Load Balancing Contracts

Load Balancing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 365 346
Rank change year-on-year -7 -19 +56
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 158 228 376
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.53% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.62% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 143 262
10th Percentile £372 £353 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £645 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £510
% change year-on-year -5.26% -6.86% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - £32.20
25th Percentile - - £46.38
Median hourly rate - £45.88 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -34.46% +169.23%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.88 -

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 28,184 37,006 49,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.85% 85.27% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,766 23,597 34,412
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,384 2,548 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.88 £61.30 £64.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +64.71%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing.

Hourly rate trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 15 Contract 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 2 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
England -8 130 £519 +3.82% 392
UK excluding London +19 80 £450 -5.26% 237
London -5 49 £517 -6.07% 170
Work from Home +31 46 £450 -15.73% 189
North of England +32 35 £525 -12.50% 46
North West +30 30 £550 -8.33% 26
Midlands -34 16 £375 - 37
West Midlands -31 15 £375 - 28
South East +58 14 £550 +10.00% 68
Scotland +9 8 £450 +9.09% 12
South West +35 7 £538 -23.21% 32
East of England +8 4 £501 -6.13% 32
Yorkshire -1 3 £450 - 17
North East - 2 £488 - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 9

Load Balancing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.53%) Apache
2 3 (1.90%) JBoss
3 2 (1.27%) Confluence
3 2 (1.27%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) nginx
4 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 66 (41.77%) AWS
2 30 (18.99%) Azure
3 20 (12.66%) GitHub
4 15 (9.49%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (9.49%) Serverless
5 14 (8.86%) Amazon ELB
5 14 (8.86%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (8.23%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (8.23%) GCP
7 10 (6.33%) Amazon S3
7 10 (6.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (5.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (5.70%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (5.06%) IaaS
9 8 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (3.80%) AWS CodePipeline
11 4 (2.53%) Akamai
11 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.53%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 66 (41.77%) Firewall
2 43 (27.22%) DNS
3 39 (24.68%) WAN
4 32 (20.25%) VPN
5 30 (18.99%) Cisco ISE
6 29 (18.35%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (15.82%) Network Security
8 24 (15.19%) NetScaler
9 23 (14.56%) LAN
10 22 (13.92%) BGP
10 22 (13.92%) DHCP
11 20 (12.66%) IPsec
12 15 (9.49%) Cisco IOS
13 13 (8.23%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (8.23%) OSPF
14 12 (7.59%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (7.59%) Wireless
15 10 (6.33%) Junos
15 10 (6.33%) SD-WAN
16 9 (5.70%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.70%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.27%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.63%) Big Data
4 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.63%) MySQL
4 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.63%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 16 (10.13%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.96%) JIRA
3 10 (6.33%) Git
4 8 (5.06%) GitLab
5 6 (3.80%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.27%) Ant
6 2 (1.27%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.27%) Maven
7 1 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.63%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.63%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.63%) SonarQube
General
1 27 (17.09%) Finance
2 23 (14.56%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.33%) Banking
6 6 (3.80%) Retail
7 5 (3.16%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.90%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Advertising
9 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Electronics
10 1 (0.63%) iGaming
10 1 (0.63%) Legal
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (43.67%) Network Engineer
2 25 (15.82%) Architect
3 21 (13.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (9.49%) AWS Architect
5 14 (8.86%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (8.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 13 (8.23%) AWS DevOps
7 12 (7.59%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 10 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 9 (5.70%) Lead
9 9 (5.70%) Senior
10 8 (5.06%) Network Architect
11 7 (4.43%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
12 6 (3.80%) Network Security Engineer
12 6 (3.80%) Service Continuity Leader
12 6 (3.80%) Support Engineer
13 5 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
13 5 (3.16%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.76%) 802.1X
2 11 (6.96%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (3.80%) Node.js
4 4 (2.53%) Kafka
5 3 (1.90%) Middleware
5 3 (1.90%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.27%) XML
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Amplify
7 1 (0.63%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.63%) HTML
7 1 (0.63%) JSON
7 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.52%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.76%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.80%) PKI
4 5 (3.16%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.90%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.27%) Clustering
7 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.27%) FMCG
7 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.63%) IoT
8 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.63%) SCADA
8 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.23%) Linux
2 8 (5.06%) Windows
3 4 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.90%) Unix
4 3 (1.90%) VMS
5 1 (0.63%) CentOS
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (26.58%) DevOps
2 41 (25.95%) High Availability
3 36 (22.78%) CI/CD
4 33 (20.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 31 (19.62%) Agile
6 28 (17.72%) Network Design
7 26 (16.46%) Migration
8 25 (15.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (13.29%) Network Management
10 18 (11.39%) Containerisation
11 17 (10.76%) Cloud Security
11 17 (10.76%) Network Architecture
12 16 (10.13%) ITIL
13 15 (9.49%) Auto-Scaling
14 12 (7.59%) Impact Assessments
14 12 (7.59%) Infrastructure Automation
15 11 (6.96%) Architectural Design
15 11 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (6.96%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (29.11%) Python
2 24 (15.19%) Bash
3 10 (6.33%) PowerShell
4 9 (5.70%) VB
5 8 (5.06%) Groovy
6 5 (3.16%) Go
7 3 (1.90%) Java
7 3 (1.90%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.90%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.63%) C#
9 1 (0.63%) C++
9 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (39.24%) Security Cleared
2 45 (28.48%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.66%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (6.96%) CCNP
4 11 (6.96%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.33%) AWS Certification
6 9 (5.70%) CCNA
6 9 (5.70%) Degree
7 5 (3.16%) CISSP
8 4 (2.53%) CCIE
9 3 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.27%) CEH
11 1 (0.63%) CCDP
11 1 (0.63%) CCIE Security
11 1 (0.63%) CCSE
11 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 7 (4.43%) SLA
2 4 (2.53%) QA
3 3 (1.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (8.86%) Docker
2 8 (5.06%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.16%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.63%) vSphere
6 1 (0.63%) XenApp
6 1 (0.63%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 41 (25.95%) Terraform
2 39 (24.68%) Ansible
3 25 (15.82%) Kubernetes
4 13 (8.23%) Grafana
4 13 (8.23%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.33%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.53%) Istio
6 4 (2.53%) Puppet
7 3 (1.90%) Podman
8 2 (1.27%) Argo
8 2 (1.27%) Kustomize
8 2 (1.27%) Nagios
8 2 (1.27%) Packer
8 2 (1.27%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.63%) Consul
9 1 (0.63%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.63%) Salt
9 1 (0.63%) SCCM
9 1 (0.63%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.63%) yum
Vendors
1 63 (39.87%) Cisco
2 49 (31.01%) F5
3 35 (22.15%) Palo Alto
4 21 (13.29%) Meraki
5 20 (12.66%) Juniper
6 19 (12.03%) Citrix
7 14 (8.86%) CheckPoint
8 9 (5.70%) Microsoft
9 8 (5.06%) Arista
9 8 (5.06%) SolarWinds
10 7 (4.43%) Google
10 7 (4.43%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.80%) Aruba
11 6 (3.80%) Fortinet
12 5 (3.16%) ServiceNow
12 5 (3.16%) Splunk
13 4 (2.53%) Infoblox
13 4 (2.53%) NetScout
14 3 (1.90%) Blue Coat
14 3 (1.90%) Oracle