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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 401 334
Rank change year-on-year +86 -67 +5
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 412 152 240
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.46% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.51% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 95 141
10th Percentile £400 £355 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £675
90th Percentile £650 £683 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +8.81% -3.50% -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 45,365 29,616 33,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.47% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,789 18,444 20,998
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 2,884 1,758 1,700
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £67.99 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +78 371 £525 - 109
UK excluding London +79 278 £525 +8.81% 69
North of England +40 148 £519 -0.67% 20
North West +30 110 £535 +2.39% 11
London -22 106 £523 -7.93% 58
Work from Home -3 103 £530 +17.67% 40
Midlands -23 67 £499 +24.75% 5
West Midlands -7 66 £499 +24.75% 4
South East -27 49 £527 -6.27% 13
Yorkshire -15 29 £459 - 9
East of England +3 27 £525 +4.74% 6
Scotland +9 24 £413 -8.33% 10
South West -25 21 £675 +3.85% 13
North East -26 15 £500 +2.56%
East Midlands -18 1 - - 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 5 (1.21%) Apache
1 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.73%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.73%) Confluence
2 3 (0.73%) nginx
2 3 (0.73%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (0.24%) JBoss
4 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 124 (30.10%) Azure
2 111 (26.94%) AWS
3 59 (14.32%) GCP
4 38 (9.22%) GitHub
5 28 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (6.31%) Amazon EKS
7 24 (5.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 24 (5.83%) OCI
8 23 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (4.85%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (4.61%) Entra ID
11 17 (4.13%) OpenShift
12 15 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (3.16%) SaaS
14 12 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (2.91%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (2.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 10 (2.43%) Route 53
16 10 (2.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 196 (47.57%) Firewall
2 182 (44.17%) DNS
3 133 (32.28%) VPN
4 101 (24.51%) BGP
5 99 (24.03%) WAN
6 91 (22.09%) Network Security
7 66 (16.02%) BIG-IP
8 65 (15.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 62 (15.05%) TCP/IP
10 59 (14.32%) LAN
11 56 (13.59%) SD-WAN
12 48 (11.65%) OSPF
13 46 (11.17%) SSL
14 45 (10.92%) VXLAN
15 44 (10.68%) DMZ
16 43 (10.44%) HTTP
17 42 (10.19%) Multicast
18 40 (9.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 38 (9.22%) Wi-Fi
20 37 (8.98%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.16%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.70%) Power BI
3 6 (1.46%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.73%) Big Data
4 3 (0.73%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.73%) HBase
4 3 (0.73%) MySQL
4 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (10.92%) GitLab
2 26 (6.31%) Jenkins
3 23 (5.58%) Git
4 16 (3.88%) Fiddler
5 11 (2.67%) JIRA
6 4 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.73%) JUnit
7 3 (0.73%) Maven
7 3 (0.73%) Selenium
8 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.49%) Introscope
8 2 (0.49%) MSI
8 2 (0.49%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.24%) Ant
9 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 77 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.23%) Finance
3 63 (15.29%) Banking
4 41 (9.95%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (8.74%) Investment Banking
7 16 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.43%) Legal
9 10 (2.43%) Retail
10 7 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.46%) Publishing
12 4 (0.97%) Law
13 3 (0.73%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.73%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.49%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.49%) German Language
14 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 144 (34.95%) Network Engineer
2 60 (14.56%) Senior
3 53 (12.86%) Security Engineer
4 48 (11.65%) Architect
5 41 (9.95%) Network Security Engineer
6 40 (9.71%) Cisco Engineer
6 40 (9.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 39 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (8.74%) DevOps Engineer
9 35 (8.50%) Data Network Engineer
10 33 (8.01%) Data Engineer
11 32 (7.77%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (7.77%) Web Engineer
12 31 (7.52%) Cisco Security Engineer
13 24 (5.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.61%) Network Architect
15 17 (4.13%) Software Engineer
16 16 (3.88%) AWS Engineer
16 16 (3.88%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 16 (3.88%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (32.28%) Terraform
2 15 (3.64%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.91%) Kafka
3 12 (2.91%) REST
4 9 (2.18%) ARM Templates
4 9 (2.18%) OpenTelemetry
5 8 (1.94%) CSS
6 7 (1.70%) React
7 6 (1.46%) Node.js
7 6 (1.46%) OAuth
7 6 (1.46%) OpenID
8 5 (1.21%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.21%) SAML
8 5 (1.21%) Spring
8 5 (1.21%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.97%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.97%) HTML
10 3 (0.73%) Keycloak
10 3 (0.73%) LDAP
10 3 (0.73%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 70 (16.99%) Data Centre
2 60 (14.56%) Cloud Native
3 49 (11.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (8.25%) Management Information System
5 21 (5.10%) PKI
6 18 (4.37%) Clustering
7 16 (3.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 13 (3.16%) Security Posture
9 11 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.18%) IoT
11 7 (1.70%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.46%) Distributed Applications
13 5 (1.21%) Digital Signage
13 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.21%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (0.73%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 81 (19.66%) Linux
2 62 (15.05%) Windows
3 24 (5.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.16%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.18%) Unix
6 6 (1.46%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.49%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.24%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (32.04%) CI/CD
2 130 (31.55%) DevOps
3 111 (26.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 102 (24.76%) High Availability
5 71 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (16.26%) Observability
7 65 (15.78%) Agile
7 65 (15.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 54 (13.11%) Migration
9 51 (12.38%) Zero Trust
10 50 (12.14%) Containerisation
10 50 (12.14%) Platform Engineering
11 44 (10.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 39 (9.47%) Disaster Recovery
13 37 (8.98%) Identity Access Management
13 37 (8.98%) Infrastructure Automation
13 37 (8.98%) Roadmaps
14 35 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (8.01%) Change Management
16 31 (7.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.18%) Python
2 62 (15.05%) Bash
3 50 (12.14%) PowerShell
4 33 (8.01%) Java
5 17 (4.13%) Bicep
6 14 (3.40%) SQL
7 11 (2.67%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.94%) Perl
9 7 (1.70%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.97%) Go
11 3 (0.73%) C++
11 3 (0.73%) Ruby
12 2 (0.49%) Jython
13 1 (0.24%) Groovy
13 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 128 (31.07%) Security Cleared
2 93 (22.57%) SC Cleared
3 54 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (6.55%) CCNP
5 24 (5.83%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.34%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.10%) Degree
8 18 (4.37%) CCNA
9 17 (4.13%) AWS Certification
10 12 (2.91%) CISSP
11 9 (2.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.94%) CCIE
13 6 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.21%) CCSE
14 5 (1.21%) CCSM
14 5 (1.21%) OCP
14 5 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.73%) JNCIA
15 3 (0.73%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.67%) QA
2 9 (2.18%) SLA
3 6 (1.46%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (1.21%) NIST
5 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
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 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) GRC
6 1 (0.24%) PSD2
6 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 69 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (9.22%) Docker
3 33 (8.01%) VMware NSX
4 22 (5.34%) vSphere
5 19 (4.61%) Active Directory
6 18 (4.37%) Firmware
7 16 (3.88%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.97%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.49%) NFS
11 2 (0.49%) Postfix
11 2 (0.49%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.49%) Varnish
11 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 102 (24.76%) Kubernetes
2 84 (20.39%) Ansible
3 40 (9.71%) Grafana
4 32 (7.77%) Prometheus
5 24 (5.83%) FortiGate
6 20 (4.85%) Istio
7 19 (4.61%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.88%) Argo
9 15 (3.64%) Progress Chef
10 10 (2.43%) Puppet
11 8 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.21%) Cisco Prime
13 5 (1.21%) Kustomize
13 5 (1.21%) PowerCLI
13 5 (1.21%) SCCM
14 4 (0.97%) systemd
15 3 (0.73%) Packer
15 3 (0.73%) yum
16 2 (0.49%) linkerd
Vendors
1 162 (39.32%) F5
2 124 (30.10%) Cisco
3 77 (18.69%) VMware
4 63 (15.29%) Palo Alto
5 38 (9.22%) Microsoft
6 30 (7.28%) Google
7 29 (7.04%) Arista
7 29 (7.04%) Splunk
8 25 (6.07%) Aruba
8 25 (6.07%) Red Hat
9 23 (5.58%) Juniper
10 22 (5.34%) Fortinet
11 20 (4.85%) SolarWinds
12 19 (4.61%) NetApp
13 17 (4.13%) Blue Coat
13 17 (4.13%) McAfee
14 15 (3.64%) Dynatrace
15 14 (3.40%) CheckPoint
16 13 (3.16%) AppDynamics
17 12 (2.91%) Infoblox