The first table below looks at the demand for NLBS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NLBS over the 3 months to 19 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 System Software category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Network Load Balancing Services (NLBS)
Rank 857 - 878
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing NLBS 11 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% - 0.003%
As % of the System Software category 0.104% - 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 4
Average salary £50,000 - £32,000
UK excluding London average salary £58,750 - £32,000
All System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10594 10944 10132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.726% 9.081% 7.892%
Number of salaries quoted 8995 9385 8449
Average salary £40,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.70% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%

NLBS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing NLBS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

NLBS Jobs Demand Trend

NLBS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NLBS within the UK.

NLBS Salary Trend

NLBS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NLBS over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

NLBS Salary Histogram

NLBS
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NLBS within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England - 11 £50,000 -
London - 7 £45,000 -
West Sussex - 4 £58,750 -
South East - 4 £58,750 -
Crawley - 4 £58,750 -

NLBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing NLBS 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 NLBS.

1 12 (100.00%) LAN
1 12 (100.00%) WAN
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco
3 7 (58.33%) CheckPoint
3 7 (58.33%) MPLS
3 7 (58.33%) DSL
3 7 (58.33%) BIG-IP
3 7 (58.33%) Performance Management
3 7 (58.33%) Problem Management
4 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless Security
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless
4 5 (41.67%) SAN
4 5 (41.67%) DMZ
4 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) F5
4 5 (41.67%) Network Load Balancing
5 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
8 1 (8.333%) WSUS
8 1 (8.333%) Service Management
8 1 (8.333%) MS Office
8 1 (8.333%) ITIL
8 1 (8.333%) Windows
8 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
8 1 (8.333%) CCNP
8 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification

NLBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing NLBS 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 NLBS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) LAN
1 12 (100.00%) WAN
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) MPLS
2 7 (58.33%) DSL
2 7 (58.33%) BIG-IP
3 5 (41.67%) Wireless Security
3 5 (41.67%) Wireless
3 5 (41.67%) SAN
3 5 (41.67%) DMZ
3 5 (41.67%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Team Leader
2 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 4 (33.33%) Operations Team Leader
3 4 (33.33%) Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Operations Team Leader
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Operations Manager
5 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Network Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Performance Management
1 7 (58.33%) Problem Management
2 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Network Load Balancing
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.333%) Service Management
5 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) CCNP
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) CheckPoint
3 5 (41.67%) F5
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft