Distributed Computing Contracts in the City of London

Distributed Computing
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in the City of 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 109 126 175
Rank change year-on-year +17 +49 +6
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 10 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.57% 0.046% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.63% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £654 - £506
25th Percentile £708 - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £663
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.15%
75th Percentile £763 - £778
90th Percentile - - £829
Central London median daily rate £750 - £800
% change year-on-year - - +22.14%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 612 676 1,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.85% 30.77% 35.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 462 889
10th Percentile £363 £276 £350
25th Percentile £475 £425 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £750
90th Percentile £800 £849 £861
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £605
% change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £23.80 £12.75 £16.97
25th Percentile £26.50 £14.38 £31.31
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -46.82% -9.90%
75th Percentile £65.50 £27.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £86.20 £36.60 -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.08%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Computing in the City of London

Distributed Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Computing in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Distributed Computing in the City of London

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Computing in the City of London

Distributed Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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