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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 338 394
Rank change year-on-year +79 +56 +11
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 663 354 528
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.82% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.95% 1.97% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 403 202 316
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,613 £48,250
25th Percentile £68,125 £72,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £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 22,512 17,964 29,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.79% 41.54% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14,895 8,940 19,879
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,918
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

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 July 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 July 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 +62 397 £95,000 -13.64% 225
North of England +17 118 £77,500 -3.13% 62
North West +44 83 £82,500 - 34
South East -7 78 £65,000 -7.14% 59
Midlands -25 25 £86,250 +15.00% 15
South West -42 24 £85,000 -12.82% 26
Yorkshire -36 19 £75,000 -4.46% 15
West Midlands -12 16 £87,500 +20.69% 13
North East -39 16 £60,000 -34.92% 13
East of England -1 14 £80,000 - 9
East Midlands -28 9 £72,000 -5.57% 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 14 (2.11%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.75%) Apache
2 5 (0.75%) Confluence
2 5 (0.75%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.60%) Apache Pig
3 4 (0.60%) JBoss
4 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.45%) Camunda
4 3 (0.45%) IIS
4 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.30%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.15%) Solana
6 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.30%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 375 (56.56%) AWS
2 203 (30.62%) Azure
3 149 (22.47%) GCP
4 76 (11.46%) Serverless
5 51 (7.69%) SaaS
6 44 (6.64%) Amazon ECS
6 44 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
7 36 (5.43%) Amazon S3
7 36 (5.43%) AWS Lambda
8 35 (5.28%) GitHub
9 34 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
12 22 (3.32%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (2.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (2.71%) Datadog
15 17 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (2.41%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (2.26%) Amazon EventBridge
17 15 (2.26%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 82 (12.37%) Broadband
2 13 (1.96%) HTTP
3 11 (1.66%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.75%) DNS
4 5 (0.75%) Firewall
4 5 (0.75%) Internet
5 3 (0.45%) BGP
5 3 (0.45%) DHCP
5 3 (0.45%) MQTT
5 3 (0.45%) VLAN
5 3 (0.45%) VPN
6 2 (0.30%) VoIP
7 1 (0.15%) FTP
7 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) RTP
7 1 (0.15%) RTSP
7 1 (0.15%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) SS7
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (10.86%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (9.05%) NoSQL
3 52 (7.84%) MongoDB
4 27 (4.07%) Relational Database
5 26 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
6 25 (3.77%) MySQL
7 23 (3.47%) SQL Server
8 22 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (3.32%) DynamoDB
9 18 (2.71%) Redis
10 12 (1.81%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.51%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.21%) Big Data
12 8 (1.21%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.21%) Metadata
13 5 (0.75%) Apache Hive
13 5 (0.75%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 64 (9.65%) Git
2 51 (7.69%) GitLab
3 45 (6.79%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.28%) Cucumber
5 19 (2.87%) JUnit
6 18 (2.71%) JMeter
7 16 (2.41%) JIRA
8 12 (1.81%) Claude Code
9 10 (1.51%) Gatling
9 10 (1.51%) LoadRunner
10 8 (1.21%) Mockito
11 6 (0.90%) Spock
12 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.60%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.60%) Selenium
14 3 (0.45%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.45%) WinDbg
15 2 (0.30%) Maven
General
1 155 (23.38%) Finance
2 111 (16.74%) Social Skills
3 42 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.18%) Banking
5 38 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.83%) Games
7 30 (4.52%) Retail
8 28 (4.22%) Financial Institution
8 28 (4.22%) Law
9 25 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.87%) Back Office
11 12 (1.81%) Front Office
12 11 (1.66%) Advertising
12 11 (1.66%) Polish Language
13 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.75%) Electronics
15 5 (0.75%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 153 (23.08%) Senior
2 149 (22.47%) Developer
3 124 (18.70%) Software Engineer
4 73 (11.01%) Principal Engineer
5 71 (10.71%) Lead
6 61 (9.20%) Java Engineer
7 57 (8.60%) Architect
8 47 (7.09%) Senior Developer
9 36 (5.43%) Backend Developer
10 34 (5.13%) Python Developer
10 34 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 31 (4.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 30 (4.52%) Python Engineer
12 30 (4.52%) Scala Engineer
13 24 (3.62%) Java Developer
13 24 (3.62%) Principal Java Engineer
14 20 (3.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (2.71%) Test Engineer
16 17 (2.56%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (14.93%) .NET
2 94 (14.18%) Kafka
3 88 (13.27%) Spring
4 79 (11.92%) REST
5 78 (11.76%) React
6 77 (11.61%) Spring Boot
7 65 (9.80%) RESTful
8 47 (7.09%) gRPC
9 43 (6.49%) Node.js
10 31 (4.68%) RabbitMQ
11 27 (4.07%) AngularJS
12 22 (3.32%) JSON
13 20 (3.02%) OAuth
14 19 (2.87%) ASP.NET
14 19 (2.87%) OAuth2
15 17 (2.56%) Django
15 17 (2.56%) LangChain
15 17 (2.56%) Web Services
16 16 (2.41%) FastAPI
17 15 (2.26%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 214 (32.28%) Cloud Native
2 72 (10.86%) Video\Live Streaming
3 46 (6.94%) Algorithms
3 46 (6.94%) Over-the-Top Content
4 43 (6.49%) Data Structures
5 32 (4.83%) Public Cloud
6 31 (4.68%) AI Agents
7 28 (4.22%) Low-Code
8 25 (3.77%) e-Learning
8 25 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.87%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.41%) Client/Server
10 16 (2.41%) Distributed Architecture
10 16 (2.41%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.26%) Life Science
12 14 (2.11%) Equities
13 13 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.66%) Blog
16 10 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.35%) Linux
2 16 (2.41%) Windows
3 3 (0.45%) Unix
3 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.30%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Debian
5 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (57.32%) CI/CD
2 331 (49.92%) Software Engineering
3 297 (44.80%) Microservices
4 218 (32.88%) AI
5 190 (28.66%) Agile
6 187 (28.21%) Observability
7 183 (27.60%) DevOps
8 182 (27.45%) Infrastructure as Code
9 173 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
10 158 (23.83%) Containerisation
11 151 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 151 (22.78%) Test Automation
12 150 (22.62%) Event-Driven
13 141 (21.27%) Mentoring
14 136 (20.51%) Machine Learning
15 107 (16.14%) Clean Code
16 99 (14.93%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 97 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
18 86 (12.97%) Computer Science
19 84 (12.67%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 314 (47.36%) Python
2 192 (28.96%) Java
3 124 (18.70%) SQL
4 115 (17.35%) Go
5 102 (15.38%) C#
6 84 (12.67%) TypeScript
7 82 (12.37%) JavaScript
8 56 (8.45%) C++
9 50 (7.54%) Scala
10 35 (5.28%) Rust
11 18 (2.71%) Bash
12 15 (2.26%) C
13 10 (1.51%) PHP
14 9 (1.36%) PowerShell
15 8 (1.21%) Bicep
15 8 (1.21%) Groovy
16 6 (0.90%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.75%) Perl
18 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
19 3 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (12.22%) Degree
2 48 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 31 (4.68%) AWS Certification
5 28 (4.22%) SC Cleared
6 26 (3.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.11%) PhD
9 7 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) HND
11 1 (0.15%) ISEB
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.75%) QA
2 11 (1.66%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.36%) GDPR
4 7 (1.06%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.15%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 171 (25.79%) Docker
2 16 (2.41%) Hyper-V
2 16 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.96%) KVM
4 10 (1.51%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 156 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 113 (17.04%) Terraform
3 29 (4.37%) Ansible
4 20 (3.02%) Grafana
5 15 (2.26%) Kibana
6 14 (2.11%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.90%) Argo
8 4 (0.60%) Packer
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.45%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) Graylog
10 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 62 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.79%) Typelevel
3 23 (3.47%) Google
4 19 (2.87%) AppDynamics
5 18 (2.71%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.56%) Oracle
7 16 (2.41%) Dynatrace
7 16 (2.41%) VMware
8 15 (2.26%) Splunk
9 10 (1.51%) IBM
10 7 (1.06%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.06%) Solace
11 6 (0.90%) Databricks
12 3 (0.45%) Adobe
13 2 (0.30%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.30%) Facebook
13 2 (0.30%) Pega
13 2 (0.30%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.30%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.30%) WSO2