Distributed Applications Job Trends

Distributed Applications
UK

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 644 761
Rank change year-on-year -47 +117 +168
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Applications 1 27 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% 0.062% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.004% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 20
10th Percentile - £65,275 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,925 £70,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £113,886 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -62.46% +98.06% -20.69%
75th Percentile £43,575 £140,677 £93,438
90th Percentile - - £117,236
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £122,773 £51,250
% change year-on-year -65.18% +139.56% -26.79%

All Generic Skills
UK

Distributed Applications 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,926 17,031 30,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.93% 39.05% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,671 8,821 21,651
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,770 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Distributed Applications
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Distributed Applications job vacancy trend in the UK

Distributed Applications
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Applications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Applications

Distributed Applications
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Applications within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London -22 1 £42,750 -65.18% 4
South West -37 1 £42,750 -65.18%
England -60 1 £42,750 -65.18% 7

Distributed Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft