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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 408 339
Rank change year-on-year +92 -69 +14
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 414 159 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.53% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 94 143
10th Percentile £401 £343 £353
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £675
90th Percentile £650 £669 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £483 £400
% change year-on-year +8.81% +20.63% -25.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £54.64 - -
25th Percentile £67.08 - -
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 45,312 29,789 33,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.84% 90.47% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,886 18,626 21,285
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £421 £404 £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 £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,829 1,693 1,837
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -1.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.74 £42.50
% change year-on-year +93.36% -46.51% +17.24%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +71 374 £525 +0.48% 123
UK excluding London +79 286 £525 +8.81% 75
North of England +28 147 £528 +1.05% 32
North West +28 108 £537 +2.29% 18
Work from Home -5 100 £529 +17.44% 45
London -36 100 £516 -8.22% 54
South East -17 68 £527 -4.14% 16
Midlands -14 66 £529 +32.25% 4
West Midlands -14 65 £529 +32.25% 4
Yorkshire -19 31 £428 - 11
East of England +2 25 £525 +4.74% 3
Scotland +6 22 £413 -8.33% 7
South West -27 14 £675 +5.88% 12
North East -29 14 £575 +35.29% 3
East Midlands -11 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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 (1.45%) Confluence
2 5 (1.21%) Apache
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.72%) nginx
3 3 (0.72%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.24%) JBoss
5 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 128 (30.92%) Azure
2 110 (26.57%) AWS
3 61 (14.73%) GCP
4 41 (9.90%) GitHub
5 29 (7.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 28 (6.76%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (6.52%) OCI
8 21 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
9 20 (4.83%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (4.59%) OpenShift
10 19 (4.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (3.86%) Entra ID
12 13 (3.14%) SaaS
13 10 (2.42%) Azure AKS
13 10 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (2.17%) Route 53
15 8 (1.93%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 207 (50.00%) Firewall
2 182 (43.96%) DNS
3 126 (30.43%) VPN
4 112 (27.05%) BGP
5 108 (26.09%) WAN
6 86 (20.77%) Network Security
7 77 (18.60%) BIG-IP
8 73 (17.63%) LAN
9 65 (15.70%) OSPF
10 60 (14.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 59 (14.25%) TCP/IP
11 59 (14.25%) VXLAN
12 55 (13.29%) SD-WAN
13 50 (12.08%) Ethernet VPN
14 49 (11.84%) DHCP
15 45 (10.87%) Multicast
15 45 (10.87%) SSL
16 42 (10.14%) DMZ
16 42 (10.14%) HTTP
17 36 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.90%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.69%) Power BI
3 6 (1.45%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.72%) Big Data
4 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.72%) HBase
4 3 (0.72%) MySQL
4 3 (0.72%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.48%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.48%) Redis
5 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (10.63%) GitLab
2 31 (7.49%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.31%) Git
4 16 (3.86%) Fiddler
5 15 (3.62%) JIRA
6 4 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.72%) JUnit
7 3 (0.72%) Maven
7 3 (0.72%) Selenium
8 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.48%) Introscope
8 2 (0.48%) MSI
8 2 (0.48%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.24%) Ant
9 1 (0.24%) Moq
9 1 (0.24%) NUnit
9 1 (0.24%) Serilog
9 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 71 (17.15%) Social Skills
2 69 (16.67%) Finance
3 58 (14.01%) Banking
4 43 (10.39%) Public Sector
5 35 (8.45%) Investment Banking
6 32 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.62%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.42%) Retail
9 7 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.69%) Publishing
9 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.45%) Legal
10 6 (1.45%) Military
11 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Law
12 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.72%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 144 (34.78%) Network Engineer
2 61 (14.73%) Senior
3 57 (13.77%) Security Engineer
4 51 (12.32%) Architect
5 41 (9.90%) Network Security Engineer
6 39 (9.42%) Cisco Engineer
6 39 (9.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 35 (8.45%) Data Network Engineer
7 35 (8.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 34 (8.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (7.97%) Data Engineer
9 33 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 32 (7.73%) Web Engineer
11 31 (7.49%) Cisco Security Engineer
12 23 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (5.07%) Network Architect
14 17 (4.11%) Lead
14 17 (4.11%) Network Specialist
14 17 (4.11%) Senior Network Engineer
15 16 (3.86%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.76%) 802.1X
2 14 (3.38%) Kafka
3 13 (3.14%) REST
4 11 (2.66%) OpenTelemetry
5 9 (2.17%) ARM Templates
6 8 (1.93%) CSS
6 8 (1.93%) React
7 7 (1.69%) OAuth
8 6 (1.45%) Middleware
8 6 (1.45%) Node.js
8 6 (1.45%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.45%) OpenID
9 5 (1.21%) SAML
9 5 (1.21%) Spring
9 5 (1.21%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.97%) HTML
10 4 (0.97%) Swagger
11 3 (0.72%) A2A Protocol
11 3 (0.72%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.72%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 81 (19.57%) Data Centre
2 63 (15.22%) Cloud Native
3 43 (10.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (7.97%) Management Information System
5 31 (7.49%) Clustering
5 31 (7.49%) PKI
6 15 (3.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 15 (3.62%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.69%) IoT
9 7 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.97%) Digital Signage
11 4 (0.97%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.72%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (18.84%) Windows
2 76 (18.36%) Linux
3 27 (6.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.90%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.69%) Unix
6 6 (1.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.48%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.48%) 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
1 133 (32.13%) CI/CD
2 124 (29.95%) DevOps
3 117 (28.26%) High Availability
4 107 (25.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 83 (20.05%) Observability
5 83 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (15.46%) Agile
7 62 (14.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 57 (13.77%) Migration
9 53 (12.80%) Zero Trust
10 52 (12.56%) Containerisation
11 51 (12.32%) Identity Access Management
12 42 (10.14%) Platform Engineering
13 41 (9.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 38 (9.18%) Disaster Recovery
15 36 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
16 35 (8.45%) Change Management
16 35 (8.45%) Roadmaps
17 34 (8.21%) ITIL
18 33 (7.97%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.57%) Python
2 64 (15.46%) Bash
3 50 (12.08%) PowerShell
4 34 (8.21%) Java
5 16 (3.86%) Bicep
6 15 (3.62%) SQL
7 8 (1.93%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.21%) Perl
10 3 (0.72%) C++
10 3 (0.72%) Go
10 3 (0.72%) Groovy
10 3 (0.72%) Ruby
11 2 (0.48%) Jython
12 1 (0.24%) C#
12 1 (0.24%) R
12 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 136 (32.85%) Security Cleared
2 87 (21.01%) SC Cleared
3 64 (15.46%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (7.73%) DV Cleared
5 27 (6.52%) CCNP
6 22 (5.31%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.07%) Degree
8 18 (4.35%) CCNA
9 17 (4.11%) AWS Certification
10 13 (3.14%) CISSP
11 9 (2.17%) CCIE
12 8 (1.93%) JNCIA
12 8 (1.93%) JNCIP
12 8 (1.93%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.45%) OCP
13 6 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.21%) CCSE
14 5 (1.21%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.66%) QA
2 9 (2.17%) SLA
3 6 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (1.45%) NIST
4 4 (0.97%) NCSC
5 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.48%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.48%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) GRC
6 1 (0.24%) PSD2
6 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 61 (14.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (10.39%) Docker
3 30 (7.25%) VMware NSX
4 20 (4.83%) vSphere
5 18 (4.35%) Firmware
6 17 (4.11%) Active Directory
7 11 (2.66%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.48%) NFS
10 2 (0.48%) Postfix
10 2 (0.48%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.48%) Varnish
11 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 130 (31.40%) Terraform
2 103 (24.88%) Kubernetes
3 77 (18.60%) Ansible
4 42 (10.14%) Grafana
5 38 (9.18%) FortiGate
6 30 (7.25%) Prometheus
7 19 (4.59%) Argo
7 19 (4.59%) Istio
8 18 (4.35%) vCenter Server
9 17 (4.11%) Progress Chef
10 10 (2.42%) Puppet
11 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.21%) Kustomize
12 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (1.21%) SCCM
13 4 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
13 4 (0.97%) systemd
14 3 (0.72%) yum
15 2 (0.48%) Avamar
15 2 (0.48%) linkerd
Vendors
1 172 (41.55%) F5
2 132 (31.88%) Cisco
3 70 (16.91%) VMware
4 62 (14.98%) Palo Alto
5 44 (10.63%) Splunk
6 40 (9.66%) Juniper
7 38 (9.18%) Microsoft
8 34 (8.21%) Google
9 32 (7.73%) Arista
10 31 (7.49%) SolarWinds
11 30 (7.25%) Red Hat
12 25 (6.04%) Aruba
13 23 (5.56%) Fortinet
14 22 (5.31%) Extreme Networks
15 18 (4.35%) NetApp
16 17 (4.11%) Blue Coat
16 17 (4.11%) McAfee
17 15 (3.62%) Dynatrace
18 14 (3.38%) CheckPoint
19 13 (3.14%) Oracle