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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 341 406
Rank change year-on-year +83 +65 -4
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 665 353 526
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.81% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.96% 1.96% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 401 204 313
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £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 £149,500
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 22,465 17,980 29,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.65% 41.49% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14,849 8,985 19,732
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -14.60%

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 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 15 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 +51 399 £95,000 -13.64% 273
North of England +15 119 £77,500 -3.13% 109
North West +42 84 £82,500 -2.94% 61
South East 0 76 £64,250 -8.21% 79
Midlands -23 25 £86,250 +16.95% 45
South West -44 25 £85,000 -12.82% 33
Yorkshire -42 19 £75,000 -4.46% 30
West Midlands -22 16 £87,500 +20.69% 22
North East -47 16 £60,000 -34.92% 18
East of England -6 15 £76,250 - 29
East Midlands -23 9 £72,000 -5.57% 23
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 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.75%) Apache
2 5 (0.75%) Apache Pig
2 5 (0.75%) Confluence
2 5 (0.75%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.60%) Camunda
3 4 (0.60%) JBoss
4 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.45%) IIS
4 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.30%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.15%) Solana
6 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.30%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 375 (56.39%) AWS
2 203 (30.53%) Azure
3 146 (21.95%) GCP
4 77 (11.58%) Serverless
5 49 (7.37%) SaaS
6 46 (6.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 44 (6.62%) Amazon ECS
8 36 (5.41%) Amazon S3
8 36 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
9 35 (5.26%) GitHub
10 34 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
10 34 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
12 22 (3.31%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (2.71%) Datadog
15 17 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (2.41%) Amazon EventBridge
17 15 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
18 14 (2.11%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 81 (12.18%) Broadband
2 13 (1.95%) HTTP
3 11 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.90%) Internet
5 5 (0.75%) DNS
5 5 (0.75%) Firewall
6 4 (0.60%) MQTT
7 3 (0.45%) BGP
7 3 (0.45%) DHCP
7 3 (0.45%) VLAN
7 3 (0.45%) VPN
8 2 (0.30%) AMQP
8 2 (0.30%) VoIP
9 1 (0.15%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.15%) RS-232
9 1 (0.15%) RTSP
9 1 (0.15%) SCTP
9 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (9.47%) NoSQL
3 51 (7.67%) MongoDB
4 27 (4.06%) Relational Database
5 26 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
6 25 (3.76%) MySQL
7 23 (3.46%) SQL Server
8 22 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (3.31%) DynamoDB
9 17 (2.56%) Redis
10 12 (1.80%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.50%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.50%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.20%) Big Data
12 8 (1.20%) Metadata
13 6 (0.90%) Apache Hive
14 5 (0.75%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.45%) ClickHouse
16 3 (0.45%) Flink
Development Applications
1 64 (9.62%) Git
2 54 (8.12%) GitLab
3 44 (6.62%) Jenkins
4 37 (5.56%) Cucumber
5 21 (3.16%) JUnit
6 18 (2.71%) JMeter
7 17 (2.56%) JIRA
8 11 (1.65%) Claude Code
9 10 (1.50%) Gatling
9 10 (1.50%) LoadRunner
10 9 (1.35%) Mockito
11 7 (1.05%) Spock
12 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.60%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.60%) Selenium
14 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.45%) WinDbg
15 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
15 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 157 (23.61%) Finance
2 110 (16.54%) Social Skills
3 42 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (6.32%) Banking
4 36 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (4.81%) Games
6 29 (4.36%) Retail
7 28 (4.21%) Financial Institution
8 25 (3.76%) Law
9 24 (3.61%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.86%) Back Office
11 13 (1.95%) Front Office
12 11 (1.65%) Advertising
12 11 (1.65%) Polish Language
13 7 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.90%) Electronics
14 6 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.90%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 156 (23.46%) Senior
2 151 (22.71%) Developer
3 124 (18.65%) Software Engineer
4 73 (10.98%) Principal Engineer
5 72 (10.83%) Lead
6 63 (9.47%) Java Engineer
7 56 (8.42%) Architect
8 49 (7.37%) Senior Developer
9 38 (5.71%) Backend Developer
10 36 (5.41%) Python Developer
11 35 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
12 31 (4.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 31 (4.66%) Python Engineer
13 30 (4.51%) Scala Engineer
14 25 (3.76%) Principal Java Engineer
15 24 (3.61%) Java Developer
16 21 (3.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 19 (2.86%) Full-Stack Developer
18 18 (2.71%) Test Engineer
19 17 (2.56%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (14.89%) .NET
2 97 (14.59%) Kafka
3 93 (13.98%) Spring
4 81 (12.18%) REST
4 81 (12.18%) Spring Boot
5 80 (12.03%) React
6 64 (9.62%) RESTful
7 47 (7.07%) gRPC
8 44 (6.62%) Node.js
9 31 (4.66%) RabbitMQ
10 29 (4.36%) AngularJS
11 22 (3.31%) JSON
12 21 (3.16%) OAuth
13 20 (3.01%) OAuth2
14 19 (2.86%) ASP.NET
15 18 (2.71%) Django
16 17 (2.56%) FastAPI
16 17 (2.56%) LangChain
16 17 (2.56%) Web Services
17 16 (2.41%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 215 (32.33%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.68%) Video\Live Streaming
3 46 (6.92%) Algorithms
4 45 (6.77%) Over-the-Top Content
5 43 (6.47%) Data Structures
6 34 (5.11%) Public Cloud
7 31 (4.66%) AI Agents
8 27 (4.06%) e-Learning
8 27 (4.06%) Low-Code
9 26 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.86%) Onboarding
10 19 (2.86%) Product Ownership
11 16 (2.41%) Distributed Architecture
12 15 (2.26%) Life Science
13 14 (2.11%) Client/Server
14 13 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.80%) Equities
15 12 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (1.65%) Blog
16 11 (1.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.32%) Linux
2 15 (2.26%) Windows
3 4 (0.60%) Unix
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Debian
5 2 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (58.05%) CI/CD
2 329 (49.47%) Software Engineering
3 299 (44.96%) Microservices
4 224 (33.68%) AI
5 191 (28.72%) Agile
6 190 (28.57%) Observability
7 187 (28.12%) DevOps
8 184 (27.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 172 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
10 157 (23.61%) Containerisation
11 153 (23.01%) Event-Driven
11 153 (23.01%) Test Automation
12 148 (22.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 144 (21.65%) Mentoring
14 136 (20.45%) Machine Learning
15 106 (15.94%) Clean Code
16 100 (15.04%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 98 (14.74%) Full-Stack Development
18 86 (12.93%) Coaching
19 84 (12.63%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 317 (47.67%) Python
2 193 (29.02%) Java
3 130 (19.55%) SQL
4 115 (17.29%) Go
5 102 (15.34%) C#
6 86 (12.93%) TypeScript
7 84 (12.63%) JavaScript
8 54 (8.12%) C++
9 49 (7.37%) Scala
10 34 (5.11%) Rust
11 18 (2.71%) Bash
12 14 (2.11%) C
13 10 (1.50%) PHP
13 10 (1.50%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.20%) Bicep
14 8 (1.20%) Groovy
15 6 (0.90%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.75%) Perl
17 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 80 (12.03%) Degree
2 46 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 33 (4.96%) AWS Certification
5 27 (4.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 26 (3.91%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.26%) PhD
9 7 (1.05%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) HND
11 1 (0.15%) ISEB
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.42%) QA
2 10 (1.50%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.35%) GDPR
4 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.15%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 172 (25.86%) Docker
2 15 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.80%) KVM
5 10 (1.50%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 154 (23.16%) Kubernetes
2 112 (16.84%) Terraform
3 29 (4.36%) Ansible
4 21 (3.16%) Grafana
5 15 (2.26%) Kibana
6 14 (2.11%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.90%) Argo
8 4 (0.60%) Packer
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.45%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) Graylog
10 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.15%) Podman
Vendors
1 64 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.77%) Typelevel
3 24 (3.61%) Google
4 20 (3.01%) AppDynamics
5 19 (2.86%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.56%) Oracle
6 17 (2.56%) Splunk
7 16 (2.41%) Dynatrace
8 15 (2.26%) VMware
9 11 (1.65%) IBM
10 7 (1.05%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.05%) Solace
11 6 (0.90%) Databricks
12 3 (0.45%) Adobe
13 2 (0.30%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.30%) Facebook
13 2 (0.30%) Instagram
13 2 (0.30%) Pega
13 2 (0.30%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.30%) TIBCO