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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 397 322
Rank change year-on-year +45 -75 +7
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 386 162 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.49% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.54% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 94 143
10th Percentile £400 £347 £380
25th Percentile £447 £403 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £479 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% -12.95% -5.17%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £656 £684 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +18.89% -10.00% -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 0 0
10th Percentile £57.80 - -
25th Percentile £61.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.75 - -
75th Percentile £90.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.38 - -

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 46,126 29,916 32,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.50% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,740 18,573 19,640
10th Percentile £325 £295 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,322 1,863 1,307
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.95 £65.23 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +68.05% -47.49% -

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +54 340 £532 +4.36% 190
UK excluding London +30 237 £535 +18.89% 96
North of England +17 127 £524 +4.80% 22
London -17 120 £523 -2.79% 105
Work from Home -15 102 £540 +19.94% 77
North West +5 91 £537 +7.40% 12
Midlands -38 53 £469 +17.25% 14
West Midlands -33 52 £469 +17.25% 11
South East -42 29 £550 - 27
Scotland +5 27 £475 +5.56% 13
Yorkshire -17 27 £500 - 9
South West -21 22 £675 -10.00% 13
East of England -16 21 £584 +16.56% 5
North East -26 15 £500 +2.56% 1
East Midlands -12 1 - - 3
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 7 (1.81%) Confluence
2 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.04%) nginx
4 3 (0.78%) Apache
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.52%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) JBoss
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 133 (34.46%) Azure
2 113 (29.27%) AWS
3 68 (17.62%) GCP
4 38 (9.84%) GitHub
5 30 (7.77%) GitHub Actions
6 29 (7.51%) Amazon EKS
7 27 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (6.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 22 (5.70%) OCI
9 20 (5.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (5.18%) Entra ID
10 16 (4.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (4.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (3.63%) Azure AKS
12 13 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (3.37%) SaaS
13 11 (2.85%) OpenShift
13 11 (2.85%) Route 53
14 10 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 184 (47.67%) Firewall
2 161 (41.71%) DNS
3 116 (30.05%) VPN
4 90 (23.32%) Network Security
5 85 (22.02%) BGP
6 74 (19.17%) WAN
7 68 (17.62%) TCP/IP
8 59 (15.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 51 (13.21%) BIG-IP
10 49 (12.69%) SSL
11 46 (11.92%) LAN
12 45 (11.66%) OSPF
13 43 (11.14%) SD-WAN
14 42 (10.88%) HTTP
15 38 (9.84%) DHCP
15 38 (9.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 35 (9.07%) VXLAN
17 34 (8.81%) Wireless
18 31 (8.03%) DMZ
19 28 (7.25%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.89%) Relational Database
2 8 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.81%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.81%) Power BI
4 5 (1.30%) MySQL
5 4 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.04%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.78%) Big Data
6 3 (0.78%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.78%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.78%) HBase
6 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.52%) Metadata
7 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 49 (12.69%) GitLab
2 29 (7.51%) Git
3 18 (4.66%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.37%) JIRA
5 11 (2.85%) Fiddler
6 4 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.78%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.78%) JUnit
7 3 (0.78%) Maven
7 3 (0.78%) Selenium
8 2 (0.52%) MSI
8 2 (0.52%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.26%) Ant
9 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.26%) git-flow
9 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.26%) Storybook
General
1 80 (20.73%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.62%) Finance
3 48 (12.44%) Banking
4 41 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.74%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.89%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.59%) Legal
10 7 (1.81%) Retail
11 6 (1.55%) Publishing
12 5 (1.30%) Automotive
13 4 (1.04%) Law
14 3 (0.78%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.78%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.78%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.52%) German Language
Job Titles
1 120 (31.09%) Network Engineer
2 51 (13.21%) Senior
3 43 (11.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (10.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 41 (10.62%) Architect
6 38 (9.84%) Security Engineer
7 33 (8.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 27 (6.99%) Cisco Engineer
8 27 (6.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 25 (6.48%) Network Security Engineer
10 24 (6.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (5.44%) Data Engineer
12 20 (5.18%) Cisco Security Engineer
12 20 (5.18%) Data Network Engineer
12 20 (5.18%) Web Engineer
13 19 (4.92%) Software Engineer
14 17 (4.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
15 16 (4.15%) Developer
15 16 (4.15%) Network Architect
16 14 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (33.94%) Terraform
2 20 (5.18%) REST
3 15 (3.89%) Kafka
4 11 (2.85%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.85%) OAuth
5 10 (2.59%) OpenID
6 9 (2.33%) SAML
7 8 (2.07%) 802.1X
7 8 (2.07%) OAuth2
7 8 (2.07%) React
8 7 (1.81%) Node.js
8 7 (1.81%) YAML
9 6 (1.55%) CSS
9 6 (1.55%) Keycloak
10 5 (1.30%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.30%) Azure Blueprints
10 5 (1.30%) JSON
10 5 (1.30%) Spring
10 5 (1.30%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.04%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 62 (16.06%) Cloud Native
1 62 (16.06%) Data Centre
2 43 (11.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 34 (8.81%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.89%) PKI
5 14 (3.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 14 (3.63%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.33%) Clustering
7 8 (2.07%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.81%) Distributed Applications
8 7 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.81%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.55%) Digital Signage
9 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.55%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (22.54%) Linux
2 62 (16.06%) Windows
3 29 (7.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (6.48%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.07%) Unix
7 3 (0.78%) CentOS
8 2 (0.52%) Android
8 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (36.27%) CI/CD
2 136 (35.23%) DevOps
3 128 (33.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 81 (20.98%) High Availability
5 71 (18.39%) Agile
6 68 (17.62%) Observability
7 67 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (17.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 57 (14.77%) Platform Engineering
10 53 (13.73%) Migration
11 51 (13.21%) Containerisation
12 49 (12.69%) Zero Trust
13 42 (10.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 41 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
15 40 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (9.59%) Infrastructure Automation
17 36 (9.33%) Configuration Management
18 35 (9.07%) Change Management
18 35 (9.07%) Software Engineering
19 34 (8.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 117 (30.31%) Python
2 67 (17.36%) PowerShell
3 62 (16.06%) Bash
4 37 (9.59%) Java
5 20 (5.18%) Bicep
6 15 (3.89%) SQL
7 11 (2.85%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.33%) Perl
9 6 (1.55%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.04%) C++
10 4 (1.04%) Go
11 2 (0.52%) C#
12 1 (0.26%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.26%) Groovy
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (31.87%) Security Cleared
2 97 (25.13%) SC Cleared
3 46 (11.92%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (6.74%) Azure Certification
5 25 (6.48%) CCNP
6 23 (5.96%) DV Cleared
7 22 (5.70%) CCNA
8 20 (5.18%) Degree
9 19 (4.92%) AWS Certification
10 14 (3.63%) CISSP
11 10 (2.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.81%) CCIE
14 6 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.78%) CCIE Security
16 3 (0.78%) CCSE
16 3 (0.78%) CCSM
16 3 (0.78%) VCAP
17 2 (0.52%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.33%) QA
2 6 (1.55%) SLA
3 4 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.04%) NCSC
3 4 (1.04%) NIST
4 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.52%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.26%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) GRC
5 1 (0.26%) PSD2
5 1 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 65 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (10.62%) Docker
3 29 (7.51%) Active Directory
4 22 (5.70%) vSphere
5 20 (5.18%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (5.18%) VMware NSX
6 12 (3.11%) Firmware
7 11 (2.85%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.26%) zsh
Systems Management
1 103 (26.68%) Kubernetes
2 83 (21.50%) Ansible
3 36 (9.33%) Grafana
4 34 (8.81%) Prometheus
5 21 (5.44%) Istio
6 18 (4.66%) FortiGate
7 17 (4.40%) Progress Chef
8 14 (3.63%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.11%) Puppet
10 7 (1.81%) Argo
10 7 (1.81%) Kustomize
10 7 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.55%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (1.55%) PowerCLI
11 6 (1.55%) SCCM
12 5 (1.30%) Nagios
13 4 (1.04%) Packer
13 4 (1.04%) systemd
14 3 (0.78%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (32.64%) F5
2 101 (26.17%) Cisco
3 74 (19.17%) VMware
4 56 (14.51%) Palo Alto
5 53 (13.73%) Microsoft
6 36 (9.33%) Google
7 25 (6.48%) Arista
7 25 (6.48%) Aruba
7 25 (6.48%) Fortinet
8 20 (5.18%) Red Hat
9 19 (4.92%) Splunk
10 18 (4.66%) Dynatrace
11 17 (4.40%) SolarWinds
12 14 (3.63%) NetApp
13 12 (3.11%) Blue Coat
13 12 (3.11%) Juniper
13 12 (3.11%) McAfee
14 11 (2.85%) CheckPoint
15 10 (2.59%) AppDynamics
16 9 (2.33%) Zscaler