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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 413 356
Rank change year-on-year +94 -57 -21
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 407 150 237
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.46% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.51% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 90 134
10th Percentile £400 £323 £354
25th Percentile £450 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -1.79%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £684
90th Percentile £650 £688 £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 11 0 0
10th Percentile £66.50 - -
25th Percentile £80.63 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - -

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 45,329 29,411 32,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.42% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,714 18,306 20,733
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% -3.54%
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 2,913 1,754 1,602
10th Percentile £14.07 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.30 £18.79
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +92.49% -47.37% +14.67%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +76 366 £525 +0.96% 177
UK excluding London +66 272 £525 +16.67% 106
North of England +29 146 £519 -0.19% 26
North West +23 108 £535 +2.88% 15
London -17 106 £523 -9.13% 107
Work from Home +4 104 £530 +9.74% 55
Midlands -24 64 £529 +32.25% 7
West Midlands -16 63 £529 +32.25% 6
South East -29 47 £540 -4.04% 21
Yorkshire -17 29 £474 - 11
East of England +2 28 £525 +4.74% 8
Scotland -2 23 £413 -8.33% 22
South West -25 19 £675 -10.00% 17
North East -32 15 £500 +2.56%
East Midlands -15 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

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
2 4 (0.98%) Confluence
3 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
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
1 122 (29.98%) Azure
2 110 (27.03%) AWS
3 60 (14.74%) GCP
4 39 (9.58%) GitHub
5 29 (7.13%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (6.63%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (6.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 22 (5.41%) OCI
9 21 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (4.67%) Entra ID
11 17 (4.18%) OpenShift
12 14 (3.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (3.19%) SaaS
14 12 (2.95%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (2.70%) Serverless
16 10 (2.46%) Route 53
17 9 (2.21%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 195 (47.91%) Firewall
2 177 (43.49%) DNS
3 131 (32.19%) VPN
4 96 (23.59%) BGP
5 94 (23.10%) WAN
6 92 (22.60%) Network Security
7 66 (16.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 65 (15.97%) BIG-IP
9 63 (15.48%) TCP/IP
10 54 (13.27%) LAN
11 53 (13.02%) SD-WAN
12 47 (11.55%) SSL
13 46 (11.30%) OSPF
14 43 (10.57%) HTTP
15 42 (10.32%) VXLAN
16 41 (10.07%) DMZ
16 41 (10.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 38 (9.34%) Multicast
18 37 (9.09%) DHCP
18 37 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.44%) 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%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
6 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (11.06%) GitLab
2 25 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.16%) Git
4 15 (3.69%) Fiddler
5 12 (2.95%) JIRA
6 3 (0.74%) JUnit
6 3 (0.74%) Maven
6 3 (0.74%) Selenium
6 3 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.49%) Introscope
7 2 (0.49%) MSI
7 2 (0.49%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.25%) Ant
8 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 81 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.94%) Finance
3 60 (14.74%) Banking
4 39 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (8.35%) Investment Banking
7 17 (4.18%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.46%) Legal
9 10 (2.46%) Retail
10 7 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.47%) Publishing
12 4 (0.98%) Law
13 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Automotive
14 2 (0.49%) German Language
14 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 136 (33.42%) Network Engineer
2 61 (14.99%) Senior
3 51 (12.53%) Security Engineer
4 46 (11.30%) Architect
5 42 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (9.34%) Network Security Engineer
7 37 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
7 37 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 36 (8.85%) DevOps Engineer
9 34 (8.35%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (7.62%) Data Network Engineer
11 30 (7.37%) Data Engineer
12 29 (7.13%) Cisco Security Engineer
12 29 (7.13%) Web Engineer
13 26 (6.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.67%) Network Architect
15 18 (4.42%) Software Engineer
16 17 (4.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
17 16 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
18 15 (3.69%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (32.68%) Terraform
2 14 (3.44%) REST
3 12 (2.95%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.95%) ARM Templates
3 12 (2.95%) Kafka
4 9 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
5 8 (1.97%) CSS
6 7 (1.72%) React
7 6 (1.47%) Node.js
7 6 (1.47%) OAuth
8 5 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.23%) OpenID
8 5 (1.23%) SAML
8 5 (1.23%) Spring
8 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.98%) HTML
10 3 (0.74%) Keycloak
10 3 (0.74%) Middleware
10 3 (0.74%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 68 (16.71%) Data Centre
2 62 (15.23%) Cloud Native
3 49 (12.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 36 (8.85%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.18%) PKI
6 16 (3.93%) Clustering
6 16 (3.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 14 (3.44%) Security Posture
8 12 (2.95%) 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
13 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.98%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 82 (20.15%) Linux
2 61 (14.99%) Windows
3 25 (6.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (3.93%) 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
1 135 (33.17%) CI/CD
2 133 (32.68%) DevOps
3 112 (27.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (24.08%) High Availability
5 74 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (16.95%) Agile
7 67 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 63 (15.48%) Observability
9 53 (13.02%) Containerisation
9 53 (13.02%) Migration
10 52 (12.78%) Platform Engineering
11 50 (12.29%) Zero Trust
12 45 (11.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 40 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 39 (9.58%) Infrastructure Automation
15 36 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (8.60%) Roadmaps
17 34 (8.35%) Change Management
17 34 (8.35%) Identity Access Management
18 32 (7.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 115 (28.26%) Python
2 63 (15.48%) Bash
3 55 (13.51%) PowerShell
4 35 (8.60%) Java
5 20 (4.91%) Bicep
6 15 (3.69%) SQL
7 10 (2.46%) 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%) C#
13 1 (0.25%) Groovy
13 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 128 (31.45%) Security Cleared
2 97 (23.83%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.53%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (6.39%) CCNP
5 25 (6.14%) Azure Certification
6 22 (5.41%) Degree
6 22 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 18 (4.42%) AWS Certification
8 17 (4.18%) CCNA
9 13 (3.19%) CISSP
10 10 (2.46%) CCIE
10 10 (2.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.23%) CCSE
13 5 (1.23%) CCSM
14 4 (0.98%) OCP
14 4 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.74%) VCAP
16 2 (0.49%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.46%) QA
2 8 (1.97%) SLA
3 5 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (1.23%) NIST
4 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.49%) NCSC
4 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) GRC
5 1 (0.25%) PSD2
5 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 70 (17.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (9.58%) Docker
3 32 (7.86%) VMware NSX
4 22 (5.41%) vSphere
5 21 (5.16%) Active Directory
6 17 (4.18%) Firmware
6 17 (4.18%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.72%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) NFS
11 1 (0.25%) Postfix
11 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.25%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 103 (25.31%) Kubernetes
2 86 (21.13%) Ansible
3 37 (9.09%) Grafana
4 30 (7.37%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.41%) FortiGate
6 21 (5.16%) Istio
7 20 (4.91%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.93%) Progress Chef
9 15 (3.69%) Argo
10 10 (2.46%) Puppet
11 7 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.47%) SCCM
13 5 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
13 5 (1.23%) Kustomize
13 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.23%) PowerCLI
14 4 (0.98%) Packer
14 4 (0.98%) systemd
15 3 (0.74%) SCOM
15 3 (0.74%) yum
Vendors
1 155 (38.08%) F5
2 117 (28.75%) Cisco
3 78 (19.16%) VMware
4 62 (15.23%) Palo Alto
5 43 (10.57%) Microsoft
6 31 (7.62%) Google
7 28 (6.88%) Arista
7 28 (6.88%) Red Hat
8 26 (6.39%) Splunk
9 25 (6.14%) Aruba
9 25 (6.14%) Fortinet
10 21 (5.16%) Juniper
11 18 (4.42%) NetApp
12 17 (4.18%) SolarWinds
13 16 (3.93%) Blue Coat
13 16 (3.93%) McAfee
14 14 (3.44%) CheckPoint
14 14 (3.44%) Dynatrace
15 12 (2.95%) AppDynamics
15 12 (2.95%) Infoblox