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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 339 349
Rank change year-on-year +97 +10 +43
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 784 331 478
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.77% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.82% 1.86% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 467 200 294
10th Percentile £53,450 £66,750 £48,250
25th Percentile £67,908 £73,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £147,750 £139,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £92,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.51% +15.63% -

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 27,835 17,827 20,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.65% 41.59% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17,934 9,258 10,208
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,160 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £113,985
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +54 472 £95,000 -13.64% 984
North of England +6 119 £72,500 -5.84% 122
South East +2 78 £62,500 -21.88% 81
North West +23 75 £77,500 -10.14% 70
South West -31 38 £95,000 - 48
Midlands -34 35 £80,000 +6.67% 43
North East - 30 £67,500 - 20
East of England -6 29 £80,000 - 36
West Midlands -19 26 £82,500 +10.00% 30
Yorkshire -48 14 £72,500 -3.33% 32
East Midlands -38 9 £75,000 -3.23% 13
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 17 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.53%) Apache
3 9 (1.15%) Confluence
4 7 (0.89%) Camunda
5 6 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.64%) Apache Pig
6 5 (0.64%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.51%) JBoss
8 3 (0.38%) IIS
8 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.26%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (0.89%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.38%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.13%) Simulink
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) Endur
3 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 416 (53.06%) AWS
2 240 (30.61%) Azure
3 144 (18.37%) GCP
4 73 (9.31%) AWS CloudFormation
5 71 (9.06%) Serverless
6 64 (8.16%) GitHub
7 57 (7.27%) SaaS
8 44 (5.61%) Amazon S3
9 38 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
11 34 (4.34%) Amazon EKS
11 34 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (3.32%) Amazon SQS
14 22 (2.81%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (2.68%) Datadog
16 19 (2.42%) Anthropic Claude
17 18 (2.30%) Amazon Bedrock
18 17 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.21%) Broadband
2 28 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.91%) HTTP
4 13 (1.66%) VPN
5 12 (1.53%) BGP
6 10 (1.28%) Firewall
7 9 (1.15%) Network Security
8 6 (0.77%) Internet
9 5 (0.64%) MQTT
10 4 (0.51%) DNS
10 4 (0.51%) VLAN
11 3 (0.38%) DHCP
11 3 (0.38%) Multicast
11 3 (0.38%) X.509
12 2 (0.26%) AMQP
12 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.26%) VoIP
13 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
13 1 (0.13%) LTE
13 1 (0.13%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 111 (14.16%) NoSQL
3 61 (7.78%) MongoDB
4 41 (5.23%) Amazon RDS
5 39 (4.97%) Relational Database
6 29 (3.70%) SQL Server
7 27 (3.44%) Redis
8 25 (3.19%) DynamoDB
9 23 (2.93%) MySQL
10 21 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.79%) Metadata
12 10 (1.28%) Big Data
12 10 (1.28%) Flink
13 8 (1.02%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.02%) Hadoop
13 8 (1.02%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.89%) Couchbase
15 6 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.77%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.77%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 84 (10.71%) GitLab
2 65 (8.29%) Git
3 53 (6.76%) Cucumber
4 34 (4.34%) Jenkins
5 29 (3.70%) JUnit
6 19 (2.42%) JMeter
7 15 (1.91%) JIRA
8 14 (1.79%) Claude Code
8 14 (1.79%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.66%) Gatling
9 13 (1.66%) Mockito
10 12 (1.53%) LoadRunner
10 12 (1.53%) Spock
11 8 (1.02%) Maven
12 6 (0.77%) Selenium
13 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.51%) MLflow
14 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
15 2 (0.26%) HP UFT
15 2 (0.26%) NUnit
General
1 226 (28.83%) Finance
2 206 (26.28%) Social Skills
3 80 (10.20%) Banking
4 68 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (5.87%) Financial Institution
7 43 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 40 (5.10%) Law
8 40 (5.10%) Retail
9 27 (3.44%) Games
10 26 (3.32%) Back Office
11 19 (2.42%) Front Office
12 13 (1.66%) Marketing
13 9 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.89%) Advertising
14 7 (0.89%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.64%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.64%) Legal
15 5 (0.64%) Polish Language
15 5 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 225 (28.70%) Senior
2 163 (20.79%) Software Engineer
3 162 (20.66%) Developer
4 114 (14.54%) Lead
5 95 (12.12%) Principal Engineer
6 90 (11.48%) Java Engineer
7 66 (8.42%) Architect
8 60 (7.65%) Senior Software Engineer
9 50 (6.38%) Senior Developer
10 45 (5.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 41 (5.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 40 (5.10%) Python Engineer
13 39 (4.97%) Backend Developer
13 39 (4.97%) Python Developer
14 36 (4.59%) Senior Java Engineer
15 31 (3.95%) Principal Java Engineer
16 27 (3.44%) Principal Software Engineer
17 26 (3.32%) Lead Software Engineer
18 25 (3.19%) Java Developer
19 23 (2.93%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (20.03%) Kafka
2 143 (18.24%) .NET
2 143 (18.24%) Terraform
3 138 (17.60%) Spring
4 124 (15.82%) REST
5 117 (14.92%) Spring Boot
6 102 (13.01%) RESTful
7 100 (12.76%) React
8 58 (7.40%) Node.js
9 45 (5.74%) AngularJS
10 36 (4.59%) RabbitMQ
11 24 (3.06%) FastAPI
12 23 (2.93%) Next.js
13 22 (2.81%) OAuth
13 22 (2.81%) OpenTelemetry
14 21 (2.68%) .NET Framework
14 21 (2.68%) ASP.NET
14 21 (2.68%) GraphQL
14 21 (2.68%) LangChain
14 21 (2.68%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 310 (39.54%) Cloud Native
2 58 (7.40%) AI Agents
3 54 (6.89%) Public Cloud
4 48 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (5.99%) e-Learning
6 28 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 28 (3.57%) Low-Code
6 28 (3.57%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.44%) Video\Live Streaming
8 26 (3.32%) Blog
8 26 (3.32%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.68%) IoT
9 21 (2.68%) Robotics
10 20 (2.55%) Distributed Architecture
10 20 (2.55%) Management Information System
11 19 (2.42%) Data Structures
12 17 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (2.04%) Private Cloud
14 15 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (1.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.63%) Linux
2 13 (1.66%) Unix
3 11 (1.40%) Windows
4 5 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.64%) VMS
5 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Debian
6 2 (0.26%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (62.12%) CI/CD
2 392 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 369 (47.07%) Microservices
4 320 (40.82%) AI
5 275 (35.08%) Observability
6 266 (33.93%) Event-Driven
7 255 (32.53%) Agile
8 245 (31.25%) Infrastructure as Code
9 218 (27.81%) Mentoring
10 217 (27.68%) DevOps
11 213 (27.17%) Test Automation
12 183 (23.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 175 (22.32%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 143 (18.24%) Containerisation
15 142 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
16 136 (17.35%) Technical Leadership
17 134 (17.09%) Full-Stack Development
18 118 (15.05%) Machine Learning
19 105 (13.39%) Roadmaps
20 102 (13.01%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 300 (38.27%) Python
2 277 (35.33%) Java
3 202 (25.77%) SQL
4 130 (16.58%) C#
5 123 (15.69%) TypeScript
6 107 (13.65%) Go
7 100 (12.76%) JavaScript
8 35 (4.46%) C++
9 23 (2.93%) Bash
10 12 (1.53%) Rust
11 11 (1.40%) Scala
12 8 (1.02%) PHP
12 8 (1.02%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.89%) Bicep
13 7 (0.89%) C
14 6 (0.77%) Groovy
14 6 (0.77%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 74 (9.44%) Security Cleared
2 66 (8.42%) Degree
3 57 (7.27%) AWS Certification
4 49 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 47 (5.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 36 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.40%) CISSP
7 11 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (1.02%) CCSP
8 8 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.02%) CISM
8 8 (1.02%) PhD
9 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.27%) QA
2 22 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (1.91%) PCI DSS
4 14 (1.79%) SOC 2
5 11 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.40%) NIST
6 10 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.02%) GDPR
8 4 (0.51%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.13%) ECSS
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 170 (21.68%) Docker
2 12 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.38%) Firmware
4 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.26%) KVM
5 2 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 206 (26.28%) Kubernetes
2 52 (6.63%) Grafana
3 22 (2.81%) Prometheus
4 18 (2.30%) Kibana
5 15 (1.91%) Ansible
6 10 (1.28%) Argo
7 8 (1.02%) Cilium
7 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.51%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) Bosun
9 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.13%) Consul
10 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
10 1 (0.13%) Podman
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.16%) Google
3 31 (3.95%) OpenAI
4 22 (2.81%) AppDynamics
5 21 (2.68%) Dynatrace
6 20 (2.55%) Splunk
7 15 (1.91%) Oracle
8 8 (1.02%) Databricks
9 5 (0.64%) Adobe
9 5 (0.64%) Solace
10 4 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.51%) Facebook
10 4 (0.51%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.51%) Instagram
10 4 (0.51%) TikTok
10 4 (0.51%) VMware
11 3 (0.38%) IBM
11 3 (0.38%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.26%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.26%) TIBCO