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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 359 377
Rank change year-on-year +116 +18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 742 330 481
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.80% 0.76% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.11% 1.79% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 451 190 279
10th Percentile £55,000 £63,630 £48,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £100,625 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £135,250 £145,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -8.57%

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 23,832 18,386 24,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.76% 42.18% 33.03%
Number of salaries quoted 15,650 9,298 14,893
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,443 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% -3.58% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +71 446 £95,000 -13.64% 674
North of England +23 124 £75,000 -3.85% 78
North West +53 84 £80,000 -5.88% 45
South East +3 82 £63,500 -15.33% 74
South West -29 34 £90,000 -7.69% 34
Midlands -22 30 £80,000 +6.67% 21
North East -36 23 £63,750 -30.85% 17
West Midlands -20 21 £82,500 +13.79% 16
East of England - 20 £80,000 - 20
Yorkshire -38 17 £75,000 -3.23% 16
East Midlands -23 9 £76,000 -1.94% 5
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 16 (2.16%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.08%) Apache
3 5 (0.67%) Apache Pig
3 5 (0.67%) Camunda
3 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.54%) Confluence
4 4 (0.54%) JBoss
5 3 (0.40%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.13%) Solana
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 402 (54.18%) AWS
2 238 (32.08%) Azure
3 158 (21.29%) GCP
4 74 (9.97%) Serverless
5 57 (7.68%) AWS CloudFormation
6 46 (6.20%) SaaS
7 41 (5.53%) Amazon ECS
8 38 (5.12%) GitHub
9 37 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (4.85%) Amazon S3
11 35 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (2.83%) Datadog
15 19 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.43%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (2.02%) Amazon Bedrock
17 15 (2.02%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 72 (9.70%) Broadband
2 15 (2.02%) HTTP
3 13 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.81%) Internet
5 5 (0.67%) DNS
5 5 (0.67%) Firewall
6 4 (0.54%) MQTT
7 3 (0.40%) DHCP
8 2 (0.27%) AMQP
8 2 (0.27%) Multicast
8 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.27%) VoIP
9 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.13%) LTE
9 1 (0.13%) Network Security
9 1 (0.13%) RTSP
9 1 (0.13%) SCTP
9 1 (0.13%) SMS
9 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
9 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (10.92%) NoSQL
3 56 (7.55%) MongoDB
4 33 (4.45%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.64%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.50%) MySQL
7 25 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
8 22 (2.96%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.96%) Redis
9 19 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.48%) BigQuery
10 11 (1.48%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.35%) Metadata
11 10 (1.35%) RDBMS
12 9 (1.21%) Big Data
13 6 (0.81%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.81%) Flink
14 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.54%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 75 (10.11%) Git
2 62 (8.36%) GitLab
3 49 (6.60%) Jenkins
4 41 (5.53%) Cucumber
5 26 (3.50%) JUnit
6 19 (2.56%) JMeter
7 17 (2.29%) JIRA
8 12 (1.62%) LoadRunner
9 11 (1.48%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.48%) Gatling
9 11 (1.48%) Mockito
10 10 (1.35%) Spock
11 7 (0.94%) Selenium
12 5 (0.67%) Maven
12 5 (0.67%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.54%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.40%) MLflow
14 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.40%) WinDbg
General
1 181 (24.39%) Finance
2 154 (20.75%) Social Skills
3 51 (6.87%) Banking
4 49 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (4.31%) Law
6 30 (4.04%) Games
7 29 (3.91%) Public Sector
8 28 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 26 (3.50%) Retail
10 19 (2.56%) Front Office
11 16 (2.16%) Back Office
12 12 (1.62%) Advertising
13 11 (1.48%) Marketing
14 8 (1.08%) Polish Language
15 7 (0.94%) Electronics
15 7 (0.94%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 195 (26.28%) Senior
2 164 (22.10%) Developer
3 149 (20.08%) Software Engineer
4 89 (11.99%) Lead
5 81 (10.92%) Principal Engineer
6 72 (9.70%) Java Engineer
7 54 (7.28%) Architect
7 54 (7.28%) Senior Developer
8 47 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 45 (6.06%) Python Engineer
10 41 (5.53%) Backend Developer
10 41 (5.53%) Python Developer
11 32 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 32 (4.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 27 (3.64%) Java Developer
13 25 (3.37%) Principal Java Engineer
14 24 (3.23%) Scala Engineer
15 21 (2.83%) Senior Java Engineer
16 20 (2.70%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.70%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (16.04%) .NET
2 118 (15.90%) Kafka
3 113 (15.23%) Spring
4 96 (12.94%) REST
5 95 (12.80%) Spring Boot
6 93 (12.53%) React
7 77 (10.38%) RESTful
8 54 (7.28%) Node.js
9 38 (5.12%) AngularJS
9 38 (5.12%) gRPC
10 34 (4.58%) RabbitMQ
11 23 (3.10%) OAuth
12 22 (2.96%) ASP.NET
12 22 (2.96%) JSON
12 22 (2.96%) OAuth2
13 21 (2.83%) LangChain
14 20 (2.70%) FastAPI
15 19 (2.56%) Django
16 17 (2.29%) ASP.NET Core
16 17 (2.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 248 (33.42%) Cloud Native
2 62 (8.36%) Video\Live Streaming
3 46 (6.20%) Algorithms
4 41 (5.53%) Data Structures
5 37 (4.99%) Public Cloud
6 36 (4.85%) AI Agents
6 36 (4.85%) Over-the-Top Content
7 31 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (4.04%) e-Learning
9 28 (3.77%) Low-Code
10 26 (3.50%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.56%) Product Ownership
12 18 (2.43%) Distributed Architecture
13 17 (2.29%) Equities
14 15 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (2.02%) Life Science
15 14 (1.89%) Private Cloud
16 13 (1.75%) Client/Server
16 13 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 72 (9.70%) Linux
2 15 (2.02%) Windows
3 13 (1.75%) Unix
4 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.40%) VMS
6 2 (0.27%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (59.97%) CI/CD
2 384 (51.75%) Software Engineering
3 332 (44.74%) Microservices
4 262 (35.31%) AI
5 225 (30.32%) Observability
6 220 (29.65%) Agile
7 214 (28.84%) DevOps
8 212 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
9 190 (25.61%) Event-Driven
10 178 (23.99%) Mentoring
11 173 (23.32%) Test Automation
12 172 (23.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 171 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
14 166 (22.37%) Containerisation
15 146 (19.68%) Machine Learning
16 126 (16.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 114 (15.36%) Clean Code
18 112 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
19 92 (12.40%) Technical Leadership
20 86 (11.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 349 (47.04%) Python
2 232 (31.27%) Java
3 148 (19.95%) SQL
4 115 (15.50%) C#
5 113 (15.23%) Go
6 102 (13.75%) TypeScript
7 97 (13.07%) JavaScript
8 57 (7.68%) C++
9 44 (5.93%) Scala
10 29 (3.91%) Rust
11 21 (2.83%) Bash
12 15 (2.02%) C
13 11 (1.48%) PowerShell
14 9 (1.21%) Bicep
14 9 (1.21%) Groovy
14 9 (1.21%) PHP
15 8 (1.08%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.67%) Perl
17 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (11.19%) Degree
2 59 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (5.12%) SC Cleared
5 37 (4.99%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (1.62%) PhD
8 11 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.13%) HND
11 1 (0.13%) ISEB
11 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.95%) QA
2 8 (1.08%) GDPR
2 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.13%) GRC
6 1 (0.13%) NIST
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) PSD2
6 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 188 (25.34%) Docker
2 14 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.48%) KVM
5 6 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 183 (24.66%) Kubernetes
2 123 (16.58%) Terraform
3 32 (4.31%) Ansible
4 23 (3.10%) Grafana
5 17 (2.29%) Kibana
6 15 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.81%) Argo
8 4 (0.54%) Packer
9 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.40%) SCCM
10 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) Graylog
11 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.13%) Podman
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.53%) Google
3 36 (4.85%) Typelevel
4 25 (3.37%) AppDynamics
5 24 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.56%) Splunk
7 18 (2.43%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.43%) Oracle
8 14 (1.89%) VMware
9 11 (1.48%) IBM
10 8 (1.08%) Solace
11 7 (0.94%) Databricks
11 7 (0.94%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.54%) Adobe
12 4 (0.54%) Facebook
12 4 (0.54%) Instagram
12 4 (0.54%) TikTok
13 2 (0.27%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.27%) Pega
13 2 (0.27%) Salesforce