The first table below looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Balancing
Rank 142 147 149
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 75 63 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.348% 1.193% 1.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.749% 1.591% 1.414%
Number of salaries quoted 53 33 35
Average salary £35,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,150 £31,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £54,000 £62,200
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4289 3959 3536
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.11% 74.95% 71.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3320 3243 2981
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Load Balancing Salary Trend

Load Balancing
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
North Yorkshire +22 43 £36,000 -10.00%
West Yorkshire -15 25 £32,000 -16.88%
South Yorkshire +11 8 £51,250 +13.88%
East Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 -
Load Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 70 (43.48%) SAN
2 62 (38.51%) TCP/IP
3 61 (37.89%) Linux
4 52 (32.30%) Cisco
5 50 (31.06%) UNIX
6 49 (30.43%) Windows
6 49 (30.43%) NAS
7 41 (25.47%) Internet
8 40 (24.84%) Firewall
9 37 (22.98%) Enterprise Storage
10 35 (21.74%) LAN
11 34 (21.12%) Cisco Certification
12 33 (20.50%) Red Hat
12 33 (20.50%) CheckPoint
13 32 (19.88%) Tomcat
13 32 (19.88%) Java
13 32 (19.88%) SQL
13 32 (19.88%) Oracle
13 32 (19.88%) IIS
14 30 (18.63%) SQL Server
14 30 (18.63%) WAN
15 29 (18.01%) ITIL
16 28 (17.39%) HTTP
16 28 (17.39%) Apache
16 28 (17.39%) Bash shell
16 28 (17.39%) Clustering
17 27 (16.77%) VPN
17 27 (16.77%) Perl
18 26 (16.15%) Windows Server 2003
18 26 (16.15%) CCNA

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 25 (15.53%) XML
2 24 (14.91%) WebSphere
3 19 (11.80%) SOAP
3 19 (11.80%) REST
4 13 (8.075%) .NET
5 11 (6.832%) Web Services
6 7 (4.348%) COM+
6 7 (4.348%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.863%) XSD
8 1 (0.621%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 32 (19.88%) Tomcat
1 32 (19.88%) IIS
2 28 (17.39%) Apache
3 15 (9.317%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (7.453%) Amazon S3
4 12 (7.453%) Amazon AWS
5 11 (6.832%) Amazon ELB
6 4 (2.484%) MS Exchange
7 3 (1.863%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (1.863%) WebSphere MQ
7 3 (1.863%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (1.863%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (1.242%) nginx
8 2 (1.242%) Jetty
8 2 (1.242%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.621%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.621%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.621%) Lync
9 1 (0.621%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (11.80%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.621%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.621%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 70 (43.48%) SAN
2 62 (38.51%) TCP/IP
3 49 (30.43%) NAS
4 41 (25.47%) Internet
5 40 (24.84%) Firewall
6 35 (21.74%) LAN
7 30 (18.63%) WAN
8 28 (17.39%) HTTP
9 27 (16.77%) VPN
10 24 (14.91%) MPLS
11 23 (14.29%) SSH
12 22 (13.66%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (13.66%) Cisco PIX
13 21 (13.04%) LDAP
14 20 (12.42%) OSPF
14 20 (12.42%) BGP
15 19 (11.80%) EIGRP
16 17 (10.56%) DMZ
16 17 (10.56%) Network Security
17 12 (7.453%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (18.63%) SQL Server
2 25 (15.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 23 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (12.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (12.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (12.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (3.106%) OLTP
6 4 (2.484%) MySQL
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (1.863%) SimpleDB
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle OWB
8 2 (1.242%) Sybase ASE
8 2 (1.242%) OLAP
8 2 (1.242%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (11.18%) WebLOAD
General
1 20 (12.42%) Retail
2 16 (9.938%) Finance
3 11 (6.832%) Marketing
4 2 (1.242%) Banking
4 2 (1.242%) Advertising
4 2 (1.242%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (21.12%) Administrator
2 29 (18.01%) Network Engineer
3 27 (16.77%) Analyst
4 24 (14.91%) Linux Engineer
5 22 (13.66%) DBA
6 21 (13.04%) Teradata DBA
6 21 (13.04%) SQL DBA
6 21 (13.04%) UNIX Engineer
7 20 (12.42%) SQL Server DBA
7 20 (12.42%) Server Administrator
8 17 (10.56%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 17 (10.56%) Senior UNIX Engineer
9 13 (8.075%) Security Engineer
9 13 (8.075%) Architect
9 13 (8.075%) Network Security Engineer
10 12 (7.453%) Support Analyst
11 10 (6.211%) Applications Support
11 10 (6.211%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (6.211%) Senior SQL Server DBA
11 10 (6.211%) Senior SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.98%) Enterprise Storage
2 28 (17.39%) Clustering
3 25 (15.53%) Cloud Computing
4 23 (14.29%) Replication
5 13 (8.075%) Firmware
6 9 (5.590%) SaaS
7 4 (2.484%) HP StorageWorks
7 4 (2.484%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.863%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.863%) Data Integration
8 3 (1.863%) Open Source
9 2 (1.242%) Video on Demand
9 2 (1.242%) CMDB
9 2 (1.242%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (37.89%) Linux
2 50 (31.06%) UNIX
3 49 (30.43%) Windows
4 26 (16.15%) Windows Server 2003
5 25 (15.53%) Solaris
5 25 (15.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 20 (12.42%) Windows 7
8 19 (11.80%) AIX
9 10 (6.211%) Debian
10 6 (3.727%) SUSE
11 5 (3.106%) CentOS
12 4 (2.484%) HPUX
13 1 (0.621%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.621%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.621%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.01%) ITIL
2 23 (14.29%) Service Management
3 21 (13.04%) Workflow
4 14 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (6.832%) Change Management
6 10 (6.211%) Capacity Planning
7 7 (4.348%) OO
7 7 (4.348%) Time Management
8 4 (2.484%) Business Continuity
8 4 (2.484%) Project Management
9 3 (1.863%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 3 (1.863%) Change Control
9 3 (1.863%) Benchmarking
9 3 (1.863%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (1.863%) Data Modelling
9 3 (1.863%) SOA
9 3 (1.863%) ETL
9 3 (1.863%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (1.863%) Integration Testing
10 2 (1.242%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (19.88%) Java
1 32 (19.88%) SQL
2 28 (17.39%) Bash shell
3 27 (16.77%) Perl
4 25 (15.53%) Python
5 9 (5.590%) PowerShell
6 8 (4.969%) C++
7 7 (4.348%) C#
8 5 (3.106%) VBScript
9 4 (2.484%) PHP
9 4 (2.484%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.621%) C
10 1 (0.621%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (21.12%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (16.15%) CCNA
3 17 (10.56%) CCSA
4 7 (4.348%) MCITP
5 6 (3.727%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.106%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.106%) CCNP
6 5 (3.106%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.484%) Degree
7 4 (2.484%) CCIE
7 4 (2.484%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (2.484%) CCEA
7 4 (2.484%) CCEE
7 4 (2.484%) CCAA
7 4 (2.484%) CCIA
8 3 (1.863%) MCSE
9 2 (1.242%) MCDBA
9 2 (1.242%) CCDP
10 1 (0.621%) MCSA
10 1 (0.621%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.969%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.832%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.590%) vSphere
3 8 (4.969%) XenApp
3 8 (4.969%) Active Directory
4 7 (4.348%) Terminal Services
5 5 (3.106%) XenServer
6 4 (2.484%) XenDesktop
7 3 (1.863%) Xen
8 2 (1.242%) Varnish
8 2 (1.242%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.621%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.621%) NFS
9 1 (0.621%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (2.484%) SolarWinds Orion
1 4 (2.484%) WSUS
2 3 (1.863%) Puppet
2 3 (1.863%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.621%) SCCM
3 1 (0.621%) SCOM
Vendors
1 52 (32.30%) Cisco
2 33 (20.50%) Red Hat
2 33 (20.50%) CheckPoint
3 32 (19.88%) Oracle
4 24 (14.91%) JBoss
5 19 (11.80%) Sun
5 19 (11.80%) VMware
6 18 (11.18%) Microsoft
7 17 (10.56%) TippingPoint
7 17 (10.56%) Foundry
7 17 (10.56%) Brocade
8 15 (9.317%) Citrix
9 13 (8.075%) HP
10 11 (6.832%) F5
11 7 (4.348%) IBM
11 7 (4.348%) Juniper
12 6 (3.727%) NetApp
13 5 (3.106%) SolarWinds
14 4 (2.484%) Veeam
14 4 (2.484%) ProCurve
North Yorkshire
Desirable: Load Balancing and patching experience... You should com from a background supporting either a Linux or Unix environment with some web experience ideally in Apache, Tomcat or...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
York, Yorkshire
Experience as a Systems Administrator working with Linux & Unix is a must... As the AWS Systems Administrator you will be working in the Cloud, you will need to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As an Operations Engineer you will provide operational support of Windows Servers, SAN and the data centre infrastructure... Understanding of networking principles, including switching, routing, load balancing, firewalling...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £23,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Must have a practical working knowledge of the network security products and techniques, namely Cisco and Juniper firewalls along with knowledge of access lists and intrusion detection devices.....
SPS Resourcing
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum Excellent Bonus & Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Operation and configuration of infrastructure services, including Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft System Centre Suite... Understanding of networking principles, including switching,...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013