Load Balancing Contract Job Trends

Load Balancing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Load Balancing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 334 310
Rank change year-on-year -36 -24 +75
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 198 245 360
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.66% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.77% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 140 238
10th Percentile £378 £400 £400
25th Percentile £411 £422 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -5.41% -3.48%
75th Percentile £591 £675 £629
90th Percentile £688 £714 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +2.56% -15.22% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £67.30
25th Percentile - - £67.75
Median hourly rate - - £68.50
75th Percentile - - £69.25
90th Percentile - - £69.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,306 32,009 42,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.44% 86.14% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,890 19,244 28,605
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,929 1,190 1,576
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.87
Median hourly rate £25.08 £38.75 £43.17
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% -10.23% +28.85%
75th Percentile £42.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £39.68 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.89% -6.64% +57.41%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Load Balancing job vacancy trend in the UK

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Load Balancing

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Load Balancing

Load Balancing
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 October 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
England -42 182 £511 -2.62% 79
UK excluding London 0 126 £500 +2.56% 66
North of England -11 56 £500 +3.90% 12
Work from Home -6 55 £500 -23.08% 24
North West +4 53 £500 +3.90% 7
London -34 52 £515 -20.77% 31
Midlands 0 51 £400 +33.33% 11
West Midlands +20 50 £400 +33.33% 11
South East 0 18 £539 +5.07% 27
Yorkshire -26 12 - - 3
South West +9 11 £700 +47.37% 10
Scotland +1 5 £450 +5.88% 3
East of England -5 4 £501 - 4
North East -6 2 £488 -11.36% 2
East Midlands -15 1 £620 -

Load Balancing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (2.53%) Apache
2 4 (2.02%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.01%) Confluence
4 2 (1.01%) JBoss
4 2 (1.01%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.01%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
5 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 54 (27.27%) AWS
2 41 (20.71%) Azure
3 19 (9.60%) GitHub
4 18 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (7.07%) GCP
6 12 (6.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 11 (5.56%) OpenShift
8 10 (5.05%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (5.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (4.04%) Serverless
10 7 (3.54%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.03%) AWS CodePipeline
11 6 (3.03%) IaaS
12 5 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (2.02%) Akamai
13 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.52%) Google Compute Engine
14 3 (1.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 85 (42.93%) DNS
2 78 (39.39%) Firewall
3 53 (26.77%) VPN
4 49 (24.75%) WAN
5 43 (21.72%) Network Security
6 36 (18.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 34 (17.17%) BGP
7 34 (17.17%) TCP/IP
8 33 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 32 (16.16%) IPsec
10 29 (14.65%) MPLS
11 27 (13.64%) DMZ
11 27 (13.64%) SSL
12 25 (12.63%) LAN
13 23 (11.62%) HTTP
14 21 (10.61%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (9.60%) BIG-IP
15 19 (9.60%) DHCP
15 19 (9.60%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (7.07%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.01%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.51%) MySQL
3 1 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.51%) Redis
3 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Jenkins
2 12 (6.06%) Git
3 10 (5.05%) Fiddler
4 7 (3.54%) JIRA
5 6 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (2.53%) GitLab
7 4 (2.02%) Maven
7 4 (2.02%) Robot Framework
8 3 (1.52%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.52%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.51%) Ant
10 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.51%) gulp
10 1 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 42 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.13%) Public Sector
3 24 (12.12%) Banking
4 23 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (10.61%) Finance
6 19 (9.60%) Investment Banking
7 12 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.02%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) iGaming
12 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.51%) Military
12 1 (0.51%) Publishing
12 1 (0.51%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 36 (18.18%) Architect
3 20 (10.10%) Support Engineer
4 19 (9.60%) Network Architect
5 18 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (7.07%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (7.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) AWS DevOps
10 9 (4.55%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.04%) Python Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) Web Engineer
12 7 (3.54%) IP Network Engineer
13 6 (3.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.05%) 802.1X
2 8 (4.04%) OAuth
2 8 (4.04%) SAML
3 7 (3.54%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (3.54%) OAuth2
3 7 (3.54%) OpenID
4 4 (2.02%) Middleware
5 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.52%) Node.js
6 2 (1.01%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.01%) React
6 2 (1.01%) RESTful
6 2 (1.01%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.01%) Spring
6 2 (1.01%) XML
6 2 (1.01%) YAML
7 1 (0.51%) .NET
7 1 (0.51%) Ajax
7 1 (0.51%) HTML
7 1 (0.51%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.69%) Data Centre
2 26 (13.13%) Management Information System
3 19 (9.60%) PKI
4 14 (7.07%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.54%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.02%) Replication
9 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.01%) SCADA
10 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.51%) CMDB
11 1 (0.51%) FMCG
11 1 (0.51%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.14%) Linux
2 23 (11.62%) Windows
3 11 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.55%) Unix
5 6 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.02%) CentOS
7 3 (1.52%) Android
7 3 (1.52%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.21%) DevOps
2 38 (19.19%) CI/CD
3 31 (15.66%) Containerisation
3 31 (15.66%) Network Design
4 28 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (13.64%) Agile
6 26 (13.13%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (12.12%) Migration
8 23 (11.62%) High Availability
8 23 (11.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (11.11%) Business Strategy
10 17 (8.59%) Incident Response
10 17 (8.59%) Network Architecture
11 16 (8.08%) ITIL
11 16 (8.08%) RBAC
12 15 (7.58%) Performance Monitoring
13 14 (7.07%) Configuration Management
13 14 (7.07%) Infrastructure Automation
13 14 (7.07%) Network Management
14 13 (6.57%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 64 (32.32%) Python
2 32 (16.16%) Bash
3 26 (13.13%) PowerShell
4 11 (5.56%) Perl
5 9 (4.55%) Java
6 7 (3.54%) SQL
7 5 (2.53%) Groovy
7 5 (2.53%) VB
8 3 (1.52%) Go
9 2 (1.01%) BeanShell
9 2 (1.01%) C#
9 2 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.51%) Bicep
10 1 (0.51%) C++
10 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (35.35%) Security Cleared
2 50 (25.25%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (7.07%) Degree
5 13 (6.57%) AWS Certification
6 12 (6.06%) DV Cleared
7 10 (5.05%) CCNP
8 8 (4.04%) CCNA
9 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.53%) CCIE
11 5 (2.53%) CISSP
12 4 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.02%) CCIE Security
13 3 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (1.52%) CCSP
14 2 (1.01%) JNCIE
14 2 (1.01%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.03%) SLA
2 4 (2.02%) GDPR
2 4 (2.02%) QA
3 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.52%) NIST
3 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.51%) NCSC
5 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (18.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (11.62%) Docker
3 20 (10.10%) Active Directory
4 16 (8.08%) VMware NSX
5 7 (3.54%) vSphere
6 5 (2.53%) Firmware
6 5 (2.53%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.51%) XenApp
7 1 (0.51%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (26.77%) Ansible
2 50 (25.25%) Terraform
3 21 (10.61%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.55%) Argo
4 9 (4.55%) Grafana
4 9 (4.55%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.54%) FortiGate
6 7 (3.54%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.02%) Nagios
9 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.01%) CASB
10 2 (1.01%) Consul
10 2 (1.01%) HAProxy
10 2 (1.01%) Packer
10 2 (1.01%) Podman
10 2 (1.01%) Puppet
10 2 (1.01%) SCCM
11 1 (0.51%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 81 (40.91%) F5
2 55 (27.78%) Cisco
3 53 (26.77%) VMware
4 41 (20.71%) Juniper
5 27 (13.64%) Palo Alto
6 19 (9.60%) Blue Coat
7 18 (9.09%) McAfee
8 16 (8.08%) Meraki
9 15 (7.58%) Microsoft
10 12 (6.06%) Citrix
11 11 (5.56%) SolarWinds
12 9 (4.55%) NetApp
12 9 (4.55%) Oracle
13 8 (4.04%) CheckPoint
13 8 (4.04%) Fortinet
14 7 (3.54%) Pure Storage
14 7 (3.54%) Red Hat
15 5 (2.53%) Arista
15 5 (2.53%) ServiceNow
15 5 (2.53%) Splunk