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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 376 365
Rank change year-on-year +75 -11 -35
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 388 149 228
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.79% 0.52% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.57% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 84 145
10th Percentile £400 £369 £350
25th Percentile £441 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £517 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +8.79% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 - -
Median hourly rate £57.02 - £45.88
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.02 - £45.88

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 41,610 26,282 36,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.67% 91.03% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,026 16,812 23,631
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,481 1,100 2,513
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% -23.38% -1.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.88 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

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 30 May 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 30 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 14 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 30 May 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 +64 348 £525 -4.55% 53
UK excluding London +51 267 £517 +8.79% 40
North of England +15 140 £515 -2.00% 15
North West +17 106 £528 +0.57% 8
Work from Home 0 99 £525 +20.00% 16
London -16 91 £525 -8.70% 24
Midlands -8 68 £500 +25.00% 3
West Midlands -15 68 £500 +25.00% 2
South East -20 58 £520 -5.45% 14
Yorkshire -40 28 £428 -4.89% 2
East of England -9 23 £525 - 2
Scotland +10 20 £413 -8.33% 2
South West -29 14 £675 +42.11% 4
North East -15 10 £650 +18.18% 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 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.03%) Apache
2 4 (1.03%) Confluence
3 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.77%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.52%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.52%) nginx
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) JBoss
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 113 (29.12%) Azure
2 102 (26.29%) AWS
3 52 (13.40%) GitHub
4 48 (12.37%) GCP
5 35 (9.02%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (6.44%) OCI
7 22 (5.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 22 (5.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 21 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
8 21 (5.41%) OpenShift
9 14 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (3.09%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.09%) Entra ID
12 11 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.84%) SaaS
13 9 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (2.32%) Serverless
14 8 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (2.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 188 (48.45%) Firewall
2 175 (45.10%) DNS
3 103 (26.55%) BGP
4 100 (25.77%) VPN
5 93 (23.97%) WAN
6 87 (22.42%) BIG-IP
7 74 (19.07%) Network Security
8 64 (16.49%) LAN
9 60 (15.46%) OSPF
10 56 (14.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 54 (13.92%) VXLAN
12 49 (12.63%) SD-WAN
12 49 (12.63%) TCP/IP
13 48 (12.37%) Ethernet VPN
14 45 (11.60%) Multicast
15 43 (11.08%) DHCP
16 41 (10.57%) SSL
17 40 (10.31%) DMZ
17 40 (10.31%) HTTP
18 37 (9.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.55%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.55%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.03%) Power BI
4 3 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.77%) Big Data
4 3 (0.77%) HBase
4 3 (0.77%) MySQL
4 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.52%) Redis
5 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.26%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 48 (12.37%) Jenkins
2 37 (9.54%) GitLab
3 26 (6.70%) Fiddler
4 16 (4.12%) Git
4 16 (4.12%) JIRA
5 4 (1.03%) Terragrunt
6 3 (0.77%) JUnit
6 3 (0.77%) Selenium
6 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.52%) Introscope
7 2 (0.52%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.26%) Ant
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) Moq
8 1 (0.26%) NUnit
8 1 (0.26%) Serilog
General
1 62 (15.98%) Social Skills
2 52 (13.40%) Finance
3 50 (12.89%) Banking
4 36 (9.28%) Investment Banking
4 36 (9.28%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.58%) Retail
7 8 (2.06%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.55%) Military
9 5 (1.29%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.29%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.77%) Advertising
10 3 (0.77%) Legal
10 3 (0.77%) Publishing
11 2 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.26%) Automotive
12 1 (0.26%) Games
12 1 (0.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 147 (37.89%) Network Engineer
2 53 (13.66%) Security Engineer
3 49 (12.63%) Architect
3 49 (12.63%) Senior
4 42 (10.82%) Web Engineer
5 40 (10.31%) Network Security Engineer
6 38 (9.79%) Cisco Engineer
6 38 (9.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 36 (9.28%) Data Network Engineer
8 33 (8.51%) Data Engineer
9 32 (8.25%) Cisco Security Engineer
9 32 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (6.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 25 (6.44%) Cloud Engineer
12 21 (5.41%) Lead
12 21 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (5.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 18 (4.64%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 18 (4.64%) IP Network Engineer
14 17 (4.38%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.22%) 802.1X
2 15 (3.87%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (3.09%) Kafka
4 8 (2.06%) REST
5 7 (1.80%) Middleware
6 6 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.55%) Node.js
7 5 (1.29%) OAuth
7 5 (1.29%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.29%) OpenID
8 4 (1.03%) CSS
8 4 (1.03%) React
8 4 (1.03%) SAML
8 4 (1.03%) Swagger
9 3 (0.77%) JSON
9 3 (0.77%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.77%) LDAP
9 3 (0.77%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.77%) Spring
9 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 85 (21.91%) Data Centre
2 57 (14.69%) Cloud Native
3 39 (10.05%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (9.02%) PKI
5 31 (7.99%) Clustering
6 27 (6.96%) Management Information System
7 16 (4.12%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.58%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.06%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.80%) IoT
11 6 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.55%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
14 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 80 (20.62%) Windows
2 54 (13.92%) Linux
3 19 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (4.64%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.35%) VMS
6 7 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.29%) Unix
8 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.52%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.26%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (30.15%) CI/CD
2 114 (29.38%) DevOps
3 111 (28.61%) High Availability
4 83 (21.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 74 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (17.78%) Migration
7 68 (17.53%) Observability
8 51 (13.14%) Containerisation
9 47 (12.11%) Agile
9 47 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 44 (11.34%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 38 (9.79%) Identity Access Management
11 38 (9.79%) Zero Trust
12 37 (9.54%) Roadmaps
13 34 (8.76%) Change Management
14 32 (8.25%) Disaster Recovery
15 31 (7.99%) Performance Optimisation
16 30 (7.73%) ITIL
17 29 (7.47%) Infrastructure Automation
17 29 (7.47%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 96 (24.74%) Python
2 46 (11.86%) Bash
3 30 (7.73%) PowerShell
4 21 (5.41%) Java
5 12 (3.09%) SQL
6 8 (2.06%) Bicep
7 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.77%) Groovy
8 3 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.77%) Perl
8 3 (0.77%) Ruby
9 2 (0.52%) Go
9 2 (0.52%) Jython
10 1 (0.26%) C#
10 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (28.09%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.24%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (15.98%) SC Cleared
4 33 (8.51%) CCNP
5 32 (8.25%) DV Cleared
6 21 (5.41%) Degree
7 19 (4.90%) Azure Certification
8 16 (4.12%) AWS Certification
9 13 (3.35%) CCNA
10 9 (2.32%) CISSP
11 8 (2.06%) CCIE
11 8 (2.06%) JNCIA
11 8 (2.06%) JNCIP
11 8 (2.06%) JNCIS
12 7 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.80%) OCP
12 7 (1.80%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (1.29%) CCSE
13 5 (1.29%) CCSM
14 4 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.84%) QA
2 9 (2.32%) SLA
3 6 (1.55%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.77%) NCSC
5 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 63 (16.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (12.37%) VMware NSX
3 40 (10.31%) Docker
4 27 (6.96%) vSphere
5 25 (6.44%) Active Directory
6 20 (5.15%) Firmware
7 11 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.03%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.52%) NFS
11 2 (0.52%) Postfix
11 2 (0.52%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.52%) Varnish
12 1 (0.26%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 114 (29.38%) Terraform
2 100 (25.77%) Kubernetes
3 96 (24.74%) Ansible
4 38 (9.79%) Grafana
5 35 (9.02%) FortiGate
6 24 (6.19%) Argo
7 23 (5.93%) Prometheus
8 22 (5.67%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.09%) Progress Chef
10 10 (2.58%) Istio
11 9 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (1.80%) SCCM
14 6 (1.55%) Puppet
15 5 (1.29%) HAProxy
16 4 (1.03%) Kibana
17 3 (0.77%) Karpenter
17 3 (0.77%) Stealthwatch
18 2 (0.52%) CASB
Vendors
1 180 (46.39%) F5
2 125 (32.22%) Cisco
3 85 (21.91%) VMware
4 62 (15.98%) Palo Alto
5 46 (11.86%) Splunk
6 42 (10.82%) Juniper
7 29 (7.47%) Arista
8 28 (7.22%) Google
8 28 (7.22%) Red Hat
8 28 (7.22%) SolarWinds
9 27 (6.96%) Blue Coat
9 27 (6.96%) McAfee
9 27 (6.96%) Microsoft
10 23 (5.93%) Aruba
11 22 (5.67%) Extreme Networks
12 21 (5.41%) Fortinet
13 20 (5.15%) NetApp
14 17 (4.38%) CheckPoint
14 17 (4.38%) Pure Storage
15 12 (3.09%) Dynatrace