Distributed Computing Contract Job Trends 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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 122 145
Rank change year-on-year +7 +23 +45
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 6 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.35% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 0.46% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £628 - £340
25th Percentile £669 £513 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £525 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -47.50% +53.85%
75th Percentile £795 £538 £1,050
90th Percentile £815 - -
Central London median daily rate £750 £525 £1,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% -47.50% +53.85%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

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 670 646 870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.93% 30.63% 31.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 402 558
10th Percentile £350 £360 £318
25th Percentile £441 £463 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £688 £723 £725
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £579 £600
% change year-on-year -4.97% -3.54% +3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 11
10th Percentile £16.90 £32.05 £17.00
25th Percentile £19.11 £39.63 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.75 £56.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.45% +55.56% -28.71%
75th Percentile £43.39 £76.13 £49.88
90th Percentile £72.53 £85.95 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £31.75
% change year-on-year +1.85% -14.96% -37.13%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Distributed Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in the City of London

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Distributed Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Distributed Computing

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 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Computing in the City of London

Distributed Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Distributed Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Apache Hive
1 3 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (33.33%) Spark SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Big Data
3 1 (16.67%) KDB
3 1 (16.67%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Gen AI Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) KDB Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Qualitative Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) PySpark
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) TensorFlow
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk
3 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 1 (16.67%) Derivative
3 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (16.67%) Equities
3 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
3 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Data Science
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (33.33%) Data Transformation
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) Use Case
5 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) Fortran
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
5 1 (16.67%) R
5 1 (16.67%) VBA
5 1 (16.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) PhD
4 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) EMIR
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Foundry
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Palantir
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle