Load Balancing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Load Balancing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Load Balancing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 556 610
Rank change year-on-year -39 +54 -118
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 313 480 778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.46% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.48% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 224 242 545
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -7.60% +11.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Load Balancing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Load Balancing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing.

Salary trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England -8 275 £60,000 - 68
UK excluding London -31 217 £55,000 +1.85% 44
Work from Home +74 150 £62,500 +2.04% 26
London +89 82 £79,875 -0.16% 24
Midlands +20 69 £52,500 -12.50% 16
West Midlands +38 57 £52,500 -17.97% 11
South East +18 37 £55,000 - 9
North of England -1 35 £60,000 +27.66% 6
South West +10 28 £45,000 +5.88% 7
Scotland -61 19 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Yorkshire +87 17 £61,250 +44.12% 2
East of England -1 16 £52,500 -12.50% 6
North West -23 16 £60,000 +20.00% 4
East Midlands -14 12 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Wales +18 9 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland +24 4 - -
North East -13 2 £85,000 +126.67%

Load Balancing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 49 (15.65%) WebLogic
2 34 (10.86%) IIS
3 27 (8.63%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.56%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.60%) Apache
5 5 (1.60%) nginx
5 5 (1.60%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.32%) Confluence
7 1 (0.32%) Moodle
7 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (14.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.32%) HFM
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 202 (64.54%) Azure
2 147 (46.96%) AWS
3 48 (15.34%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (14.70%) Amazon SQS
5 43 (13.74%) GCP
6 29 (9.27%) SaaS
7 28 (8.95%) Amazon S3
8 26 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (7.03%) IaaS
10 21 (6.71%) PaaS
11 18 (5.75%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (4.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (4.79%) OneDrive
13 12 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (3.83%) Serverless
14 11 (3.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 11 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (3.19%) GitHub
16 9 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 129 (41.21%) Firewall
2 122 (38.98%) DNS
3 109 (34.82%) WAN
4 81 (25.88%) BGP
4 81 (25.88%) TCP/IP
5 77 (24.60%) VPN
6 68 (21.73%) LAN
7 66 (21.09%) SSL
8 43 (13.74%) Wireless
9 36 (11.50%) MPLS
10 35 (11.18%) Network Security
11 30 (9.58%) DHCP
12 29 (9.27%) Internet
13 28 (8.95%) SD-WAN
14 27 (8.63%) OSPF
15 24 (7.67%) SAN
16 21 (6.71%) BIG-IP
17 18 (5.75%) IPsec
17 18 (5.75%) SNMP
18 17 (5.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (19.81%) SQL Server
2 60 (19.17%) Amazon RDS
3 54 (17.25%) Relational Database
4 53 (16.93%) RDBMS
5 48 (15.34%) Oracle Database
6 29 (9.27%) MySQL
7 15 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (4.79%) MongoDB
8 11 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.88%) Redis
10 7 (2.24%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.92%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.92%) InfluxDB
12 5 (1.60%) DB2
12 5 (1.60%) Neo4j
12 5 (1.60%) TimescaleDB
13 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.96%) Power BI
14 2 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 14 (4.47%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.19%) Git
3 8 (2.56%) GitLab
4 5 (1.60%) GDB
5 4 (1.28%) JIRA
5 4 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.64%) git-flow
6 2 (0.64%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.32%) JMeter
7 1 (0.32%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.32%) Maven
7 1 (0.32%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 107 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.50%) Finance
3 29 (9.27%) Law
4 27 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 14 (4.47%) Retail
7 7 (2.24%) Advertising
8 5 (1.60%) Legal
8 5 (1.60%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Banking
11 2 (0.64%) Games
11 2 (0.64%) Military
12 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 89 (28.43%) Senior
2 80 (25.56%) Architect
3 55 (17.57%) Lead
4 53 (16.93%) Network Engineer
5 52 (16.61%) Solutions Architect
6 46 (14.70%) Lead Architect
6 46 (14.70%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 31 (9.90%) Administrator
8 29 (9.27%) DevOps Engineer
9 28 (8.95%) Systems Engineer
10 24 (7.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (7.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 21 (6.71%) Senior Network Engineer
13 16 (5.11%) Senior DevOps
13 16 (5.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 15 (4.79%) Linux Engineer
14 15 (4.79%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (4.47%) Systems Architect
16 12 (3.83%) Developer
16 12 (3.83%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.70%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (14.70%) Spring Boot
2 29 (9.27%) REST
3 27 (8.63%) WebRTC
4 17 (5.43%) 802.1X
5 16 (5.11%) Elastic Stack
6 12 (3.83%) .NET
7 10 (3.19%) HTML
7 10 (3.19%) SAML
7 10 (3.19%) YAML
8 8 (2.56%) XML
9 7 (2.24%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.60%) Django
10 5 (1.60%) FastAPI
10 5 (1.60%) Flask
10 5 (1.60%) Kafka
10 5 (1.60%) WebSphere MQ
11 4 (1.28%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.96%) CSS
12 3 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (21.09%) Public Cloud
2 57 (18.21%) Data Centre
3 47 (15.02%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (13.74%) Clustering
5 14 (4.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.47%) PKI
6 10 (3.19%) Client/Server
7 9 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.56%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.24%) IoT
10 5 (1.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.60%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) Replication
11 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.64%) PropTech
12 2 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 130 (41.53%) Linux
2 73 (23.32%) Windows
3 67 (21.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 38 (12.14%) Windows Server
5 15 (4.79%) Unix
6 11 (3.51%) Windows 10
7 10 (3.19%) CentOS
7 10 (3.19%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.19%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.60%) Debian
10 5 (1.60%) Solaris
11 4 (1.28%) Android
11 4 (1.28%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.64%) VMS
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (26.20%) Agile
3 78 (24.92%) Migration
4 64 (20.45%) Open Source
5 60 (19.17%) DevOps
6 55 (17.57%) High Availability
7 52 (16.61%) Project Management
8 51 (16.29%) TOGAF
9 49 (15.65%) SDLC
10 48 (15.34%) CI/CD
10 48 (15.34%) Collaborative Working
10 48 (15.34%) Scrum
11 47 (15.02%) Cloud Operations
11 47 (15.02%) Re-Platforming
12 46 (14.70%) Actionable Insight
12 46 (14.70%) ArchiMate
12 46 (14.70%) Data Migration
12 46 (14.70%) Kanban
12 46 (14.70%) Systems Engineering
13 44 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.57%) SQL
2 53 (16.93%) PowerShell
3 47 (15.02%) Python
4 26 (8.31%) Bash
5 18 (5.75%) T-SQL
6 16 (5.11%) C#
7 14 (4.47%) Java
8 12 (3.83%) C
8 12 (3.83%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.83%) PHP
9 11 (3.51%) Perl
10 7 (2.24%) Go
11 6 (1.92%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.96%) Bicep
12 3 (0.96%) C++
13 2 (0.64%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.64%) Lua
13 2 (0.64%) Ruby
13 2 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 101 (32.27%) Security Cleared
2 88 (28.12%) SC Cleared
3 57 (18.21%) AWS Certification
4 49 (15.65%) Azure Certification
5 48 (15.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 44 (14.06%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (9.58%) CCNP
8 29 (9.27%) CCNA
9 27 (8.63%) Degree
10 16 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (3.19%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.24%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.60%) RHCA
13 5 (1.60%) RHCE
13 5 (1.60%) RHCSA
13 5 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (1.28%) CCIE
14 4 (1.28%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.96%) CCDA
15 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.88%) QA
2 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.24%) ISO 13485
3 7 (2.24%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.28%) NIST
4 4 (1.28%) SLA
5 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 67 (21.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (13.42%) Active Directory
3 39 (12.46%) Docker
4 30 (9.58%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (8.31%) vSphere
6 17 (5.43%) VMware NSX
7 10 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.24%) VMware Server
9 5 (1.60%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.64%) Firmware
10 2 (0.64%) Shibboleth
11 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.32%) KVM
11 1 (0.32%) NFS
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.32%) XenApp
11 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (17.57%) Terraform
2 35 (11.18%) Ansible
3 34 (10.86%) Kubernetes
4 27 (8.63%) Puppet
5 14 (4.47%) Progress Chef
5 14 (4.47%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.83%) Nagios
6 12 (3.83%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (3.51%) Grafana
8 10 (3.19%) Graphite
8 10 (3.19%) HAProxy
9 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.92%) NetCrunch
11 5 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.28%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (1.28%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.28%) Istio
12 4 (1.28%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.96%) SCOrch
13 3 (0.96%) vMotion
Vendors
1 99 (31.63%) Microsoft
2 80 (25.56%) Cisco
3 79 (25.24%) VMware
4 56 (17.89%) Oracle
5 47 (15.02%) F5
6 46 (14.70%) CheckPoint
6 46 (14.70%) Sparx
7 29 (9.27%) Palo Alto
8 27 (8.63%) Juniper
9 21 (6.71%) Meraki
10 20 (6.39%) Google
11 17 (5.43%) Aruba
12 14 (4.47%) Fortinet
13 13 (4.15%) Citrix
13 13 (4.15%) SolarWinds
13 13 (4.15%) Splunk
14 12 (3.83%) Red Hat
15 9 (2.88%) Riverbed
16 8 (2.56%) Ribbon
16 8 (2.56%) Tufin