Distributed Systems Job Trends in Kent

Distributed Systems
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 58 101
Rank change year-on-year -40 +43 +1
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 1 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.065% 0.32% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 1.03% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.81%
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.80% -1.92% -11.86%

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 400 194 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 26.01% 30.84% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 136 142 352
10th Percentile £29,875 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £34,988 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.42% -14.83% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £88,125 £70,000 £77,000
South East median annual salary £52,125 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -0.71% +7.14% -10.91%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Distributed Systems relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Distributed Systems job vacancy trend in Kent

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Distributed Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Delta Lake
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apollo GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks