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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 346 386
Rank change year-on-year +94 +40 +15
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 684 345 526
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.80% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.03% 1.92% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 420 197 316
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £67,188 £70,000 £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 £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £125,125 £140,677 £145,000
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 22,602 18,012 28,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.66% 41.67% 33.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14,957 9,021 18,807
10th Percentile £31,125 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.73% +4.55% -14.10%

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 18 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 18 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 +60 409 £95,000 -13.64% 241
North of England +7 120 £76,250 -2.87% 53
North West +54 85 £82,500 - 30
South East +4 80 £64,250 -8.21% 52
Midlands -24 27 £85,000 +15.25% 13
South West -37 26 £85,000 -12.82% 19
Yorkshire -39 19 £75,000 -3.23% 7
West Midlands -14 18 £85,000 +17.24% 9
North East -43 16 £60,000 -34.92% 16
East of England +3 15 £76,250 - 7
East Midlands -14 9 £72,000 -5.57% 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 15 (2.19%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.73%) Apache
2 5 (0.73%) Apache Pig
2 5 (0.73%) Confluence
2 5 (0.73%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.58%) Camunda
3 4 (0.58%) JBoss
4 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.44%) IIS
4 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.15%) Solana
6 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 382 (55.85%) AWS
2 210 (30.70%) Azure
3 149 (21.78%) GCP
4 77 (11.26%) Serverless
5 51 (7.46%) SaaS
6 46 (6.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 44 (6.43%) Amazon ECS
8 38 (5.56%) Amazon S3
9 36 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
9 36 (5.26%) GitHub
10 35 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
12 24 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (2.63%) Datadog
14 18 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (2.34%) Amazon EventBridge
15 16 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (2.05%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 81 (11.84%) Broadband
2 14 (2.05%) HTTP
3 11 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.88%) Internet
5 5 (0.73%) DNS
5 5 (0.73%) Firewall
6 4 (0.58%) MQTT
7 3 (0.44%) BGP
7 3 (0.44%) DHCP
7 3 (0.44%) VLAN
7 3 (0.44%) VPN
8 2 (0.29%) AMQP
8 2 (0.29%) VoIP
9 1 (0.15%) FTP
9 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.15%) RTP
9 1 (0.15%) RTSP
9 1 (0.15%) SMS
9 1 (0.15%) SS7
9 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (9.65%) NoSQL
3 54 (7.89%) MongoDB
4 29 (4.24%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
6 26 (3.80%) MySQL
7 24 (3.51%) SQL Server
8 23 (3.36%) DynamoDB
9 22 (3.22%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.63%) Redis
11 12 (1.75%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.46%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.46%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.17%) Big Data
13 8 (1.17%) Metadata
14 6 (0.88%) Apache Hive
15 5 (0.73%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
17 3 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
17 3 (0.44%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 66 (9.65%) Git
2 53 (7.75%) GitLab
3 45 (6.58%) Jenkins
4 36 (5.26%) Cucumber
5 21 (3.07%) JUnit
6 18 (2.63%) JMeter
7 17 (2.49%) JIRA
8 11 (1.61%) Claude Code
8 11 (1.61%) LoadRunner
9 10 (1.46%) Gatling
10 9 (1.32%) Mockito
11 7 (1.02%) Spock
12 5 (0.73%) Selenium
12 5 (0.73%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.58%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.44%) WinDbg
15 2 (0.29%) Maven
15 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 158 (23.10%) Finance
2 115 (16.81%) Social Skills
3 44 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.14%) Banking
5 39 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.68%) Retail
7 31 (4.53%) Games
8 29 (4.24%) Financial Institution
9 25 (3.65%) Law
9 25 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.78%) Back Office
11 14 (2.05%) Front Office
12 12 (1.75%) Advertising
13 11 (1.61%) Polish Language
14 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.88%) Electronics
15 6 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.88%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.88%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 162 (23.68%) Senior
2 158 (23.10%) Developer
3 127 (18.57%) Software Engineer
4 78 (11.40%) Lead
5 72 (10.53%) Principal Engineer
6 64 (9.36%) Java Engineer
7 57 (8.33%) Architect
8 50 (7.31%) Senior Developer
9 38 (5.56%) Backend Developer
9 38 (5.56%) Python Developer
10 37 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 32 (4.68%) Python Engineer
12 31 (4.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 30 (4.39%) Scala Engineer
14 26 (3.80%) Java Developer
15 24 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 24 (3.51%) Principal Java Engineer
16 20 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
17 18 (2.63%) Test Engineer
18 17 (2.49%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (15.35%) .NET
2 100 (14.62%) Kafka
3 95 (13.89%) Spring
4 87 (12.72%) React
5 86 (12.57%) REST
6 82 (11.99%) Spring Boot
7 69 (10.09%) RESTful
8 47 (6.87%) gRPC
9 46 (6.73%) Node.js
10 34 (4.97%) RabbitMQ
11 32 (4.68%) AngularJS
12 22 (3.22%) JSON
12 22 (3.22%) OAuth
13 21 (3.07%) OAuth2
14 20 (2.92%) ASP.NET
15 19 (2.78%) Django
15 19 (2.78%) FastAPI
16 18 (2.63%) LangChain
17 17 (2.49%) Web Services
18 16 (2.34%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 221 (32.31%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.38%) Video\Live Streaming
3 47 (6.87%) Algorithms
4 45 (6.58%) Over-the-Top Content
5 43 (6.29%) Data Structures
6 33 (4.82%) Public Cloud
7 31 (4.53%) AI Agents
8 28 (4.09%) Low-Code
9 26 (3.80%) e-Learning
10 25 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (2.92%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.63%) Product Ownership
13 16 (2.34%) Distributed Architecture
14 15 (2.19%) Life Science
15 14 (2.05%) Client/Server
16 13 (1.90%) Equities
16 13 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 11 (1.61%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 64 (9.36%) Linux
2 15 (2.19%) Windows
3 4 (0.58%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Debian
5 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (58.33%) CI/CD
2 337 (49.27%) Software Engineering
3 309 (45.18%) Microservices
4 232 (33.92%) AI
5 196 (28.65%) Agile
5 196 (28.65%) Observability
6 191 (27.92%) DevOps
7 189 (27.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 176 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
9 161 (23.54%) Containerisation
10 160 (23.39%) Event-Driven
11 155 (22.66%) Test Automation
12 151 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 148 (21.64%) Mentoring
14 139 (20.32%) Machine Learning
15 109 (15.94%) Clean Code
16 105 (15.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 104 (15.20%) Full-Stack Development
18 85 (12.43%) Coaching
19 84 (12.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 322 (47.08%) Python
2 198 (28.95%) Java
3 132 (19.30%) SQL
4 116 (16.96%) Go
5 106 (15.50%) C#
6 91 (13.30%) TypeScript
7 85 (12.43%) JavaScript
8 54 (7.89%) C++
9 49 (7.16%) Scala
10 33 (4.82%) Rust
11 18 (2.63%) Bash
12 14 (2.05%) C
13 10 (1.46%) PHP
13 10 (1.46%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.17%) Bicep
14 8 (1.17%) Groovy
15 6 (0.88%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.73%) Perl
17 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 80 (11.70%) Degree
2 46 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (5.99%) Security Cleared
4 32 (4.68%) AWS Certification
5 26 (3.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (3.80%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.05%) PhD
8 8 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.15%) HND
10 1 (0.15%) ISEB
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.33%) QA
2 10 (1.46%) SOC 2
3 9 (1.32%) GDPR
4 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.15%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 177 (25.88%) Docker
2 15 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.75%) KVM
5 10 (1.46%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.29%) Firmware
8 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 161 (23.54%) Kubernetes
2 116 (16.96%) Terraform
3 29 (4.24%) Ansible
4 22 (3.22%) Grafana
5 16 (2.34%) Kibana
6 15 (2.19%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.88%) Argo
8 4 (0.58%) Packer
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.44%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) Graylog
10 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.15%) Podman
Vendors
1 67 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.58%) Typelevel
3 26 (3.80%) Google
4 21 (3.07%) AppDynamics
5 19 (2.78%) OpenAI
6 18 (2.63%) Oracle
7 17 (2.49%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.34%) Splunk
9 15 (2.19%) VMware
10 11 (1.61%) IBM
11 8 (1.17%) Solace
12 7 (1.02%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.88%) Databricks
14 3 (0.44%) Adobe
14 3 (0.44%) Facebook
14 3 (0.44%) Instagram
14 3 (0.44%) TikTok
15 2 (0.29%) Salesforce
15 2 (0.29%) ServiceNow
15 2 (0.29%) TIBCO