Distributed Systems Jobs

Distributed Systems
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 429 191
Rank change year-on-year -15 -238 +49
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 564 703 3,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.74% 2.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 1.72% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 363 392 727
10th Percentile £47,650 £59,053 £52,500
25th Percentile £59,300 £71,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% +9.68%
75th Percentile £115,000 £109,063 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £125,000 £123,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year -3.70% -5.26% +14.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,876 40,905 81,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.09% 43.15% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,224 22,549 34,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,116 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Distributed Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Systems in the UK

Distributed Systems
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Distributed Systems in the UK

Distributed Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Systems over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Distributed Systems in the UK

Distributed Systems
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England -19 487 £82,500 -5.71% 156
UK excluding London +126 322 £65,000 -3.70% 53
London -60 240 £95,000 +2.70% 114
Work from Home -59 169 £82,500 -5.71% 90
South East +56 116 £65,000 -11.86% 15
North of England +86 83 £68,000 -2.86% 16
Scotland -30 50 £50,000 -25.93% 7
North West +22 43 £80,000 +14.29% 10
Midlands +9 42 £60,000 -5.88% 2
Yorkshire +80 38 £68,000 -20.00% 5
West Midlands +3 34 £54,650 -15.92% 2
East of England -15 16 £120,000 +41.18% 4
South West -33 11 £62,500 +21.95% 6
East Midlands -8 8 £87,500 +45.83%
Northern Ireland - 4 £100,000 - 2
Wales +6 3 - - 1
North East -11 2 £75,000 +15.38% 2

Distributed Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 33 (5.85%) OpenStack
2 30 (5.32%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.37%) IIS
4 16 (2.84%) Confluence
5 11 (1.95%) Apache
5 11 (1.95%) JBoss
6 9 (1.60%) Red Hat Fuse
7 8 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.53%) CMS
8 3 (0.53%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.53%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.35%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.18%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Endur
1 1 (0.18%) Ripple
1 1 (0.18%) Ripple XRP
1 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 254 (45.04%) AWS
2 180 (31.91%) Azure
3 86 (15.25%) Serverless
4 64 (11.35%) GCP
5 61 (10.82%) GitHub
6 54 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (7.98%) GitHub Actions
8 44 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
9 42 (7.45%) Amazon ECS
9 42 (7.45%) AWS Lambda
10 40 (7.09%) IBM Cloud
11 37 (6.56%) Amazon Kinesis
12 21 (3.72%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (3.72%) Datadog
13 18 (3.19%) PaaS
14 17 (3.01%) Amazon SQS
15 16 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (2.84%) SaaS
16 14 (2.48%) Amazon S3
17 13 (2.30%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.19%) WAN
2 14 (2.48%) Network Security
3 13 (2.30%) HTTP
4 9 (1.60%) DNS
4 9 (1.60%) Firewall
5 2 (0.35%) DSL
6 1 (0.18%) DHCP
6 1 (0.18%) ICMP
6 1 (0.18%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) RTP
6 1 (0.18%) SMTP
6 1 (0.18%) SNMP
6 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (15.60%) NoSQL
2 82 (14.54%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (9.57%) Relational Database
4 45 (7.98%) DynamoDB
5 29 (5.14%) SQL Server
6 23 (4.08%) Amazon Aurora
6 23 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (3.90%) MySQL
8 20 (3.55%) Big Data
9 14 (2.48%) Apache Cassandra
9 14 (2.48%) OLAP
10 13 (2.30%) Hadoop
10 13 (2.30%) Redis
11 11 (1.95%) Apache Hive
12 10 (1.77%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.77%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.77%) Flink
13 9 (1.60%) RDBMS
14 8 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 97 (17.20%) Git
2 80 (14.18%) Jenkins
3 45 (7.98%) CircleCI
4 28 (4.96%) JIRA
5 19 (3.37%) Subversion
6 16 (2.84%) JUnit
7 15 (2.66%) Sonatype Nexus
8 12 (2.13%) Visual Studio
9 11 (1.95%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.60%) IntelliJ
11 8 (1.42%) Jaeger
12 7 (1.24%) Gatling
12 7 (1.24%) JMeter
13 6 (1.06%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.89%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.89%) Mockito
15 4 (0.71%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.71%) GitLab
16 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
17 2 (0.35%) Postman
General
1 165 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 122 (21.63%) Public Sector
3 111 (19.68%) Finance
4 78 (13.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (10.99%) Law
6 40 (7.09%) Banking
7 34 (6.03%) Marketing
8 30 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (4.96%) Electronics
10 24 (4.26%) Legal
11 19 (3.37%) Financial Institution
12 17 (3.01%) Front Office
13 16 (2.84%) Games
14 14 (2.48%) Investment Banking
14 14 (2.48%) Retail
15 8 (1.42%) Tech for Good
16 7 (1.24%) Billing
16 7 (1.24%) Retail Banking
17 6 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 152 (26.95%) Developer
2 150 (26.60%) Software Engineer
3 119 (21.10%) Senior
4 104 (18.44%) Lead
5 65 (11.52%) Java Developer
6 60 (10.64%) Lead Software Engineer
7 47 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
8 46 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 38 (6.74%) Architect
10 32 (5.67%) Software Developer
11 30 (5.32%) Senior Developer
12 29 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (5.14%) Full Stack Developer
13 24 (4.26%) Cloud Native Engineer
13 24 (4.26%) Cloud Software Engineer
13 24 (4.26%) Technical Leader
14 23 (4.08%) Software Manager
15 22 (3.90%) Full Stack Java Developer
16 21 (3.72%) C# Developer
17 19 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (14.89%) .NET
2 80 (14.18%) REST
2 80 (14.18%) Web Services
3 71 (12.59%) AngularJS
4 65 (11.52%) RESTful
4 65 (11.52%) Spring
5 63 (11.17%) Spring Boot
6 60 (10.64%) React
7 55 (9.75%) Node.js
8 43 (7.62%) Kafka
9 39 (6.91%) Apache Camel
10 35 (6.21%) .NET Core
11 34 (6.03%) Elastic Stack
12 30 (5.32%) JSON
13 28 (4.96%) OpenTelemetry
14 25 (4.43%) HTML
14 25 (4.43%) XML
15 20 (3.55%) .NET Framework
15 20 (3.55%) CSS
16 17 (3.01%) http4s
Miscellaneous
1 92 (16.31%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.46%) Public Cloud
3 51 (9.04%) Blockchain
4 46 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (5.85%) Algorithms
6 32 (5.67%) Legacy Code
7 28 (4.96%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (4.61%) Blog
9 21 (3.72%) Management Information System
10 19 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (3.19%) Clustering
12 17 (3.01%) IoT
12 17 (3.01%) Media Streaming
13 16 (2.84%) Data Structures
14 14 (2.48%) Robotics
15 12 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
15 12 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (2.13%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.95%) RISC-V
17 10 (1.77%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 143 (25.35%) Linux
2 40 (7.09%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (7.09%) CentOS
2 40 (7.09%) Debian
3 30 (5.32%) Windows
4 19 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.13%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.42%) Android
6 8 (1.42%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.71%) VMS
8 3 (0.53%) Unix
9 2 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (45.57%) Software Engineering
2 229 (40.60%) Agile
3 217 (38.48%) CI/CD
4 212 (37.59%) DevOps
5 173 (30.67%) Microservices
6 97 (17.20%) Full Stack Development
7 86 (15.25%) Artificial Intelligence
8 82 (14.54%) Computer Science
8 82 (14.54%) Containerisation
9 75 (13.30%) SDLC
10 72 (12.77%) Mentoring
11 69 (12.23%) Open Source
11 69 (12.23%) TDD
12 67 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
13 59 (10.46%) Continuous Delivery
13 59 (10.46%) Data Science
14 57 (10.11%) Scrum
15 54 (9.57%) Analytics
15 54 (9.57%) Kanban
15 54 (9.57%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 198 (35.11%) Java
2 118 (20.92%) Python
3 116 (20.57%) SQL
4 112 (19.86%) C#
5 111 (19.68%) JavaScript
6 91 (16.13%) Go
7 76 (13.48%) C++
8 71 (12.59%) C
9 56 (9.93%) TypeScript
10 53 (9.40%) Rust
11 43 (7.62%) Scala
12 16 (2.84%) Shell Script
13 15 (2.66%) Kotlin
14 14 (2.48%) F#
15 12 (2.13%) PowerShell
16 11 (1.95%) Embedded C
17 9 (1.60%) Haskell
18 8 (1.42%) Clojure
19 7 (1.24%) Perl
20 6 (1.06%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 95 (16.84%) Degree
2 58 (10.28%) Azure Certification
2 58 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 56 (9.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 47 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (7.09%) MCSA
5 40 (7.09%) MCSE
6 34 (6.03%) SC Cleared
7 27 (4.79%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.48%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.13%) PhD
10 7 (1.24%) CISSP
10 7 (1.24%) GIAC
11 6 (1.06%) CISM
11 6 (1.06%) SANS
12 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.18%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.13%) PCI DSS
2 10 (1.77%) GDPR
2 10 (1.77%) HIPAA
3 8 (1.42%) NIST
4 7 (1.24%) QA
5 6 (1.06%) COBIT
5 6 (1.06%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) ISO 9000
9 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 201 (35.64%) Docker
2 21 (3.72%) Hyper-V
3 18 (3.19%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.24%) HDFS
6 6 (1.06%) Ceph
7 3 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
9 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 253 (44.86%) Kubernetes
2 115 (20.39%) Terraform
3 69 (12.23%) Ansible
4 27 (4.79%) Grafana
5 25 (4.43%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.77%) Packer
7 9 (1.60%) Kibana
8 8 (1.42%) Kiali
9 6 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (1.06%) Knative
9 6 (1.06%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.71%) Puppet
11 2 (0.35%) Argo
11 2 (0.35%) Salt
12 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.18%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.45%) Red Hat
3 41 (7.27%) IBM
4 35 (6.21%) Splunk
5 33 (5.85%) WSO2
6 27 (4.79%) Dynatrace
7 18 (3.19%) VMware
8 16 (2.84%) Google
9 12 (2.13%) Databricks
10 11 (1.95%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.60%) AppDynamics
12 7 (1.24%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.06%) Amplitude
13 6 (1.06%) TIBCO
14 5 (0.89%) Oracle
14 5 (0.89%) SAP
15 3 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
16 2 (0.35%) Apple
16 2 (0.35%) NVIDIA
16 2 (0.35%) Thales