Distributed Systems Job Trends in England

Distributed Systems
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 334 392
Rank change year-on-year +68 +58 -80
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 422 380 424
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.85% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.15% 2.24% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 262 235 327
10th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £64,471 £60,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £152,250 £140,000 £145,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +9.09% -2.94%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,592 16,962 23,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.05% 37.96% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,048 7,947 17,961
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,150 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,813 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Distributed Systems job vacancy trend in England

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems in England over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems in England

Distributed Systems
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Systems within the England region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
London +35 282 £105,000 +7.69% 90
North of England +5 75 £75,000 +10.29% 30
North West +37 45 £75,000 +8.21% 21
South East -7 41 £72,500 +16.00% 48
Yorkshire -40 29 £75,000 +10.29% 5
East of England +27 14 £82,500 +13.79% 7
Midlands +9 13 £75,000 +8.21% 17
East Midlands -3 8 £100,000 - 4
South West -5 8 £83,750 - 8
West Midlands +13 5 £75,000 +8.21% 13
North East -7 1 £73,801 +6.48% 4
Distributed Systems
UK

Distributed Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 37 (8.77%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.32%) OpenStack
3 10 (2.37%) Apache
4 9 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.18%) Apache Pulsar
5 5 (1.18%) IIS
5 5 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.95%) Appian
7 2 (0.47%) Confluence
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 256 (60.66%) AWS
2 155 (36.73%) Azure
3 136 (32.23%) GCP
4 52 (12.32%) Serverless
5 46 (10.90%) Amazon ECS
6 44 (10.43%) SaaS
7 40 (9.48%) Amazon EKS
8 24 (5.69%) Amazon S3
9 21 (4.98%) GitHub
10 20 (4.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (3.55%) AWS Step Functions
13 15 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (3.32%) Amazon Kinesis
15 12 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (2.61%) Amazon ECR
17 10 (2.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.74%) Broadband
2 17 (4.03%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.42%) BGP
3 6 (1.42%) HTTP
3 6 (1.42%) VLAN
3 6 (1.42%) VPN
4 4 (0.95%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.47%) InfiniBand
5 2 (0.47%) Multicast
6 1 (0.24%) 4G
6 1 (0.24%) 5G
6 1 (0.24%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) Firewall
6 1 (0.24%) MQTT
6 1 (0.24%) RTP
6 1 (0.24%) SS7
6 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.03%) NoSQL
1 55 (13.03%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (8.29%) Relational Database
3 33 (7.82%) MongoDB
4 31 (7.35%) Big Data
4 31 (7.35%) Hadoop
5 26 (6.16%) Redis
6 24 (5.69%) DynamoDB
6 24 (5.69%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (5.69%) SQL Server
7 23 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (4.27%) RDBMS
10 14 (3.32%) MySQL
11 12 (2.84%) Apache Hive
12 11 (2.61%) Apache Cassandra
13 10 (2.37%) BigQuery
14 9 (2.13%) DataStage
14 9 (2.13%) Neo4j
14 9 (2.13%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 38 (9.00%) Jenkins
2 33 (7.82%) Git
3 18 (4.27%) GitLab
4 15 (3.55%) JMeter
5 14 (3.32%) JUnit
6 9 (2.13%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.13%) Mockito
7 6 (1.42%) JIRA
8 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.95%) Maven
8 4 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.71%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.71%) Gatling
10 2 (0.47%) JConsole
10 2 (0.47%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.47%) Postman
10 2 (0.47%) Selenium
10 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.47%) VisualVM
General
1 118 (27.96%) Finance
2 90 (21.33%) Social Skills
3 46 (10.90%) Banking
4 40 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (9.00%) Financial Institution
5 38 (9.00%) Law
6 29 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 26 (6.16%) Retail
8 23 (5.45%) Telecoms
9 21 (4.98%) Back Office
10 12 (2.84%) Front Office
10 12 (2.84%) Marketing
11 10 (2.37%) Games
12 9 (2.13%) Polish Language
13 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.95%) Advertising
15 4 (0.95%) Legal
16 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (27.49%) Senior
2 98 (23.22%) Software Engineer
3 97 (22.99%) Developer
4 67 (15.88%) Lead
5 45 (10.66%) Java Developer
6 40 (9.48%) Principal Engineer
7 26 (6.16%) AWS Engineer
7 26 (6.16%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (5.92%) Architect
9 23 (5.45%) Java Engineer
10 22 (5.21%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (5.21%) Data Engineer
10 22 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
10 22 (5.21%) Senior Developer
11 20 (4.74%) Lead Developer
12 17 (4.03%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 17 (4.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 16 (3.79%) Lead Software Engineer
14 15 (3.55%) Backend Developer
14 15 (3.55%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (21.09%) Kafka
2 65 (15.40%) REST
3 64 (15.17%) Spring
4 59 (13.98%) Spring Boot
5 49 (11.61%) .NET
5 49 (11.61%) React
6 39 (9.24%) RESTful
7 38 (9.00%) gRPC
8 35 (8.29%) Node.js
9 30 (7.11%) Django
10 24 (5.69%) Web Services
11 19 (4.50%) HTML
12 18 (4.27%) FastAPI
13 17 (4.03%) AngularJS
13 17 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (3.79%) JSON
14 16 (3.79%) OAuth
14 16 (3.79%) RabbitMQ
15 15 (3.55%) Hibernate
16 13 (3.08%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 124 (29.38%) Cloud Native
2 40 (9.48%) Algorithms
3 34 (8.06%) Data Structures
3 34 (8.06%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.98%) Video\Live Streaming
5 20 (4.74%) Over-the-Top Content
6 18 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (4.03%) Public Cloud
8 16 (3.79%) Management Information System
9 15 (3.55%) e-Learning
9 15 (3.55%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.32%) Equities
10 14 (3.32%) Legacy Code
11 13 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.84%) AI Agents
13 11 (2.61%) Data Centre
14 9 (2.13%) Blog
14 9 (2.13%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (2.13%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.90%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 59 (13.98%) Linux
2 11 (2.61%) Unix
3 9 (2.13%) Android
4 4 (0.95%) Windows
5 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (47.39%) Microservices
2 197 (46.68%) CI/CD
3 178 (42.18%) Software Engineering
4 135 (31.99%) Agile
5 112 (26.54%) Containerisation
5 112 (26.54%) DevOps
6 97 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (22.04%) Computer Science
8 89 (21.09%) AI
8 89 (21.09%) Mentoring
9 84 (19.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (18.25%) Machine Learning
11 76 (18.01%) Event-Driven
12 73 (17.30%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (16.35%) Roadmaps
14 64 (15.17%) Observability
15 60 (14.22%) Analytics
16 52 (12.32%) Clean Code
16 52 (12.32%) Data Science
16 52 (12.32%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 183 (43.36%) Java
2 178 (42.18%) Python
3 91 (21.56%) Go
4 66 (15.64%) C#
5 63 (14.93%) SQL
6 49 (11.61%) C++
7 45 (10.66%) JavaScript
8 44 (10.43%) Scala
9 40 (9.48%) TypeScript
10 34 (8.06%) Rust
11 24 (5.69%) C
12 13 (3.08%) Bash
13 9 (2.13%) Kotlin
13 9 (2.13%) PowerShell
13 9 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.18%) R
15 4 (0.95%) Groovy
16 3 (0.71%) Ruby
17 2 (0.47%) COBOL
17 2 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 83 (19.67%) Degree
2 57 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (6.16%) Master's Degree
4 24 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.32%) PhD
6 13 (3.08%) AWS Certification
6 13 (3.08%) SC Cleared
7 11 (2.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.18%) MBA
9 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.21%) QA
2 15 (3.55%) GDPR
3 14 (3.32%) PCI DSS
3 14 (3.32%) SOC 2
4 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.95%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 132 (31.28%) Docker
2 14 (3.32%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (3.32%) Virtual Servers
3 10 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.90%) HDFS
5 7 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.66%) KVM
6 5 (1.18%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.47%) Ceph
7 2 (0.47%) Lustre
7 2 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 143 (33.89%) Kubernetes
2 51 (12.09%) Terraform
3 27 (6.40%) Ansible
4 14 (3.32%) Kibana
5 11 (2.61%) Grafana
6 10 (2.37%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.18%) logstash
8 4 (0.95%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.71%) Rancher
9 3 (0.71%) vRealize
10 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.24%) Argo
11 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 22 (5.21%) Google
2 18 (4.27%) Databricks
2 18 (4.27%) Typelevel
3 12 (2.84%) Dynatrace
3 12 (2.84%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.84%) Splunk
4 10 (2.37%) Oracle
4 10 (2.37%) VMware
5 9 (2.13%) Informatica
5 9 (2.13%) Talend
6 6 (1.42%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.18%) BT
7 5 (1.18%) Dell
7 5 (1.18%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.18%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.18%) Nokia
8 4 (0.95%) Pega
8 4 (0.95%) SAP
8 4 (0.95%) Solace
8 4 (0.95%) WSO2