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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 361 354
Rank change year-on-year +117 -7 +42
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 733 326 501
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.75% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.02% 1.77% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 438 186 298
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 £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £138,750 £145,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% -8.05%

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 24,311 18,431 23,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.81% 42.13% 32.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15,873 9,310 14,525
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,294 £41,250
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 £105,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.85%

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 14 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 14 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 +65 437 £95,000 -13.64% 1,128
North of England +24 127 £75,000 -4.46% 111
North West +47 83 £80,000 -8.57% 61
South East +1 79 £63,000 -16.00% 83
South West -31 34 £95,000 -2.56% 48
Midlands -18 27 £80,000 +6.67% 28
North East -38 27 £60,000 -47.83% 28
East of England - 22 £80,000 - 39
West Midlands -15 20 £85,000 +15.25% 16
Yorkshire -41 17 £75,000 -3.23% 22
East Midlands -28 7 £72,000 -7.10% 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 18 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.23%) Apache
3 6 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.82%) Camunda
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Pig
4 5 (0.68%) Confluence
4 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.55%) JBoss
6 3 (0.41%) IIS
6 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.14%) Solana
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 393 (53.62%) AWS
2 234 (31.92%) Azure
3 146 (19.92%) GCP
4 74 (10.10%) Serverless
5 56 (7.64%) AWS CloudFormation
6 45 (6.14%) SaaS
7 40 (5.46%) Amazon ECS
8 39 (5.32%) Amazon S3
9 37 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (5.05%) GitHub
10 35 (4.77%) AWS Lambda
11 33 (4.50%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (3.27%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (3.14%) Amazon SQS
14 22 (3.00%) Datadog
15 20 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 19 (2.59%) Azure Service Bus
17 17 (2.32%) Amazon Bedrock
17 17 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (2.05%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.73%) Broadband
2 14 (1.91%) HTTP
3 12 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.82%) Internet
5 4 (0.55%) DNS
5 4 (0.55%) Firewall
5 4 (0.55%) MQTT
6 3 (0.41%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) AMQP
7 2 (0.27%) Multicast
7 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.27%) VoIP
8 1 (0.14%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.14%) DMARC
8 1 (0.14%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
8 1 (0.14%) RS-232
8 1 (0.14%) RS-485
8 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.87%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (11.60%) NoSQL
3 56 (7.64%) MongoDB
4 35 (4.77%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.96%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.55%) MySQL
7 24 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
8 23 (3.14%) DynamoDB
8 23 (3.14%) Redis
9 19 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.50%) BigQuery
10 11 (1.50%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.36%) Big Data
11 10 (1.36%) Metadata
11 10 (1.36%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.95%) Flink
13 6 (0.82%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.82%) Pinecone
14 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 76 (10.37%) Git
2 62 (8.46%) GitLab
3 48 (6.55%) Jenkins
4 41 (5.59%) Cucumber
5 27 (3.68%) JUnit
6 18 (2.46%) JIRA
6 18 (2.46%) JMeter
7 12 (1.64%) Mockito
8 11 (1.50%) Claude Code
8 11 (1.50%) LoadRunner
9 10 (1.36%) Gatling
9 10 (1.36%) Spock
10 7 (0.95%) Selenium
11 6 (0.82%) Maven
12 5 (0.68%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.55%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.55%) MLflow
14 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
14 2 (0.27%) WinDbg
General
1 185 (25.24%) Finance
2 163 (22.24%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.23%) Banking
4 52 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.64%) Law
7 30 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.96%) Games
9 27 (3.68%) Financial Institution
10 23 (3.14%) Retail
11 21 (2.86%) Front Office
12 16 (2.18%) Back Office
13 12 (1.64%) Marketing
14 11 (1.50%) Advertising
15 8 (1.09%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.95%) Electronics
17 6 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.82%) Legal
17 6 (0.82%) Polish Language
18 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (26.88%) Senior
2 163 (22.24%) Developer
3 151 (20.60%) Software Engineer
4 94 (12.82%) Lead
5 79 (10.78%) Principal Engineer
6 73 (9.96%) Java Engineer
7 53 (7.23%) Senior Developer
8 52 (7.09%) Architect
9 47 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
10 42 (5.73%) Python Engineer
11 41 (5.59%) Python Developer
12 40 (5.46%) Backend Developer
13 32 (4.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 32 (4.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 29 (3.96%) Java Developer
15 25 (3.41%) Senior Java Engineer
16 22 (3.00%) Principal Java Engineer
17 20 (2.73%) Data Engineer
17 20 (2.73%) Lead Software Engineer
17 20 (2.73%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (16.92%) .NET
1 124 (16.92%) Kafka
2 121 (16.51%) Spring
3 100 (13.64%) Spring Boot
4 98 (13.37%) REST
5 95 (12.96%) React
6 82 (11.19%) RESTful
7 55 (7.50%) Node.js
8 39 (5.32%) AngularJS
9 35 (4.77%) RabbitMQ
10 29 (3.96%) gRPC
11 25 (3.41%) OAuth
12 23 (3.14%) LangChain
12 23 (3.14%) OAuth2
13 22 (3.00%) ASP.NET
13 22 (3.00%) JSON
14 20 (2.73%) FastAPI
15 19 (2.59%) Django
16 17 (2.32%) .NET Framework
16 17 (2.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 252 (34.38%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.23%) Video\Live Streaming
3 44 (6.00%) Algorithms
4 40 (5.46%) AI Agents
5 38 (5.18%) Data Structures
6 37 (5.05%) Public Cloud
7 31 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (4.09%) e-Learning
9 28 (3.82%) Low-Code
9 28 (3.82%) Onboarding
10 27 (3.68%) Over-the-Top Content
11 20 (2.73%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.59%) Distributed Architecture
13 18 (2.46%) Equities
14 17 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (2.18%) Life Science
16 14 (1.91%) Private Cloud
17 13 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
18 12 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.14%) Linux
2 14 (1.91%) Windows
3 13 (1.77%) Unix
4 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.41%) VMS
6 2 (0.27%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (60.44%) CI/CD
2 382 (52.11%) Software Engineering
3 330 (45.02%) Microservices
4 266 (36.29%) AI
5 232 (31.65%) Observability
6 225 (30.70%) Agile
7 215 (29.33%) Infrastructure as Code
8 211 (28.79%) DevOps
9 195 (26.60%) Event-Driven
10 178 (24.28%) Mentoring
11 176 (24.01%) Test Automation
12 175 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 161 (21.96%) Containerisation
13 161 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
14 139 (18.96%) Machine Learning
15 129 (17.60%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 111 (15.14%) Full-Stack Development
17 107 (14.60%) Clean Code
18 98 (13.37%) Technical Leadership
19 86 (11.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 336 (45.84%) Python
2 242 (33.02%) Java
3 154 (21.01%) SQL
4 117 (15.96%) C#
5 105 (14.32%) TypeScript
6 104 (14.19%) Go
7 99 (13.51%) JavaScript
8 51 (6.96%) C++
9 35 (4.77%) Scala
10 24 (3.27%) Rust
11 23 (3.14%) Bash
12 12 (1.64%) C
13 11 (1.50%) PowerShell
14 9 (1.23%) Bicep
14 9 (1.23%) Groovy
14 9 (1.23%) PHP
15 8 (1.09%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.68%) Perl
17 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (10.78%) Degree
2 64 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 45 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 37 (5.05%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (1.50%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.50%) PhD
8 8 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CSPO
11 1 (0.14%) HND
11 1 (0.14%) ISEB
11 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.59%) QA
2 8 (1.09%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.95%) GDPR
3 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.14%) GRC
6 1 (0.14%) PSD2
6 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 181 (24.69%) Docker
2 13 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.09%) KVM
6 6 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.27%) Firmware
7 2 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 182 (24.83%) Kubernetes
2 122 (16.64%) Terraform
3 32 (4.37%) Ansible
4 23 (3.14%) Grafana
5 17 (2.32%) Kibana
6 15 (2.05%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.68%) Argo
8 4 (0.55%) Packer
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.41%) SCCM
10 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.14%) Graylog
11 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.14%) Podman
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.14%) Google
3 27 (3.68%) Typelevel
4 26 (3.55%) OpenAI
5 25 (3.41%) AppDynamics
6 19 (2.59%) Oracle
7 18 (2.46%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.46%) Splunk
8 11 (1.50%) IBM
8 11 (1.50%) VMware
9 9 (1.23%) Databricks
10 7 (0.95%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.95%) Solace
11 4 (0.55%) Adobe
11 4 (0.55%) Facebook
11 4 (0.55%) Instagram
11 4 (0.55%) TikTok
12 2 (0.27%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.27%) Pega
12 2 (0.27%) WSO2