Distributed Systems Engineer Job Trends in London

Distributed Systems Engineer
England > London

The median Distributed Systems Engineer salary in London is £200,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 393 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Distributed Systems Engineer 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.018% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.008% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £200,000 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 15,650 12,078 20,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 90.90% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 10,453 7,547 16,370
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £75,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +4.90% -2.18%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £94,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

Distributed Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Distributed Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Distributed Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Distributed Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Distributed Systems Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Distributed Systems Engineer job vacancies in London

Distributed Systems Engineer
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 Systems Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
South London - 1 - -
Distributed Systems Engineer
England

Distributed Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Distributed Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Distributed Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Akka
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) Kanban
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
1 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 2 (66.67%) Scala
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) TeamCity
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Erlang
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) OCaml
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Rust
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering

Distributed Systems Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) TeamCity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (66.67%) Over-the-Top Content
2 2 (66.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Kanban
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
1 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Erlang
2 1 (33.33%) OCaml
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Rust
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes