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 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 339 437
Rank change year-on-year +81 +98 -42
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 593 330 482
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 0.84% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.88% 1.94% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 343 186 311
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,875 £48,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £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 £130,000 £140,677 £147,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +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 20,622 17,045 31,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.07% 43.41% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,498 8,120 21,176
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +57 362 £97,500 -7.14% 178
North of England +11 103 £80,000 +1.91% 62
South East +5 78 £67,500 -10.00% 55
North West +53 76 £88,750 +13.06% 35
Midlands -13 21 £87,500 +16.67% 7
South West -37 17 £85,000 -12.82% 27
Yorkshire -53 15 £75,000 -3.85% 13
West Midlands -19 12 £87,500 +20.69% 5
North East -37 12 £60,000 -34.92% 14
East of England -8 9 £72,500 - 9
East Midlands -18 9 £72,000 -8.28% 2
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 12 (2.02%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.18%) IIS
2 7 (1.18%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.01%) Apache
4 4 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.67%) Confluence
4 4 (0.67%) JBoss
5 3 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.51%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.17%) Solana
7 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 347 (58.52%) AWS
2 181 (30.52%) Azure
3 153 (25.80%) GCP
4 64 (10.79%) Serverless
5 46 (7.76%) SaaS
6 40 (6.75%) Amazon ECS
7 35 (5.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
9 29 (4.89%) Amazon S3
10 27 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (4.55%) GitHub
11 25 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (3.04%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (2.70%) Datadog
15 15 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (2.02%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 82 (13.83%) Broadband
2 13 (2.19%) HTTP
3 10 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.84%) DNS
4 5 (0.84%) Firewall
5 3 (0.51%) BGP
5 3 (0.51%) DHCP
5 3 (0.51%) VLAN
5 3 (0.51%) VoIP
5 3 (0.51%) VPN
6 2 (0.34%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.34%) RTP
6 2 (0.34%) 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 59 (9.95%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (8.43%) MongoDB
3 48 (8.09%) NoSQL
4 27 (4.55%) Relational Database
5 25 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (3.37%) SQL Server
7 18 (3.04%) MySQL
8 16 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (2.70%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.70%) Redis
9 15 (2.53%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.02%) Big Data
11 9 (1.52%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.35%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.84%) Metadata
13 5 (0.84%) Tableau
14 4 (0.67%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.67%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.67%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 58 (9.78%) Git
2 44 (7.42%) Jenkins
3 40 (6.75%) GitLab
4 30 (5.06%) Cucumber
5 18 (3.04%) JMeter
6 15 (2.53%) JIRA
7 13 (2.19%) JUnit
8 11 (1.85%) Claude Code
9 10 (1.69%) Gatling
9 10 (1.69%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.84%) Mockito
10 5 (0.84%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.67%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.51%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.51%) WinDbg
13 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.34%) Selenium
13 2 (0.34%) Spock
General
1 145 (24.45%) Finance
2 99 (16.69%) Social Skills
3 46 (7.76%) Banking
4 39 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.40%) Games
6 32 (5.40%) Law
7 29 (4.89%) Financial Institution
8 26 (4.38%) Retail
9 25 (4.22%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.54%) Back Office
11 12 (2.02%) Front Office
12 11 (1.85%) Polish Language
13 9 (1.52%) Advertising
13 9 (1.52%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.18%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.67%) Electronics
16 4 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 145 (24.45%) Senior
2 140 (23.61%) Developer
3 117 (19.73%) Software Engineer
4 59 (9.95%) Principal Engineer
5 58 (9.78%) Lead
6 55 (9.27%) Architect
7 51 (8.60%) Java Engineer
8 48 (8.09%) Senior Developer
9 34 (5.73%) Backend Developer
10 30 (5.06%) Scala Engineer
11 28 (4.72%) Python Engineer
12 27 (4.55%) Python Developer
13 26 (4.38%) Java Developer
13 26 (4.38%) Senior Software Engineer
14 23 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 19 (3.20%) Lead Developer
15 19 (3.20%) Principal Java Engineer
16 18 (3.04%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
16 18 (3.04%) Data Engineer
17 17 (2.87%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (14.84%) Kafka
2 83 (14.00%) .NET
3 72 (12.14%) REST
4 71 (11.97%) Spring
5 63 (10.62%) Spring Boot
6 59 (9.95%) RESTful
7 57 (9.61%) React
8 50 (8.43%) gRPC
9 39 (6.58%) Node.js
10 28 (4.72%) RabbitMQ
11 20 (3.37%) JSON
11 20 (3.37%) Web Services
12 19 (3.20%) AngularJS
13 18 (3.04%) Django
14 17 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (2.70%) ASP.NET
15 16 (2.70%) OAuth
16 15 (2.53%) OAuth2
17 14 (2.36%) LangChain
18 12 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 176 (29.68%) Cloud Native
2 73 (12.31%) Video\Live Streaming
3 51 (8.60%) Algorithms
4 47 (7.93%) Over-the-Top Content
5 45 (7.59%) Data Structures
6 28 (4.72%) Public Cloud
7 26 (4.38%) Low-Code
8 24 (4.05%) AI Agents
9 21 (3.54%) e-Learning
10 20 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (3.20%) Product Ownership
12 17 (2.87%) Client/Server
12 17 (2.87%) Equities
13 15 (2.53%) Distributed Architecture
14 14 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (2.02%) Life Science
17 11 (1.85%) Blog
17 11 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
18 8 (1.35%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.61%) Linux
2 16 (2.70%) Windows
3 3 (0.51%) Unix
3 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Debian
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (54.64%) CI/CD
2 280 (47.22%) Software Engineering
3 261 (44.01%) Microservices
4 174 (29.34%) AI
5 170 (28.67%) Agile
6 155 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
7 152 (25.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 149 (25.13%) Observability
9 144 (24.28%) Containerisation
10 143 (24.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 142 (23.95%) DevOps
12 129 (21.75%) Machine Learning
13 127 (21.42%) Event-Driven
14 126 (21.25%) Test Automation
15 107 (18.04%) Mentoring
16 99 (16.69%) Clean Code
17 91 (15.35%) Computer Science
18 79 (13.32%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 77 (12.98%) Coaching
20 75 (12.65%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 291 (49.07%) Python
2 173 (29.17%) Java
3 119 (20.07%) Go
4 100 (16.86%) SQL
5 92 (15.51%) C#
6 68 (11.47%) JavaScript
7 63 (10.62%) TypeScript
8 57 (9.61%) C++
9 56 (9.44%) Scala
10 37 (6.24%) Rust
11 16 (2.70%) C
12 15 (2.53%) Bash
13 9 (1.52%) PHP
13 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.35%) Bicep
15 7 (1.18%) Groovy
16 6 (1.01%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.84%) Perl
18 4 (0.67%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.67%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (13.83%) Degree
2 54 (9.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (5.73%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.05%) AWS Certification
6 23 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 21 (3.54%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.69%) PhD
9 4 (0.67%) MBA
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.17%) HND
11 1 (0.17%) ISEB
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.60%) QA
2 13 (2.19%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.01%) GDPR
5 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
9 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 159 (26.81%) Docker
2 17 (2.87%) Hyper-V
2 17 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.36%) KVM
4 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 147 (24.79%) Kubernetes
2 96 (16.19%) Terraform
3 25 (4.22%) Ansible
4 18 (3.04%) Grafana
5 15 (2.53%) Kibana
6 12 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.67%) Argo
7 4 (0.67%) Packer
8 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.51%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) Graylog
9 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 47 (7.93%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.59%) Typelevel
3 21 (3.54%) Google
4 17 (2.87%) Oracle
4 17 (2.87%) VMware
5 15 (2.53%) AppDynamics
6 14 (2.36%) Dynatrace
7 11 (1.85%) Splunk
8 9 (1.52%) Databricks
9 8 (1.35%) IBM
10 7 (1.18%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.18%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.18%) Solace
11 4 (0.67%) BT
12 3 (0.51%) Adobe
13 2 (0.34%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.34%) Pega
13 2 (0.34%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.34%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.34%) WSO2