10 (3.25%) Aruba
12 10 (3.25%) Dell