Distributed Systems Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Distributed Systems
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Systems 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.72% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £618 - -
25th Percentile £670 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £828 - -
90th Percentile £838 - -
South East median daily rate £460 £447 £431
% change year-on-year +2.91% +3.65% -19.77%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

Distributed Systems 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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 174 43 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 37.50% 30.07% 29.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 17 34
10th Percentile £356 £267 £173
25th Percentile £419 £400 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +5.41% -3.24%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £500
90th Percentile £864 £639 £525
South East median daily rate £525 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 1 3
10th Percentile £12.84 - £12.40
25th Percentile £13.19 £25.75 £13.75
Median hourly rate £47.52 £26.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.32% +65.63% -36.51%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.25 £21.00
90th Percentile £77.50 - £23.99
South East median hourly rate £38.72 £33.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +17.16% -42.37% +4.27%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Distributed Systems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Distributed Systems job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Distributed Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Distributed Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Systems in Oxfordshire

Distributed Systems
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Systems within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Oxford - 2 £645 - 12
Distributed Systems
South East

Distributed Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 1 (12.50%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Metadata
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Architect
3 3 (37.50%) SOA Architect
4 2 (25.00%) Lead
4 2 (25.00%) Lead Architect
4 2 (25.00%) Lead Cloud Architect
5 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven
1 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (87.50%) SOA
2 6 (75.00%) Technical Debt
3 5 (62.50%) Microservices
4 4 (50.00%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
6 2 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) NVIDIA