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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 351 411
Rank change year-on-year +71 +60 -40
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 524 326 480
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.84% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.28% 2.05% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 293 202 328
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £48,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £140,609 £148,250
UK median annual salary £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -5.71%

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 22,988 15,865 29,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.29% 40.79% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,118 8,374 20,820
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,241 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,044
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +49 333 £100,000 +8.11% 202
North of England -28 91 £80,000 +3.23% 70
South East -13 69 £70,000 +9.80% 84
North West +11 62 £95,000 +18.75% 34
Yorkshire -60 24 £75,000 -3.23% 19
Midlands -29 13 £79,750 +8.14% 34
South West -44 13 £85,000 -15.00% 41
East of England -3 11 £80,000 - 31
East Midlands -32 11 £86,000 +12.79% 22
North East -31 5 £60,000 -13.52% 17
West Midlands -24 2 £75,000 +3.45% 12
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 (2.86%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.29%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.34%) IIS
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.76%) Appian
7 3 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Confluence
7 3 (0.57%) JBoss
7 3 (0.57%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.19%) Solana
9 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 318 (60.69%) AWS
2 171 (32.63%) Azure
3 162 (30.92%) GCP
4 60 (11.45%) Serverless
5 44 (8.40%) Amazon ECS
6 39 (7.44%) SaaS
7 32 (6.11%) Amazon EKS
8 28 (5.34%) GitHub
9 27 (5.15%) Amazon S3
9 27 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (4.39%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (3.63%) Datadog
13 18 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (3.05%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 8 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
17 8 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (11.83%) Broadband
2 12 (2.29%) HTTP
3 8 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.76%) BGP
4 4 (0.76%) DNS
4 4 (0.76%) Firewall
4 4 (0.76%) VLAN
4 4 (0.76%) VPN
5 2 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.19%) 4G
6 1 (0.19%) 5G
6 1 (0.19%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.19%) LTE
6 1 (0.19%) Multicast
6 1 (0.19%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
6 1 (0.19%) RTP
6 1 (0.19%) SMS
6 1 (0.19%) SS7
6 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (9.92%) NoSQL
2 46 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (6.11%) Relational Database
4 31 (5.92%) MongoDB
5 28 (5.34%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (4.20%) DynamoDB
7 21 (4.01%) SQL Server
8 19 (3.63%) BigQuery
9 17 (3.24%) Redis
10 16 (3.05%) MySQL
11 15 (2.86%) Hadoop
12 13 (2.48%) Big Data
13 12 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (1.91%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.15%) Tableau
16 5 (0.95%) ClickHouse
16 5 (0.95%) Neo4j
16 5 (0.95%) Pinecone
16 5 (0.95%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 55 (10.50%) Git
2 50 (9.54%) Jenkins
3 28 (5.34%) GitLab
4 17 (3.24%) Cucumber
5 16 (3.05%) JIRA
6 14 (2.67%) JMeter
7 10 (1.91%) Gatling
7 10 (1.91%) JUnit
8 9 (1.72%) LoadRunner
8 9 (1.72%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.53%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.95%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.95%) Maven
11 4 (0.76%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.76%) Mockito
12 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.57%) WinDbg
13 2 (0.38%) Selenium
13 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 131 (25.00%) Finance
2 95 (18.13%) Social Skills
3 43 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.82%) Banking
5 34 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.30%) Law
7 26 (4.96%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.77%) Financial Institution
9 23 (4.39%) Retail
10 21 (4.01%) Telecoms
11 20 (3.82%) Back Office
12 15 (2.86%) Games
13 12 (2.29%) Front Office
14 10 (1.91%) Marketing
15 9 (1.72%) Advertising
15 9 (1.72%) Polish Language
16 7 (1.34%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.34%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.95%) Electronics
17 5 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (25.19%) Senior
2 112 (21.37%) Developer
3 109 (20.80%) Software Engineer
4 53 (10.11%) Lead
5 47 (8.97%) Architect
6 43 (8.21%) Principal Engineer
7 36 (6.87%) Java Engineer
8 34 (6.49%) Senior Developer
9 30 (5.73%) Scala Engineer
10 29 (5.53%) Backend Developer
11 28 (5.34%) Java Developer
12 24 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
13 20 (3.82%) Data Engineer
14 19 (3.63%) Python Engineer
15 18 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
17 16 (3.05%) Lead Developer
18 15 (2.86%) Scala Developer
18 15 (2.86%) Scala Software Engineer
18 15 (2.86%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (15.27%) Kafka
2 75 (14.31%) REST
3 66 (12.60%) .NET
4 60 (11.45%) gRPC
4 60 (11.45%) Spring
5 53 (10.11%) React
5 53 (10.11%) Spring Boot
6 52 (9.92%) RESTful
7 45 (8.59%) Node.js
8 28 (5.34%) Django
9 27 (5.15%) RabbitMQ
10 23 (4.39%) Web Services
11 22 (4.20%) Elastic Stack
12 20 (3.82%) JSON
12 20 (3.82%) OAuth
13 18 (3.44%) AngularJS
14 17 (3.24%) OAuth2
15 14 (2.67%) HTML
16 13 (2.48%) FastAPI
17 12 (2.29%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 137 (26.15%) Cloud Native
2 54 (10.31%) Video\Live Streaming
3 53 (10.11%) Algorithms
4 48 (9.16%) Data Structures
5 47 (8.97%) Over-the-Top Content
6 24 (4.58%) Product Ownership
7 18 (3.44%) Equities
8 17 (3.24%) AI Agents
9 16 (3.05%) Client/Server
9 16 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (3.05%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.29%) e-Learning
13 11 (2.10%) Distributed Architecture
14 10 (1.91%) Blog
15 9 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.53%) Low-Code
16 8 (1.53%) Sports Betting
16 8 (1.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.97%) Linux
2 14 (2.67%) Windows
3 8 (1.53%) Android
4 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (53.44%) CI/CD
2 247 (47.14%) Microservices
3 241 (45.99%) Software Engineering
4 151 (28.82%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (28.63%) Containerisation
6 147 (28.05%) Agile
7 132 (25.19%) DevOps
8 122 (23.28%) AI
9 120 (22.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 112 (21.37%) Machine Learning
11 108 (20.61%) Observability
12 101 (19.27%) Computer Science
13 99 (18.89%) Event-Driven
14 95 (18.13%) Infrastructure as Code
15 88 (16.79%) Clean Code
16 81 (15.46%) Test Automation
17 77 (14.69%) Mentoring
18 75 (14.31%) Roadmaps
19 72 (13.74%) Data Science
20 66 (12.60%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 246 (46.95%) Python
2 164 (31.30%) Java
3 112 (21.37%) Go
4 78 (14.89%) C#
5 76 (14.50%) SQL
6 57 (10.88%) JavaScript
6 57 (10.88%) Scala
7 55 (10.50%) C++
8 53 (10.11%) TypeScript
9 36 (6.87%) Rust
10 14 (2.67%) C
11 13 (2.48%) Bash
12 9 (1.72%) Groovy
12 9 (1.72%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.95%) Bicep
13 5 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.95%) R
13 5 (0.95%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.76%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 93 (17.75%) Degree
2 67 (12.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 23 (4.39%) Master's Degree
4 23 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.86%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.29%) PhD
8 5 (0.95%) MBA
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.19%) ISEB
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.40%) QA
2 13 (2.48%) SOC 2
3 10 (1.91%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.34%) GDPR
5 5 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.76%) SLA
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) PSD2
System Software
1 172 (32.82%) Docker
2 15 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 15 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.48%) KVM
4 8 (1.53%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 144 (27.48%) Kubernetes
2 78 (14.89%) Terraform
3 33 (6.30%) Ansible
4 14 (2.67%) Grafana
5 12 (2.29%) Kibana
6 10 (1.91%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.76%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.76%) Packer
8 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.57%) SCCM
9 2 (0.38%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) Graylog
Vendors
1 45 (8.59%) Typelevel
2 33 (6.30%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.39%) Google
4 15 (2.86%) VMware
5 14 (2.67%) Oracle
6 13 (2.48%) AppDynamics
6 13 (2.48%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.72%) Databricks
8 8 (1.53%) IBM
9 6 (1.15%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.15%) Solace
9 6 (1.15%) Splunk
10 5 (0.95%) BT
10 5 (0.95%) Informatica
10 5 (0.95%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.95%) Talend
11 4 (0.76%) Ericsson
11 4 (0.76%) Mavenir
11 4 (0.76%) Nokia
12 2 (0.38%) Pega