Distributed Systems Job Trends in Southampton

Distributed Systems
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 1 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.15% - 1.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% - 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £68,750 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -21.43%

All Generic Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 133 97 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 20.43% 30.89% 30.26%
Number of salaries quoted 104 67 196
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £70,000
Hampshire median annual salary £54,000 £54,975 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.77% +9.95% -4.76%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Distributed Systems job vacancy trend in Southampton

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Distributed Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes