Distributed Systems Jobs in Scotland

Distributed Systems
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Systems in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Distributed Systems over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 207 132
Rank change year-on-year -16 -75 +5
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 53 16 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 0.35% 2.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.65% 0.86% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 40
10th Percentile - £50,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £60,000 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £69,750 - -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% +13.33%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Distributed Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,214 1,855 2,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.10% 40.08% 49.09%
Number of salaries quoted 845 792 1,085
10th Percentile £28,770 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £89,472 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Distributed Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Systems in Scotland

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Distributed Systems in Scotland.

Salary trend for Distributed Systems in Scotland

Distributed Systems
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems in Scotland

Distributed Systems
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Systems within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -77 37 £32,500 -51.85% 4
Edinburgh +49 13 £60,000 - 5
Midlothian - 3 - -
Distributed Systems
UK

Distributed Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (20.75%) IIS
2 4 (7.55%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 39 (73.58%) AWS
2 20 (37.74%) Datadog
3 14 (26.42%) Azure
4 11 (20.75%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (13.21%) SaaS
6 5 (9.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) WAN
2 8 (15.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.64%) NoSQL
2 11 (20.75%) SQL Server
3 6 (11.32%) Relational Database
4 5 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (7.55%) Big Data
5 4 (7.55%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.89%) Apache Accumulo
6 1 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.89%) Flink
6 1 (1.89%) HBase
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JUnit
General
1 29 (54.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 21 (39.62%) Finance
3 20 (37.74%) Law
3 20 (37.74%) Marketing
4 8 (15.09%) Games
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (58.49%) Software Engineer
2 20 (37.74%) Lead
2 20 (37.74%) Lead Software Engineer
3 11 (20.75%) Senior
3 11 (20.75%) Systems Engineer
4 10 (18.87%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) C Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) Developer
7 6 (11.32%) Backend Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Java Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) Java Software Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) Senior Java Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 1 (1.89%) Principal Software Engineer
9 1 (1.89%) Senior Developer
9 1 (1.89%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (37.74%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (11.32%) REST
3 3 (5.66%) MLlib
3 3 (5.66%) MXNet
3 3 (5.66%) NumPy
3 3 (5.66%) PyTorch
3 3 (5.66%) scikit-learn
3 3 (5.66%) SciPy
3 3 (5.66%) Spring
3 3 (5.66%) TensorFlow
4 2 (3.77%) DPDK
4 2 (3.77%) RESTful
4 2 (3.77%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.89%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.89%) Kafka
5 1 (1.89%) React
5 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (41.51%) Cloud Native
2 11 (20.75%) Clustering
2 11 (20.75%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.66%) Algorithms
3 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (67.92%) Software Engineering
2 33 (62.26%) CI/CD
3 30 (56.60%) Agile
4 29 (54.72%) Continuous Delivery
5 24 (45.28%) Machine Learning
6 23 (43.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 21 (39.62%) Architectural Design
8 20 (37.74%) Community of Practice
8 20 (37.74%) Information Architecture
8 20 (37.74%) Observability
8 20 (37.74%) Operational Stability
8 20 (37.74%) SDLC
8 20 (37.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (37.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (20.75%) API Design
10 11 (20.75%) API Development
10 11 (20.75%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (20.75%) Performance Analysis
10 11 (20.75%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 26 (49.06%) Java
2 17 (32.08%) SQL
3 13 (24.53%) C++
4 11 (20.75%) Python
5 9 (16.98%) Go
6 8 (15.09%) C
7 6 (11.32%) JavaScript
8 5 (9.43%) C#
8 5 (9.43%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.89%) Bash
9 1 (1.89%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
3 9 (16.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.66%) PhD
5 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) VMware NSX
2 10 (18.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (37.74%) Grafana
1 20 (37.74%) Prometheus
2 10 (18.87%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Rancher
Vendors
1 20 (37.74%) Dynatrace
1 20 (37.74%) Splunk
2 11 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.75%) VMware
3 2 (3.77%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) Dell
4 1 (1.89%) StreamSets