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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 372 406
Rank change year-on-year +101 +34 -35
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 549 290 481
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.74% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.49% 1.72% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 304 190 323
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £48,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,563 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £140,677 £147,000
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 22,019 16,894 29,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.79% 43.03% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,657 8,222 20,843
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £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 £112,500 £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 21 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 21 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 +78 341 £97,500 -2.50% 207
North of England -9 93 £80,000 +2.56% 55
South East +2 76 £68,750 +5.77% 70
North West +36 62 £95,000 +18.75% 38
Yorkshire -45 24 £75,000 -3.23% 5
Midlands -21 17 £87,500 +16.67% 13
South West -46 15 £94,000 -3.59% 21
East of England -3 10 £77,500 - 8
East Midlands -16 9 £86,000 +10.97% 4
West Midlands -40 8 £87,500 +20.69% 9
North East -39 7 £60,000 -13.52% 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 16 (2.91%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.37%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.46%) IIS
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.73%) Apache
5 4 (0.73%) Confluence
5 4 (0.73%) JBoss
6 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.55%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.36%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.18%) Solana
8 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 328 (59.74%) AWS
2 173 (31.51%) Azure
3 154 (28.05%) GCP
4 66 (12.02%) Serverless
5 46 (8.38%) Amazon ECS
6 40 (7.29%) SaaS
7 33 (6.01%) Amazon EKS
7 33 (6.01%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (5.65%) Amazon S3
9 27 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (4.19%) GitHub
11 22 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (3.83%) Amazon SQS
13 18 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (3.28%) Datadog
14 14 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.82%) Amazon EventBridge
16 10 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 71 (12.93%) Broadband
2 12 (2.19%) HTTP
3 8 (1.46%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.91%) DNS
4 5 (0.91%) Firewall
5 3 (0.55%) BGP
5 3 (0.55%) DHCP
5 3 (0.55%) VLAN
5 3 (0.55%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) 4G
6 1 (0.18%) 5G
6 1 (0.18%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.18%) LTE
6 1 (0.18%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
6 1 (0.18%) RTP
6 1 (0.18%) SMS
6 1 (0.18%) SS7
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.65%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (9.11%) NoSQL
3 43 (7.83%) MongoDB
4 33 (6.01%) Relational Database
5 28 (5.10%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (3.83%) DynamoDB
7 19 (3.46%) SQL Server
8 17 (3.10%) BigQuery
9 16 (2.91%) MySQL
10 15 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (2.73%) Big Data
10 15 (2.73%) Hadoop
11 14 (2.55%) Redis
12 11 (2.00%) RDBMS
13 9 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (1.09%) Tableau
15 5 (0.91%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.91%) Neo4j
15 5 (0.91%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 57 (10.38%) Git
2 52 (9.47%) Jenkins
3 36 (6.56%) GitLab
4 22 (4.01%) Cucumber
5 17 (3.10%) JIRA
6 16 (2.91%) JMeter
7 14 (2.55%) JUnit
8 10 (1.82%) Gatling
9 9 (1.64%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.64%) LoadRunner
9 9 (1.64%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.91%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.91%) Maven
10 5 (0.91%) Mockito
11 4 (0.73%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.55%) WinDbg
13 2 (0.36%) Selenium
13 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 139 (25.32%) Finance
2 94 (17.12%) Social Skills
3 43 (7.83%) Banking
4 41 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.38%) Law
7 26 (4.74%) Financial Institution
8 25 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 24 (4.37%) Retail
10 23 (4.19%) Games
11 21 (3.83%) Back Office
12 12 (2.19%) Front Office
13 11 (2.00%) Polish Language
14 10 (1.82%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.46%) Advertising
16 7 (1.28%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.09%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.91%) Marketing
18 5 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 130 (23.68%) Senior
2 126 (22.95%) Developer
3 108 (19.67%) Software Engineer
4 55 (10.02%) Principal Engineer
5 53 (9.65%) Architect
6 50 (9.11%) Lead
7 43 (7.83%) Java Engineer
8 41 (7.47%) Senior Developer
9 33 (6.01%) Java Developer
10 31 (5.65%) Backend Developer
11 30 (5.46%) Scala Engineer
12 23 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
13 22 (4.01%) Python Engineer
14 19 (3.46%) Data Engineer
14 19 (3.46%) Python Developer
15 17 (3.10%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (2.91%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
16 16 (2.91%) Principal Java Engineer
16 16 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
17 15 (2.73%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (15.66%) Kafka
2 75 (13.66%) REST
2 75 (13.66%) Spring
3 68 (12.39%) .NET
4 66 (12.02%) Spring Boot
5 53 (9.65%) gRPC
6 52 (9.47%) RESTful
7 48 (8.74%) React
8 38 (6.92%) Node.js
9 25 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
10 24 (4.37%) Web Services
11 23 (4.19%) Elastic Stack
12 22 (4.01%) Django
13 20 (3.64%) AngularJS
13 20 (3.64%) JSON
14 15 (2.73%) OAuth
15 14 (2.55%) OAuth2
16 13 (2.37%) ASP.NET
16 13 (2.37%) HTML
16 13 (2.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 150 (27.32%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.48%) Video\Live Streaming
3 50 (9.11%) Algorithms
4 47 (8.56%) Over-the-Top Content
5 44 (8.01%) Data Structures
6 23 (4.19%) Public Cloud
7 22 (4.01%) Product Ownership
8 17 (3.10%) AI Agents
8 17 (3.10%) Client/Server
8 17 (3.10%) Equities
8 17 (3.10%) Low-Code
9 16 (2.91%) e-Learning
9 16 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (2.37%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (2.00%) Blog
12 11 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.82%) Life Science
14 8 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.29%) Linux
2 16 (2.91%) Windows
3 4 (0.73%) Android
4 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (54.28%) CI/CD
2 253 (46.08%) Software Engineering
3 252 (45.90%) Microservices
4 160 (29.14%) Agile
5 148 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (25.87%) Containerisation
7 141 (25.68%) AI
8 135 (24.59%) DevOps
9 134 (24.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 122 (22.22%) Observability
11 121 (22.04%) Infrastructure as Code
12 119 (21.68%) Machine Learning
13 108 (19.67%) Event-Driven
14 101 (18.40%) Test Automation
15 94 (17.12%) Computer Science
16 89 (16.21%) Clean Code
16 89 (16.21%) Mentoring
17 73 (13.30%) Data Science
18 71 (12.93%) Full-Stack Development
19 70 (12.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 264 (48.09%) Python
2 176 (32.06%) Java
3 109 (19.85%) Go
4 81 (14.75%) C#
4 81 (14.75%) SQL
5 71 (12.93%) JavaScript
6 58 (10.56%) Scala
7 56 (10.20%) TypeScript
8 54 (9.84%) C++
9 37 (6.74%) Rust
10 15 (2.73%) Bash
10 15 (2.73%) C
11 11 (2.00%) Groovy
12 10 (1.82%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.28%) Bicep
14 6 (1.09%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.91%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.91%) Perl
15 5 (0.91%) PHP
15 5 (0.91%) R
Qualifications
1 86 (15.66%) Degree
2 59 (10.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (5.83%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.37%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.01%) Master's Degree
6 19 (3.46%) AWS Certification
7 18 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.19%) PhD
9 5 (0.91%) MBA
10 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.20%) QA
2 13 (2.37%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.64%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.91%) GDPR
4 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.36%) SLA
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) NIST
7 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 167 (30.42%) Docker
2 17 (3.10%) Hyper-V
2 17 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.55%) KVM
4 10 (1.82%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 147 (26.78%) Kubernetes
2 86 (15.66%) Terraform
3 30 (5.46%) Ansible
4 15 (2.73%) Grafana
5 14 (2.55%) Kibana
6 10 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.73%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.73%) Packer
8 3 (0.55%) Argo
8 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.55%) SCCM
9 1 (0.18%) Graylog
Vendors
1 45 (8.20%) Typelevel
2 43 (7.83%) Microsoft
3 21 (3.83%) Google
4 19 (3.46%) Oracle
5 17 (3.10%) VMware
6 15 (2.73%) AppDynamics
7 14 (2.55%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.82%) Splunk
9 9 (1.64%) Databricks
10 8 (1.46%) IBM
11 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.09%) Solace
13 5 (0.91%) BT
13 5 (0.91%) Informatica
13 5 (0.91%) Talend
14 4 (0.73%) OpenAI
15 3 (0.55%) Adobe
16 2 (0.36%) Atlassian
16 2 (0.36%) Salesforce
16 2 (0.36%) WSO2