The first table below looks at the demand for Network Load Balancing skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Load Balancing over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Rank - 182 171
Permanent jobs citing Network Load Balancing 0 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.044% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.063% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-7.40% -19.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3758 3153 2910
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.04% 69.45% 68.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3151 2731 2451
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Load Balancing
England

Network Load Balancing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Network Load Balancing Salary Trend

Network Load Balancing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory

Network Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware