Distributed Architecture Job Trends in London

Distributed Architecture
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Architecture in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 397 480
Rank change year-on-year +45 +83 +122
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Architecture 54 8 19
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.28% 0.062% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.77% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 27 3 17
10th Percentile £61,000 £50,500 £76,250
25th Percentile £79,375 £56,875 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £117,500 £71,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £72,000 £129,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £62,779 £80,000
% change year-on-year +43.36% -21.53% -8.57%

All Generic Skills
London

Distributed Architecture 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,029 5,828 9,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.23% 45.09% 40.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,117 3,326 6,717
10th Percentile £39,911 £42,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £136,250 £125,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Distributed Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Distributed Architecture job vacancy trend in London

Distributed Architecture
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Distributed Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Distributed Architecture

Distributed Architecture
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Architecture in London over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Architecture in London

Distributed Architecture
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Architecture within the London region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Central London +11 4 £82,500 +17.86% 2
Distributed Architecture
England

Distributed Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (7.41%) Apache Spark
2 3 (5.56%) Apache
2 3 (5.56%) Confluence
3 2 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 27 (50.00%) AWS
2 25 (46.30%) Azure
3 22 (40.74%) GCP
4 4 (7.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 4 (7.41%) SaaS
5 2 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.85%) Datadog
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub
6 1 (1.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) Multicast
2 1 (1.85%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (1.85%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) Big Data
1 4 (7.41%) BigQuery
1 4 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.85%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) CircleCI
2 3 (5.56%) JIRA
3 1 (1.85%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.85%) GCC
3 1 (1.85%) GDB
3 1 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) GitLab
3 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.85%) JMeter
3 1 (1.85%) LoadRunner
General
1 29 (53.70%) Finance
2 5 (9.26%) Banking
2 5 (9.26%) Front Office
3 4 (7.41%) Law
3 4 (7.41%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Spanish Language
5 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 10 (18.52%) Lead
3 4 (7.41%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (7.41%) Python Engineer
3 4 (7.41%) Python Software Engineer
3 4 (7.41%) Senior
4 3 (5.56%) Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 3 (5.56%) Developer
4 3 (5.56%) Product Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) Product Business Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Backend Developer
5 2 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Transition Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) Kafka
2 8 (14.81%) RESTful
3 6 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (7.41%) Node.js
4 4 (7.41%) React
4 4 (7.41%) React Native
5 3 (5.56%) Java Concurrency
6 2 (3.70%) Hibernate
6 2 (3.70%) JPA
6 2 (3.70%) Pandas
6 2 (3.70%) REST
6 2 (3.70%) Spring
6 2 (3.70%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.85%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.85%) Flask
7 1 (1.85%) JDBC
7 1 (1.85%) LDAP
7 1 (1.85%) OAuth
7 1 (1.85%) ODBC
7 1 (1.85%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 9 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 7 (12.96%) Equities
3 7 (12.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (7.41%) Algorithms
5 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
6 3 (5.56%) Derivative
6 3 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (5.56%) Eurex
6 3 (5.56%) Fixed Income
6 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Linux
2 4 (7.41%) Android
2 4 (7.41%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.56%) Windows
4 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (74.07%) Software Engineering
2 20 (37.04%) Roadmaps
3 19 (35.19%) Technical Leadership
4 17 (31.48%) Community of Practice
4 17 (31.48%) IT Strategy
4 17 (31.48%) Technical Debt
4 17 (31.48%) Technology Strategy
5 15 (27.78%) Microservices
6 12 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 12 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 11 (20.37%) Low Latency
8 10 (18.52%) Fintech
9 7 (12.96%) Electronic Trading
9 7 (12.96%) Event-Driven
9 7 (12.96%) SDLC
10 6 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 5 (9.26%) Agile
11 5 (9.26%) CI/CD
12 4 (7.41%) Containerisation
12 4 (7.41%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (51.85%) Java
2 22 (40.74%) Python
3 5 (9.26%) C++
4 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.41%) SQL
4 4 (7.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.41%) Argo
2 4 (7.41%) Terraform
3 1 (1.85%) Ansible
3 1 (1.85%) Grafana
3 1 (1.85%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) Bloomberg
1 3 (5.56%) CQG
1 3 (5.56%) ION Trading
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle
1 3 (5.56%) Patsystems
1 3 (5.56%) Reuters
1 3 (5.56%) Trayport
2 2 (3.70%) Google
3 1 (1.85%) AppDynamics
3 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.85%) Dell
3 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) Splunk