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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 339 429
Rank change year-on-year +77 +90 -23
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 611 340 495
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 0.85% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.83% 1.96% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 367 194 305
10th Percentile £56,050 £60,750 £48,250
25th Percentile £69,375 £69,063 £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 £128,500 £140,677 £150,000
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 21,566 17,306 30,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.53% 43.02% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14,233 8,437 20,943
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -14.98%

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 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 26 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 +55 372 £96,250 -12.50% 212
North of England +8 112 £80,000 +0.95% 50
North West +51 82 £88,750 +10.94% 28
South East -17 70 £67,500 -3.57% 60
Midlands -15 21 £87,500 +16.67% 9
South West -47 18 £91,250 -6.41% 24
Yorkshire -51 16 £75,000 -4.46% 10
North East -35 14 £63,750 -30.85% 12
East of England -5 12 £80,000 - 9
West Midlands -16 12 £87,500 +20.69% 6
East Midlands -19 9 £72,000 -7.10% 3
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 10 (1.64%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.82%) Apache
2 5 (0.82%) Confluence
2 5 (0.82%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.65%) JBoss
4 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) IIS
4 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.16%) Solana
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 353 (57.77%) AWS
2 186 (30.44%) Azure
3 146 (23.90%) GCP
4 71 (11.62%) Serverless
5 49 (8.02%) SaaS
6 42 (6.87%) Amazon ECS
7 37 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 35 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (5.40%) Amazon S3
10 32 (5.24%) Amazon EKS
11 28 (4.58%) GitHub
12 25 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (2.95%) Amazon SQS
15 16 (2.62%) Datadog
16 14 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
16 14 (2.29%) Azure Service Bus
17 13 (2.13%) Amazon EventBridge
17 13 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 83 (13.58%) Broadband
2 12 (1.96%) HTTP
3 10 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.82%) DNS
4 5 (0.82%) Firewall
5 3 (0.49%) BGP
5 3 (0.49%) DHCP
5 3 (0.49%) VLAN
5 3 (0.49%) VoIP
5 3 (0.49%) VPN
6 2 (0.33%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.33%) RTP
6 2 (0.33%) SS7
7 1 (0.16%) 5G
7 1 (0.16%) DMARC
7 1 (0.16%) Internet
7 1 (0.16%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
7 1 (0.16%) RS-232
7 1 (0.16%) RS-485
7 1 (0.16%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (9.82%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (7.86%) NoSQL
3 47 (7.69%) MongoDB
4 25 (4.09%) Relational Database
5 24 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
6 23 (3.76%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (3.27%) MySQL
9 19 (3.11%) DynamoDB
10 17 (2.78%) Redis
11 14 (2.29%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.64%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.31%) Big Data
14 6 (0.98%) Metadata
15 5 (0.82%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
17 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
17 3 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
17 3 (0.49%) Flink
17 3 (0.49%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 59 (9.66%) Git
2 43 (7.04%) GitLab
2 43 (7.04%) Jenkins
3 31 (5.07%) Cucumber
4 18 (2.95%) JMeter
5 15 (2.45%) JIRA
6 14 (2.29%) JUnit
7 13 (2.13%) Claude Code
8 10 (1.64%) Gatling
8 10 (1.64%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.82%) Mockito
9 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.65%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.65%) Spock
10 4 (0.65%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.49%) WinDbg
12 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 148 (24.22%) Finance
2 108 (17.68%) Social Skills
3 39 (6.38%) Banking
4 36 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (5.24%) Games
6 28 (4.58%) Law
7 27 (4.42%) Financial Institution
8 25 (4.09%) Retail
9 23 (3.76%) Public Sector
10 19 (3.11%) Back Office
11 11 (1.80%) Front Office
11 11 (1.80%) Polish Language
12 9 (1.47%) Advertising
13 6 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.98%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.82%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.65%) Electronics
16 3 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 145 (23.73%) Senior
2 140 (22.91%) Developer
3 119 (19.48%) Software Engineer
4 68 (11.13%) Principal Engineer
5 62 (10.15%) Lead
6 55 (9.00%) Architect
7 52 (8.51%) Java Engineer
8 46 (7.53%) Senior Developer
9 32 (5.24%) Backend Developer
10 31 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (4.91%) Scala Engineer
12 29 (4.75%) Python Engineer
13 28 (4.58%) Python Developer
14 26 (4.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 25 (4.09%) Java Developer
16 20 (3.27%) Principal Java Engineer
17 18 (2.95%) Lead Developer
18 17 (2.78%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
18 17 (2.78%) Test Engineer
19 16 (2.62%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (15.06%) .NET
2 81 (13.26%) Kafka
3 74 (12.11%) REST
3 74 (12.11%) Spring
4 70 (11.46%) React
5 65 (10.64%) Spring Boot
6 58 (9.49%) RESTful
7 46 (7.53%) gRPC
8 42 (6.87%) Node.js
9 29 (4.75%) RabbitMQ
10 23 (3.76%) AngularJS
11 20 (3.27%) JSON
12 19 (3.11%) ASP.NET
13 18 (2.95%) Django
13 18 (2.95%) Web Services
14 17 (2.78%) OAuth
15 16 (2.62%) LangChain
15 16 (2.62%) OAuth2
16 15 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
16 15 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 192 (31.42%) Cloud Native
2 73 (11.95%) Video\Live Streaming
3 47 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 47 (7.69%) Over-the-Top Content
4 44 (7.20%) Data Structures
5 29 (4.75%) Public Cloud
6 25 (4.09%) Low-Code
7 24 (3.93%) AI Agents
8 23 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (3.60%) e-Learning
10 18 (2.95%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.78%) Client/Server
12 15 (2.45%) Distributed Architecture
12 15 (2.45%) Equities
13 14 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (2.29%) Life Science
14 10 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (1.47%) Blog
15 9 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.49%) Linux
2 16 (2.62%) Windows
3 3 (0.49%) Unix
3 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.16%) Debian
4 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (56.14%) CI/CD
2 311 (50.90%) Software Engineering
3 274 (44.84%) Microservices
4 181 (29.62%) AI
5 173 (28.31%) Agile
6 162 (26.51%) Infrastructure as Code
6 162 (26.51%) Observability
7 161 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (26.19%) DevOps
9 150 (24.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 149 (24.39%) Containerisation
11 140 (22.91%) Event-Driven
12 138 (22.59%) Test Automation
13 127 (20.79%) Machine Learning
14 122 (19.97%) Mentoring
15 102 (16.69%) Clean Code
16 90 (14.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 86 (14.08%) Full-Stack Development
18 84 (13.75%) Computer Science
19 83 (13.58%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 288 (47.14%) Python
2 169 (27.66%) Java
3 112 (18.33%) Go
4 105 (17.18%) SQL
5 98 (16.04%) C#
6 73 (11.95%) JavaScript
6 73 (11.95%) TypeScript
7 54 (8.84%) C++
8 51 (8.35%) Scala
9 37 (6.06%) Rust
10 16 (2.62%) Bash
10 16 (2.62%) C
11 10 (1.64%) PHP
12 9 (1.47%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.31%) Bicep
14 7 (1.15%) Groovy
15 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.82%) Perl
17 4 (0.65%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 77 (12.60%) Degree
2 51 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (5.89%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.42%) SC Cleared
5 24 (3.93%) AWS Certification
6 23 (3.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (2.62%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.47%) PhD
9 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.16%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.16%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) ISEB
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.84%) QA
2 11 (1.80%) SOC 2
3 8 (1.31%) GDPR
4 7 (1.15%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 163 (26.68%) Docker
2 17 (2.78%) Hyper-V
2 17 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.29%) KVM
4 10 (1.64%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.33%) Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 148 (24.22%) Kubernetes
2 99 (16.20%) Terraform
3 27 (4.42%) Ansible
4 19 (3.11%) Grafana
5 15 (2.45%) Kibana
6 13 (2.13%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.82%) Argo
8 4 (0.65%) Packer
9 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.49%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) Graylog
10 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 53 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.36%) Typelevel
3 18 (2.95%) Google
4 17 (2.78%) AppDynamics
4 17 (2.78%) Oracle
4 17 (2.78%) VMware
5 14 (2.29%) Dynatrace
6 13 (2.13%) Splunk
7 10 (1.64%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.31%) IBM
9 7 (1.15%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.15%) Solace
10 6 (0.98%) Databricks
11 3 (0.49%) Adobe
12 2 (0.33%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.33%) Pega
12 2 (0.33%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.33%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.33%) WSO2
13 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow