Distributed Computing Job Trends

Distributed Computing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 599 789
Rank change year-on-year -51 +190 +99
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Computing 43 33 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.081% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.21% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 29 22 42
10th Percentile £53,750 £47,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,011 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,250 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -1.31% +8.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £90,313
90th Percentile £102,700 £104,500 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -29.58% +57.78%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,435 15,863 32,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.21% 39.08% 36.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11,924 8,860 22,202
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £44,590 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £79,500 £82,500 £75,000
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 Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in the UK

Distributed Computing
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Computing over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Computing in the UK

Distributed Computing
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Computing within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England -40 40 £70,000 -17.89% 20
London -6 23 £85,000 -5.56% 8
UK excluding London -33 16 £60,000 +20.00% 16
Work from Home +7 11 £75,000 +14.82% 12
North West - 9 £60,000 - 1
North of England - 9 £60,000 - 1
South East -33 4 £61,250 +53.13% 7
West Midlands -8 1 £63,500 -29.44% 3
Scotland -25 1 - - 3
Midlands -29 1 £63,500 -29.44% 3
South West -38 1 £57,500 +15.00% 1

Distributed Computing
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 10 (23.26%) Apache Spark
2 9 (20.93%) Apache
3 5 (11.63%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (9.30%) Confluence
5 2 (4.65%) Jupyter
6 1 (2.33%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) Azure
2 12 (27.91%) AWS
3 6 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (11.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (9.30%) Azure Functions
5 4 (9.30%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 4 (9.30%) Serverless
6 3 (6.98%) OpenShift
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (4.65%) SaaS
8 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.33%) Dagster
8 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.28%) Multicast
2 1 (2.33%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (2.33%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.58%) NoSQL
2 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
3 6 (13.95%) Data Lake
4 5 (11.63%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (11.63%) MySQL
5 4 (9.30%) Delta Lake
5 4 (9.30%) MongoDB
6 3 (6.98%) Big Data
6 3 (6.98%) Data Mining
6 3 (6.98%) Hadoop
6 3 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (6.98%) Relational Database
6 3 (6.98%) Spark SQL
7 2 (4.65%) Power BI
8 1 (2.33%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (2.33%) Apache Hive
8 1 (2.33%) Metadata
8 1 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Git
2 4 (9.30%) JIRA
General
1 17 (39.53%) Finance
2 13 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Spanish Language
5 3 (6.98%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.98%) Front Office
5 3 (6.98%) Games
5 3 (6.98%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
1 11 (25.58%) Data Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Senior
3 8 (18.60%) Software Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Business Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Lead
5 5 (11.63%) Python Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Business Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Product Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Product Business Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Product Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.93%) Kafka
2 8 (18.60%) .NET
3 7 (16.28%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (13.95%) Pandas
5 5 (11.63%) NumPy
5 5 (11.63%) PySpark
6 4 (9.30%) .NET Core
6 4 (9.30%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (9.30%) XML
7 3 (6.98%) .NET Framework
7 3 (6.98%) CSS
7 3 (6.98%) HTML
7 3 (6.98%) Web Services
7 3 (6.98%) XSLT
8 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
8 1 (2.33%) Django
8 1 (2.33%) REST
8 1 (2.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Cloud Native
1 10 (23.26%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (16.28%) Equities
2 7 (16.28%) Fixed Income
2 7 (16.28%) Reinsurance
3 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
4 4 (9.30%) Distributed Architecture
4 4 (9.30%) Eurex
4 4 (9.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (6.98%) Algorithms
5 3 (6.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
5 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.65%) Legacy Code
7 1 (2.33%) Credit Risk
7 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.33%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Linux
2 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Data Pipeline
2 19 (44.19%) Analytics
2 19 (44.19%) CI/CD
3 15 (34.88%) Agile
4 12 (27.91%) Containerisation
4 12 (27.91%) Data Modelling
4 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (25.58%) ETL
5 11 (25.58%) Microservices
6 10 (23.26%) Data Ingestion
7 9 (20.93%) Low Latency
8 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
8 8 (18.60%) Scrum
8 8 (18.60%) Software Engineering
8 8 (18.60%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (16.28%) AI
9 7 (16.28%) Project Delivery
9 7 (16.28%) Project Management
9 7 (16.28%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (16.28%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 29 (67.44%) SQL
2 28 (65.12%) Python
3 14 (32.56%) C#
4 9 (20.93%) C++
5 8 (18.60%) Java
6 5 (11.63%) JavaScript
7 4 (9.30%) R
7 4 (9.30%) TypeScript
8 3 (6.98%) Groovy
8 3 (6.98%) VBA
8 3 (6.98%) VC++
9 2 (4.65%) Julia
9 2 (4.65%) MATLAB
9 2 (4.65%) Scala
9 2 (4.65%) T-SQL
10 1 (2.33%) Bicep
10 1 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.98%) PhD
4 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) Data Quality
1 4 (9.30%) Solvency II
2 3 (6.98%) EMIR
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (27.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (32.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.28%) Oracle
3 6 (13.95%) Databricks
4 4 (9.30%) Bloomberg
4 4 (9.30%) CQG
4 4 (9.30%) ION Trading
4 4 (9.30%) Patsystems
4 4 (9.30%) Reuters
4 4 (9.30%) Trayport
5 2 (4.65%) Google
6 1 (2.33%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.33%) Foundry
6 1 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.33%) Palantir