Distributed Architecture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Distributed Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Architecture in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 389 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Architecture 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.014% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.080% 0.050% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £479 £312 -
25th Percentile £484 £316 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £322 -
Median % change year-on-year +59.16% - -
75th Percentile £534 £326 -
90th Percentile £536 £328 -
UK median daily rate £675 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +14.89% -2.08% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Distributed Architecture 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,025 6,028 7,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.69% 29.07% 31.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,987 3,535 4,939
10th Percentile £220 £213 £232
25th Percentile £363 £388 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 713 349
10th Percentile £15.06 £12.15 £12.60
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.54 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.63 £36.05 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% +2.99% +62.79%
75th Percentile £62.24 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.90 £36.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -15.34% +32.73% +1.93%

Distributed Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Distributed Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Architecture in the UK excluding London

Distributed Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Distributed Architecture in the UK excluding London

Distributed Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Distributed Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Distributed Architecture in the UK excluding London

Distributed Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Scotland - 2 £525 -
Midlands +1 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 -
Distributed Architecture
UK

Distributed Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (50.00%) Camunda
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Artifactory
1 2 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (50.00%) Bitbucket Server
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Core Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Architect
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (25.00%) ADO
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) BPMN
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) Decision Table
3 2 (50.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Sybase