The first table below looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Balancing
Rank 21 41 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 4 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.932% 0.315% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.597% 0.543% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £47,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 184 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 74.40% 58.04% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 106 143 135
Average salary £58,500 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £95,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Load Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Load Balancing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Balancing
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Load Balancing Salary Trend

Load Balancing
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) MPLS
1 7 (100.00%) OSPF
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) CCSA
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
1 7 (100.00%) TippingPoint
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco ASA

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) MPLS
1 7 (100.00%) OSPF
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Security Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CCSA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) TippingPoint