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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 340 407
Rank change year-on-year +75 +67 -13
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 642 351 529
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.74% 0.83% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.90% 1.98% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 390 200 320
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £69,688 £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 £103,125 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £125,125 £140,677 £150,000
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 22,141 17,746 30,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.60% 41.86% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14,663 8,811 20,476
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,275 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% +4.55% -14.06%

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 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 6 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 +57 387 £95,000 -13.64% 325
North of England +4 117 £80,000 - 64
North West +36 84 £88,750 +7.58% 39
South East -1 76 £66,250 -5.36% 58
Midlands -19 22 £87,500 +16.67% 18
South West -46 22 £85,000 -12.82% 27
Yorkshire -38 18 £75,000 -4.46% 12
North East -37 15 £60,000 -34.92% 13
West Midlands -19 13 £87,500 +20.69% 9
East of England 0 12 £72,500 - 12
East Midlands -22 9 £72,000 -5.57% 9
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 13 (2.02%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.78%) Apache
2 5 (0.78%) Confluence
2 5 (0.78%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.62%) JBoss
4 3 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.47%) Apache Pig
4 3 (0.47%) IIS
4 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.31%) Camunda
5 2 (0.31%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.31%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.16%) Solana
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.31%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 368 (57.32%) AWS
2 198 (30.84%) Azure
3 147 (22.90%) GCP
4 75 (11.68%) Serverless
5 50 (7.79%) SaaS
6 43 (6.70%) Amazon ECS
7 41 (6.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 36 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
9 35 (5.45%) Amazon S3
10 33 (5.14%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (5.14%) GitHub
11 31 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (3.12%) Amazon SQS
14 19 (2.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (2.80%) Datadog
16 16 (2.49%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (2.34%) Anthropic Claude
18 14 (2.18%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 82 (12.77%) Broadband
2 13 (2.02%) HTTP
3 11 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.78%) DNS
4 5 (0.78%) Firewall
5 4 (0.62%) Internet
6 3 (0.47%) BGP
6 3 (0.47%) DHCP
6 3 (0.47%) VLAN
6 3 (0.47%) VoIP
6 3 (0.47%) VPN
7 2 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (0.31%) MQTT
7 2 (0.31%) RTP
7 2 (0.31%) SS7
8 1 (0.16%) 5G
8 1 (0.16%) DMARC
8 1 (0.16%) RS-232
8 1 (0.16%) RS-485
8 1 (0.16%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.44%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (8.57%) NoSQL
3 50 (7.79%) MongoDB
4 26 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
5 25 (3.89%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.58%) MySQL
6 23 (3.58%) SQL Server
7 22 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (3.27%) DynamoDB
9 17 (2.65%) Redis
10 13 (2.02%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.56%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.25%) Big Data
13 7 (1.09%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.09%) Metadata
14 5 (0.78%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.62%) Apache Hive
15 4 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
16 3 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 62 (9.66%) Git
2 47 (7.32%) GitLab
3 44 (6.85%) Jenkins
4 33 (5.14%) Cucumber
5 18 (2.80%) JMeter
5 18 (2.80%) JUnit
6 16 (2.49%) JIRA
7 13 (2.02%) Claude Code
8 10 (1.56%) Gatling
8 10 (1.56%) LoadRunner
9 7 (1.09%) Mockito
10 6 (0.93%) Spock
11 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.62%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.62%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.47%) Selenium
13 3 (0.47%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.47%) WinDbg
14 2 (0.31%) Maven
General
1 154 (23.99%) Finance
2 109 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 41 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.07%) Banking
5 36 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.98%) Games
7 28 (4.36%) Retail
8 27 (4.21%) Financial Institution
8 27 (4.21%) Law
9 24 (3.74%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.96%) Back Office
11 12 (1.87%) Front Office
12 11 (1.71%) Polish Language
13 9 (1.40%) Advertising
14 7 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.78%) Electronics
16 5 (0.78%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 152 (23.68%) Senior
2 146 (22.74%) Developer
3 122 (19.00%) Software Engineer
4 70 (10.90%) Principal Engineer
5 68 (10.59%) Lead
6 57 (8.88%) Java Engineer
7 54 (8.41%) Architect
8 46 (7.17%) Senior Developer
9 34 (5.30%) Backend Developer
9 34 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
10 31 (4.83%) Python Developer
11 30 (4.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 30 (4.67%) Python Engineer
11 30 (4.67%) Scala Engineer
12 24 (3.74%) Java Developer
13 21 (3.27%) Principal Java Engineer
14 18 (2.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 18 (2.80%) Lead Developer
14 18 (2.80%) Test Engineer
15 17 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (15.11%) .NET
2 86 (13.40%) Kafka
3 81 (12.62%) Spring
4 76 (11.84%) React
4 76 (11.84%) REST
5 70 (10.90%) Spring Boot
6 61 (9.50%) RESTful
7 47 (7.32%) gRPC
8 42 (6.54%) Node.js
9 29 (4.52%) RabbitMQ
10 26 (4.05%) AngularJS
11 21 (3.27%) JSON
12 19 (2.96%) ASP.NET
12 19 (2.96%) OAuth
13 18 (2.80%) Django
13 18 (2.80%) OAuth2
14 17 (2.65%) LangChain
14 17 (2.65%) Web Services
15 15 (2.34%) ASP.NET Core
15 15 (2.34%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 204 (31.78%) Cloud Native
2 72 (11.21%) Video\Live Streaming
3 47 (7.32%) Algorithms
4 46 (7.17%) Over-the-Top Content
5 44 (6.85%) Data Structures
6 30 (4.67%) AI Agents
6 30 (4.67%) Public Cloud
7 27 (4.21%) Low-Code
8 24 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (3.58%) e-Learning
10 19 (2.96%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.65%) Client/Server
12 16 (2.49%) Distributed Architecture
13 15 (2.34%) Life Science
14 14 (2.18%) Equities
14 14 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (2.02%) Onboarding
16 10 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 10 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.66%) Linux
2 16 (2.49%) Windows
3 3 (0.47%) Unix
3 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) VMS
5 1 (0.16%) Debian
5 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (56.39%) CI/CD
2 323 (50.31%) Software Engineering
3 287 (44.70%) Microservices
4 206 (32.09%) AI
5 184 (28.66%) Agile
6 177 (27.57%) Observability
7 175 (27.26%) DevOps
8 173 (26.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 171 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
10 155 (24.14%) Containerisation
11 151 (23.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 147 (22.90%) Test Automation
13 143 (22.27%) Event-Driven
14 135 (21.03%) Machine Learning
15 133 (20.72%) Mentoring
16 105 (16.36%) Clean Code
17 93 (14.49%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 93 (14.49%) Full-Stack Development
18 88 (13.71%) Computer Science
19 85 (13.24%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 309 (48.13%) Python
2 182 (28.35%) Java
3 117 (18.22%) SQL
4 113 (17.60%) Go
5 101 (15.73%) C#
6 82 (12.77%) TypeScript
7 79 (12.31%) JavaScript
8 56 (8.72%) C++
9 50 (7.79%) Scala
10 37 (5.76%) Rust
11 17 (2.65%) Bash
11 17 (2.65%) C
12 10 (1.56%) PHP
13 9 (1.40%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.25%) Bicep
14 8 (1.25%) Groovy
15 6 (0.93%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.78%) Perl
17 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 83 (12.93%) Degree
2 50 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (6.23%) Security Cleared
4 29 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 28 (4.36%) AWS Certification
6 24 (3.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (2.65%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.02%) PhD
9 5 (0.78%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.31%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.16%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.16%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) ISEB
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.72%) QA
2 11 (1.71%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.40%) GDPR
4 7 (1.09%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.16%) NIST
8 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 169 (26.32%) Docker
2 17 (2.65%) Hyper-V
2 17 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.18%) KVM
4 10 (1.56%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 152 (23.68%) Kubernetes
2 108 (16.82%) Terraform
3 29 (4.52%) Ansible
4 20 (3.12%) Grafana
5 15 (2.34%) Kibana
6 14 (2.18%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.93%) Argo
8 4 (0.62%) Packer
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.47%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) Graylog
10 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 58 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.01%) Typelevel
3 20 (3.12%) Google
4 19 (2.96%) AppDynamics
5 17 (2.65%) Oracle
5 17 (2.65%) VMware
6 16 (2.49%) Dynatrace
6 16 (2.49%) OpenAI
7 15 (2.34%) Splunk
8 9 (1.40%) IBM
9 7 (1.09%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.09%) Solace
10 6 (0.93%) Databricks
11 3 (0.47%) Adobe
12 2 (0.31%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.31%) Pega
12 2 (0.31%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.31%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.31%) WSO2
13 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow