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 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 356 414
Rank change year-on-year +91 +58 -32
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 576 293 482
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.77% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.56% 1.78% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 328 188 322
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £48,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £131,625 £140,677 £147,250
UK median annual salary £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +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 22,514 16,489 29,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.07% 43.24% 34.30%
Number of salaries quoted 13,071 7,805 20,877
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +67 349 £97,500 -7.14% 244
North of England -5 102 £80,000 +1.91% 54
South East +10 80 £67,500 +3.85% 62
North West +33 70 £95,000 +19.87% 36
Yorkshire -57 22 £75,000 -3.23% 6
Midlands -24 21 £87,500 +16.67% 13
South West -46 16 £85,000 -12.82% 24
West Midlands -29 11 £87,500 +20.69% 9
East of England -19 10 £77,500 - 8
East Midlands -21 10 £72,000 -7.69% 4
North East -40 10 £60,000 -34.92% 12
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 15 (2.60%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.26%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.39%) IIS
4 5 (0.87%) Apache
5 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.69%) Confluence
5 4 (0.69%) JBoss
6 3 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.17%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.17%) Solana
8 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 338 (58.68%) AWS
2 183 (31.77%) Azure
3 156 (27.08%) GCP
4 67 (11.63%) Serverless
5 44 (7.64%) Amazon ECS
6 43 (7.47%) SaaS
7 34 (5.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 33 (5.73%) Amazon EKS
9 30 (5.21%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.17%) GitHub
12 22 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (2.95%) Datadog
15 15 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
18 11 (1.91%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.50%) Broadband
2 13 (2.26%) HTTP
3 10 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.87%) DNS
4 5 (0.87%) Firewall
5 3 (0.52%) BGP
5 3 (0.52%) DHCP
5 3 (0.52%) VLAN
5 3 (0.52%) VoIP
5 3 (0.52%) VPN
6 2 (0.35%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.35%) RTP
6 2 (0.35%) SS7
7 1 (0.17%) 5G
7 1 (0.17%) MQTT
7 1 (0.17%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
7 1 (0.17%) RS-232
7 1 (0.17%) RS-485
7 1 (0.17%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.20%) NoSQL
1 53 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (7.47%) MongoDB
3 32 (5.56%) Relational Database
4 27 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (3.82%) SQL Server
6 19 (3.30%) DynamoDB
7 16 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (2.78%) BigQuery
7 16 (2.78%) MySQL
8 15 (2.60%) Big Data
9 14 (2.43%) Redis
10 13 (2.26%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.74%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
13 6 (1.04%) Tableau
14 5 (0.87%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.69%) DataStage
15 4 (0.69%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 60 (10.42%) Git
2 51 (8.85%) Jenkins
3 37 (6.42%) GitLab
4 25 (4.34%) Cucumber
5 17 (2.95%) JMeter
6 16 (2.78%) JIRA
7 14 (2.43%) JUnit
8 10 (1.74%) Claude Code
8 10 (1.74%) Gatling
9 9 (1.56%) LoadRunner
10 7 (1.22%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.87%) Mockito
12 4 (0.69%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.52%) Maven
13 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.52%) WinDbg
14 2 (0.35%) Selenium
14 2 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 144 (25.00%) Finance
2 99 (17.19%) Social Skills
3 45 (7.81%) Banking
4 42 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.08%) Law
7 28 (4.86%) Financial Institution
8 26 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.34%) Retail
10 23 (3.99%) Games
11 21 (3.65%) Back Office
12 12 (2.08%) Front Office
13 11 (1.91%) Polish Language
14 10 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.56%) Advertising
16 7 (1.22%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.87%) Marketing
18 5 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (23.78%) Senior
2 135 (23.44%) Developer
3 118 (20.49%) Software Engineer
4 57 (9.90%) Principal Engineer
5 55 (9.55%) Lead
6 54 (9.38%) Architect
7 47 (8.16%) Java Engineer
8 43 (7.47%) Senior Developer
9 34 (5.90%) Java Developer
10 31 (5.38%) Backend Developer
11 30 (5.21%) Scala Engineer
12 26 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
13 25 (4.34%) Python Engineer
14 21 (3.65%) Python Developer
15 18 (3.13%) Data Engineer
15 18 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (2.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 17 (2.95%) Principal Java Engineer
17 16 (2.78%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
17 16 (2.78%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (15.63%) Kafka
2 77 (13.37%) .NET
2 77 (13.37%) Spring
3 74 (12.85%) REST
4 68 (11.81%) Spring Boot
5 54 (9.38%) React
6 52 (9.03%) gRPC
6 52 (9.03%) RESTful
7 41 (7.12%) Node.js
8 26 (4.51%) RabbitMQ
9 25 (4.34%) Web Services
10 23 (3.99%) Elastic Stack
11 22 (3.82%) JSON
12 20 (3.47%) Django
13 19 (3.30%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.78%) OAuth
15 15 (2.60%) ASP.NET
15 15 (2.60%) OAuth2
16 13 (2.26%) HTML
16 13 (2.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 155 (26.91%) Cloud Native
2 64 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
3 49 (8.51%) Algorithms
4 47 (8.16%) Over-the-Top Content
5 43 (7.47%) Data Structures
6 25 (4.34%) Public Cloud
7 22 (3.82%) Product Ownership
8 20 (3.47%) AI Agents
9 18 (3.13%) e-Learning
9 18 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (2.95%) Client/Server
10 17 (2.95%) Equities
10 17 (2.95%) Low-Code
11 15 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (2.43%) Distributed Architecture
12 14 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (2.08%) Life Science
14 11 (1.91%) Blog
15 8 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.72%) Linux
2 16 (2.78%) Windows
3 3 (0.52%) Android
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
3 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.17%) Debian
4 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (54.51%) CI/CD
2 267 (46.35%) Software Engineering
3 262 (45.49%) Microservices
4 173 (30.03%) Agile
5 152 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (26.04%) AI
7 144 (25.00%) Containerisation
8 142 (24.65%) DevOps
9 136 (23.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 132 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
11 130 (22.57%) Observability
12 121 (21.01%) Event-Driven
13 119 (20.66%) Machine Learning
14 108 (18.75%) Test Automation
15 98 (17.01%) Mentoring
16 95 (16.49%) Computer Science
17 94 (16.32%) Clean Code
18 75 (13.02%) Full-Stack Development
19 74 (12.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 73 (12.67%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 272 (47.22%) Python
2 181 (31.42%) Java
3 110 (19.10%) Go
4 93 (16.15%) SQL
5 89 (15.45%) C#
6 74 (12.85%) JavaScript
7 59 (10.24%) TypeScript
8 58 (10.07%) Scala
9 56 (9.72%) C++
10 37 (6.42%) Rust
11 16 (2.78%) C
12 15 (2.60%) Bash
13 9 (1.56%) Groovy
13 9 (1.56%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.39%) Bicep
15 7 (1.22%) PHP
16 6 (1.04%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.87%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.87%) Perl
17 5 (0.87%) R
Qualifications
1 87 (15.10%) Degree
2 58 (10.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (5.90%) Security Cleared
4 26 (4.51%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 21 (3.65%) AWS Certification
7 20 (3.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.91%) PhD
9 5 (0.87%) MBA
10 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.17%) HND
12 1 (0.17%) ISEB
12 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.33%) QA
2 13 (2.26%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.87%) GDPR
4 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.17%) PSD2
6 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 166 (28.82%) Docker
2 17 (2.95%) Hyper-V
2 17 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.43%) KVM
4 10 (1.74%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 149 (25.87%) Kubernetes
2 91 (15.80%) Terraform
3 28 (4.86%) Ansible
4 17 (2.95%) Grafana
5 15 (2.60%) Kibana
6 11 (1.91%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.69%) Packer
8 3 (0.52%) Argo
8 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.52%) SCCM
9 2 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.17%) Graylog
Vendors
1 45 (7.81%) Microsoft
1 45 (7.81%) Typelevel
2 20 (3.47%) Google
2 20 (3.47%) Oracle
3 17 (2.95%) VMware
4 15 (2.60%) AppDynamics
5 13 (2.26%) Dynatrace
6 11 (1.91%) Splunk
7 9 (1.56%) Databricks
8 8 (1.39%) IBM
9 7 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.22%) Solace
10 5 (0.87%) BT
10 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.69%) Informatica
11 4 (0.69%) Talend
12 3 (0.52%) Adobe
13 2 (0.35%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.35%) WSO2