Distributed Computing Contracts in Central London

Distributed Computing
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 132 168
Rank change year-on-year +13 +36 +20
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 10 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.50% 0.041% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 0.13% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £654 - £530
25th Percentile £708 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.14%
75th Percentile £763 - £856
90th Percentile - - £860
London median daily rate £750 £800 £750
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +15.38%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Distributed Computing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 681 749 1,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 34.10% 30.62% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 524 960
10th Percentile £361 £275 £313
25th Percentile £465 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £750
90th Percentile £780 £850 £850
London median daily rate £575 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 16
10th Percentile £23.78 £12.75 £18.42
25th Percentile £26.45 £16.73 £24.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.08%
75th Percentile £31.00 £26.25 £84.89
90th Percentile £72.40 £29.78 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Distributed Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Computing in Central London

Distributed Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Computing in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Distributed Computing in Central London

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Distributed Computing in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Computing in Central London

Distributed Computing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Computing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +17 10 £750 - 4
Distributed Computing
London

Distributed Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 8 (80.00%) Apache Spark
2 5 (50.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) Hadoop
2 5 (50.00%) Big Data
3 3 (30.00%) Apache Hive
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Git
2 5 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
4 3 (30.00%) Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Apache Spark Developer
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
1 5 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Gen AI Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Data Scientist
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Data Scientist
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Scientist
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Spark Streaming
2 3 (30.00%) PySpark
2 3 (30.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (50.00%) Market Risk
2 3 (30.00%) Credit Risk
3 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (10.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Analytics
1 8 (80.00%) Mathematics
1 8 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (60.00%) Code Quality
2 6 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (50.00%) Batch Processing
3 5 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 5 (50.00%) Greeks
3 5 (50.00%) Memory Management
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
3 5 (50.00%) Stress Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Credit Risk Management
5 3 (30.00%) Data Science
5 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (30.00%) PhD
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes