Load Balancing
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 115 | 81 | 130 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -34 | +49 | +67 |
| Contract jobs citing Load Balancing | 20 | 57 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | 0.84% | 1.98% | 0.68% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.95% | 2.47% | 0.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 32 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £300 | £281 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £363 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £375 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -30.23% | +11.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £422 | £581 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £488 | £750 |
| England median daily rate | £523 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.50% | -9.09% | -4.35% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands
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 the Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,102 | 2,307 | 2,789 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 87.80% | 80.10% | 86.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,344 | 1,550 | 1,968 |
| 10th Percentile | £211 | £250 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £363 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £488 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | -2.50% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 169 | 151 | 92 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.62 | £11.36 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.12 | £13.72 | £19.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.50 | £18.00 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.89% | -34.55% | +40.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.51 | £35.00 | £51.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.12 | £41.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.02% | -8.14% | +59.62% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing Load Balancing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing in the Midlands.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing in the Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | -37 | 18 | £400 | +6.67% | 13 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 2 | £620 | - | 1 |
| Load Balancing England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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: