The first table below looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Balancing over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Balancing
Rank 270 226 296
Rank change year-on-year
-44 +70
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 122 198 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.529% 0.744% 0.534%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.707% 1.036% 0.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 105 97
Average daily rate £450 £389 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.75% -4.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £273 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £398
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -11.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £50.88 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +27.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £31.00 -
% change year-on-year
-27.41% -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17251 19112 22276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.80% 71.77% 70.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11844 12569 14693
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 328 346
Average hourly rate £27.00 £26.23 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.95% +0.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £15.00 £14.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £47.50 £53.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Load Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Load Balancing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Load Balancing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Load Balancing across the London region.

London Load Balancing Daily Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Load Balancing across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Load Balancing Daily Rate Histogram

Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Load Balancing across the London region.

London Load Balancing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -19 32 £475 +16.56% 16
Canary Wharf +4 2 - -
Surbiton - 2 - -
Docklands, London - 1 £360 -
Westminster - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Harrow - - - -
Orpington - - - -
Load Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Load Balancing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Load Balancing.

1 92 (44.23%) Linux
2 89 (42.79%) Firewall
3 73 (35.10%) Cisco
4 64 (30.77%) Windows
5 62 (29.81%) UNIX
6 58 (27.88%) VMware
7 54 (25.96%) SAN
8 52 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 51 (24.52%) F5
10 49 (23.56%) Citrix
11 44 (21.15%) Red Hat
11 44 (21.15%) Java
12 43 (20.67%) SQL Server
12 43 (20.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 42 (20.19%) WAN
14 40 (19.23%) LAN
15 39 (18.75%) DNS
16 38 (18.27%) IIS
17 37 (17.79%) E-Commerce
18 36 (17.31%) Apache
19 35 (16.83%) Finance
19 35 (16.83%) Internet
20 34 (16.35%) ITIL
21 32 (15.38%) BGP
21 32 (15.38%) Migration
22 31 (14.90%) Clustering
22 31 (14.90%) Perl
22 31 (14.90%) NAS
22 31 (14.90%) NetScaler
23 30 (14.42%) Cisco Certification

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Load Balancing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Load Balancing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (12.02%) .NET
2 22 (10.58%) XML
3 20 (9.615%) Middleware
4 18 (8.654%) WebSphere
5 17 (8.173%) SOAP
6 16 (7.692%) Java EE
7 15 (7.212%) REST
8 13 (6.250%) Web Services
9 12 (5.769%) WebSphere MQ
10 11 (5.288%) XSLT
10 11 (5.288%) HTML
10 11 (5.288%) HTML5
11 10 (4.808%) LAMP
12 9 (4.327%) J2EE
12 9 (4.327%) WSH
13 8 (3.846%) Flash
13 8 (3.846%) DHTML
13 8 (3.846%) WSRP
13 8 (3.846%) JSR 168
13 8 (3.846%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 38 (18.27%) IIS
2 36 (17.31%) Apache
3 18 (8.654%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (5.288%) Tomcat
5 10 (4.808%) Amazon AWS
6 8 (3.846%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.365%) Confluence
7 7 (3.365%) SharePoint
7 7 (3.365%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (2.404%) MS Exchange
8 5 (2.404%) NetWeaver
8 5 (2.404%) CloudStack
9 3 (1.442%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.962%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.962%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.481%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.481%) Facebook Platform
11 1 (0.481%) Lync
11 1 (0.481%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.481%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 7 (3.365%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.481%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.481%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.481%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.481%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.481%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 89 (42.79%) Firewall
2 54 (25.96%) SAN
3 42 (20.19%) WAN
4 40 (19.23%) LAN
5 39 (18.75%) DNS
6 35 (16.83%) Internet
7 32 (15.38%) BGP
8 31 (14.90%) NAS
8 31 (14.90%) NetScaler
9 29 (13.94%) TCP/IP
10 26 (12.50%) VPN
11 24 (11.54%) HTTP
11 24 (11.54%) OSPF
11 24 (11.54%) SSL
11 24 (11.54%) BIG-IP
12 23 (11.06%) MPLS
13 22 (10.58%) Wireless
13 22 (10.58%) Network Security
14 20 (9.615%) VoIP
15 18 (8.654%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (20.67%) SQL Server
2 19 (9.135%) MySQL
3 15 (7.212%) MongoDB
3 15 (7.212%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
5 11 (5.288%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (3.846%) CouchDB
6 8 (3.846%) RDBMS
6 8 (3.846%) Redis
7 5 (2.404%) SAP BI
8 3 (1.442%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.442%) Oracle 11g
9 2 (0.962%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.962%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (0.962%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.481%) Oracle 10g
10 1 (0.481%) OLAP
10 1 (0.481%) Oracle 9i
10 1 (0.481%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (8.654%) JIRA
2 10 (4.808%) Git (software)
2 10 (4.808%) Hudson
3 9 (4.327%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.846%) Selenium
4 8 (3.846%) Maven
5 7 (3.365%) Introscope
5 7 (3.365%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.442%) ClearCase
6 3 (1.442%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.962%) Subversion
7 2 (0.962%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.481%) JMeter
8 1 (0.481%) JProfiler
General
1 35 (16.83%) Finance
2 11 (5.288%) Telecoms
3 8 (3.846%) Banking
4 5 (2.404%) Marketing
4 5 (2.404%) Law
4 5 (2.404%) Legal
5 4 (1.923%) Advertising
6 3 (1.442%) Games
7 2 (0.962%) Retail
7 2 (0.962%) Dutch Language
7 2 (0.962%) German Language
7 2 (0.962%) Publishing
7 2 (0.962%) Back Office
7 2 (0.962%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.481%) Front Office
8 1 (0.481%) French Language
8 1 (0.481%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (13.94%) Consultant
2 26 (12.50%) Architect
3 24 (11.54%) Network Engineer
4 23 (11.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (9.135%) Infrastructure Architect
6 11 (5.288%) Administrator
6 11 (5.288%) UNIX Engineer
6 11 (5.288%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (4.808%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (3.846%) Technical Architect
8 8 (3.846%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.846%) Linux Engineer
9 7 (3.365%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
9 7 (3.365%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.365%) Network Consultant
10 6 (2.885%) Analyst
10 6 (2.885%) DBA
10 6 (2.885%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 6 (2.885%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (2.885%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.90%) Clustering
2 22 (10.58%) Open Source
3 20 (9.615%) PKI
4 17 (8.173%) CLARiiON
5 10 (4.808%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (4.808%) Replication
5 10 (4.808%) Firmware
6 8 (3.846%) Taxonomies
6 8 (3.846%) Ontologies
7 7 (3.365%) IaaS
8 6 (2.885%) SaaS
8 6 (2.885%) PaaS
9 5 (2.404%) RMADS
9 5 (2.404%) DataPower
10 3 (1.442%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.442%) Cryptography
10 3 (1.442%) e-Health
10 3 (1.442%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.962%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.962%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 92 (44.23%) Linux
2 64 (30.77%) Windows
3 62 (29.81%) UNIX
4 43 (20.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (10.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 22 (10.58%) Solaris
6 16 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (6.731%) HPUX
8 12 (5.769%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.885%) CentOS
10 3 (1.442%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.442%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.442%) VMS
11 2 (0.962%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.962%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.481%) Android
12 1 (0.481%) Debian
12 1 (0.481%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.481%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (17.79%) E-Commerce
2 34 (16.35%) ITIL
3 32 (15.38%) Migration
4 17 (8.173%) Change Management
4 17 (8.173%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (7.692%) Configuration Management
5 16 (7.692%) Project Management
5 16 (7.692%) SOA
6 14 (6.731%) Scrum
7 13 (6.250%) High Availability
8 12 (5.769%) Change Control
8 12 (5.769%) Information Security
8 12 (5.769%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (5.288%) Service Management
9 11 (5.288%) Service Delivery
10 10 (4.808%) OO
10 10 (4.808%) Penetration Testing
11 9 (4.327%) Capacity Management
11 9 (4.327%) WAN Optimisation
11 9 (4.327%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.15%) Java
2 31 (14.90%) Perl
3 16 (7.692%) SQL
3 16 (7.692%) PowerShell
4 15 (7.212%) Python
5 14 (6.731%) Shell Script
5 14 (6.731%) PHP
6 12 (5.769%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.846%) Bash shell
8 5 (2.404%) VBScript
8 5 (2.404%) ABAP
9 4 (1.923%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.923%) C++
10 3 (1.442%) sed
10 3 (1.442%) AWK
11 2 (0.962%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.962%) C#
12 1 (0.481%) C
12 1 (0.481%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.481%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (14.42%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (7.692%) CCIE
3 13 (6.250%) CCNP
4 12 (5.769%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.808%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.846%) Degree
6 8 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.846%) OCA
6 8 (3.846%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (2.885%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (2.885%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.442%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.442%) CCNA
8 3 (1.442%) MCSE
8 3 (1.442%) MCSA
9 2 (0.962%) CCDP
9 2 (0.962%) CCA
9 2 (0.962%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.962%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.327%) SLA
2 6 (2.885%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.962%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.481%) QA
4 1 (0.481%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (12.02%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.654%) VMware ESX
4 12 (5.769%) ProxySG
5 10 (4.808%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.808%) vSphere
6 9 (4.327%) XenServer
7 8 (3.846%) Samba
8 7 (3.365%) vCloud
9 6 (2.885%) XenApp
9 6 (2.885%) Forefront TMG
10 5 (2.404%) UAG
10 5 (2.404%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (1.442%) Nmap
11 3 (1.442%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.962%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.962%) Xen
12 2 (0.962%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.962%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.481%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 26 (12.50%) Puppet
2 13 (6.250%) Nagios
3 9 (4.327%) BladeLogic
4 8 (3.846%) HP SiteScope
5 7 (3.365%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (3.365%) HP Operations Orchestration
6 5 (2.404%) Cacti
6 5 (2.404%) Zenoss
7 3 (1.442%) Splunk
8 1 (0.481%) Plesk
8 1 (0.481%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.481%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.481%) SCCM
8 1 (0.481%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.481%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.481%) OpenView
8 1 (0.481%) CiscoWorks
8 1 (0.481%) Netcool
Vendors
1 73 (35.10%) Cisco
2 58 (27.88%) VMware
3 51 (24.52%) F5
4 49 (23.56%) Citrix
5 44 (21.15%) Red Hat
6 30 (14.42%) HP
7 29 (13.94%) Microsoft
7 29 (13.94%) Oracle
7 29 (13.94%) EMC
8 24 (11.54%) JBoss
9 18 (8.654%) Juniper
10 17 (8.173%) CheckPoint
11 16 (7.692%) Blue Coat
12 13 (6.250%) NetApp
12 13 (6.250%) Sun
12 13 (6.250%) Veritas
12 13 (6.250%) Riverbed
13 12 (5.769%) Rackspace
14 9 (4.327%) Infoblox
15 8 (3.846%) Polycom
City of London
Exposure to wireless and VoIP environments also advantageous. Excellent knowledge of switching, routing, firewall and load balancing technologies, including Cisco IOS at CLI level... Knowledge of WAN technologies.
ITHR
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
City, London
Microsoft Exchange *SAN \ NAS Storage Skills Knowledge of the principals of LAN/WAN operation Excellent knowledge of the use of TCP/IP on a Microsoft platform Working knowledge...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
West London
Technical skills;WAN Optimisation - Riverbed, VOIP/IPTel - Cisco Call Manager, Firewalls - Cisco ASA ,Proxy - ISA, Websense, Monitoring/Network tools - Solarwinds Orion, Netflow, Wireshark, Hardware Load Balancing - F5, Netscaler,...
MBA Ltd
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Develop and implement a Microsoft based PKI and FIM... Windows Service 2008 R2; Active Directory... SQL Server 2008 R2 management. Powershell scripting. Hardware Load Balancing (HLB) and DNS...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
Technically you will have strong working experience and knowledge of Cisco, routing and switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, Cisco FWSM, ASA, Fortinet, Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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