The first table below looks at the demand for Network Load Balancing skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Load Balancing over the 3 months to 21 May 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Rank 784 763 795
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +32
Permanent jobs citing Network Load Balancing 63 93 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.062% 0.082% 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.109% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 46 84 55
Average salary £43,250 £47,500 £46,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.94% +2.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £70,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-8.53% -18.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77820 85007 84905
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.58% 74.72% 73.46%
Number of salaries quoted 64602 72804 71450
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Load Balancing
UK

Network Load Balancing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Load Balancing Jobs Demand Trend

Network Load Balancing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Load Balancing across the England region.

England Network Load Balancing Salary Trend

Network Load Balancing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Load Balancing across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Network Load Balancing Salary Histogram

Network Load Balancing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Load Balancing within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +8 26 £50,000 -9.09%
South East -19 19 £43,250 +4.21%
East of England - 12 £36,834 -
Yorkshire -8 3 £42,500 +30.76%
East Midlands +1 2 £77,500 +167.24%
North West - 1 £35,000 -
Network Load Balancing
UK

Network Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Network 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Network Load Balancing.

1 107 (62.57%) Windows
2 104 (60.82%) DNS
3 91 (53.22%) Firewall
4 84 (49.12%) Cisco
4 84 (49.12%) Microsoft
5 83 (48.54%) SQL Server
6 82 (47.95%) Windows Server 2008
7 76 (44.44%) VMware
8 74 (43.27%) Active Directory
9 64 (37.43%) Clustering
10 63 (36.84%) SAN
11 62 (36.26%) VMware Infrastructure
12 61 (35.67%) DHCP
13 55 (32.16%) MS Exchange
14 54 (31.58%) VPN
14 54 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 52 (30.41%) HP
16 51 (29.82%) Cisco Certification
17 50 (29.24%) SQL Server 2008
18 47 (27.49%) Exchange Server 2010
19 45 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
19 45 (26.32%) TCP/IP
19 45 (26.32%) MCSE
20 44 (25.73%) SolarWinds
21 41 (23.98%) ITIL
21 41 (23.98%) CCNP
22 40 (23.39%) CiscoWorks
22 40 (23.39%) CheckPoint
22 40 (23.39%) Wireless
23 39 (22.81%) MS Excel

Network Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Network 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Network Load Balancing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (9.357%) .NET
2 14 (8.187%) XML
2 14 (8.187%) HTML
2 14 (8.187%) J2EE
3 8 (4.678%) Web Services
3 8 (4.678%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.924%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (2.339%) WSH
5 4 (2.339%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.170%) SAML
7 1 (0.585%) JSP
7 1 (0.585%) SOAP
7 1 (0.585%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 55 (32.16%) MS Exchange
2 47 (27.49%) Exchange Server 2010
3 37 (21.64%) Exchange Server 2007
4 35 (20.47%) IIS
5 30 (17.54%) Office Communications Server
6 25 (14.62%) Lync
7 20 (11.70%) SharePoint
8 16 (9.357%) Apache
8 16 (9.357%) Tomcat
9 13 (7.602%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 6 (3.509%) SharePoint 2010
10 6 (3.509%) BizTalk Server
10 6 (3.509%) Rendezvous
11 4 (2.339%) MSMQ
12 2 (1.170%) Sitefinity
13 1 (0.585%) Exchange Server 2000
13 1 (0.585%) Exchange Server 2003
13 1 (0.585%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.585%) GlassFish
13 1 (0.585%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 39 (22.81%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.924%) MS Office
3 4 (2.339%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.585%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (3.509%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (60.82%) DNS
2 91 (53.22%) Firewall
3 63 (36.84%) SAN
4 61 (35.67%) DHCP
5 54 (31.58%) VPN
6 45 (26.32%) TCP/IP
7 40 (23.39%) Wireless
8 38 (22.22%) iSCSI
9 34 (19.88%) OSPF
9 34 (19.88%) Cisco ASA
10 33 (19.30%) EIGRP
11 32 (18.71%) BGP
11 32 (18.71%) Internet
11 32 (18.71%) Network Security
12 30 (17.54%) TACACS
13 28 (16.37%) LAN
13 28 (16.37%) Cisco PIX
13 28 (16.37%) FWSM
14 25 (14.62%) NAS
15 20 (11.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (48.54%) SQL Server
2 50 (29.24%) SQL Server 2008
3 36 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.339%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (2.339%) RavenDB
5 3 (1.754%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.585%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.585%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.585%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (2.339%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (2.339%) TeamCity
1 4 (2.339%) MSBuild
1 4 (2.339%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (21.05%) Finance
2 6 (3.509%) Legal
3 5 (2.924%) Marketing
4 3 (1.754%) Financial Institution
4 3 (1.754%) Law
4 3 (1.754%) Banking
5 2 (1.170%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.170%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.585%) Games
Job Titles
1 30 (17.54%) Consultant
2 22 (12.87%) Wintel Engineer
2 22 (12.87%) Network Consultant
3 20 (11.70%) Cisco Consultant
3 20 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (11.70%) Analyst
4 18 (10.53%) Administrator
5 15 (8.772%) Network Engineer
5 15 (8.772%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 14 (8.187%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 13 (7.602%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.848%) Architect
9 9 (5.263%) SQL DBA
9 9 (5.263%) DBA
10 8 (4.678%) Teradata DBA
10 8 (4.678%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.678%) Network Manager
10 8 (4.678%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (4.678%) Network Analyst
10 8 (4.678%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 64 (37.43%) Clustering
2 14 (8.187%) Blackberry
3 10 (5.848%) Replication
4 5 (2.924%) EqualLogic
5 4 (2.339%) SaaS
5 4 (2.339%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.754%) Firmware
6 3 (1.754%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.170%) Open Source
7 2 (1.170%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.170%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.170%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.170%) Statistics
8 1 (0.585%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.585%) Wiki
8 1 (0.585%) PKI
8 1 (0.585%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.585%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.585%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 107 (62.57%) Windows
2 82 (47.95%) Windows Server 2008
3 45 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 33 (19.30%) Linux
5 25 (14.62%) Windows 7
6 16 (9.357%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (8.187%) UNIX
8 5 (2.924%) Windows 2000
9 4 (2.339%) Windows 8
9 4 (2.339%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.754%) Windows XP
11 2 (1.170%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.585%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.98%) ITIL
2 24 (14.04%) Service Management
3 17 (9.942%) Performance Management
4 16 (9.357%) Change Control
5 14 (8.187%) Network Management
6 13 (7.602%) ITIL V3
7 12 (7.018%) Service Delivery
7 12 (7.018%) Change Management
7 12 (7.018%) Configuration Management
8 10 (5.848%) Risk Management
9 8 (4.678%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (4.678%) Database Security
9 8 (4.678%) E-Commerce
10 7 (4.094%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (4.094%) Project Management
10 7 (4.094%) Database Tuning
11 6 (3.509%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
11 6 (3.509%) Data Security
11 6 (3.509%) Business Continuity
11 6 (3.509%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.79%) SQL
2 19 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 15 (8.772%) Java
4 10 (5.848%) VBScript
5 8 (4.678%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.339%) VB
6 4 (2.339%) C#
7 1 (0.585%) C++
7 1 (0.585%) C
7 1 (0.585%) Perl
7 1 (0.585%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 51 (29.82%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (26.32%) MCSE
4 41 (23.98%) CCNP
5 34 (19.88%) MCP
6 25 (14.62%) CCIE
7 21 (12.28%) MCITP
8 20 (11.70%) CCA
8 20 (11.70%) Citrix Certification
9 18 (10.53%) MCTS
9 18 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (9.942%) MCSA
11 9 (5.263%) CCDA
12 8 (4.678%) CCNA
13 7 (4.094%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (3.509%) CCSA
15 5 (2.924%) CCVP
15 5 (2.924%) Check Point Certification
16 4 (2.339%) CCDE
17 2 (1.170%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.53%) SLA
2 17 (9.942%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.924%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.339%) QA
System Software
1 74 (43.27%) Active Directory
2 62 (36.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (22.22%) NFS
4 36 (21.05%) Hyper-V
4 36 (21.05%) XenApp
5 27 (15.79%) XenDesktop
6 26 (15.20%) XenServer
7 23 (13.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 17 (9.942%) vSphere
8 17 (9.942%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (8.772%) Xen
10 14 (8.187%) Terminal Services
11 10 (5.848%) VMware ESX
12 7 (4.094%) ISA Server
13 6 (3.509%) Forefront TMG
13 6 (3.509%) NLBS
14 3 (1.754%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (1.170%) Shibboleth
15 2 (1.170%) Citrix Presentation Server
15 2 (1.170%) UAG
Systems Management
1 40 (23.39%) CiscoWorks
2 33 (19.30%) SolarWinds Orion
3 28 (16.37%) WSUS
4 22 (12.87%) SCCM
5 16 (9.357%) SCOM
6 13 (7.602%) Tivoli
7 8 (4.678%) Nagios
8 6 (3.509%) Puppet
8 6 (3.509%) Backup Exec
9 5 (2.924%) SCVMM
10 4 (2.339%) HP Data Protector
10 4 (2.339%) HP SIM
10 4 (2.339%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (1.170%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.585%) WMI
12 1 (0.585%) Netcool
12 1 (0.585%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.585%) MIMEsweeper
12 1 (0.585%) Legato
12 1 (0.585%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 84 (49.12%) Cisco
1 84 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 76 (44.44%) VMware
3 52 (30.41%) HP
4 44 (25.73%) SolarWinds
5 40 (23.39%) CheckPoint
6 38 (22.22%) Citrix
6 38 (22.22%) F5
7 29 (16.96%) EMC
8 26 (15.20%) CommVault
9 23 (13.45%) LANDesk
10 17 (9.942%) Red Hat
11 15 (8.772%) Oracle
12 14 (8.187%) Dell
13 13 (7.602%) IBM
14 9 (5.263%) Sophos
14 9 (5.263%) IronPort
15 7 (4.094%) Twitter
16 6 (3.509%) Juniper
16 6 (3.509%) TIBCO
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