Distributed Computing Job Trends in London

Distributed Computing
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 392 439
Rank change year-on-year +39 +47 +184
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Computing 28 47 25
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.22% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.65% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 22
10th Percentile £72,000 £59,043 £66,625
25th Percentile £72,500 £74,000 £79,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +12.12%
75th Percentile £168,750 £118,750 £132,813
90th Percentile £200,000 £172,500 £135,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,250 £85,000
% change year-on-year -14.96% +0.29% +6.25%

All Generic Skills
London

Distributed Computing 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 5,924 7,187 7,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 46.22% 41.34% 41.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,398 4,012 6,202
10th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £132,500 £128,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -0.79%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in London

Distributed Computing
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Distributed Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Computing in London over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Distributed Computing in London

Distributed Computing
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 Computing within the London region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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 +35 3 £115,000 -34.29% 18
Distributed Computing
England

Distributed Computing
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 5 (17.86%) Apache Spark
2 3 (10.71%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (7.14%) Apache
3 2 (7.14%) Confluence
4 1 (3.57%) Luigi
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) AWS
2 13 (46.43%) Azure
3 11 (39.29%) Cloud Computing
3 11 (39.29%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.57%) Dagster
4 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Multicast
2 2 (7.14%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Hadoop
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.14%) Data Mining
2 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.57%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (3.57%) Apache Hive
3 1 (3.57%) Big Data
3 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.57%) Metadata
3 1 (3.57%) MySQL
3 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.57%) Power BI
3 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Git
General
1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 15 (53.57%) Banking
4 10 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (17.86%) Marketing
7 4 (14.29%) Investment Banking
8 3 (10.71%) Front Office
9 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
9 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (7.14%) Spanish Language
9 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
10 1 (3.57%) Electronics
10 1 (3.57%) Games
10 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
10 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Senior
2 10 (35.71%) Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Senior Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Auditor
4 4 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Python Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Senior Auditor
5 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Python Software Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Rust Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Rust Software Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (10.71%) Kafka
2 2 (7.14%) NumPy
2 2 (7.14%) Pandas
2 2 (7.14%) XML
3 1 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (3.57%) mypy
3 1 (3.57%) PyXLL
3 1 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (3.57%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (10.71%) Equities
2 3 (10.71%) Fixed Income
2 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 2 (7.14%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (7.14%) Eurex
3 2 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.57%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Agile
2 11 (39.29%) Coaching
3 10 (35.71%) Architecture Governance
3 10 (35.71%) Asset Management
3 10 (35.71%) Business Development
3 10 (35.71%) Customer Experience
3 10 (35.71%) Customer-Centricity
3 10 (35.71%) Software Delivery
3 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (35.71%) Target Operating Model
4 8 (28.57%) Analytics
4 8 (28.57%) SDLC
5 7 (25.00%) Low Latency
6 6 (21.43%) Data Analytics
6 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 4 (14.29%) ETL
7 4 (14.29%) Internal Audit
7 4 (14.29%) Machine Learning
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) Python
2 6 (21.43%) SQL
3 3 (10.71%) C++
3 3 (10.71%) Java
4 2 (7.14%) C#
4 2 (7.14%) Go
4 2 (7.14%) Rust
4 2 (7.14%) Scala
5 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.57%) R
5 1 (3.57%) VBA
5 1 (3.57%) VC++
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) CISA
2 4 (14.29%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) PhD
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.57%) EMIR
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) Progress Chef
2 1 (3.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Atlassian
3 2 (7.14%) Bloomberg
3 2 (7.14%) CQG
3 2 (7.14%) ION Trading
3 2 (7.14%) Patsystems
3 2 (7.14%) Reuters
3 2 (7.14%) Trayport
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) SAP