Load Balancing Contracts in Cumbria

Load Balancing
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring Load Balancing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Load Balancing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 38 16
Rank change year-on-year +23 -22 -
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 25 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 12.82% 0.77% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.97% 0.81% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £447 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £486
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £638 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Load Balancing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 248 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.75% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 146 29
10th Percentile £368 £430 £350
25th Percentile £425 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £500
90th Percentile £638 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Load Balancing in Cumbria

Load Balancing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Load Balancing in Cumbria

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Load Balancing in Cumbria

Load Balancing
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness - 23 £575 - 1
Load Balancing
North West

Load Balancing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 22 (88.00%) WAN
2 21 (84.00%) Firewall
2 21 (84.00%) NetScaler
3 18 (72.00%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (68.00%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (24.00%) Broadband
5 6 (24.00%) Converged Networks
5 6 (24.00%) LAN
5 6 (24.00%) Network Security
5 6 (24.00%) VPN
6 4 (16.00%) BGP
6 4 (16.00%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (16.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (16.00%) HSRP
6 4 (16.00%) IPsec
6 4 (16.00%) OSPF
7 2 (8.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (44.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Senior
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Firewall Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (68.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Network Design
1 19 (76.00%) Network Management
2 14 (56.00%) Impact Assessments
2 14 (56.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (4.00%) Agile
Qualifications
1 22 (88.00%) SC Cleared
1 22 (88.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) CCNA
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 23 (92.00%) Palo Alto
3 16 (64.00%) Meraki
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft