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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 403 340
Rank change year-on-year +80 -63 +15
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 412 153 242
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.46% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.51% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 95 143
10th Percentile £400 £355 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £409
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 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +8.81% -3.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £76.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
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 45,360 29,849 33,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.48% 85.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,797 18,603 21,010
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 2,875 1,763 1,706
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.27 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.74 £42.50
% change year-on-year +93.36% -46.51% +7.39%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +75 372 £525 - 64
UK excluding London +69 280 £525 +8.81% 52
North of England +41 152 £524 +0.29% 16
North West +29 112 £537 +2.78% 9
London -27 104 £523 -7.93% 24
Work from Home -7 101 £529 +17.61% 31
Midlands -7 67 £499 +24.75% 4
West Midlands -8 66 £499 +24.75% 4
South East -27 50 £527 -6.27% 14
Yorkshire -12 31 £464 - 6
East of England -1 26 £525 +4.74% 4
Scotland +2 23 £413 -8.33% 5
South West -26 20 £663 +1.92% 10
North East -26 15 £500 +2.56% 1
East Midlands -12 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 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 5 (1.21%) Apache
1 5 (1.21%) Confluence
1 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.73%) Apache Spark
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
1 126 (30.58%) Azure
2 113 (27.43%) AWS
3 60 (14.56%) GCP
4 38 (9.22%) GitHub
5 28 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (6.31%) Amazon EKS
6 26 (6.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 25 (6.07%) OCI
8 22 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (4.85%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (4.61%) Entra ID
11 17 (4.13%) OpenShift
11 17 (4.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (3.16%) SaaS
13 12 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (2.91%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.43%) Route 53
14 10 (2.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 195 (47.33%) Firewall
2 182 (44.17%) DNS
3 132 (32.04%) VPN
4 101 (24.51%) BGP
5 98 (23.79%) WAN
6 90 (21.84%) Network Security
7 66 (16.02%) BIG-IP
8 65 (15.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 62 (15.05%) TCP/IP
10 58 (14.08%) 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 12 (2.91%) 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%) 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%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (10.92%) GitLab
2 26 (6.31%) Jenkins
3 23 (5.58%) Git
4 16 (3.88%) Fiddler
5 13 (3.16%) 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 70 (16.99%) Finance
3 62 (15.05%) Banking
4 42 (10.19%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (8.74%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.64%) 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%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.73%) Retail Banking
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 59 (14.32%) Senior
3 55 (13.35%) 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 38 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (8.74%) DevOps Engineer
9 35 (8.50%) Data Network Engineer
10 34 (8.25%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (8.01%) Data Engineer
12 32 (7.77%) Web Engineer
13 31 (7.52%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 23 (5.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.61%) Network Architect
16 16 (3.88%) AWS Engineer
16 16 (3.88%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 16 (3.88%) IP Network Engineer
16 16 (3.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (32.77%) Terraform
2 15 (3.64%) 802.1X
3 13 (3.16%) Kafka
4 12 (2.91%) REST
5 9 (2.18%) ARM Templates
5 9 (2.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (1.94%) CSS
7 7 (1.70%) React
8 6 (1.46%) Node.js
8 6 (1.46%) OAuth
8 6 (1.46%) OpenID
9 5 (1.21%) Middleware
9 5 (1.21%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.21%) SAML
9 5 (1.21%) Spring
9 5 (1.21%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.97%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.97%) HTML
11 3 (0.73%) A2A Protocol
11 3 (0.73%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 70 (16.99%) Data Centre
2 62 (15.05%) Cloud Native
3 48 (11.65%) 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 14 (3.40%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.18%) IoT
11 8 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.70%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.46%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (1.46%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.21%) Digital Signage
14 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
15 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 81 (19.66%) Linux
2 63 (15.29%) Windows
3 25 (6.07%) 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
1 133 (32.28%) CI/CD
2 129 (31.31%) DevOps
3 112 (27.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (24.51%) High Availability
5 72 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (16.50%) Agile
6 68 (16.50%) Observability
7 66 (16.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 55 (13.35%) Migration
9 52 (12.62%) Zero Trust
10 50 (12.14%) Containerisation
10 50 (12.14%) Platform Engineering
11 44 (10.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 40 (9.71%) Disaster Recovery
13 38 (9.22%) Infrastructure Automation
14 37 (8.98%) Identity Access Management
14 37 (8.98%) Roadmaps
15 35 (8.50%) Change Management
15 35 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (7.77%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.18%) Python
2 63 (15.29%) Bash
3 51 (12.38%) PowerShell
4 33 (8.01%) Java
5 17 (4.13%) Bicep
6 14 (3.40%) SQL
7 11 (2.67%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.70%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.70%) Perl
9 4 (0.97%) Go
10 3 (0.73%) C++
10 3 (0.73%) Ruby
11 2 (0.49%) Jython
12 1 (0.24%) Groovy
12 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 128 (31.07%) Security Cleared
2 92 (22.33%) SC Cleared
3 54 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (6.55%) CCNP
5 24 (5.83%) DV Cleared
6 23 (5.58%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.10%) Degree
8 18 (4.37%) AWS Certification
8 18 (4.37%) CCNA
9 12 (2.91%) CISSP
10 9 (2.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (1.94%) CCIE
12 6 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.21%) CCSE
13 5 (1.21%) CCSM
13 5 (1.21%) OCP
13 5 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.73%) JNCIA
14 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 68 (16.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (9.71%) Docker
3 33 (8.01%) VMware NSX
4 22 (5.34%) vSphere
5 19 (4.61%) Active Directory
6 18 (4.37%) Firmware
7 15 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.97%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.49%) NFS
10 2 (0.49%) Postfix
10 2 (0.49%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.49%) Varnish
10 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 105 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 83 (20.15%) 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 17 (4.13%) Progress Chef
9 16 (3.88%) Argo
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 76 (18.45%) VMware
4 63 (15.29%) Palo Alto
5 39 (9.47%) Microsoft
6 32 (7.77%) Google
7 29 (7.04%) Arista
7 29 (7.04%) Splunk
8 26 (6.31%) Red Hat
9 25 (6.07%) Aruba
10 23 (5.58%) Juniper
11 22 (5.34%) Fortinet
12 20 (4.85%) SolarWinds
13 19 (4.61%) NetApp
14 17 (4.13%) Blue Coat
14 17 (4.13%) McAfee
15 15 (3.64%) Dynatrace
16 14 (3.40%) CheckPoint
17 13 (3.16%) AppDynamics
18 12 (2.91%) Infoblox