Load Balancing Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Load Balancing
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Load Balancing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.02% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £539 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +2.71% +16.67% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 234 91 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.86% 87.50% 80.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 54 116
10th Percentile £203 £250 £150
25th Percentile £320 £353 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -6.34%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £506
90th Percentile £638 £696 £600
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 38
10th Percentile £14.35 £13.08 £12.20
25th Percentile £18.79 £20.85 £13.12
Median hourly rate £26.44 £27.76 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +42.36% -25.00%
75th Percentile £51.27 £46.30 £29.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £46.54 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Load Balancing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Load Balancing job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Load Balancing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Load Balancing

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Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Load Balancing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Load Balancing

Load Balancing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Server Management
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft