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 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 353 386
Rank change year-on-year +104 +33 +21
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 691 343 513
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.79% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.05% 1.90% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 424 196 304
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £67,188 £71,875 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £140,677 £145,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -8.57%

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 22,647 18,071 27,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.54% 41.69% 33.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14,985 9,074 17,742
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -15.38%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +72 413 £95,000 -13.64% 389
North of England +31 120 £75,000 -4.46% 62
North West +48 84 £82,500 - 36
South East -6 79 £64,250 -8.21% 67
Midlands -24 28 £85,000 +15.25% 18
South West -36 27 £85,000 -12.82% 27
Yorkshire -43 19 £75,000 -3.23% 11
West Midlands -13 18 £85,000 +17.24% 12
East of England +6 17 £76,250 - 9
North East -36 17 £60,000 -34.92% 15
East Midlands -20 10 £76,000 -0.33% 6
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 15 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.72%) Apache
2 5 (0.72%) Apache Pig
2 5 (0.72%) Confluence
2 5 (0.72%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.58%) Camunda
3 4 (0.58%) JBoss
4 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.43%) IIS
4 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.14%) Solana
6 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 382 (55.28%) AWS
2 209 (30.25%) Azure
3 147 (21.27%) GCP
4 77 (11.14%) Serverless
5 52 (7.53%) SaaS
6 48 (6.95%) AWS CloudFormation
7 44 (6.37%) Amazon ECS
8 38 (5.50%) Amazon S3
9 36 (5.21%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (5.21%) AWS Lambda
9 36 (5.21%) GitHub
10 35 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
12 24 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (2.60%) Datadog
14 18 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (2.32%) Amazon EventBridge
15 16 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (2.03%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 81 (11.72%) Broadband
2 14 (2.03%) HTTP
3 11 (1.59%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.87%) Internet
5 5 (0.72%) DNS
5 5 (0.72%) Firewall
6 4 (0.58%) MQTT
7 3 (0.43%) BGP
7 3 (0.43%) DHCP
7 3 (0.43%) VLAN
7 3 (0.43%) VPN
8 2 (0.29%) AMQP
8 2 (0.29%) VoIP
9 1 (0.14%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.14%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.14%) RS-232
9 1 (0.14%) RTSP
9 1 (0.14%) SCTP
9 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
2 69 (9.99%) NoSQL
3 54 (7.81%) MongoDB
4 29 (4.20%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
6 26 (3.76%) MySQL
7 24 (3.47%) SQL Server
8 23 (3.33%) DynamoDB
9 22 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.60%) Redis
11 12 (1.74%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.45%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.45%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.16%) Big Data
13 8 (1.16%) Metadata
14 6 (0.87%) Apache Hive
15 5 (0.72%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
17 3 (0.43%) ClickHouse
17 3 (0.43%) Flink
Development Applications
1 67 (9.70%) Git
2 56 (8.10%) GitLab
3 45 (6.51%) Jenkins
4 38 (5.50%) Cucumber
5 21 (3.04%) JUnit
6 18 (2.60%) JMeter
7 17 (2.46%) JIRA
8 11 (1.59%) Claude Code
8 11 (1.59%) LoadRunner
9 10 (1.45%) Gatling
10 9 (1.30%) Mockito
11 7 (1.01%) Spock
12 5 (0.72%) Selenium
12 5 (0.72%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.58%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.43%) WinDbg
15 2 (0.29%) Maven
15 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 159 (23.01%) Finance
2 119 (17.22%) Social Skills
3 44 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.22%) Banking
5 39 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.63%) Retail
7 30 (4.34%) Financial Institution
7 30 (4.34%) Games
8 25 (3.62%) Law
8 25 (3.62%) Public Sector
9 19 (2.75%) Back Office
10 14 (2.03%) Front Office
11 12 (1.74%) Advertising
12 11 (1.59%) Polish Language
13 7 (1.01%) Electronics
13 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.87%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 164 (23.73%) Senior
2 160 (23.15%) Developer
3 128 (18.52%) Software Engineer
4 78 (11.29%) Lead
5 74 (10.71%) Principal Engineer
6 66 (9.55%) Java Engineer
7 59 (8.54%) Architect
8 51 (7.38%) Senior Developer
9 40 (5.79%) Python Developer
10 39 (5.64%) Backend Developer
11 37 (5.35%) Senior Software Engineer
12 33 (4.78%) Python Engineer
13 30 (4.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 30 (4.34%) Scala Engineer
14 25 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 25 (3.62%) Java Developer
14 25 (3.62%) Principal Java Engineer
15 20 (2.89%) Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.60%) Senior Backend Developer
16 18 (2.60%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (15.34%) .NET
2 102 (14.76%) Kafka
3 96 (13.89%) Spring
4 87 (12.59%) React
5 86 (12.45%) REST
6 83 (12.01%) Spring Boot
7 70 (10.13%) RESTful
8 48 (6.95%) Node.js
9 47 (6.80%) gRPC
10 34 (4.92%) RabbitMQ
11 32 (4.63%) AngularJS
12 22 (3.18%) JSON
12 22 (3.18%) OAuth
13 21 (3.04%) OAuth2
14 20 (2.89%) ASP.NET
14 20 (2.89%) Django
15 19 (2.75%) FastAPI
16 18 (2.60%) LangChain
17 17 (2.46%) Web Services
18 16 (2.32%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 224 (32.42%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.27%) Video\Live Streaming
3 47 (6.80%) Algorithms
4 45 (6.51%) Over-the-Top Content
5 43 (6.22%) Data Structures
6 35 (5.07%) Public Cloud
7 31 (4.49%) AI Agents
8 28 (4.05%) e-Learning
8 28 (4.05%) Low-Code
9 26 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (2.89%) Onboarding
11 18 (2.60%) Product Ownership
12 16 (2.32%) Distributed Architecture
13 15 (2.17%) Life Science
14 13 (1.88%) Client/Server
14 13 (1.88%) Equities
14 13 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (1.59%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.41%) Linux
2 15 (2.17%) Windows
3 4 (0.58%) Unix
4 3 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Debian
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (58.32%) CI/CD
2 338 (48.91%) Software Engineering
3 311 (45.01%) Microservices
4 234 (33.86%) AI
5 199 (28.80%) Observability
6 197 (28.51%) Agile
7 191 (27.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 190 (27.50%) DevOps
9 176 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
10 164 (23.73%) Event-Driven
11 162 (23.44%) Containerisation
12 156 (22.58%) Test Automation
13 151 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 150 (21.71%) Mentoring
15 140 (20.26%) Machine Learning
16 108 (15.63%) Clean Code
16 108 (15.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 106 (15.34%) Full-Stack Development
18 86 (12.45%) Coaching
19 83 (12.01%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 326 (47.18%) Python
2 199 (28.80%) Java
3 136 (19.68%) SQL
4 115 (16.64%) Go
5 106 (15.34%) C#
6 91 (13.17%) TypeScript
7 87 (12.59%) JavaScript
8 54 (7.81%) C++
9 49 (7.09%) Scala
10 31 (4.49%) Rust
11 18 (2.60%) Bash
12 13 (1.88%) C
13 10 (1.45%) PHP
13 10 (1.45%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.16%) Bicep
14 8 (1.16%) Groovy
15 6 (0.87%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.72%) Perl
17 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 79 (11.43%) Degree
2 46 (6.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (6.08%) Security Cleared
4 34 (4.92%) AWS Certification
5 28 (4.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 26 (3.76%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.03%) PhD
8 9 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) HND
10 1 (0.14%) ISEB
10 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.25%) QA
2 10 (1.45%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.30%) GDPR
4 7 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.14%) NIST
8 1 (0.14%) PSD2
System Software
1 180 (26.05%) Docker
2 14 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.59%) KVM
5 10 (1.45%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.29%) Firmware
8 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 163 (23.59%) Kubernetes
2 116 (16.79%) Terraform
3 29 (4.20%) Ansible
4 22 (3.18%) Grafana
5 16 (2.32%) Kibana
6 15 (2.17%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.87%) Argo
8 4 (0.58%) Packer
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.43%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Graylog
10 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 67 (9.70%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.51%) Typelevel
3 26 (3.76%) Google
4 21 (3.04%) AppDynamics
5 20 (2.89%) OpenAI
6 18 (2.60%) Oracle
7 17 (2.46%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.32%) Splunk
9 14 (2.03%) VMware
10 11 (1.59%) IBM
11 8 (1.16%) Solace
12 7 (1.01%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.87%) Databricks
14 3 (0.43%) Adobe
14 3 (0.43%) Facebook
14 3 (0.43%) Instagram
14 3 (0.43%) TikTok
15 2 (0.29%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.29%) Pega
15 2 (0.29%) Salesforce