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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 326 304
Rank change year-on-year -48 -22 +91
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 209 228 362
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.62% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.72% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 131 235
10th Percentile £376 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £582 £675 £634
90th Percentile £695 £713 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £58.95
25th Percentile - - £59.63
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £68.13
90th Percentile - - £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £63.00
% change year-on-year - - +156.31%

All Process and 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 31,506 31,506 41,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.04% 86.11% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,718 18,972 28,134
10th Percentile £294 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,047 1,115 1,606
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £20.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £73.68 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -35.71% -20.14% +48.56%

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 November 2025.

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
Top 15 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 November 2025. 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 -22 193 £513 -2.38% 144
UK excluding London -7 135 £500 - 128
North of England -8 63 £500 +0.50% 26
North West +7 57 £500 +3.90% 17
Midlands +10 55 £400 -5.88% 18
Work from Home -5 55 £500 -23.08% 44
West Midlands +15 54 £400 -5.88% 12
London -26 54 £513 -20.57% 49
South East -14 17 £531 +2.36% 51
Yorkshire -28 17 £518 +6.15% 7
South West -5 14 £704 +60.40% 11
Scotland +8 5 £450 -5.26% 8
East of England -9 4 £501 - 13
North East -10 2 £488 -11.36% 2
East Midlands -22 1 £620 - 6

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 (2.39%) Apache
2 4 (1.91%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.96%) Confluence
4 2 (0.96%) JBoss
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.96%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
5 1 (0.48%) IIS
5 1 (0.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.84%) AWS
2 41 (19.62%) Azure
3 22 (10.53%) GitHub
4 17 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (7.18%) GCP
6 14 (6.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 14 (6.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 13 (6.22%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (5.74%) OpenShift
9 11 (5.26%) Amazon S3
9 11 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (5.26%) Serverless
10 9 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.83%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (2.87%) AWS CodePipeline
12 6 (2.87%) IaaS
13 5 (2.39%) AWS Direct Connect
13 5 (2.39%) Route 53
14 4 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 94 (44.98%) DNS
2 85 (40.67%) Firewall
3 52 (24.88%) VPN
4 51 (24.40%) WAN
5 45 (21.53%) Network Security
6 39 (18.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 36 (17.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 34 (16.27%) BGP
8 34 (16.27%) TCP/IP
9 31 (14.83%) IPsec
9 31 (14.83%) MPLS
10 29 (13.88%) DMZ
11 27 (12.92%) LAN
11 27 (12.92%) SSL
12 23 (11.00%) HTTP
13 21 (10.05%) BIG-IP
14 20 (9.57%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (9.09%) DHCP
16 18 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (7.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.74%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.44%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.48%) Redis
5 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (11.00%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.22%) Git
3 12 (5.74%) Fiddler
4 7 (3.35%) GitLab
4 7 (3.35%) JIRA
5 6 (2.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.91%) Maven
6 4 (1.91%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.44%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.44%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.48%) Ant
9 1 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.48%) Gatling
9 1 (0.48%) gulp
9 1 (0.48%) JMeter
9 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 47 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.88%) Banking
3 25 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 24 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (11.00%) Investment Banking
6 20 (9.57%) Finance
7 14 (6.70%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Retail
13 1 (0.48%) iGaming
13 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.48%) Military
13 1 (0.48%) Publishing
13 1 (0.48%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (34.45%) Network Engineer
2 40 (19.14%) Architect
3 20 (9.57%) Network Architect
3 20 (9.57%) Support Engineer
4 18 (8.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (7.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 15 (7.18%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (6.70%) 3rd Line Support
6 14 (6.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 14 (6.70%) AWS Engineer
7 13 (6.22%) Operations Engineer
8 11 (5.26%) Automation Engineer
9 10 (4.78%) AWS DevOps
9 10 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.78%) Web Engineer
10 9 (4.31%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.31%) IP Network Engineer
10 9 (4.31%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.26%) OAuth
1 11 (5.26%) SAML
2 10 (4.78%) 802.1X
2 10 (4.78%) OAuth2
2 10 (4.78%) OpenID
3 7 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.91%) Middleware
5 3 (1.44%) Lambda Expressions
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.96%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.96%) Node.js
6 2 (0.96%) React
6 2 (0.96%) RESTful
6 2 (0.96%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.96%) Spring
6 2 (0.96%) XML
6 2 (0.96%) YAML
7 1 (0.48%) Flash
7 1 (0.48%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.70%) Data Centre
2 30 (14.35%) Management Information System
3 19 (9.09%) PKI
4 14 (6.70%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.83%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.35%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.39%) Replication
8 5 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.96%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.96%) SCADA
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.48%) CMDB
11 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.48%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.31%) Linux
2 26 (12.44%) Windows
3 14 (6.70%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.31%) Unix
5 6 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.91%) CentOS
7 3 (1.44%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (1.44%) Android
7 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.96%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (20.10%) DevOps
2 39 (18.66%) CI/CD
3 32 (15.31%) Network Design
4 31 (14.83%) Containerisation
5 30 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (13.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (11.96%) Agile
7 25 (11.96%) Business Strategy
8 24 (11.48%) High Availability
8 24 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (10.53%) Migration
10 19 (9.09%) RBAC
11 18 (8.61%) Incident Response
12 17 (8.13%) Network Architecture
13 16 (7.66%) Performance Monitoring
14 15 (7.18%) Configuration Management
14 15 (7.18%) Infrastructure Automation
14 15 (7.18%) ITIL
14 15 (7.18%) Network Management
15 13 (6.22%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (31.10%) Python
2 32 (15.31%) Bash
3 29 (13.88%) PowerShell
4 11 (5.26%) Perl
5 9 (4.31%) Java
6 7 (3.35%) SQL
7 5 (2.39%) Groovy
8 4 (1.91%) VB
9 3 (1.44%) Go
10 2 (0.96%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.96%) C#
10 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.48%) Bicep
11 1 (0.48%) C++
11 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (35.89%) Security Cleared
2 53 (25.36%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.61%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (6.70%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.74%) Degree
6 11 (5.26%) AWS Certification
7 10 (4.78%) CCNP
7 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.83%) CCNA
9 5 (2.39%) CCIE
9 5 (2.39%) CISSP
10 4 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.91%) CCIE Security
10 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.44%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (1.44%) CCSP
12 2 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.96%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.35%) SLA
2 5 (2.39%) GDPR
3 4 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.91%) NIST
3 4 (1.91%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.91%) QA
4 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (20.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (12.44%) Docker
3 23 (11.00%) Active Directory
4 18 (8.61%) VMware NSX
5 8 (3.83%) vSphere
6 7 (3.35%) Firmware
7 5 (2.39%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.48%) XenApp
8 1 (0.48%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (25.36%) Terraform
2 52 (24.88%) Ansible
3 23 (11.00%) Kubernetes
4 11 (5.26%) Argo
4 11 (5.26%) Grafana
4 11 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (4.78%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (4.31%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.83%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.39%) Packer
9 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.44%) Nagios
10 2 (0.96%) CASB
10 2 (0.96%) Consul
10 2 (0.96%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.96%) Podman
10 2 (0.96%) Puppet
10 2 (0.96%) SCCM
11 1 (0.48%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 85 (40.67%) F5
2 60 (28.71%) VMware
3 53 (25.36%) Cisco
4 39 (18.66%) Juniper
5 28 (13.40%) Palo Alto
6 21 (10.05%) Blue Coat
7 20 (9.57%) McAfee
8 17 (8.13%) Microsoft
9 16 (7.66%) Meraki
10 11 (5.26%) Citrix
10 11 (5.26%) NetApp
11 10 (4.78%) Oracle
12 9 (4.31%) SolarWinds
12 9 (4.31%) Splunk
13 8 (3.83%) CheckPoint
13 8 (3.83%) Fortinet
13 8 (3.83%) Pure Storage
13 8 (3.83%) Red Hat
14 5 (2.39%) ServiceNow
15 4 (1.91%) Zscaler