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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 311 399
Rank change year-on-year +27 +88 -43
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 509 344 477
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.92% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.25% 2.33% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 286 215 326
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 £110,000 £115,000 £120,938
90th Percentile £132,500 £140,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +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 22,606 14,783 29,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.99% 39.45% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,758 8,321 20,672
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,750
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 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,722
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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +49 324 £100,000 +5.26% 190
North of England -30 92 £77,500 - 39
South East -37 65 £75,000 +17.65% 47
North West +9 63 £82,500 +3.13% 27
Yorkshire -70 25 £75,000 -3.23% 3
Midlands -38 15 £73,500 +1.38% 3
East Midlands -35 13 £86,000 +10.97% 1
South West -48 13 £83,750 -16.25% 11
East of England -18 11 £82,500 - 12
North East -45 4 £60,000 -13.52% 9
West Midlands -28 2 £68,750 -5.17% 2
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 18 (3.54%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.36%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.38%) IIS
5 5 (0.98%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.79%) Appian
7 3 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.59%) Confluence
7 3 (0.59%) JBoss
7 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.20%) Solana
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 306 (60.12%) AWS
2 172 (33.79%) Azure
3 168 (33.01%) GCP
4 59 (11.59%) Serverless
5 46 (9.04%) Amazon ECS
6 42 (8.25%) SaaS
7 33 (6.48%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (5.30%) Amazon S3
9 24 (4.72%) GitHub
10 23 (4.52%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (4.52%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (3.54%) Datadog
13 15 (2.95%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.96%) Amazon ECR
16 7 (1.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.22%) Broadband
2 14 (2.75%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.36%) HTTP
4 5 (0.98%) BGP
4 5 (0.98%) VLAN
4 5 (0.98%) VPN
5 3 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.59%) Firewall
6 2 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.39%) Multicast
7 1 (0.20%) 4G
7 1 (0.20%) 5G
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.20%) LTE
7 1 (0.20%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
7 1 (0.20%) RTP
7 1 (0.20%) SMS
7 1 (0.20%) SS7
7 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.82%) NoSQL
2 40 (7.86%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (5.89%) Elasticsearch
3 30 (5.89%) Relational Database
4 26 (5.11%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.52%) DynamoDB
6 22 (4.32%) MongoDB
6 22 (4.32%) Redis
7 19 (3.73%) BigQuery
7 19 (3.73%) Hadoop
8 17 (3.34%) Big Data
9 16 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (3.14%) MySQL
10 12 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.77%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.18%) Tableau
13 5 (0.98%) Couchbase
13 5 (0.98%) Neo4j
13 5 (0.98%) Pinecone
13 5 (0.98%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 52 (10.22%) Git
2 48 (9.43%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.93%) GitLab
4 14 (2.75%) JIRA
4 14 (2.75%) JMeter
5 13 (2.55%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.96%) Gatling
7 9 (1.77%) JUnit
7 9 (1.77%) LoadRunner
7 9 (1.77%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.18%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.98%) Maven
10 4 (0.79%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.59%) Mockito
11 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.59%) WinDbg
12 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.39%) Selenium
12 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 131 (25.74%) Finance
2 98 (19.25%) Social Skills
3 42 (8.25%) Banking
4 40 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (7.07%) Law
7 27 (5.30%) Financial Institution
8 25 (4.91%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.91%) Retail
8 25 (4.91%) Telecoms
9 22 (4.32%) Back Office
10 14 (2.75%) Front Office
11 10 (1.96%) Games
11 10 (1.96%) Marketing
11 10 (1.96%) Polish Language
12 9 (1.77%) Advertising
13 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.98%) Electronics
15 5 (0.98%) Legal
Job Titles
1 135 (26.52%) Senior
2 117 (22.99%) Software Engineer
3 109 (21.41%) Developer
4 50 (9.82%) Lead
5 41 (8.06%) Architect
6 37 (7.27%) Principal Engineer
7 34 (6.68%) Java Developer
8 31 (6.09%) Java Engineer
9 30 (5.89%) Scala Engineer
10 29 (5.70%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.50%) Senior Software Engineer
12 26 (5.11%) Backend Developer
13 23 (4.52%) Data Engineer
14 20 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.14%) Lead Developer
16 16 (3.14%) Python Engineer
17 15 (2.95%) Full-Stack Developer
17 15 (2.95%) Scala Developer
17 15 (2.95%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (14.93%) Kafka
2 72 (14.15%) REST
3 64 (12.57%) .NET
4 62 (12.18%) gRPC
5 58 (11.39%) Spring
6 53 (10.41%) React
7 49 (9.63%) Spring Boot
8 43 (8.45%) Node.js
8 43 (8.45%) RESTful
9 30 (5.89%) Django
10 23 (4.52%) Web Services
11 22 (4.32%) Elastic Stack
11 22 (4.32%) RabbitMQ
12 19 (3.73%) OAuth
13 17 (3.34%) AngularJS
13 17 (3.34%) JSON
14 16 (3.14%) OAuth2
15 13 (2.55%) HTML
16 12 (2.36%) FastAPI
17 11 (2.16%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 125 (24.56%) Cloud Native
2 49 (9.63%) Algorithms
3 47 (9.23%) Over-the-Top Content
3 47 (9.23%) Video\Live Streaming
4 46 (9.04%) Data Structures
5 24 (4.72%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.73%) Equities
7 17 (3.34%) Client/Server
7 17 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.55%) AI Agents
9 13 (2.55%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.96%) Blog
10 10 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
10 10 (1.96%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
11 9 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.77%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.81%) Linux
2 12 (2.36%) Windows
3 9 (1.77%) Android
4 5 (0.98%) Unix
5 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (50.69%) CI/CD
2 240 (47.15%) Microservices
3 236 (46.37%) Software Engineering
4 155 (30.45%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (29.47%) Containerisation
6 145 (28.49%) Agile
7 131 (25.74%) DevOps
8 111 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 106 (20.83%) AI
9 106 (20.83%) Machine Learning
10 103 (20.24%) Computer Science
11 94 (18.47%) Observability
12 91 (17.88%) Clean Code
13 87 (17.09%) Event-Driven
14 78 (15.32%) Mentoring
15 76 (14.93%) Roadmaps
16 74 (14.54%) Infrastructure as Code
17 71 (13.95%) Data Science
18 66 (12.97%) Coaching
19 64 (12.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 228 (44.79%) Python
2 169 (33.20%) Java
3 113 (22.20%) Go
4 74 (14.54%) C#
5 68 (13.36%) SQL
6 61 (11.98%) Scala
7 57 (11.20%) C++
8 50 (9.82%) JavaScript
9 47 (9.23%) TypeScript
10 38 (7.47%) Rust
11 18 (3.54%) C
12 12 (2.36%) Bash
13 9 (1.77%) Groovy
13 9 (1.77%) PowerShell
14 7 (1.38%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.98%) R
16 4 (0.79%) Bicep
16 4 (0.79%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.79%) Ruby
16 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (18.66%) Degree
2 69 (13.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (5.89%) Security Cleared
4 25 (4.91%) Master's Degree
5 24 (4.72%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 12 (2.36%) PhD
7 11 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.98%) MBA
9 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.20%) ISEB
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.47%) QA
2 13 (2.55%) SOC 2
3 11 (2.16%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.77%) GDPR
5 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.79%) SLA
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 168 (33.01%) Docker
2 14 (2.75%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.55%) KVM
4 6 (1.18%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) HDFS
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 140 (27.50%) Kubernetes
2 74 (14.54%) Terraform
3 34 (6.68%) Ansible
4 14 (2.75%) Grafana
5 11 (2.16%) Kibana
6 10 (1.96%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.79%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.79%) Packer
8 2 (0.39%) Argo
9 1 (0.20%) Graylog
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.20%) SCCM
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (8.84%) Typelevel
2 25 (4.91%) Google
2 25 (4.91%) Microsoft
3 14 (2.75%) Oracle
3 14 (2.75%) VMware
4 13 (2.55%) AppDynamics
5 12 (2.36%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.96%) Databricks
7 8 (1.57%) IBM
8 5 (0.98%) BT
8 5 (0.98%) Ericsson
8 5 (0.98%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.98%) Informatica
8 5 (0.98%) Mavenir
8 5 (0.98%) Nokia
8 5 (0.98%) Solace
8 5 (0.98%) Splunk
8 5 (0.98%) Talend
9 4 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.59%) SAP