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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 408 436
Rank change year-on-year -1 +28 -25
Contract jobs citing Clustering 132 247 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.52% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 1.54% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 166 295
10th Percentile £210 £400 £363
25th Percentile £300 £477 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £564 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -1.96% +21.05%
75th Percentile £628 £663 £650
90th Percentile £850 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 4
10th Percentile - - £42.38
25th Percentile - - £44.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% - +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 11,258 16,068 24,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.67% 33.75% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,363 11,200 17,205
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 830 554 623
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.50 £22.21 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.87% -16.21% +3.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.40 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £65.71
UK median hourly rate £34.21 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +55.50% -18.46% +4.78%

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 28 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 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Clustering in England

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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 28 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 +61 66 £560 -6.67% 14
South West +2 18 £525 -4.55% 6
North of England -1 17 £475 -26.92% 9
South East -5 12 £575 +10.58% 8
Midlands +15 9 £288 -36.11% 9
East of England -4 7 £240 -56.36% 1
North West -6 7 £220 -66.15% 2
Yorkshire +11 6 £563 +52.03% 4
West Midlands +6 6 £288 -49.34% 4
North East - 4 £488 - 3
East Midlands +9 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 (13.64%) Apache Airflow
1 18 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.33%) Confluence
3 7 (5.30%) IIS
4 3 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (2.27%) OpenStack
4 3 (2.27%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.52%) nginx
5 2 (1.52%) Traefik
6 1 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.76%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.76%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 49 (37.12%) AWS
2 33 (25.00%) Azure
3 18 (13.64%) dbt
3 18 (13.64%) Snowflake
4 13 (9.85%) GCP
4 13 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (9.09%) PaaS
5 12 (9.09%) SaaS
6 11 (8.33%) GitHub
7 8 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (6.06%) IaaS
8 7 (5.30%) Nutanix
9 6 (4.55%) Entra ID
9 6 (4.55%) Rubrik
10 3 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (25.00%) DNS
2 29 (21.97%) DHCP
3 24 (18.18%) Firewall
4 23 (17.42%) SAN
5 21 (15.91%) WAN
6 20 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (13.64%) LAN
8 16 (12.12%) TCP/IP
9 14 (10.61%) VLAN
9 14 (10.61%) VPN
10 12 (9.09%) NAS
11 11 (8.33%) MPLS
12 8 (6.06%) VoIP
13 6 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (4.55%) Kerberos
13 6 (4.55%) VSAN
14 5 (3.79%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (3.79%) HTTP
14 5 (3.79%) Network Security
14 5 (3.79%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 22 (16.67%) Big Data
3 18 (13.64%) Amazon Athena
3 18 (13.64%) Apache Arrow
3 18 (13.64%) Data Lake
3 18 (13.64%) Dremio
3 18 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (7.58%) MySQL
5 8 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (4.55%) MongoDB
6 6 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (3.79%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.52%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.52%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (9.85%) Git
1 13 (9.85%) JIRA
2 12 (9.09%) GitLab
3 9 (6.82%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.55%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 36 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.52%) Finance
3 20 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 7 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.03%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.52%) Banking
8 2 (1.52%) German Language
9 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (13.64%) AWS Engineer
1 18 (13.64%) Big Data Engineer
1 18 (13.64%) Site Engineer
1 18 (13.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 15 (11.36%) Support Engineer
3 14 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (9.85%) DBA
5 12 (9.09%) Analyst
6 11 (8.33%) SQL DBA
7 10 (7.58%) Administrator
8 8 (6.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Database Specialist
8 8 (6.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 8 (6.06%) IT Analyst
8 8 (6.06%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 7 (5.30%) Platform Specialist
10 6 (4.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 6 (4.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.64%) gRPC
1 18 (13.64%) Protocol Buffers
2 14 (10.61%) LDAP
3 5 (3.79%) Flash
4 4 (3.03%) SAML
5 3 (2.27%) Node.js
5 3 (2.27%) OpenID
6 2 (1.52%) cloud-init
6 2 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.52%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.76%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.76%) OAuth
7 1 (0.76%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.76%) Web Services
7 1 (0.76%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.18%) Replication
2 22 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 18 (13.64%) Hedge funds
4 11 (8.33%) Client/Server
5 9 (6.82%) PKI
6 8 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (5.30%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.30%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.27%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.52%) Equities
9 2 (1.52%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.52%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.76%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 65 (49.24%) Windows
2 37 (28.03%) Windows Server
3 36 (27.27%) Linux
4 14 (10.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (7.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (7.58%) Windows 10
6 10 (7.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (6.82%) Unix
8 8 (6.06%) Mac OS
9 6 (4.55%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (4.55%) Solaris
10 5 (3.79%) VMS
10 5 (3.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (3.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.52%) CentOS
12 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.64%) High Availability
2 35 (26.52%) DevOps
3 34 (25.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (21.97%) Asset Management
5 27 (20.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 26 (19.70%) Migration
7 24 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
8 21 (15.91%) Investment Management
9 20 (15.15%) Decision-Making
10 19 (14.39%) Agile
10 19 (14.39%) Capacity Management
11 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (12.88%) Storage Management
13 16 (12.12%) Data Migration
14 14 (10.61%) ITIL
14 14 (10.61%) Task Automation
15 12 (9.09%) Database Security
16 11 (8.33%) Load Balancing
17 10 (7.58%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 41 (31.06%) PowerShell
2 36 (27.27%) Python
2 36 (27.27%) SQL
3 23 (17.42%) Go
4 20 (15.15%) Bash
4 20 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 18 (13.64%) Java
6 4 (3.03%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.27%) C
8 2 (1.52%) Perl
8 2 (1.52%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.52%) Ruby
9 1 (0.76%) R
9 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (28.03%) Security Cleared
2 33 (25.00%) Degree
3 27 (20.45%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (6.82%) MCSE
6 9 (6.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (3.79%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.79%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.79%) CCDP
7 5 (3.79%) CCNA
7 5 (3.79%) CCNP
7 5 (3.79%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.03%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (2.27%) MCITP
9 3 (2.27%) MCTS
10 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.76%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) GDPR
2 6 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.52%) 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 52 (39.39%) Active Directory
1 52 (39.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (12.12%) Docker
3 15 (11.36%) Hyper-V
3 15 (11.36%) vSphere
4 13 (9.85%) VMware Workstation
5 12 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (8.33%) VMware NSX
7 8 (6.06%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.52%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.52%) XenApp
9 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.76%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.76%) KVM
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.76%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.76%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (30.30%) Terraform
2 38 (28.79%) Kubernetes
3 26 (19.70%) Ansible
4 23 (17.42%) SCCM
5 21 (15.91%) Microsoft Clustering
6 20 (15.15%) Prometheus
7 15 (11.36%) Failover Clustering
8 12 (9.09%) vCenter Server
9 8 (6.06%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (6.06%) Nagios
9 8 (6.06%) NetBackup
9 8 (6.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 6 (4.55%) Autotask
10 6 (4.55%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (4.55%) Netcool
10 6 (4.55%) Tivoli
10 6 (4.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (2.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 60 (45.45%) VMware
2 39 (29.55%) Microsoft
3 23 (17.42%) Oracle
4 18 (13.64%) Cisco
5 17 (12.88%) Splunk
6 12 (9.09%) HP
7 11 (8.33%) ServiceNow
7 11 (8.33%) SolarWinds
8 9 (6.82%) CyberArk
8 9 (6.82%) Dell
8 9 (6.82%) EMC
8 9 (6.82%) Red Hat
9 8 (6.06%) Hitachi
9 8 (6.06%) NetApp
10 7 (5.30%) IBM
11 6 (4.55%) Apple
11 6 (4.55%) Datto
11 6 (4.55%) Isilon
11 6 (4.55%) Qualys
11 6 (4.55%) Serena