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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 407 338
Rank change year-on-year +85 -69 +12
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 408 150 239
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.46% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.51% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 93 137
10th Percentile £400 £327 £358
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £688
90th Percentile £650 £685 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £68.93 - -
25th Percentile £85.31 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 - -

All Process & 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 45,399 29,629 33,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.55% 90.46% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,782 18,436 20,950
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,881 1,773 1,687
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +6.25%

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 27 August 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 16 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 27 August 2026. 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 +86 367 £525 +0.96% 59
UK excluding London +79 274 £525 +16.67% 45
North of England +41 146 £515 -0.96% 15
North West +27 107 £535 +2.88% 10
London -19 106 £520 -8.37% 27
Work from Home +3 103 £529 +9.69% 26
Midlands -18 65 £499 +24.75% 1
West Midlands -15 64 £499 +24.75% 1
South East -20 46 £525 -6.67% 7
Yorkshire -25 30 £447 - 5
East of England +3 28 £525 +4.74% 4
Scotland +6 24 £413 -8.33% 5
South West -24 20 £675 -10.00% 11
North East -28 15 £500 +2.56%
East Midlands -15 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.98%) Apache
3 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.74%) Confluence
3 3 (0.74%) nginx
3 3 (0.74%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.25%) JBoss
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 123 (30.15%) Azure
2 111 (27.21%) AWS
3 60 (14.71%) GCP
4 39 (9.56%) GitHub
5 29 (7.11%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (6.37%) Amazon EKS
7 24 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (5.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 24 (5.88%) OCI
8 20 (4.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (4.66%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.17%) OpenShift
11 15 (3.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (3.19%) SaaS
13 12 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (2.94%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (2.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 10 (2.45%) Route 53
15 10 (2.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 196 (48.04%) Firewall
2 178 (43.63%) DNS
3 131 (32.11%) VPN
4 97 (23.77%) BGP
5 96 (23.53%) WAN
6 90 (22.06%) Network Security
7 64 (15.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 63 (15.44%) BIG-IP
9 62 (15.20%) TCP/IP
10 57 (13.97%) LAN
11 55 (13.48%) SD-WAN
12 46 (11.27%) OSPF
13 45 (11.03%) SSL
14 43 (10.54%) VXLAN
15 42 (10.29%) DMZ
15 42 (10.29%) HTTP
16 40 (9.80%) Multicast
17 39 (9.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 38 (9.31%) Wi-Fi
19 36 (8.82%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.43%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.72%) Power BI
3 6 (1.47%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.74%) Big Data
4 3 (0.74%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.74%) HBase
4 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (11.03%) GitLab
2 25 (6.13%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.39%) Git
4 15 (3.68%) Fiddler
5 11 (2.70%) JIRA
6 4 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.74%) JUnit
7 3 (0.74%) Maven
7 3 (0.74%) Selenium
8 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.49%) Introscope
8 2 (0.49%) MSI
8 2 (0.49%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.25%) Ant
9 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 79 (19.36%) Social Skills
2 74 (18.14%) Finance
3 61 (14.95%) Banking
4 41 (10.05%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (8.33%) Investment Banking
7 17 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.45%) Retail
10 9 (2.21%) Legal
11 7 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.47%) Publishing
13 4 (0.98%) Law
14 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.49%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.49%) German Language
15 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 139 (34.07%) Network Engineer
2 58 (14.22%) Senior
3 51 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 47 (11.52%) Architect
5 40 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (9.56%) Network Security Engineer
7 38 (9.31%) Cisco Engineer
7 38 (9.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 36 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
9 33 (8.09%) Data Network Engineer
10 32 (7.84%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (7.60%) Data Engineer
12 30 (7.35%) Web Engineer
13 29 (7.11%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 24 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.66%) Network Architect
16 18 (4.41%) Software Engineer
17 16 (3.92%) AWS Engineer
18 15 (3.68%) Blue Coat Engineer
18 15 (3.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (32.84%) Terraform
2 13 (3.19%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.94%) Kafka
3 12 (2.94%) REST
4 10 (2.45%) ARM Templates
5 9 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (1.96%) CSS
7 7 (1.72%) React
8 6 (1.47%) Node.js
8 6 (1.47%) OAuth
8 6 (1.47%) OpenID
9 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.23%) SAML
9 5 (1.23%) Spring
9 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.98%) HTML
11 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.74%) JSON
11 3 (0.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (16.91%) Data Centre
2 60 (14.71%) Cloud Native
3 49 (12.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (8.09%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.66%) PKI
6 16 (3.92%) Clustering
6 16 (3.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 13 (3.19%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.21%) IoT
10 7 (1.72%) Distributed Applications
10 7 (1.72%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.23%) Digital Signage
12 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.98%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 83 (20.34%) Linux
2 61 (14.95%) Windows
3 25 (6.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (3.43%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.21%) Unix
6 7 (1.72%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.49%) CentOS
7 2 (0.49%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Android
8 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (32.84%) CI/CD
2 131 (32.11%) DevOps
3 112 (27.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 99 (24.26%) High Availability
5 72 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (16.18%) Agile
7 65 (15.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 65 (15.93%) Observability
8 53 (12.99%) Migration
9 52 (12.75%) Platform Engineering
10 51 (12.50%) Containerisation
10 51 (12.50%) Zero Trust
11 45 (11.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 39 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
13 38 (9.31%) Infrastructure Automation
14 36 (8.82%) Roadmaps
15 35 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (8.58%) Identity Access Management
16 33 (8.09%) Change Management
17 32 (7.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.45%) Python
2 61 (14.95%) Bash
3 52 (12.75%) PowerShell
4 34 (8.33%) Java
5 18 (4.41%) Bicep
6 15 (3.68%) SQL
7 11 (2.70%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.21%) Perl
9 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.98%) Go
11 3 (0.74%) C++
12 2 (0.49%) Jython
12 2 (0.49%) Ruby
13 1 (0.25%) Groovy
13 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 125 (30.64%) Security Cleared
2 92 (22.55%) SC Cleared
3 52 (12.75%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (6.62%) CCNP
5 24 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 23 (5.64%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.15%) Degree
8 18 (4.41%) CCNA
9 17 (4.17%) AWS Certification
10 12 (2.94%) CISSP
11 9 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.96%) CCIE
13 6 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.23%) CCSE
14 5 (1.23%) CCSM
14 5 (1.23%) OCP
14 5 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.74%) VCAP
16 2 (0.49%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.70%) QA
2 9 (2.21%) SLA
3 6 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (1.23%) NIST
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.49%) NCSC
5 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) PSD2
6 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 68 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (9.31%) Docker
3 32 (7.84%) VMware NSX
4 22 (5.39%) vSphere
5 20 (4.90%) Active Directory
6 17 (4.17%) Firmware
7 16 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.25%) NFS
12 1 (0.25%) Postfix
12 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.25%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 102 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 84 (20.59%) Ansible
3 40 (9.80%) Grafana
4 32 (7.84%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.39%) FortiGate
6 20 (4.90%) Istio
6 20 (4.90%) vCenter Server
7 16 (3.92%) Argo
8 15 (3.68%) Progress Chef
9 10 (2.45%) Puppet
10 7 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
11 5 (1.23%) Kustomize
11 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.23%) PowerCLI
11 5 (1.23%) SCCM
12 4 (0.98%) Packer
12 4 (0.98%) systemd
13 3 (0.74%) yum
14 2 (0.49%) linkerd
Vendors
1 158 (38.73%) F5
2 120 (29.41%) Cisco
3 76 (18.63%) VMware
4 63 (15.44%) Palo Alto
5 40 (9.80%) Microsoft
6 30 (7.35%) Google
7 29 (7.11%) Arista
8 27 (6.62%) Splunk
9 26 (6.37%) Red Hat
10 25 (6.13%) Aruba
11 22 (5.39%) Fortinet
12 21 (5.15%) Juniper
13 18 (4.41%) NetApp
13 18 (4.41%) SolarWinds
14 16 (3.92%) Blue Coat
14 16 (3.92%) McAfee
15 15 (3.68%) Dynatrace
16 14 (3.43%) CheckPoint
17 13 (3.19%) AppDynamics
18 12 (2.94%) Infoblox