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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 306 349
Rank change year-on-year +5 +43 -59
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 357 508 360
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 0.91% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.98% 2.56% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 238 313 272
10th Percentile £65,875 £51,600 £50,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -
75th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £152,500 £139,500 £147,250
UK median annual salary £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% - -5.88%

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 17,990 19,861 17,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.55% 35.67% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,522 9,774 12,922
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,875 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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
London +25 250 £112,500 +15.38% 126
North of England -18 69 £75,000 +11.11% 124
North West +25 38 £75,000 +11.11% 56
South East +20 31 £65,000 +8.33% 167
Yorkshire -39 30 £75,000 +33.93% 60
Midlands +36 17 £74,401 +7.35% 93
East of England +21 11 £82,500 +13.79% 97
East Midlands +22 9 £70,000 - 36
West Midlands +27 8 £75,000 +8.21% 52
South West +15 4 £87,500 -7.89% 50
North East +6 1 £73,801 +6.48% 10
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 47 (13.17%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.08%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.24%) Apache
5 6 (1.68%) Confluence
6 4 (1.12%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (1.12%) Appian
7 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.56%) Luigi
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 208 (58.26%) AWS
2 133 (37.25%) Azure
3 98 (27.45%) GCP
4 60 (16.81%) Serverless
5 45 (12.61%) Amazon ECS
6 44 (12.32%) Amazon EKS
7 34 (9.52%) SaaS
8 22 (6.16%) Amazon EC2
8 22 (6.16%) GitHub
9 20 (5.60%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (5.32%) Amazon S3
11 16 (4.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (4.48%) AWS Step Functions
11 16 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (4.20%) Amazon Kinesis
13 13 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (3.36%) Amazon EMR
15 11 (3.08%) OpenShift
16 10 (2.80%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.12%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.84%) BGP
3 3 (0.84%) HTTP
3 3 (0.84%) VLAN
3 3 (0.84%) VPN
4 2 (0.56%) AMQP
4 2 (0.56%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.56%) Multicast
5 1 (0.28%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (17.93%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (15.69%) NoSQL
3 48 (13.45%) Relational Database
4 36 (10.08%) Big Data
5 31 (8.68%) Hadoop
6 30 (8.40%) RDBMS
7 29 (8.12%) MongoDB
8 26 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
9 25 (7.00%) DynamoDB
10 22 (6.16%) SQL Server
11 20 (5.60%) Redis
12 18 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (4.20%) Apache Cassandra
13 15 (4.20%) MySQL
14 14 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (3.64%) Apache Hive
16 12 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (3.08%) DataStage
17 11 (3.08%) Neo4j
17 11 (3.08%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 44 (12.32%) Jenkins
2 37 (10.36%) Git
3 24 (6.72%) JMeter
4 23 (6.44%) JUnit
5 19 (5.32%) Mockito
6 16 (4.48%) GitLab
7 9 (2.52%) JIRA
8 6 (1.68%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.40%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.40%) MLflow
10 4 (1.12%) Postman
10 4 (1.12%) Selenium
11 3 (0.84%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.84%) Maven
11 3 (0.84%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.56%) JConsole
12 2 (0.56%) VisualVM
13 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 112 (31.37%) Finance
2 85 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 45 (12.61%) Banking
4 35 (9.80%) Financial Institution
5 34 (9.52%) Law
5 34 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 33 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.32%) Telecoms
9 18 (5.04%) Front Office
9 18 (5.04%) Retail
10 12 (3.36%) Marketing
11 9 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.24%) Back Office
12 8 (2.24%) Legal
13 6 (1.68%) Games
13 6 (1.68%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.12%) Polish Language
15 4 (1.12%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (29.41%) Developer
2 99 (27.73%) Senior
3 91 (25.49%) Software Engineer
4 77 (21.57%) Lead
5 55 (15.41%) Java Developer
6 34 (9.52%) Principal Engineer
7 30 (8.40%) Lead Software Engineer
8 29 (8.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 26 (7.28%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 26 (7.28%) Full-Stack Developer
10 24 (6.72%) Data Engineer
10 24 (6.72%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 24 (6.72%) Senior Software Engineer
11 22 (6.16%) Cloud Native Engineer
11 22 (6.16%) Senior Developer
12 18 (5.04%) Java Engineer
13 17 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
13 17 (4.76%) C# Developer
14 16 (4.48%) Lead Developer
15 15 (4.20%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (26.05%) Kafka
2 66 (18.49%) Spring
3 61 (17.09%) REST
4 60 (16.81%) Spring Boot
5 53 (14.85%) .NET
6 50 (14.01%) React
7 34 (9.52%) RESTful
8 33 (9.24%) Node.js
9 32 (8.96%) Web Services
10 29 (8.12%) HTML
11 28 (7.84%) Hibernate
12 24 (6.72%) Django
12 24 (6.72%) JSON
13 23 (6.44%) Apache Camel
14 21 (5.88%) XML
15 20 (5.60%) ActiveMQ
16 19 (5.32%) jQuery
16 19 (5.32%) WireMock
17 17 (4.76%) gRPC
18 16 (4.48%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 125 (35.01%) Cloud Native
2 41 (11.48%) Algorithms
3 39 (10.92%) Product Ownership
4 30 (8.40%) Data Structures
5 22 (6.16%) Legacy Code
6 21 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (5.88%) Public Cloud
7 19 (5.32%) Management Information System
8 16 (4.48%) Equities
9 14 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (3.64%) Distributed Computing
10 13 (3.64%) e-Learning
11 10 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (2.80%) Virtual Team
12 8 (2.24%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
14 6 (1.68%) Derivative
15 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
16 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
16 4 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.01%) Linux
2 12 (3.36%) Unix
3 7 (1.96%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (48.46%) CI/CD
2 171 (47.90%) Microservices
3 157 (43.98%) Software Engineering
4 135 (37.82%) Agile
5 104 (29.13%) DevOps
6 92 (25.77%) Containerisation
7 83 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (22.97%) Mentoring
9 79 (22.13%) AI
10 74 (20.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 72 (20.17%) Roadmaps
12 71 (19.89%) Computer Science
13 64 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
14 60 (16.81%) Machine Learning
15 58 (16.25%) TDD
16 57 (15.97%) Event-Driven
17 54 (15.13%) Low Latency
18 53 (14.85%) Data Pipeline
19 47 (13.17%) Observability
20 45 (12.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 177 (49.58%) Java
2 155 (43.42%) Python
3 78 (21.85%) SQL
4 66 (18.49%) Go
5 65 (18.21%) C#
6 54 (15.13%) JavaScript
7 38 (10.64%) TypeScript
8 37 (10.36%) C++
9 26 (7.28%) Rust
10 25 (7.00%) Scala
11 24 (6.72%) C
12 20 (5.60%) Shell Script
13 13 (3.64%) Bash
13 13 (3.64%) Kotlin
14 8 (2.24%) PowerShell
15 4 (1.12%) COBOL
15 4 (1.12%) Groovy
16 1 (0.28%) Bicep
16 1 (0.28%) PHP
16 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (17.37%) Degree
2 37 (10.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (6.72%) Master's Degree
3 24 (6.72%) Security Cleared
4 22 (6.16%) PhD
5 8 (2.24%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.92%) GDPR
2 13 (3.64%) QA
3 9 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.40%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.12%) SLA
7 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.84%) WCAG
8 2 (0.56%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 115 (32.21%) Docker
2 14 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
3 9 (2.52%) HDFS
4 5 (1.40%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.56%) Ceph
6 2 (0.56%) Lustre
6 2 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 157 (43.98%) Kubernetes
2 40 (11.20%) Terraform
3 30 (8.40%) Ansible
4 23 (6.44%) Kibana
5 12 (3.36%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.08%) Grafana
7 5 (1.40%) Kubeflow
7 5 (1.40%) logstash
8 4 (1.12%) Rancher
8 4 (1.12%) vRealize
9 3 (0.84%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.56%) Puppet
10 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.28%) Istio
Vendors
1 23 (6.44%) Dynatrace
2 20 (5.60%) Splunk
3 15 (4.20%) Google
4 14 (3.92%) Microsoft
5 13 (3.64%) Oracle
6 12 (3.36%) Databricks
7 11 (3.08%) Informatica
7 11 (3.08%) Talend
8 6 (1.68%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.40%) Dell
9 5 (1.40%) SAP
10 4 (1.12%) Ericsson
10 4 (1.12%) Mavenir
10 4 (1.12%) Nokia
10 4 (1.12%) Pega
10 4 (1.12%) VMware
10 4 (1.12%) WSO2
11 3 (0.84%) Solace
12 2 (0.56%) Foundry
12 2 (0.56%) Palantir