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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 403 328
Rank change year-on-year +81 -75 +13
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 405 151 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.46% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.51% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 91 133
10th Percentile £400 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £688
90th Percentile £650 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £66.50 - -
25th Percentile £80.63 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - -

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 45,377 29,398 32,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.44% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,769 18,279 20,543
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% -3.49%
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 2,906 1,760 1,592
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.73 £17.30 £18.69
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.03 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.58 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +88.14% -47.37% +14.67%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +58 363 £525 +0.96% 179
UK excluding London +68 269 £525 +16.67% 111
North of England +48 143 £519 -0.19% 29
London -16 107 £520 -9.57% 104
North West +22 105 £535 +2.88% 15
Work from Home +17 103 £530 +9.74% 55
Midlands -22 61 £529 +32.25% 11
West Midlands -21 60 £529 +32.25% 10
South East -29 46 £530 -5.87% 21
Yorkshire -18 29 £474 - 14
East of England +4 28 £525 +4.74% 7
Scotland -2 24 £419 -6.94% 21
South West -23 19 £675 -10.00% 16
North East -29 15 £500 +2.56%
East Midlands -19 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.99%) Apache
2 4 (0.99%) Confluence
3 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.74%) nginx
3 3 (0.74%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.25%) JBoss
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 122 (30.12%) Azure
2 110 (27.16%) AWS
3 60 (14.81%) GCP
4 39 (9.63%) GitHub
5 29 (7.16%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (6.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 22 (5.43%) OCI
9 21 (5.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (4.69%) Entra ID
11 17 (4.20%) OpenShift
12 14 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (3.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (3.21%) SaaS
14 12 (2.96%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (2.72%) Serverless
16 10 (2.47%) Route 53
17 9 (2.22%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 196 (48.40%) Firewall
2 174 (42.96%) DNS
3 128 (31.60%) VPN
4 95 (23.46%) BGP
5 93 (22.96%) WAN
6 92 (22.72%) Network Security
7 65 (16.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 64 (15.80%) BIG-IP
9 62 (15.31%) TCP/IP
10 54 (13.33%) LAN
11 52 (12.84%) SD-WAN
12 46 (11.36%) OSPF
12 46 (11.36%) SSL
13 42 (10.37%) HTTP
13 42 (10.37%) VXLAN
14 40 (9.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 39 (9.63%) DMZ
16 38 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
17 37 (9.14%) DHCP
17 37 (9.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.46%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.73%) Power BI
3 6 (1.48%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.74%) Big Data
4 3 (0.74%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.74%) HBase
4 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.25%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
6 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (11.11%) GitLab
2 25 (6.17%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.19%) Git
4 14 (3.46%) Fiddler
5 12 (2.96%) JIRA
6 3 (0.74%) JUnit
6 3 (0.74%) Maven
6 3 (0.74%) Selenium
6 3 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.49%) Introscope
7 2 (0.49%) MSI
7 2 (0.49%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.25%) Ant
8 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 81 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 74 (18.27%) Finance
3 59 (14.57%) Banking
4 39 (9.63%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (7.90%) Investment Banking
7 17 (4.20%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.47%) Retail
10 9 (2.22%) Legal
11 7 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.48%) Publishing
13 4 (0.99%) Law
14 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.49%) Automotive
15 2 (0.49%) German Language
15 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 133 (32.84%) Network Engineer
2 61 (15.06%) Senior
3 49 (12.10%) Security Engineer
4 46 (11.36%) Architect
5 43 (10.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (8.89%) Cisco Engineer
6 36 (8.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 36 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 36 (8.89%) Network Security Engineer
7 34 (8.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 29 (7.16%) Data Network Engineer
9 28 (6.91%) Data Engineer
10 27 (6.67%) Cisco Security Engineer
10 27 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (6.67%) Web Engineer
11 19 (4.69%) Network Architect
12 18 (4.44%) Software Engineer
13 17 (4.20%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 16 (3.95%) AWS Engineer
15 14 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (32.84%) Terraform
2 14 (3.46%) REST
3 12 (2.96%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.96%) ARM Templates
3 12 (2.96%) Kafka
4 9 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
5 8 (1.98%) CSS
6 7 (1.73%) React
7 6 (1.48%) Node.js
7 6 (1.48%) OAuth
8 5 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.23%) OpenID
8 5 (1.23%) SAML
8 5 (1.23%) Spring
8 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.99%) HTML
10 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.74%) Keycloak
10 3 (0.74%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 69 (17.04%) Data Centre
2 62 (15.31%) Cloud Native
3 49 (12.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (8.64%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.20%) PKI
6 16 (3.95%) Clustering
6 16 (3.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 14 (3.46%) Security Posture
8 13 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.22%) IoT
10 8 (1.98%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.73%) Distributed Applications
12 6 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.48%) Digital Signage
13 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.99%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.99%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 83 (20.49%) Linux
2 61 (15.06%) Windows
3 25 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (3.95%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.22%) Unix
6 7 (1.73%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.49%) CentOS
7 2 (0.49%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Android
8 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (33.58%) CI/CD
2 134 (33.09%) DevOps
3 113 (27.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (24.20%) High Availability
5 74 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (17.04%) Agile
7 68 (16.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 63 (15.56%) Observability
9 53 (13.09%) Containerisation
9 53 (13.09%) Migration
9 53 (13.09%) Platform Engineering
10 50 (12.35%) Zero Trust
11 45 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 40 (9.88%) Disaster Recovery
13 38 (9.38%) Infrastructure Automation
14 36 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (8.64%) Roadmaps
16 34 (8.40%) Change Management
17 33 (8.15%) Identity Access Management
18 32 (7.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 116 (28.64%) Python
2 63 (15.56%) Bash
3 55 (13.58%) PowerShell
4 35 (8.64%) Java
5 20 (4.94%) Bicep
6 15 (3.70%) SQL
7 10 (2.47%) Perl
7 10 (2.47%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.73%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.99%) Go
10 3 (0.74%) C++
11 2 (0.49%) Jython
11 2 (0.49%) Ruby
12 1 (0.25%) C#
12 1 (0.25%) Groovy
12 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (31.36%) Security Cleared
2 97 (23.95%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.59%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (6.42%) CCNP
5 25 (6.17%) Azure Certification
6 22 (5.43%) Degree
7 21 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 18 (4.44%) AWS Certification
9 17 (4.20%) CCNA
10 13 (3.21%) CISSP
11 10 (2.47%) CCIE
11 10 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.23%) CCSE
14 5 (1.23%) CCSM
15 4 (0.99%) OCP
15 4 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.74%) VCAP
17 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.47%) QA
2 8 (1.98%) SLA
3 5 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (1.23%) NIST
4 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.49%) NCSC
4 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) GRC
5 1 (0.25%) PSD2
5 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 69 (17.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (9.63%) Docker
3 31 (7.65%) VMware NSX
4 22 (5.43%) vSphere
5 21 (5.19%) Active Directory
6 18 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (3.95%) Firmware
8 10 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.73%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.25%) KVM
12 1 (0.25%) NFS
12 1 (0.25%) Postfix
12 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.25%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 103 (25.43%) Kubernetes
2 87 (21.48%) Ansible
3 37 (9.14%) Grafana
4 30 (7.41%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.43%) FortiGate
6 21 (5.19%) Istio
7 20 (4.94%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.95%) Progress Chef
9 15 (3.70%) Argo
10 10 (2.47%) Puppet
11 7 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.48%) Cisco Prime
12 6 (1.48%) SCCM
13 5 (1.23%) Kustomize
13 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.23%) PowerCLI
14 4 (0.99%) Packer
14 4 (0.99%) systemd
15 3 (0.74%) SCOM
15 3 (0.74%) yum
Vendors
1 153 (37.78%) F5
2 116 (28.64%) Cisco
3 77 (19.01%) VMware
4 62 (15.31%) Palo Alto
5 43 (10.62%) Microsoft
6 31 (7.65%) Google
7 28 (6.91%) Arista
7 28 (6.91%) Red Hat
8 26 (6.42%) Splunk
9 25 (6.17%) Aruba
9 25 (6.17%) Fortinet
10 21 (5.19%) Juniper
11 17 (4.20%) NetApp
11 17 (4.20%) SolarWinds
12 15 (3.70%) Blue Coat
12 15 (3.70%) McAfee
13 14 (3.46%) CheckPoint
13 14 (3.46%) Dynatrace
14 12 (2.96%) AppDynamics
14 12 (2.96%) Infoblox