Distributed Systems Job Trends in London

Distributed Systems
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 190 294
Rank change year-on-year +58 +104 -68
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 363 227 236
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.70% 1.86% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.06% 4.10% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 193 111 155
10th Percentile £60,900 £56,250 £72,500
25th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £130,625
90th Percentile £132,500 £145,000 £153,000
England median annual salary £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +9.09% -5.71%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,177 5,543 9,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.65% 45.33% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,453 3,055 6,892
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,725 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -1.96%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £121,450 £136,250 £130,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Distributed Systems job vacancy trend in London

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Distributed Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems in London

Distributed Systems
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 +22 61 £97,500 +56.00% 28
West London +3 19 £90,000 +38.46% 5
South London -2 11 £92,500 - 2
East London - 6 - - 8
Distributed Systems
England

Distributed Systems
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 10 (2.75%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.10%) Apache
2 4 (1.10%) Confluence
2 4 (1.10%) JBoss
3 3 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.83%) IIS
4 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.55%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.28%) Solana
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 193 (53.17%) AWS
2 99 (27.27%) GCP
3 84 (23.14%) Azure
4 27 (7.44%) SaaS
5 23 (6.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (4.96%) Serverless
7 13 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.03%) GitHub
9 10 (2.75%) Azure AKS
10 9 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (2.48%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.48%) Azure API Management
10 9 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (2.20%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (2.20%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 67 (18.46%) Broadband
2 9 (2.48%) HTTP
3 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.83%) BGP
4 3 (0.83%) VLAN
4 3 (0.83%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) 5G
5 1 (0.28%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.28%) Internet
5 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.28%) LTE
5 1 (0.28%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
5 1 (0.28%) RTP
5 1 (0.28%) SS7
5 1 (0.28%) VoIP
5 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.92%) MongoDB
2 34 (9.37%) NoSQL
3 31 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (5.79%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (3.86%) BigQuery
6 12 (3.31%) Redis
7 10 (2.75%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.65%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.38%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.38%) MySQL
10 4 (1.10%) Big Data
10 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.10%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.10%) Metadata
11 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.55%) Flink
11 2 (0.55%) GIS
11 2 (0.55%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (7.71%) GitLab
2 26 (7.16%) Git
3 23 (6.34%) Cucumber
4 13 (3.58%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.75%) JMeter
6 9 (2.48%) Gatling
6 9 (2.48%) LoadRunner
7 6 (1.65%) JIRA
8 3 (0.83%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.83%) JUnit
8 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.83%) WinDbg
9 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.55%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.55%) Selenium
9 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.28%) Locust
10 1 (0.28%) MLflow
10 1 (0.28%) Postman
10 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 113 (31.13%) Finance
2 61 (16.80%) Social Skills
3 42 (11.57%) Banking
4 33 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (7.71%) Financial Institution
5 28 (7.71%) Games
5 28 (7.71%) Law
6 23 (6.34%) Retail
7 20 (5.51%) Back Office
8 16 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (3.03%) Front Office
9 11 (3.03%) Polish Language
10 10 (2.75%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.65%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Advertising
14 1 (0.28%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.28%) Legal
14 1 (0.28%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (27.55%) Senior
2 79 (21.76%) Developer
3 74 (20.39%) Software Engineer
4 39 (10.74%) Principal Engineer
5 36 (9.92%) Senior Developer
6 35 (9.64%) Java Engineer
7 27 (7.44%) Backend Developer
7 27 (7.44%) Lead
8 23 (6.34%) Architect
8 23 (6.34%) Scala Engineer
9 20 (5.51%) Python Developer
10 18 (4.96%) Python Engineer
11 17 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (4.41%) Principal Java Engineer
13 15 (4.13%) Senior Backend Developer
13 15 (4.13%) Test Engineer
14 13 (3.58%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.58%) Scala Developer
15 12 (3.31%) C++ Software Engineer
15 12 (3.31%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (13.77%) Kafka
2 38 (10.47%) Spring
3 37 (10.19%) .NET
4 36 (9.92%) gRPC
5 34 (9.37%) RESTful
6 33 (9.09%) Spring Boot
7 32 (8.82%) REST
8 18 (4.96%) Django
8 18 (4.96%) React
9 12 (3.31%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (3.03%) Node.js
11 10 (2.75%) OAuth
12 9 (2.48%) OAuth2
13 8 (2.20%) ASP.NET
14 7 (1.93%) FastAPI
15 6 (1.65%) AngularJS
15 6 (1.65%) Model Context Protocol
15 6 (1.65%) Next.js
16 5 (1.38%) ASP.NET Core
16 5 (1.38%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 109 (30.03%) Cloud Native
2 59 (16.25%) Video\Live Streaming
3 42 (11.57%) Algorithms
4 40 (11.02%) Data Structures
5 38 (10.47%) Over-the-Top Content
6 21 (5.79%) e-Learning
6 21 (5.79%) Public Cloud
7 20 (5.51%) Low-Code
8 17 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (4.41%) Equities
10 13 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.75%) Blog
12 8 (2.20%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (2.20%) Sports Betting
13 7 (1.93%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.65%) Fixed Income
14 6 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.38%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.06%) Linux
2 12 (3.31%) Windows
3 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.55%) Unix
5 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (51.79%) CI/CD
2 175 (48.21%) Software Engineering
3 140 (38.57%) Microservices
4 97 (26.72%) Observability
5 91 (25.07%) Infrastructure as Code
6 90 (24.79%) AI
7 87 (23.97%) Machine Learning
8 83 (22.87%) Agile
8 83 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (22.04%) Containerisation
10 78 (21.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (20.11%) Test Automation
12 67 (18.46%) Clean Code
12 67 (18.46%) DevOps
13 66 (18.18%) Event-Driven
14 59 (16.25%) Mentoring
15 57 (15.70%) Coaching
16 54 (14.88%) Data Science
17 50 (13.77%) Computer Science
18 43 (11.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 183 (50.41%) Python
2 103 (28.37%) Java
3 92 (25.34%) Go
4 51 (14.05%) SQL
5 42 (11.57%) C#
5 42 (11.57%) Scala
6 33 (9.09%) C++
6 33 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.34%) JavaScript
8 22 (6.06%) Rust
9 8 (2.20%) Bicep
10 3 (0.83%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.83%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.55%) Bash
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) Erlang
12 1 (0.28%) Julia
12 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.28%) OCaml
12 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (10.19%) Degree
2 22 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (5.79%) AWS Certification
3 21 (5.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 14 (3.86%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.03%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.48%) PhD
6 9 (2.48%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.55%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.28%) ISEB
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.41%) QA
2 9 (2.48%) SOC 2
3 8 (2.20%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 86 (23.69%) Docker
2 7 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (19.01%) Kubernetes
2 45 (12.40%) Terraform
3 6 (1.65%) Grafana
4 4 (1.10%) Ansible
4 4 (1.10%) Kibana
4 4 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.83%) SCCM
6 2 (0.55%) Argo
Vendors
1 36 (9.92%) Typelevel
2 28 (7.71%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.23%) Google
4 7 (1.93%) Solace
5 6 (1.65%) Oracle
6 5 (1.38%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.10%) AppDynamics
8 3 (0.83%) Adobe
8 3 (0.83%) Databricks
9 1 (0.28%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.28%) Dell
9 1 (0.28%) Informatica
9 1 (0.28%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.28%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.28%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.28%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.28%) Splunk
9 1 (0.28%) Talend