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 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 137 168
Rank change year-on-year +15 +31 +34
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 13 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.63% 0.043% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 0.14% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £666 - £410
25th Percentile £738 £818 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £837 £800
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +4.56% +30.61%
75th Percentile £763 £855 £856
90th Percentile - - £860
London median daily rate £750 £850 £750
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

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 763 732 1,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 37.18% 31.66% 34.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 488 810
10th Percentile £358 £362 £309
25th Percentile £452 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £710 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 9
10th Percentile £17.62 £19.60 £24.32
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.90 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% -26.31% -28.57%
75th Percentile £36.00 £27.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £84.11 £53.20 £71.75
London median hourly rate £27.50 £30.09 £34.81
% change year-on-year -8.61% -13.56% +5.48%

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 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Computing in Central London

Distributed Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Distributed Computing in Central London.

Hourly rate trend 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 15 August 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 +8 13 £750 -10.34% 6
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 11 (84.62%) Apache Spark
2 5 (38.46%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (84.62%) Hadoop
2 6 (46.15%) Apache Hive
3 5 (38.46%) Big Data
4 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
4 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (15.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Git
2 5 (38.46%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
2 11 (84.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Financial Institution
4 4 (30.77%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Apache Spark Developer
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
1 5 (38.46%) Java Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Gen AI Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Scientist
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Data Scientist
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Python Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) PySpark
2 5 (38.46%) Spark Streaming
3 4 (30.77%) TensorFlow
4 2 (15.38%) CSS
4 2 (15.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (38.46%) Market Risk
2 4 (30.77%) Credit Risk
3 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
4 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (7.69%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Analytics
1 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
2 9 (69.23%) Mathematics
3 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (53.85%) CI/CD
4 7 (53.85%) Code Quality
4 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
4 7 (53.85%) Data Pipeline
4 7 (53.85%) Data Science
5 6 (46.15%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (38.46%) Batch Processing
6 5 (38.46%) Data Analytics
6 5 (38.46%) Greeks
6 5 (38.46%) Memory Management
6 5 (38.46%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (38.46%) Risk Analytics
6 5 (38.46%) Stress Testing
7 4 (30.77%) Credit Risk Management
7 4 (30.77%) Generative AI
7 4 (30.77%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (46.15%) Java
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) Fortran
4 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
4 1 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) Master's Degree
3 4 (30.77%) PhD
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Foundry
1 2 (15.38%) Palantir