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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 357 430
Rank change year-on-year +85 +73 -41
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 578 317 482
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 0.81% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.71% 1.88% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 335 186 315
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,875 £48,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £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 £146,500
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 21,366 16,843 30,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.97% 43.02% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,261 8,021 20,997
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,000
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 6 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 6 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 +69 352 £95,000 -9.52% 345
North of England +6 99 £80,000 +1.91% 78
South East +4 78 £67,500 -10.00% 66
North West +42 70 £95,000 +21.02% 53
Midlands -16 20 £87,500 +16.67% 13
Yorkshire -47 18 £75,000 -3.85% 13
South West -42 17 £85,000 -12.82% 30
West Midlands -29 11 £87,500 +20.69% 9
North East -36 11 £60,000 -34.92% 12
East of England -9 9 £72,500 - 11
East Midlands -24 9 £72,000 -8.28% 4
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 13 (2.25%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.73%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.38%) IIS
4 6 (1.04%) Apache
5 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.69%) Confluence
5 4 (0.69%) JBoss
6 3 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.17%) Solana
8 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 337 (58.30%) AWS
2 177 (30.62%) Azure
3 152 (26.30%) GCP
4 64 (11.07%) Serverless
5 44 (7.61%) SaaS
6 42 (7.27%) Amazon ECS
7 35 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 32 (5.54%) Amazon EKS
9 29 (5.02%) Amazon S3
10 26 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (4.33%) GitHub
12 24 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (3.29%) Amazon SQS
15 16 (2.77%) Datadog
16 15 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
17 14 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 13 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
19 12 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
19 12 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.63%) Broadband
2 13 (2.25%) HTTP
3 10 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.87%) DNS
4 5 (0.87%) Firewall
5 3 (0.52%) BGP
5 3 (0.52%) DHCP
5 3 (0.52%) VLAN
5 3 (0.52%) VoIP
5 3 (0.52%) VPN
6 2 (0.35%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.35%) RTP
6 2 (0.35%) 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 51 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (8.65%) NoSQL
3 40 (6.92%) MongoDB
4 28 (4.84%) Relational Database
5 25 (4.33%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (3.11%) SQL Server
7 16 (2.77%) DynamoDB
8 15 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.60%) BigQuery
8 15 (2.60%) MySQL
9 14 (2.42%) Redis
10 13 (2.25%) Big Data
11 10 (1.73%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.56%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.04%) Tableau
14 5 (0.87%) Data Mining
14 5 (0.87%) Metadata
15 4 (0.69%) Couchbase
15 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 57 (9.86%) Git
2 48 (8.30%) Jenkins
3 40 (6.92%) GitLab
4 29 (5.02%) Cucumber
5 18 (3.11%) JMeter
6 15 (2.60%) JIRA
7 13 (2.25%) JUnit
8 11 (1.90%) Claude Code
9 10 (1.73%) Gatling
9 10 (1.73%) LoadRunner
10 6 (1.04%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.87%) Mockito
12 4 (0.69%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.52%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.52%) WinDbg
14 2 (0.35%) Maven
14 2 (0.35%) Selenium
14 2 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 144 (24.91%) Finance
2 96 (16.61%) Social Skills
3 46 (7.96%) Banking
4 40 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.54%) Law
7 29 (5.02%) Financial Institution
8 26 (4.50%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.33%) Retail
10 23 (3.98%) Games
11 21 (3.63%) Back Office
12 12 (2.08%) Front Office
13 11 (1.90%) Polish Language
14 9 (1.56%) Advertising
14 9 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.21%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.87%) Marketing
17 5 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 138 (23.88%) Senior
2 135 (23.36%) Developer
3 116 (20.07%) Software Engineer
4 57 (9.86%) Lead
5 56 (9.69%) Principal Engineer
6 53 (9.17%) Architect
7 50 (8.65%) Java Engineer
8 44 (7.61%) Senior Developer
9 34 (5.88%) Backend Developer
10 30 (5.19%) Scala Engineer
11 29 (5.02%) Java Developer
12 25 (4.33%) Python Engineer
12 25 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
13 22 (3.81%) Python Developer
14 19 (3.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 18 (3.11%) Data Engineer
15 18 (3.11%) Principal Java Engineer
16 17 (2.94%) Lead Developer
16 17 (2.94%) Test Engineer
17 16 (2.77%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (15.22%) Kafka
2 77 (13.32%) .NET
3 75 (12.98%) Spring
4 72 (12.46%) REST
5 66 (11.42%) Spring Boot
6 54 (9.34%) React
7 50 (8.65%) gRPC
7 50 (8.65%) RESTful
8 39 (6.75%) Node.js
9 26 (4.50%) RabbitMQ
10 23 (3.98%) Web Services
11 22 (3.81%) JSON
12 20 (3.46%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (3.29%) AngularJS
14 18 (3.11%) Django
15 16 (2.77%) OAuth
16 15 (2.60%) ASP.NET
16 15 (2.60%) OAuth2
17 13 (2.25%) LangChain
17 13 (2.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 160 (27.68%) Cloud Native
2 64 (11.07%) Video\Live Streaming
3 50 (8.65%) Algorithms
4 47 (8.13%) Over-the-Top Content
5 44 (7.61%) Data Structures
6 27 (4.67%) Public Cloud
7 21 (3.63%) AI Agents
8 20 (3.46%) e-Learning
9 19 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (3.11%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.94%) Client/Server
11 17 (2.94%) Equities
11 17 (2.94%) Low-Code
12 15 (2.60%) Distributed Architecture
13 14 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (2.08%) Life Science
16 11 (1.90%) Blog
16 11 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
17 8 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.69%) Linux
2 16 (2.77%) Windows
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
3 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.35%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Debian
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (53.98%) CI/CD
2 264 (45.67%) Software Engineering
3 258 (44.64%) Microservices
4 169 (29.24%) Agile
5 157 (27.16%) AI
6 154 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
7 141 (24.39%) Containerisation
7 141 (24.39%) DevOps
8 140 (24.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 136 (23.53%) Observability
10 134 (23.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 125 (21.63%) Event-Driven
12 119 (20.59%) Machine Learning
13 115 (19.90%) Test Automation
14 102 (17.65%) Mentoring
15 94 (16.26%) Clean Code
16 93 (16.09%) Computer Science
17 76 (13.15%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 75 (12.98%) Coaching
19 71 (12.28%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 277 (47.92%) Python
2 178 (30.80%) Java
3 109 (18.86%) Go
4 95 (16.44%) SQL
5 88 (15.22%) C#
6 70 (12.11%) JavaScript
7 60 (10.38%) TypeScript
8 58 (10.03%) Scala
9 57 (9.86%) C++
10 37 (6.40%) Rust
11 16 (2.77%) Bash
11 16 (2.77%) C
12 9 (1.56%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.38%) Bicep
13 8 (1.38%) Groovy
13 8 (1.38%) PHP
14 6 (1.04%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.87%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.87%) Perl
15 5 (0.87%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (14.53%) Degree
2 55 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.67%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.98%) AWS Certification
5 23 (3.98%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (1.90%) PhD
8 5 (0.87%) MBA
9 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.17%) HND
11 1 (0.17%) ISEB
11 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.82%) QA
2 13 (2.25%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.04%) GDPR
5 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 162 (28.03%) Docker
2 17 (2.94%) Hyper-V
2 17 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.42%) KVM
4 10 (1.73%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 148 (25.61%) Kubernetes
2 94 (16.26%) Terraform
3 27 (4.67%) Ansible
4 18 (3.11%) Grafana
5 15 (2.60%) Kibana
6 12 (2.08%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.69%) Argo
7 4 (0.69%) Packer
8 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.52%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) Graylog
9 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 46 (7.96%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.79%) Typelevel
3 20 (3.46%) Google
4 17 (2.94%) Oracle
4 17 (2.94%) VMware
5 15 (2.60%) AppDynamics
6 14 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 11 (1.90%) Splunk
8 9 (1.56%) Databricks
9 8 (1.38%) IBM
10 7 (1.21%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.21%) Solace
11 5 (0.87%) BT
11 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.52%) Adobe
13 2 (0.35%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.35%) Pega
13 2 (0.35%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.35%) WSO2