Distributed Systems Jobs

Distributed Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 446 407
Rank change year-on-year +36 -39 -217
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 327 559 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.55% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 1.58% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 206 366 404
10th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £59,158
25th Percentile £66,938 £59,475 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £106,875
90th Percentile £140,338 £145,000 £125,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% -1.79%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,320 35,437 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.16% 34.69% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,321 23,080 22,873
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,647
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,043 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Distributed Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Systems in the UK

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Distributed Systems.

Salary trend for Distributed Systems in the UK

Distributed Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems in the UK

Distributed Systems
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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 +15 298 £90,000 +9.09% 2,421
London +78 192 £105,000 +10.53% 550
UK excluding London +55 151 £75,000 +15.38% 2,217
Work from Home +71 117 £77,500 -6.06% 1,727
North of England +30 66 £78,500 +15.44% 522
South East +24 50 £65,000 - 631
North West -7 32 £79,250 -0.94% 254
Yorkshire +55 28 £77,500 +13.97% 195
Midlands +30 13 £75,000 +25.73% 384
Scotland +85 12 £66,500 +33.00% 134
West Midlands +38 9 £72,500 +32.66% 211
South West +113 6 £97,500 +56.00% 233
North East +52 6 £92,192 +22.92% 73
East Midlands +35 4 £78,000 -10.86% 149
East of England +29 2 - - 300
Wales +45 1 £67,626 - 51
Northern Ireland +40 1 - - 40

Distributed Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (7.65%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.28%) JBoss
3 13 (3.98%) Red Hat Fuse
4 8 (2.45%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.53%) SAS
6 3 (0.92%) Confluence
7 2 (0.61%) Apache
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 127 (38.84%) AWS
2 85 (25.99%) Azure
3 64 (19.57%) GCP
4 43 (13.15%) Amazon ECS
5 40 (12.23%) Serverless
6 39 (11.93%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (8.87%) SaaS
8 22 (6.73%) Amazon EC2
9 21 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.89%) Amazon S3
11 15 (4.59%) GitHub
12 12 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (3.36%) Amazon SQS
13 11 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (2.75%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 9 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (2.75%) AWS CodeBuild
14 9 (2.75%) dbt
14 9 (2.75%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.42%) HTTP
2 10 (3.06%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.31%) DNS
3 1 (0.31%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) Multicast
3 1 (0.31%) NAS
3 1 (0.31%) SAN
3 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (17.43%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (11.01%) Relational Database
3 27 (8.26%) NoSQL
4 22 (6.73%) MongoDB
5 19 (5.81%) Big Data
6 15 (4.59%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (3.98%) RDBMS
8 12 (3.67%) Redis
9 10 (3.06%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.75%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.75%) MySQL
11 8 (2.45%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (1.22%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.22%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.92%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 61 (18.65%) Jenkins
2 55 (16.82%) Git
3 42 (12.84%) JUnit
4 20 (6.12%) Mockito
5 15 (4.59%) JIRA
6 14 (4.28%) JMeter
7 10 (3.06%) Gradle
7 10 (3.06%) Maven
7 10 (3.06%) SonarQube
8 7 (2.14%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (1.53%) DbUnit
10 5 (1.53%) GitLab
10 5 (1.53%) jMock
11 4 (1.22%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (1.22%) PHPUnit
12 3 (0.92%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.92%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.92%) Postman
13 2 (0.61%) SoapUI
General
1 102 (31.19%) Finance
2 93 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 62 (18.96%) Banking
4 51 (15.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (13.15%) Public Sector
6 24 (7.34%) Law
7 23 (7.03%) Games
8 20 (6.12%) Advertising
8 20 (6.12%) Retail
9 13 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (3.67%) Front Office
11 11 (3.36%) Marketing
12 9 (2.75%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.83%) Legal
15 5 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.92%) Electronics
17 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 144 (44.04%) Software Engineer
2 105 (32.11%) Senior
3 72 (22.02%) Developer
3 72 (22.02%) Lead
4 60 (18.35%) Senior Software Engineer
5 55 (16.82%) Lead Software Engineer
6 53 (16.21%) Java Developer
7 43 (13.15%) Cloud Engineer
8 36 (11.01%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 35 (10.70%) Cloud Native Engineer
10 21 (6.42%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 19 (5.81%) Java Engineer
11 19 (5.81%) Java Software Engineer
12 18 (5.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 16 (4.89%) C# Software Engineer
13 16 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (4.28%) Senior Java Engineer
14 14 (4.28%) Senior Java Software Engineer
15 13 (3.98%) Architect
16 11 (3.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (22.02%) Kafka
2 61 (18.65%) Spring Boot
3 60 (18.35%) REST
3 60 (18.35%) Spring
4 48 (14.68%) RESTful
5 42 (12.84%) Web Services
6 39 (11.93%) React
7 29 (8.87%) .NET
8 26 (7.95%) Apache Camel
9 25 (7.65%) AngularJS
10 24 (7.34%) Hibernate
10 24 (7.34%) HTML
11 21 (6.42%) SOAP
12 19 (5.81%) ActiveMQ
13 18 (5.50%) jQuery
14 16 (4.89%) gRPC
14 16 (4.89%) Node.js
15 15 (4.59%) J2EE
16 13 (3.98%) .NET Core
16 13 (3.98%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 75 (22.94%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.70%) Legacy Code
3 34 (10.40%) Product Ownership
4 31 (9.48%) Algorithms
5 30 (9.17%) Data Structures
5 30 (9.17%) Public Cloud
6 20 (6.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (3.67%) Reference Data
7 12 (3.67%) Replication
8 11 (3.36%) Hedge funds
9 10 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.75%) Equities
10 9 (2.75%) Fixed Income
11 8 (2.45%) Management Information System
12 7 (2.14%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (1.83%) Derivative
14 5 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.53%) Virtual Team
15 4 (1.22%) Credit Risk
15 4 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.94%) Linux
2 12 (3.67%) Unix
3 4 (1.22%) Windows
4 3 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) Android
5 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (55.35%) Software Engineering
2 143 (43.73%) Agile
3 139 (42.51%) CI/CD
4 130 (39.76%) Microservices
5 94 (28.75%) DevOps
6 82 (25.08%) TDD
7 62 (18.96%) Containerisation
8 52 (15.90%) SDLC
9 51 (15.60%) Test Automation
10 46 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (13.46%) BDD
11 44 (13.46%) Scrum
12 40 (12.23%) Full-Stack Development
12 40 (12.23%) Roadmaps
13 39 (11.93%) Computer Science
14 37 (11.31%) Mentoring
15 36 (11.01%) Fintech
15 36 (11.01%) Machine Learning
16 33 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (10.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 135 (41.28%) Java
2 101 (30.89%) Python
3 70 (21.41%) SQL
4 55 (16.82%) C#
5 53 (16.21%) JavaScript
6 52 (15.90%) Go
7 47 (14.37%) C++
8 46 (14.07%) Rust
9 38 (11.62%) C
10 24 (7.34%) Scala
11 23 (7.03%) TypeScript
12 18 (5.50%) Shell Script
13 14 (4.28%) PowerShell
14 7 (2.14%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.83%) Groovy
15 6 (1.83%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.53%) PHP
17 4 (1.22%) Clojure
17 4 (1.22%) Elixir
17 4 (1.22%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (13.46%) Degree
2 43 (13.15%) Security Cleared
3 38 (11.62%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.98%) Azure Certification
5 12 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.83%) PhD
7 3 (0.92%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.92%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.12%) GDPR
2 14 (4.28%) HIPAA
2 14 (4.28%) QA
3 13 (3.98%) SLA
3 13 (3.98%) SOC 2
4 5 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.22%) Basel II
5 4 (1.22%) Basel III
5 4 (1.22%) Dodd-Frank
5 4 (1.22%) IFRS
5 4 (1.22%) IFRS 9
5 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.22%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.92%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 115 (35.17%) Docker
2 12 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.22%) Postfix
4 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 168 (51.38%) Kubernetes
2 61 (18.65%) Terraform
3 20 (6.12%) Ansible
4 13 (3.98%) Kibana
5 12 (3.67%) Grafana
6 9 (2.75%) AWS Copilot
7 7 (2.14%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.22%) Argo
9 3 (0.92%) Packer
10 2 (0.61%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.31%) Kiali
Vendors
1 38 (11.62%) Google
2 23 (7.03%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.81%) Splunk
4 16 (4.89%) Apple
5 15 (4.59%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.75%) Oracle
7 7 (2.14%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.83%) IBM
9 5 (1.53%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.22%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.22%) Jaspersoft
11 3 (0.92%) Databricks
11 3 (0.92%) NetApp
11 3 (0.92%) SAP
12 2 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.61%) ESRI
13 1 (0.31%) New Relic
13 1 (0.31%) Palantir
13 1 (0.31%) Solace
13 1 (0.31%) Syncsort