The first table below looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Load Balancing over the 3 months to 22 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Balancing
Rank 175 184 194
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 35 27 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.662% 0.479% 0.338%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.878% 0.635% 0.495%
Number of salaries quoted 18 19 18
Average salary £42,000 £41,500 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.20% +39.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £47,800 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3985 4249 4042
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.42% 75.36% 68.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3491 3617 3415
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Load Balancing Salary Trend

Load Balancing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Load Balancing across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West Load Balancing Salary Histogram

Load Balancing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucestershire +14 20 £42,000 +5.00%
Bristol +7 13 £42,500 -5.55%
Wiltshire +10 1 £30,000 -27.71%
Devon - 1 £37,500 -
Load Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 73 (75.26%) Firewall
2 68 (70.10%) DNS
3 67 (69.07%) Cisco
4 66 (68.04%) Internet
5 64 (65.98%) Juniper
5 64 (65.98%) Microsoft
6 62 (63.92%) HTTP
7 60 (61.86%) SMTP
8 59 (60.82%) Linux
9 55 (56.70%) LDAP
9 55 (56.70%) ISA Server
9 55 (56.70%) Squid
10 50 (51.55%) MS Exchange
11 49 (50.52%) UNIX
12 44 (45.36%) Perl
12 44 (45.36%) Python
13 42 (43.30%) Clustering
14 38 (39.18%) Shell Script
14 38 (39.18%) qmail
14 38 (39.18%) Postfix
14 38 (39.18%) Sendmail
14 38 (39.18%) Bash shell
15 37 (38.14%) SaaS
16 36 (37.11%) Windows
17 35 (36.08%) Security Cleared
18 34 (35.05%) Active Directory
19 31 (31.96%) MS Excel
20 29 (29.90%) SAN
21 28 (28.87%) Cisco Certification
22 27 (27.84%) NetApp

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 6 (6.186%) WSH
2 5 (5.155%) HTML
3 1 (1.031%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 50 (51.55%) MS Exchange
2 20 (20.62%) IIS
3 13 (13.40%) Apache
4 7 (7.216%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (6.186%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (6.186%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (4.124%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (4.124%) Lync
7 1 (1.031%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (31.96%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 73 (75.26%) Firewall
2 68 (70.10%) DNS
3 66 (68.04%) Internet
4 62 (63.92%) HTTP
5 60 (61.86%) SMTP
6 55 (56.70%) LDAP
7 29 (29.90%) SAN
8 23 (23.71%) TCP/IP
9 17 (17.53%) SNMP
10 13 (13.40%) WAN
10 13 (13.40%) SSL
11 12 (12.37%) Ethernet
12 11 (11.34%) MPLS
12 11 (11.34%) VPN
13 10 (10.31%) DSL
14 8 (8.247%) LAN
15 6 (6.186%) Network Security
15 6 (6.186%) IPv4
15 6 (6.186%) IPsec
15 6 (6.186%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (24.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.031%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (1.031%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.031%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (1.031%) Oracle 11g
General
1 12 (12.37%) Telecoms
2 5 (5.155%) Retail
2 5 (5.155%) Marketing
3 1 (1.031%) Back Office
3 1 (1.031%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (54.64%) Administrator
2 25 (25.77%) Consultant
3 24 (24.74%) Technical Consultant
4 19 (19.59%) Linux Administrator
5 15 (15.46%) Security Administrator
5 15 (15.46%) Technical Support Consultant
5 15 (15.46%) Technical Support
5 15 (15.46%) Support Consultant
6 14 (14.43%) Systems Administrator
7 13 (13.40%) Windows Administrator
8 12 (12.37%) UNIX Administrator
9 11 (11.34%) Analyst
10 10 (10.31%) UNIX Support
10 10 (10.31%) Linux Consultant
10 10 (10.31%) Linux Support
10 10 (10.31%) UNIX Consultant
11 9 (9.278%) Windows Technical Consultant
12 8 (8.247%) Senior Windows Administrator
13 6 (6.186%) Senior Linux Administrator
13 6 (6.186%) Web Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 42 (43.30%) Clustering
2 37 (38.14%) SaaS
3 11 (11.34%) Replication
4 4 (4.124%) Open Source
5 1 (1.031%) EPoS
5 1 (1.031%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 59 (60.82%) Linux
2 49 (50.52%) UNIX
3 36 (37.11%) Windows
4 13 (13.40%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (12.37%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (7.216%) Windows XP
6 7 (7.216%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (6.186%) Windows 7
8 5 (5.155%) AIX
8 5 (5.155%) HPUX
9 1 (1.031%) CentOS
9 1 (1.031%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.49%) ITIL
2 8 (8.247%) Release Management
3 6 (6.186%) Database Tuning
3 6 (6.186%) Information Management
3 6 (6.186%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (5.155%) Change Management
4 5 (5.155%) Migration
4 5 (5.155%) E-Commerce
4 5 (5.155%) Capacity Management
4 5 (5.155%) Problem Management
4 5 (5.155%) Time Management
5 4 (4.124%) Network Management
5 4 (4.124%) B2B
6 3 (3.093%) High Availability
7 1 (1.031%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (1.031%) SIEM
7 1 (1.031%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 44 (45.36%) Perl
1 44 (45.36%) Python
2 38 (39.18%) Shell Script
2 38 (39.18%) Bash shell
3 18 (18.56%) SQL
4 6 (6.186%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.186%) Java
5 1 (1.031%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (36.08%) Security Cleared
2 28 (28.87%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (27.84%) SC Cleared
4 22 (22.68%) CCNA
5 21 (21.65%) DV Cleared
6 18 (18.56%) MCSA
6 18 (18.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (5.155%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (5.155%) Degree
8 4 (4.124%) CCNP
9 1 (1.031%) MCSE
9 1 (1.031%) MCDST
9 1 (1.031%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.186%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (56.70%) ISA Server
1 55 (56.70%) Squid
2 38 (39.18%) qmail
2 38 (39.18%) Postfix
2 38 (39.18%) Sendmail
3 34 (35.05%) Active Directory
4 19 (19.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (11.34%) Xen
6 6 (6.186%) Hyper-V
7 5 (5.155%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 5 (5.155%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 1 (1.031%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.031%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.031%) XenApp
8 1 (1.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (17.53%) Zenoss
2 5 (5.155%) Tivoli
2 5 (5.155%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (2.062%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.031%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (69.07%) Cisco
2 64 (65.98%) Juniper
2 64 (65.98%) Microsoft
3 27 (27.84%) NetApp
4 20 (20.62%) VMware
5 12 (12.37%) Red Hat
6 11 (11.34%) HP
6 11 (11.34%) IBM
7 10 (10.31%) Oracle
8 9 (9.278%) F5
9 6 (6.186%) EMC
9 6 (6.186%) Cognizant
10 5 (5.155%) ATG
10 5 (5.155%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 5 (5.155%) Siemens
10 5 (5.155%) Veritas
10 5 (5.155%) Intel
10 5 (5.155%) Nortel
10 5 (5.155%) ZTE
10 5 (5.155%) Nokia Siemens Networks
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Demonstrated shell scripting is essential within Bash, Perl, Python or Expect - Advanced understanding of Unix based email servers operating Qmail, Ecelerity, Postfix, Send mail or Exim. Microsoft Exchange...
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Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West
The Infrastructure Support Analyst is responsible for providing third line support for the Hardware and Software that is essential to business operations and development-The role includes working...
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Salary: GBP30000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will provide 2nd Line IT Support and work with Server, Active Directory and Exchange as well as IIS, SharePoint and Cisco technology. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Connectus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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An exciting opportunity to work with leading Data Communication Consultancy Main purpose of the role: - Responsible for the installation, maintenance and health of our clients Data Network - Evaluating...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013