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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 306 407
Rank change year-on-year +23 +101 -52
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 505 341 476
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.92% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.27% 2.33% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 280 217 327
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 £112,500 £115,000 £119,375
90th Percentile £132,500 £140,000 £150,000
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 22,266 14,635 28,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.25% 39.49% 35.34%
Number of salaries quoted 11,547 8,234 20,796
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,739 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% +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 16 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 16 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 +48 321 £100,000 +5.26% 144
North of England -36 89 £77,500 - 34
South East -38 63 £77,500 +21.57% 51
North West +7 61 £81,250 +1.56% 25
Yorkshire -62 24 £75,000 -3.23% 6
Midlands -30 16 £73,801 +1.79% 7
South West -50 14 £85,000 - 9
East of England -18 13 £82,500 +13.79% 9
East Midlands - 13 £86,000 - 3
North East -36 4 £60,000 -13.52% 3
West Midlands -15 3 £73,801 +1.79% 4
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 19 (3.76%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.18%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.19%) IIS
5 5 (0.99%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.79%) Appian
7 3 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.40%) Confluence
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.20%) JBoss
9 1 (0.20%) Solana
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 305 (60.40%) AWS
2 168 (33.27%) Azure
2 168 (33.27%) GCP
3 57 (11.29%) Serverless
4 46 (9.11%) Amazon ECS
5 43 (8.51%) SaaS
6 33 (6.53%) Amazon EKS
7 28 (5.54%) Amazon S3
8 24 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 24 (4.75%) GitHub
9 23 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (3.37%) Datadog
12 15 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
12 15 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (2.77%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (2.18%) Amazon ECR
15 9 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (1.58%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.10%) Broadband
2 16 (3.17%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.38%) HTTP
4 6 (1.19%) BGP
4 6 (1.19%) VLAN
4 6 (1.19%) VPN
5 3 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.59%) Firewall
6 2 (0.40%) InfiniBand
6 2 (0.40%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.40%) 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%) RTP
7 1 (0.20%) SMS
7 1 (0.20%) SS7
7 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.10%) NoSQL
2 42 (8.32%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (5.74%) Elasticsearch
3 29 (5.74%) Relational Database
4 25 (4.95%) SQL Server
5 24 (4.75%) Redis
6 23 (4.55%) MongoDB
7 22 (4.36%) DynamoDB
8 20 (3.96%) Hadoop
9 18 (3.56%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (3.56%) Big Data
9 18 (3.56%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.97%) MySQL
11 13 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.78%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
13 6 (1.19%) Couchbase
13 6 (1.19%) Tableau
14 5 (0.99%) Apache Hive
14 5 (0.99%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 51 (10.10%) Git
2 48 (9.50%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.16%) GitLab
4 15 (2.97%) Cucumber
4 15 (2.97%) JMeter
5 12 (2.38%) JIRA
6 10 (1.98%) Gatling
7 9 (1.78%) LoadRunner
7 9 (1.78%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.58%) JUnit
9 6 (1.19%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.99%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.99%) Maven
11 4 (0.79%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.59%) Mockito
12 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.59%) WinDbg
13 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.40%) Selenium
13 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 132 (26.14%) Finance
2 98 (19.41%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.91%) Banking
4 39 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.52%) Law
6 31 (6.14%) Financial Institution
7 27 (5.35%) Retail
8 25 (4.95%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.95%) Telecoms
9 24 (4.75%) Back Office
10 12 (2.38%) Front Office
11 11 (2.18%) Polish Language
12 10 (1.98%) Games
12 10 (1.98%) Marketing
13 8 (1.58%) Advertising
14 7 (1.39%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.99%) Electronics
16 5 (0.99%) Legal
Job Titles
1 138 (27.33%) Senior
2 115 (22.77%) Software Engineer
3 105 (20.79%) Developer
4 53 (10.50%) Lead
5 37 (7.33%) Principal Engineer
6 36 (7.13%) Architect
7 34 (6.73%) Java Developer
8 30 (5.94%) Scala Engineer
9 29 (5.74%) Java Engineer
10 28 (5.54%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.54%) Senior Software Engineer
11 25 (4.95%) Backend Developer
12 24 (4.75%) Data Engineer
13 22 (4.36%) AWS Engineer
14 17 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (2.97%) Lead Developer
16 15 (2.97%) Python Engineer
16 15 (2.97%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.25%) Kafka
2 72 (14.26%) REST
3 62 (12.28%) gRPC
4 59 (11.68%) Spring
5 58 (11.49%) .NET
6 51 (10.10%) React
7 50 (9.90%) Spring Boot
8 41 (8.12%) RESTful
9 39 (7.72%) Node.js
10 32 (6.34%) Django
11 21 (4.16%) Elastic Stack
11 21 (4.16%) RabbitMQ
11 21 (4.16%) Web Services
12 18 (3.56%) OAuth
13 16 (3.17%) AngularJS
13 16 (3.17%) JSON
14 15 (2.97%) OAuth2
15 13 (2.57%) FastAPI
15 13 (2.57%) HTML
16 10 (1.98%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 125 (24.75%) Cloud Native
2 48 (9.50%) Algorithms
3 47 (9.31%) Over-the-Top Content
3 47 (9.31%) Video\Live Streaming
4 45 (8.91%) Data Structures
5 23 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.37%) Client/Server
7 17 (3.37%) Equities
7 17 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.77%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.57%) AI Agents
11 12 (2.38%) e-Learning
12 11 (2.18%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.98%) Blog
14 9 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (1.78%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.58%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 59 (11.68%) Linux
2 10 (1.98%) Windows
3 9 (1.78%) Android
4 6 (1.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (50.69%) CI/CD
2 238 (47.13%) Microservices
3 234 (46.34%) Software Engineering
4 153 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (29.11%) Containerisation
6 143 (28.32%) Agile
7 129 (25.54%) DevOps
8 106 (20.99%) Machine Learning
9 104 (20.59%) AI
10 102 (20.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 98 (19.41%) Computer Science
12 91 (18.02%) Observability
13 90 (17.82%) Clean Code
14 86 (17.03%) Event-Driven
15 81 (16.04%) Mentoring
16 76 (15.05%) Roadmaps
17 71 (14.06%) Data Science
17 71 (14.06%) Infrastructure as Code
18 66 (13.07%) Coaching
19 63 (12.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 227 (44.95%) Python
2 171 (33.86%) Java
3 116 (22.97%) Go
4 70 (13.86%) C#
5 69 (13.66%) SQL
6 62 (12.28%) Scala
7 58 (11.49%) C++
8 47 (9.31%) JavaScript
9 44 (8.71%) TypeScript
10 39 (7.72%) Rust
11 20 (3.96%) C
12 14 (2.77%) Bash
13 9 (1.78%) Groovy
13 9 (1.78%) PowerShell
14 7 (1.39%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.99%) 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 91 (18.02%) Degree
2 66 (13.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (5.94%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.75%) Master's Degree
4 24 (4.75%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.57%) AWS Certification
6 12 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (2.38%) PhD
7 5 (0.99%) MBA
8 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.20%) ISEB
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.73%) QA
2 14 (2.77%) SOC 2
3 12 (2.38%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.98%) GDPR
5 6 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.79%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 165 (32.67%) Docker
2 14 (2.77%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.57%) KVM
4 8 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.79%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.59%) HDFS
7 2 (0.40%) Ceph
7 2 (0.40%) Lustre
7 2 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 137 (27.13%) Kubernetes
2 76 (15.05%) Terraform
3 35 (6.93%) Ansible
4 15 (2.97%) Grafana
5 12 (2.38%) Kibana
6 10 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.79%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.79%) Packer
8 2 (0.40%) Argo
9 1 (0.20%) Graylog
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (8.91%) Typelevel
2 25 (4.95%) Google
3 21 (4.16%) Microsoft
4 14 (2.77%) Oracle
4 14 (2.77%) VMware
5 13 (2.57%) AppDynamics
6 12 (2.38%) Dynatrace
7 11 (2.18%) Databricks
8 8 (1.58%) IBM
9 6 (1.19%) Splunk
10 5 (0.99%) BT
10 5 (0.99%) Ericsson
10 5 (0.99%) Informatica
10 5 (0.99%) Mavenir
10 5 (0.99%) Nokia
10 5 (0.99%) Solace
10 5 (0.99%) Talend
11 4 (0.79%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.79%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.59%) SAP