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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 314 360
Rank change year-on-year +24 +46 -76
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 372 499 355
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.88% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 2.48% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 239 308 269
10th Percentile £66,000 £53,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £63,188 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -
75th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £152,500 £140,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £95,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -3.03% -2.94%

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 16,751 20,137 16,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.09% 35.44% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,611 9,876 12,742
10th Percentile £27,707 £34,000 £33,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,055 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,285 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.53% -4.00% -

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 +29 264 £112,500 +15.38% 71
North of England -10 69 £75,000 +11.11% 25
North West +29 38 £75,000 +11.11% 21
South East +24 33 £65,000 +6.12% 38
Yorkshire -26 30 £75,000 +33.93% 4
Midlands +51 17 £74,401 +7.35% 3
East of England +20 10 £82,500 +13.79% 16
East Midlands +26 9 £70,000 -
West Midlands +39 8 £75,000 +8.21% 3
South West +10 4 £87,500 -7.89% 7
North East +13 1 £73,801 +6.48% 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 50 (13.44%) Apache Spark
2 19 (5.11%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.69%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.15%) Apache
5 6 (1.61%) Confluence
6 4 (1.08%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (1.08%) Appian
7 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.54%) Luigi
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.27%) CMS
9 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.27%) JBoss
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 216 (58.06%) AWS
2 134 (36.02%) Azure
3 99 (26.61%) GCP
4 60 (16.13%) Serverless
5 45 (12.10%) Amazon ECS
5 45 (12.10%) Amazon EKS
6 34 (9.14%) SaaS
7 23 (6.18%) GitHub
8 22 (5.91%) Amazon EC2
9 20 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (4.84%) Amazon S3
11 17 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (4.30%) AWS Step Functions
13 15 (4.03%) Amazon Kinesis
14 13 (3.49%) Amazon EMR
14 13 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (2.96%) OpenShift
16 10 (2.69%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.96%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.08%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.81%) BGP
3 3 (0.81%) HTTP
3 3 (0.81%) VLAN
3 3 (0.81%) VPN
4 2 (0.54%) AMQP
4 2 (0.54%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.54%) Multicast
5 1 (0.27%) Firewall
5 1 (0.27%) MQTT
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (17.20%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (15.86%) NoSQL
3 50 (13.44%) Relational Database
4 40 (10.75%) Big Data
5 31 (8.33%) Hadoop
6 30 (8.06%) MongoDB
6 30 (8.06%) RDBMS
7 26 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (6.72%) DynamoDB
9 23 (6.18%) SQL Server
10 20 (5.38%) Redis
11 18 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (4.03%) Apache Cassandra
12 15 (4.03%) MySQL
13 13 (3.49%) Apache Hive
13 13 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (2.96%) DataStage
15 11 (2.96%) Neo4j
15 11 (2.96%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 45 (12.10%) Jenkins
2 38 (10.22%) Git
3 24 (6.45%) JMeter
3 24 (6.45%) JUnit
4 19 (5.11%) Mockito
5 16 (4.30%) GitLab
6 9 (2.42%) JIRA
7 6 (1.61%) CircleCI
7 6 (1.61%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.34%) MLflow
9 4 (1.08%) Maven
9 4 (1.08%) Postman
9 4 (1.08%) Selenium
10 3 (0.81%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.54%) JConsole
11 2 (0.54%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.54%) VisualVM
General
1 125 (33.60%) Finance
2 90 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 56 (15.05%) Banking
4 47 (12.63%) Law
5 37 (9.95%) Financial Institution
5 37 (9.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (9.95%) Public Sector
6 35 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (5.11%) Front Office
7 19 (5.11%) Telecoms
8 18 (4.84%) Retail
9 14 (3.76%) Marketing
10 10 (2.69%) Legal
11 9 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.15%) Back Office
12 8 (2.15%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.61%) Games
13 6 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.08%) Polish Language
14 4 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (28.23%) Developer
2 104 (27.96%) Senior
3 101 (27.15%) Software Engineer
4 85 (22.85%) Lead
5 55 (14.78%) Java Developer
6 38 (10.22%) Lead Software Engineer
7 35 (9.41%) Principal Engineer
8 30 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
9 27 (7.26%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 27 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (6.72%) Data Engineer
10 25 (6.72%) Full-Stack Developer
11 23 (6.18%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 22 (5.91%) Cloud Native Engineer
12 22 (5.91%) Java Engineer
12 22 (5.91%) Senior Developer
13 20 (5.38%) AWS Engineer
14 17 (4.57%) C# Developer
15 16 (4.30%) Lead Developer
16 15 (4.03%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (25.54%) Kafka
2 70 (18.82%) Spring
3 61 (16.40%) REST
3 61 (16.40%) Spring Boot
4 55 (14.78%) .NET
5 51 (13.71%) React
6 42 (11.29%) RESTful
7 34 (9.14%) Web Services
8 32 (8.60%) Node.js
9 29 (7.80%) Hibernate
9 29 (7.80%) HTML
10 24 (6.45%) Apache Camel
10 24 (6.45%) JSON
11 23 (6.18%) Django
12 21 (5.65%) XML
13 20 (5.38%) ActiveMQ
14 19 (5.11%) jQuery
14 19 (5.11%) WireMock
15 17 (4.57%) .NET Core
15 17 (4.57%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 133 (35.75%) Cloud Native
2 44 (11.83%) Algorithms
3 40 (10.75%) Product Ownership
4 31 (8.33%) Data Structures
5 24 (6.45%) Public Cloud
6 22 (5.91%) Legacy Code
7 21 (5.65%) Management Information System
8 20 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (4.30%) Equities
10 14 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (3.49%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (3.49%) e-Learning
11 13 (3.49%) Virtual Team
12 10 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (2.42%) Derivative
14 8 (2.15%) AI Agents
15 7 (1.88%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
16 5 (1.34%) Fixed Income
16 5 (1.34%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 50 (13.44%) Linux
2 12 (3.23%) Unix
3 7 (1.88%) Android
4 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (48.39%) CI/CD
2 179 (48.12%) Microservices
3 168 (45.16%) Software Engineering
4 142 (38.17%) Agile
5 107 (28.76%) DevOps
6 96 (25.81%) Containerisation
7 86 (23.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 85 (22.85%) AI
9 82 (22.04%) Mentoring
10 75 (20.16%) Full-Stack Development
11 72 (19.35%) Computer Science
11 72 (19.35%) Roadmaps
12 67 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
13 65 (17.47%) Machine Learning
14 59 (15.86%) TDD
15 57 (15.32%) Event-Driven
16 55 (14.78%) Data Pipeline
17 54 (14.52%) Low Latency
18 53 (14.25%) SDLC
19 48 (12.90%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 189 (50.81%) Java
2 160 (43.01%) Python
3 80 (21.51%) SQL
4 66 (17.74%) C#
5 65 (17.47%) Go
6 54 (14.52%) JavaScript
7 40 (10.75%) C++
8 37 (9.95%) TypeScript
9 28 (7.53%) Scala
10 26 (6.99%) Rust
11 24 (6.45%) C
12 20 (5.38%) Shell Script
13 17 (4.57%) Kotlin
14 14 (3.76%) Bash
15 9 (2.42%) PowerShell
16 5 (1.34%) Groovy
17 4 (1.08%) COBOL
18 1 (0.27%) Bicep
18 1 (0.27%) PHP
18 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (16.40%) Degree
2 36 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (6.72%) Security Cleared
4 24 (6.45%) Master's Degree
5 22 (5.91%) PhD
6 9 (2.42%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.27%) CEH
10 1 (0.27%) CISM
10 1 (0.27%) CISSP
10 1 (0.27%) GIAC
10 1 (0.27%) OSCP
10 1 (0.27%) SANS
10 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.03%) GDPR
2 14 (3.76%) QA
3 9 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.34%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.34%) SLA
5 5 (1.34%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.81%) WCAG
7 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 122 (32.80%) Docker
2 14 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (3.76%) Virtual Servers
3 9 (2.42%) HDFS
4 5 (1.34%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.54%) Ceph
6 2 (0.54%) Lustre
6 2 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 166 (44.62%) Kubernetes
2 42 (11.29%) Terraform
3 31 (8.33%) Ansible
4 23 (6.18%) Kibana
5 12 (3.23%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.96%) Grafana
7 5 (1.34%) Kubeflow
7 5 (1.34%) logstash
8 4 (1.08%) Rancher
8 4 (1.08%) vRealize
9 3 (0.81%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.54%) Puppet
10 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 23 (6.18%) Dynatrace
2 20 (5.38%) Splunk
3 15 (4.03%) Microsoft
4 13 (3.49%) Google
4 13 (3.49%) Oracle
5 12 (3.23%) Databricks
6 11 (2.96%) Informatica
6 11 (2.96%) Talend
7 6 (1.61%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.34%) Dell
8 5 (1.34%) SAP
9 4 (1.08%) Ericsson
9 4 (1.08%) Mavenir
9 4 (1.08%) Nokia
9 4 (1.08%) Pega
9 4 (1.08%) VMware
9 4 (1.08%) WSO2
10 3 (0.81%) Foundry
10 3 (0.81%) Palantir
10 3 (0.81%) Solace