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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 356 352
Rank change year-on-year +120 -4 +23
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 752 320 497
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.79% 0.73% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.07% 1.74% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 446 183 304
10th Percentile £54,375 £63,654 £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 £100,938 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £142,000 £145,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £90,000 £78,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -7.35%

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 24,483 18,375 23,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.73% 42.02% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16,024 9,315 14,202
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,385
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £106,250
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 20 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 20 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 +65 447 £95,000 -13.64% 222
North of England +38 129 £75,000 -5.36% 48
North West +42 84 £80,000 -8.57% 26
South East 0 81 £64,250 -14.33% 45
South West -39 35 £95,000 -2.56% 21
North East -35 28 £60,000 -47.83% 13
Midlands -19 27 £80,000 +6.67% 8
East of England - 23 £80,000 - 17
West Midlands -19 20 £85,000 +13.33% 5
Yorkshire -38 17 £75,000 -3.23% 9
East Midlands -28 7 £72,000 -7.10% 3
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 19 (2.53%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.20%) Apache
3 6 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.80%) Camunda
3 6 (0.80%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) Apache Pig
4 5 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.53%) JBoss
6 3 (0.40%) IIS
6 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.13%) Solana
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 405 (53.86%) AWS
2 239 (31.78%) Azure
3 151 (20.08%) GCP
4 74 (9.84%) Serverless
5 59 (7.85%) AWS CloudFormation
6 46 (6.12%) SaaS
7 41 (5.45%) GitHub
8 40 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
9 39 (5.19%) Amazon S3
10 38 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (4.39%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (3.06%) Amazon SQS
15 22 (2.93%) Datadog
16 20 (2.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
18 18 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
19 17 (2.26%) Amazon Bedrock
20 16 (2.13%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.51%) Broadband
2 14 (1.86%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.73%) HTTP
4 6 (0.80%) DNS
4 6 (0.80%) Internet
5 4 (0.53%) DHCP
5 4 (0.53%) Firewall
5 4 (0.53%) MQTT
6 3 (0.40%) X.509
7 2 (0.27%) AMQP
7 2 (0.27%) LTE
7 2 (0.27%) Multicast
7 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.27%) VoIP
8 1 (0.13%) 5G
8 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.13%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
8 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.13%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (11.97%) NoSQL
1 90 (11.97%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (7.85%) MongoDB
3 36 (4.79%) Relational Database
4 30 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.59%) MySQL
6 24 (3.19%) Redis
7 23 (3.06%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.93%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.46%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.33%) Big Data
11 10 (1.33%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.33%) Metadata
11 10 (1.33%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.06%) Flink
13 6 (0.80%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.80%) Pinecone
14 5 (0.66%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 79 (10.51%) Git
2 64 (8.51%) GitLab
3 50 (6.65%) Jenkins
4 43 (5.72%) Cucumber
5 27 (3.59%) JUnit
6 18 (2.39%) JIRA
7 17 (2.26%) JMeter
8 12 (1.60%) Mockito
9 11 (1.46%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.33%) LoadRunner
10 10 (1.33%) Spock
11 9 (1.20%) Gatling
12 7 (0.93%) Selenium
13 6 (0.80%) Maven
14 5 (0.66%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.53%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.53%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.53%) MLflow
16 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
16 2 (0.27%) WinDbg
General
1 190 (25.27%) Finance
2 169 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 55 (7.31%) Banking
4 54 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.65%) Law
7 30 (3.99%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.86%) Games
9 28 (3.72%) Financial Institution
10 24 (3.19%) Retail
11 22 (2.93%) Front Office
12 16 (2.13%) Back Office
13 13 (1.73%) Marketing
14 11 (1.46%) Advertising
15 8 (1.06%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.93%) Electronics
17 6 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.80%) Legal
17 6 (0.80%) Polish Language
18 4 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 202 (26.86%) Senior
2 168 (22.34%) Developer
3 157 (20.88%) Software Engineer
4 96 (12.77%) Lead
5 80 (10.64%) Principal Engineer
6 76 (10.11%) Java Engineer
7 53 (7.05%) Architect
7 53 (7.05%) Senior Developer
8 50 (6.65%) Senior Software Engineer
9 41 (5.45%) Backend Developer
9 41 (5.45%) Python Developer
9 41 (5.45%) Python Engineer
10 34 (4.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 34 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (3.99%) Java Developer
12 27 (3.59%) Senior Java Engineer
13 23 (3.06%) Principal Java Engineer
14 21 (2.79%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.79%) Principal Software Engineer
15 20 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (17.55%) Kafka
2 131 (17.42%) Terraform
3 129 (17.15%) .NET
4 124 (16.49%) Spring
5 105 (13.96%) REST
6 103 (13.70%) Spring Boot
7 100 (13.30%) React
8 89 (11.84%) RESTful
9 58 (7.71%) Node.js
10 42 (5.59%) AngularJS
11 38 (5.05%) RabbitMQ
12 29 (3.86%) gRPC
13 25 (3.32%) OAuth
14 23 (3.06%) LangChain
14 23 (3.06%) OAuth2
15 22 (2.93%) ASP.NET
15 22 (2.93%) JSON
16 20 (2.66%) FastAPI
16 20 (2.66%) Next.js
17 18 (2.39%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 262 (34.84%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.05%) Video\Live Streaming
3 42 (5.59%) AI Agents
4 41 (5.45%) Algorithms
5 39 (5.19%) Public Cloud
6 35 (4.65%) Data Structures
7 33 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (4.26%) e-Learning
9 28 (3.72%) Low-Code
9 28 (3.72%) Onboarding
10 27 (3.59%) Over-the-Top Content
11 20 (2.66%) Distributed Architecture
11 20 (2.66%) Product Ownership
12 18 (2.39%) Equities
12 18 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 16 (2.13%) Life Science
14 14 (1.86%) IoT
14 14 (1.86%) Private Cloud
15 13 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 67 (8.91%) Linux
2 14 (1.86%) Windows
3 13 (1.73%) Unix
4 5 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.40%) VMS
7 2 (0.27%) Debian
7 2 (0.27%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (60.77%) CI/CD
2 391 (51.99%) Software Engineering
3 344 (45.74%) Microservices
4 273 (36.30%) AI
5 239 (31.78%) Observability
6 230 (30.59%) Agile
7 223 (29.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 216 (28.72%) DevOps
9 210 (27.93%) Event-Driven
10 186 (24.73%) Test Automation
11 184 (24.47%) Mentoring
12 173 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 166 (22.07%) Containerisation
14 163 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
15 141 (18.75%) Machine Learning
16 137 (18.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 117 (15.56%) Full-Stack Development
18 109 (14.49%) Clean Code
19 102 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
20 89 (11.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 339 (45.08%) Python
2 253 (33.64%) Java
3 160 (21.28%) SQL
4 120 (15.96%) C#
5 112 (14.89%) Go
6 111 (14.76%) TypeScript
7 101 (13.43%) JavaScript
8 49 (6.52%) C++
9 35 (4.65%) Scala
10 24 (3.19%) Rust
11 23 (3.06%) Bash
12 11 (1.46%) C
12 11 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 9 (1.20%) Bicep
13 9 (1.20%) Groovy
13 9 (1.20%) PHP
13 9 (1.20%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.66%) Perl
15 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (10.37%) Degree
2 69 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 42 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 39 (5.19%) AWS Certification
6 32 (4.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.46%) PhD
8 8 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.13%) CSPO
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 65 (8.64%) QA
2 9 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.93%) GDPR
3 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.13%) GRC
6 1 (0.13%) PSD2
6 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 187 (24.87%) Docker
2 13 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.80%) KVM
5 6 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.40%) Firmware
7 2 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 192 (25.53%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.39%) Ansible
3 23 (3.06%) Grafana
4 16 (2.13%) Kibana
4 16 (2.13%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.80%) Argo
6 4 (0.53%) Packer
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.40%) SCCM
8 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.13%) Consul
9 1 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.13%) Podman
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 82 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.38%) Google
3 27 (3.59%) OpenAI
3 27 (3.59%) Typelevel
4 24 (3.19%) AppDynamics
5 20 (2.66%) Oracle
6 18 (2.39%) Splunk
7 17 (2.26%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.46%) IBM
9 9 (1.20%) Databricks
9 9 (1.20%) VMware
10 7 (0.93%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.93%) Solace
11 4 (0.53%) Adobe
11 4 (0.53%) Facebook
11 4 (0.53%) Instagram
11 4 (0.53%) TikTok
12 2 (0.27%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.27%) Pega
12 2 (0.27%) WSO2