Distributed Systems Job Trends in England

Distributed Systems
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 326 412
Rank change year-on-year +43 +86 -60
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 508 344 476
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.92% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.24% 2.33% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 287 215 326
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £48,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £110,625 £115,000 £120,938
90th Percentile £132,500 £140,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -5.71%

All Generic Skills
England

Distributed Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,632 14,733 29,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.93% 39.33% 35.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11,788 8,335 20,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -15.38%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Distributed Systems job vacancy trend in England

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems in England

Distributed Systems
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +45 326 £100,000 +5.26% 184
North of England -44 88 £77,500 - 35
South East -27 66 £72,500 +13.73% 61
North West +6 60 £88,750 +10.94% 23
Yorkshire -62 25 £75,000 -3.23% 2
Midlands -27 14 £73,500 +1.38% 3
South West -42 13 £83,750 -16.25% 14
East Midlands -37 12 £86,000 +10.97% 1
East of England -27 11 £82,500 - 23
North East -48 3 £60,000 -13.52% 10
West Midlands -27 2 £68,750 -5.17% 2
Distributed Systems
UK

Distributed Systems
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.54%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.36%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.38%) IIS
5 6 (1.18%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.79%) Appian
7 3 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.59%) Confluence
7 3 (0.59%) JBoss
7 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.20%) Solana
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 304 (59.84%) AWS
2 169 (33.27%) Azure
3 164 (32.28%) GCP
4 59 (11.61%) Serverless
5 42 (8.27%) Amazon ECS
6 41 (8.07%) SaaS
7 32 (6.30%) Amazon EKS
8 26 (5.12%) Amazon S3
9 24 (4.72%) GitHub
10 23 (4.53%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (4.13%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (3.54%) Datadog
14 16 (3.15%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (2.95%) Amazon SQS
15 15 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 7 (1.38%) Amazon Kinesis
18 7 (1.38%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.24%) Broadband
2 12 (2.36%) HTTP
3 10 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.79%) BGP
4 4 (0.79%) VLAN
4 4 (0.79%) VPN
5 3 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.59%) Firewall
6 2 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.39%) Multicast
7 1 (0.20%) 4G
7 1 (0.20%) 5G
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.20%) LTE
7 1 (0.20%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
7 1 (0.20%) RTP
7 1 (0.20%) SMS
7 1 (0.20%) SS7
7 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.04%) NoSQL
2 37 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (5.91%) Relational Database
4 27 (5.31%) Elasticsearch
5 26 (5.12%) SQL Server
6 23 (4.53%) DynamoDB
6 23 (4.53%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.74%) BigQuery
7 19 (3.74%) Hadoop
7 19 (3.74%) Redis
8 17 (3.35%) Big Data
9 16 (3.15%) MySQL
10 12 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.77%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.18%) Tableau
13 5 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (0.98%) Couchbase
13 5 (0.98%) Neo4j
13 5 (0.98%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 53 (10.43%) Git
2 48 (9.45%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.13%) GitLab
4 15 (2.95%) JIRA
5 14 (2.76%) Cucumber
5 14 (2.76%) JMeter
6 10 (1.97%) Gatling
7 9 (1.77%) JUnit
7 9 (1.77%) LoadRunner
7 9 (1.77%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.18%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.98%) Maven
10 4 (0.79%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.59%) Mockito
11 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.59%) WinDbg
12 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.39%) Selenium
12 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 132 (25.98%) Finance
2 95 (18.70%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.07%) Banking
4 40 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.89%) Law
7 26 (5.12%) Financial Institution
8 25 (4.92%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.92%) Telecoms
9 24 (4.72%) Retail
10 21 (4.13%) Back Office
11 14 (2.76%) Front Office
12 10 (1.97%) Games
12 10 (1.97%) Marketing
12 10 (1.97%) Polish Language
13 9 (1.77%) Advertising
14 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.98%) Electronics
16 5 (0.98%) Legal
Job Titles
1 134 (26.38%) Senior
2 118 (23.23%) Software Engineer
3 109 (21.46%) Developer
4 50 (9.84%) Lead
5 42 (8.27%) Architect
6 38 (7.48%) Principal Engineer
7 33 (6.50%) Java Developer
8 32 (6.30%) Java Engineer
9 30 (5.91%) Scala Engineer
9 30 (5.91%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.51%) Senior Software Engineer
11 26 (5.12%) Backend Developer
12 23 (4.53%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (3.35%) Python Engineer
16 16 (3.15%) Lead Developer
17 15 (2.95%) Full-Stack Developer
17 15 (2.95%) Scala Developer
17 15 (2.95%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (15.55%) Kafka
2 73 (14.37%) REST
3 65 (12.80%) .NET
4 62 (12.20%) gRPC
5 58 (11.42%) Spring
6 55 (10.83%) React
7 49 (9.65%) Spring Boot
8 44 (8.66%) Node.js
9 42 (8.27%) RESTful
10 27 (5.31%) Django
11 23 (4.53%) RabbitMQ
11 23 (4.53%) Web Services
12 22 (4.33%) Elastic Stack
13 20 (3.94%) OAuth
14 18 (3.54%) AngularJS
14 18 (3.54%) JSON
15 17 (3.35%) OAuth2
16 13 (2.56%) HTML
17 12 (2.36%) .NET Core
17 12 (2.36%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 126 (24.80%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.84%) Algorithms
3 47 (9.25%) Data Structures
3 47 (9.25%) Over-the-Top Content
3 47 (9.25%) Video\Live Streaming
4 24 (4.72%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.74%) Equities
6 18 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (3.35%) Client/Server
8 16 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (2.76%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.56%) AI Agents
12 11 (2.17%) e-Learning
13 10 (1.97%) Blog
13 10 (1.97%) Distributed Architecture
14 9 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (1.77%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (10.24%) Linux
2 12 (2.36%) Windows
3 9 (1.77%) Android
4 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.39%) Unix
4 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (50.20%) CI/CD
2 243 (47.83%) Microservices
3 236 (46.46%) Software Engineering
4 153 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (29.13%) Containerisation
6 147 (28.94%) Agile
7 129 (25.39%) DevOps
8 110 (21.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 107 (21.06%) Machine Learning
10 106 (20.87%) AI
11 103 (20.28%) Computer Science
12 91 (17.91%) Observability
13 89 (17.52%) Event-Driven
14 87 (17.13%) Clean Code
15 79 (15.55%) Mentoring
16 75 (14.76%) Roadmaps
17 72 (14.17%) Data Science
18 71 (13.98%) Infrastructure as Code
19 67 (13.19%) Coaching
20 65 (12.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 226 (44.49%) Python
2 169 (33.27%) Java
3 112 (22.05%) Go
4 74 (14.57%) C#
5 71 (13.98%) SQL
6 61 (12.01%) Scala
7 57 (11.22%) C++
8 51 (10.04%) JavaScript
9 48 (9.45%) TypeScript
10 38 (7.48%) Rust
11 18 (3.54%) C
12 12 (2.36%) Bash
13 9 (1.77%) Groovy
13 9 (1.77%) PowerShell
14 7 (1.38%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.98%) R
16 4 (0.79%) Bicep
16 4 (0.79%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.79%) Ruby
16 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (18.70%) Degree
2 69 (13.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.31%) Security Cleared
4 25 (4.92%) Master's Degree
5 21 (4.13%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.36%) PhD
8 5 (0.98%) MBA
9 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.20%) ISEB
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.48%) QA
2 12 (2.36%) SOC 2
3 10 (1.97%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.77%) GDPR
5 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.79%) SLA
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 166 (32.68%) Docker
2 14 (2.76%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.56%) KVM
4 6 (1.18%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) HDFS
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 140 (27.56%) Kubernetes
2 70 (13.78%) Terraform
3 34 (6.69%) Ansible
4 14 (2.76%) Grafana
5 11 (2.17%) Kibana
6 10 (1.97%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.79%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.79%) Packer
8 2 (0.39%) Argo
9 1 (0.20%) Graylog
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.20%) SCCM
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (8.86%) Typelevel
2 26 (5.12%) Microsoft
3 22 (4.33%) Google
4 14 (2.76%) Oracle
4 14 (2.76%) VMware
5 13 (2.56%) AppDynamics
6 12 (2.36%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.97%) Databricks
8 8 (1.57%) IBM
9 5 (0.98%) BT
9 5 (0.98%) Ericsson
9 5 (0.98%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.98%) Informatica
9 5 (0.98%) Mavenir
9 5 (0.98%) Nokia
9 5 (0.98%) Solace
9 5 (0.98%) Splunk
9 5 (0.98%) Talend
10 4 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.59%) SAP