Distributed Computing Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Distributed Computing
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 84 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.058% 0.36% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.96% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £413 -
25th Percentile £438 £414 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% - -
75th Percentile £513 £445 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £545 £500 £750
% change year-on-year +9.00% -33.33% +11.11%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 531 417 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.91% 37.91% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 208 317
10th Percentile £185 £250 £211
25th Percentile £313 £372 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £620 £613 £560
90th Percentile £713 £700 £675
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 53 121
10th Percentile £12.75 £25.53 £15.39
25th Percentile £15.79 £46.31 £22.00
Median hourly rate £22.75 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.30% +22.73% -10.57%
75th Percentile £67.31 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.30 £37.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.65% +6.43% +55.66%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Distributed Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire -4 1 £475 +10.47% 2
Distributed Computing
England

Distributed Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (100.00%) ChatGPT
1 1 (100.00%) Google Gemini
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI