Distributed Systems Engineer Job Trends in England

Distributed Systems Engineer
UK > England

The median Distributed Systems Engineer salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 622 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Distributed Systems Engineer 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.008% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.003% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £59,500 - -
25th Percentile £64,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £138,750 - -
90th Percentile £175,500 - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 60,858 34,668 70,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 90.35% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39,701 21,008 55,609
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Distributed Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Distributed Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Distributed Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Distributed Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Distributed Systems Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Distributed Systems Engineer job vacancies in England

Distributed Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems Engineer in England

Distributed Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +2 3 £200,000 - 2
South East - 2 £68,750 -
Distributed Systems Engineer
UK

Distributed Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Distributed Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Distributed Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Rust
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Akka
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Broadband
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (40.00%) KVM
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Scala
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum

Distributed Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (40.00%) TeamCity
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (40.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (40.00%) Over-the-Top Content
2 2 (40.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Rust
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) Scala
3 1 (20.00%) Erlang
3 1 (20.00%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (40.00%) KVM
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware