Distributed Computing Contracts in the Midlands

Distributed Computing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 107 - 166
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% - 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% - 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £291 - -
25th Percentile £307 - £683
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £695
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.32%
75th Percentile £433 - £708
90th Percentile £466 - -
England median daily rate £575 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -28.13% +14.29% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Computing in the Midlands

Distributed Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Computing in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Distributed Computing in the Midlands

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Computing in the Midlands

Distributed Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Distributed Computing in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Distributed Computing in the Midlands

Distributed Computing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
East Midlands - 4 £363 - 8
Distributed Computing
England

Distributed Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Big Data
2 3 (75.00%) Apache Hive
2 3 (75.00%) Hadoop
2 3 (75.00%) HBase
2 3 (75.00%) Impala
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Big Data Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Scala Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Transformation
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Scala