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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 199 132
Rank change year-on-year -29 -67 +5
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Systems 51 16 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.76% 0.35% 2.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.59% 0.88% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26 9 46
10th Percentile - £50,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £60,000 £52,500
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 £83,125
90th Percentile £69,750 - £95,000
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 3,209 1,822 2,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.85% 39.67% 49.36%
Number of salaries quoted 836 777 1,101
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,442
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £41,250
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 £85,000
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 20 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 20 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 -83 36 £32,500 -51.85% 3
Edinburgh +42 12 £60,000 - 8
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 10 (19.61%) IIS
2 3 (5.88%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 37 (72.55%) AWS
2 20 (39.22%) Datadog
3 13 (25.49%) Azure
4 10 (19.61%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (11.76%) SaaS
6 4 (7.84%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.61%) WAN
2 8 (15.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.61%) NoSQL
1 10 (19.61%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.76%) Relational Database
3 5 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (5.88%) Big Data
4 3 (5.88%) Hadoop
General
1 29 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (54.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (41.18%) Finance
4 20 (39.22%) Law
4 20 (39.22%) Marketing
5 8 (15.69%) Games
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (58.82%) Software Engineer
2 20 (39.22%) Lead
2 20 (39.22%) Lead Software Engineer
3 11 (21.57%) Senior
4 10 (19.61%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (19.61%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (15.69%) C Software Engineer
5 8 (15.69%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (15.69%) C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (15.69%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 8 (15.69%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (13.73%) Developer
7 6 (11.76%) Backend Developer
8 2 (3.92%) Java Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Java Software Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Java Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Architect
9 1 (1.96%) Senior Developer
9 1 (1.96%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (39.22%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (11.76%) REST
3 3 (5.88%) MLlib
3 3 (5.88%) MXNet
3 3 (5.88%) NumPy
3 3 (5.88%) PyTorch
3 3 (5.88%) scikit-learn
3 3 (5.88%) SciPy
3 3 (5.88%) Spring
3 3 (5.88%) TensorFlow
4 2 (3.92%) DPDK
4 2 (3.92%) RESTful
4 2 (3.92%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (41.18%) Cloud Native
2 10 (19.61%) Clustering
2 10 (19.61%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (68.63%) Software Engineering
2 31 (60.78%) CI/CD
3 30 (58.82%) Agile
4 28 (54.90%) Continuous Delivery
5 23 (45.10%) Artificial Intelligence
5 23 (45.10%) Machine Learning
6 21 (41.18%) Architectural Design
7 20 (39.22%) Community of Practice
7 20 (39.22%) Information Architecture
7 20 (39.22%) Observability
7 20 (39.22%) Operational Stability
7 20 (39.22%) SDLC
7 20 (39.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (39.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 11 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (19.61%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (19.61%) Performance Analysis
9 10 (19.61%) Prototyping
9 10 (19.61%) Software Testing
9 10 (19.61%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (47.06%) Java
2 16 (31.37%) SQL
3 13 (25.49%) C++
4 10 (19.61%) Python
5 8 (15.69%) C
5 8 (15.69%) Go
6 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 5 (9.80%) C#
7 5 (9.80%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.96%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 10 (19.61%) Security Cleared
3 9 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.88%) PhD
5 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 10 (19.61%) VMware NSX
2 9 (17.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (39.22%) Grafana
1 20 (39.22%) Prometheus
2 9 (17.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) Dynatrace
1 20 (39.22%) Splunk
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.61%) VMware
3 1 (1.96%) Google