Distributed Computing Job Trends in Manchester

Distributed Computing
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +119
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Computing 8 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.33% - 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% - 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.86%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £74,000
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -29.58% -18.86%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,011 1,109 869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 41.13% 34.81% 38.99%
Number of salaries quoted 495 492 677
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £37,019
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +6.37%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,844 £84,975 £90,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -11.30% +4.55%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in Manchester

Distributed Computing
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Distributed Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (12.50%) Apache Spark
1 1 (12.50%) Jupyter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) NoSQL
2 3 (37.50%) MySQL
3 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
3 1 (12.50%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
3 3 (37.50%) Lead
3 3 (37.50%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) .NET Core
3 3 (37.50%) .NET Framework
3 3 (37.50%) CSS
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) Pandas
4 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Cloud Native
1 7 (87.50%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
2 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 8 (100.00%) Microservices
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
2 7 (87.50%) Containerisation
2 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven
2 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 7 (87.50%) Performance Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) TDD
3 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
4 4 (50.00%) Clean Code
4 4 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
5 3 (37.50%) OOP
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (37.50%) Software Architecture
5 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
5 3 (37.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
4 1 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) MBA
1 1 (12.50%) PhD
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Kubernetes