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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 360 357
Rank change year-on-year +115 -3 +37
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 742 318 496
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 0.73% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.01% 1.73% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 440 181 300
10th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £48,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £92,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +15.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,313 £115,000 £110,625
90th Percentile £122,500 £142,500 £140,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £90,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +16.13% -8.82%

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 24,664 18,369 23,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.59% 41.98% 32.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16,161 9,356 13,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,742 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,238
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 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.09%

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 26 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 26 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 +60 438 £95,000 -13.64% 102
North of England +24 130 £75,000 -6.25% 39
North West +49 85 £80,000 -8.57% 22
South East 0 80 £65,000 -13.33% 16
South West -44 32 £95,000 -2.56% 56
Midlands -26 28 £80,000 +6.67% 4
North East -37 28 £60,000 -47.83% 11
East of England -1 24 £80,000 -20.00% 8
West Midlands -19 20 £85,000 +13.33% 3
Yorkshire -43 17 £75,000 -3.23% 6
East Midlands -21 8 £76,000 -1.94% 1
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 (2.43%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.21%) Apache
3 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.81%) Camunda
3 6 (0.81%) Confluence
4 5 (0.67%) Apache Pig
4 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.54%) 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 (0.94%) 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
1 396 (53.37%) AWS
2 234 (31.54%) Azure
3 143 (19.27%) GCP
4 74 (9.97%) Serverless
5 61 (8.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 46 (6.20%) SaaS
7 41 (5.53%) Amazon ECS
7 41 (5.53%) GitHub
8 39 (5.26%) Amazon S3
9 38 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
11 33 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
14 20 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 19 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
15 19 (2.56%) Datadog
16 18 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
18 16 (2.16%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.41%) Broadband
2 14 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.62%) HTTP
4 6 (0.81%) DNS
4 6 (0.81%) Internet
5 4 (0.54%) DHCP
5 4 (0.54%) Firewall
5 4 (0.54%) 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%) DMARC
8 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.13%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.26%) NoSQL
2 89 (11.99%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (7.95%) MongoDB
4 35 (4.72%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.91%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.50%) MySQL
7 23 (3.10%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (2.96%) Redis
9 20 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.35%) Hadoop
10 10 (1.35%) Metadata
10 10 (1.35%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.21%) Big Data
11 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.08%) Flink
13 6 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.81%) Pinecone
14 5 (0.67%) Apache Hive
14 5 (0.67%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 79 (10.65%) Git
2 67 (9.03%) GitLab
3 52 (7.01%) Jenkins
4 45 (6.06%) Cucumber
5 28 (3.77%) JUnit
6 18 (2.43%) JIRA
7 16 (2.16%) JMeter
8 12 (1.62%) Mockito
9 11 (1.48%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.48%) Spock
10 9 (1.21%) LoadRunner
11 8 (1.08%) Gatling
12 7 (0.94%) Maven
12 7 (0.94%) Selenium
13 5 (0.67%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.54%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.54%) MLflow
15 3 (0.40%) IntelliJ
16 2 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 192 (25.88%) Finance
2 168 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 58 (7.82%) Banking
4 53 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.99%) Law
7 29 (3.91%) Financial Institution
7 29 (3.91%) Games
8 27 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 26 (3.50%) Retail
10 21 (2.83%) Front Office
11 16 (2.16%) Back Office
12 13 (1.75%) Marketing
13 11 (1.48%) Advertising
14 8 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.94%) Electronics
16 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.81%) Legal
16 6 (0.81%) Polish Language
17 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 202 (27.22%) Senior
2 165 (22.24%) Developer
3 153 (20.62%) Software Engineer
4 93 (12.53%) Lead
5 80 (10.78%) Principal Engineer
6 78 (10.51%) Java Engineer
7 54 (7.28%) Architect
8 53 (7.14%) Senior Developer
9 51 (6.87%) Senior Software Engineer
10 41 (5.53%) Python Engineer
11 40 (5.39%) Backend Developer
11 40 (5.39%) Python Developer
12 36 (4.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 36 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 30 (4.04%) Java Developer
14 28 (3.77%) Senior Java Engineer
15 24 (3.23%) Principal Java Engineer
16 21 (2.83%) Principal Software Engineer
17 20 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
17 20 (2.70%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (18.19%) Kafka
2 134 (18.06%) Terraform
3 130 (17.52%) .NET
4 126 (16.98%) Spring
5 105 (14.15%) REST
5 105 (14.15%) Spring Boot
6 101 (13.61%) React
7 92 (12.40%) RESTful
8 58 (7.82%) Node.js
9 45 (6.06%) AngularJS
10 40 (5.39%) RabbitMQ
11 24 (3.23%) OAuth
12 23 (3.10%) LangChain
13 22 (2.96%) ASP.NET
13 22 (2.96%) JSON
13 22 (2.96%) OAuth2
14 20 (2.70%) FastAPI
14 20 (2.70%) gRPC
14 20 (2.70%) Next.js
15 18 (2.43%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 267 (35.98%) Cloud Native
2 44 (5.93%) Video\Live Streaming
3 43 (5.80%) AI Agents
4 41 (5.53%) Public Cloud
5 37 (4.99%) Algorithms
6 35 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (4.58%) e-Learning
8 31 (4.18%) Data Structures
9 28 (3.77%) Low-Code
9 28 (3.77%) Onboarding
10 21 (2.83%) Distributed Architecture
11 20 (2.70%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.56%) Equities
13 18 (2.43%) Over-the-Top Content
14 17 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (2.16%) Life Science
16 15 (2.02%) IoT
16 15 (2.02%) Private Cloud
17 13 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.76%) Linux
2 13 (1.75%) Windows
3 12 (1.62%) Unix
4 5 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.54%) VMS
5 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.27%) Debian
6 2 (0.27%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (59.84%) CI/CD
2 382 (51.48%) Software Engineering
3 340 (45.82%) Microservices
4 275 (37.06%) AI
5 241 (32.48%) Observability
6 231 (31.13%) Agile
7 225 (30.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 214 (28.84%) DevOps
8 214 (28.84%) Event-Driven
9 191 (25.74%) Test Automation
10 188 (25.34%) Mentoring
11 172 (23.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 157 (21.16%) Containerisation
13 152 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
14 139 (18.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 131 (17.65%) Machine Learning
16 119 (16.04%) Full-Stack Development
17 102 (13.75%) Technical Leadership
18 100 (13.48%) Clean Code
19 89 (11.99%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 327 (44.07%) Python
2 255 (34.37%) Java
3 160 (21.56%) SQL
4 117 (15.77%) C#
5 114 (15.36%) TypeScript
6 105 (14.15%) Go
7 101 (13.61%) JavaScript
8 44 (5.93%) C++
9 26 (3.50%) Scala
10 23 (3.10%) Bash
11 22 (2.96%) Rust
12 11 (1.48%) C
12 11 (1.48%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.35%) Groovy
14 9 (1.21%) Bicep
14 9 (1.21%) PHP
14 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.67%) Perl
16 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (10.24%) Degree
2 67 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (5.53%) AWS Certification
4 41 (5.53%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (1.35%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.35%) PhD
7 7 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.13%) CSPO
10 1 (0.13%) HND
10 1 (0.13%) ISEB
10 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.63%) QA
2 9 (1.21%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.94%) GDPR
3 7 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.54%) 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
1 177 (23.85%) Docker
2 12 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.81%) KVM
5 6 (0.81%) 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
1 193 (26.01%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.18%) Ansible
3 23 (3.10%) Grafana
4 15 (2.02%) Kibana
4 15 (2.02%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.94%) Argo
6 4 (0.54%) 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 83 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.47%) Google
3 27 (3.64%) OpenAI
4 24 (3.23%) AppDynamics
5 20 (2.70%) Oracle
6 19 (2.56%) Splunk
7 18 (2.43%) Typelevel
8 15 (2.02%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.48%) IBM
10 9 (1.21%) Databricks
10 9 (1.21%) VMware
11 7 (0.94%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.81%) Solace
13 4 (0.54%) Adobe
13 4 (0.54%) Facebook
13 4 (0.54%) Instagram
13 4 (0.54%) TikTok
14 2 (0.27%) Atlassian
14 2 (0.27%) Pega
14 2 (0.27%) WSO2