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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 398 322
Rank change year-on-year +48 -76 -5
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 394 165 253
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.50% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.55% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 93 147
10th Percentile £400 £343 £390
25th Percentile £450 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £680 £685 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.33% -10.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 0 0
10th Percentile £57.80 - -
25th Percentile £61.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.75 - -
75th Percentile £90.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.38 - -

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 46,870 30,047 32,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 90.49% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,156 18,700 19,515
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,444 1,888 1,247
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.94 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.18 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +37 346 £535 +7.00% 176
UK excluding London +28 236 £537 +19.33% 82
North of England +6 128 £524 +4.80% 20
London -8 124 £525 - 96
Work from Home -14 106 £550 +22.22% 142
North West -2 92 £537 +7.40% 12
Midlands -39 53 £469 +17.25% 16
West Midlands -35 52 £469 +17.25% 11
South East -48 28 £550 - 24
Yorkshire -24 27 £500 - 7
Scotland -1 26 £525 +16.67% 6
South West -21 22 £675 +3.85% 9
East of England -9 21 £584 +16.56% 5
North East -23 15 £500 +2.56% 1
East Midlands -11 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 7 (1.78%) Confluence
1 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.02%) nginx
3 3 (0.76%) Apache
3 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) JBoss
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 139 (35.28%) Azure
2 118 (29.95%) AWS
3 73 (18.53%) GCP
4 42 (10.66%) GitHub
5 33 (8.38%) GitHub Actions
6 30 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (7.36%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (6.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 26 (6.60%) OCI
10 23 (5.84%) Entra ID
11 20 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (4.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (4.06%) SaaS
12 16 (4.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 15 (3.81%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (3.05%) OpenShift
16 11 (2.79%) AWS Direct Connect
16 11 (2.79%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 186 (47.21%) Firewall
2 168 (42.64%) DNS
3 116 (29.44%) VPN
4 92 (23.35%) Network Security
5 90 (22.84%) BGP
6 73 (18.53%) WAN
7 70 (17.77%) TCP/IP
8 61 (15.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 52 (13.20%) BIG-IP
10 51 (12.94%) SSL
11 49 (12.44%) OSPF
12 43 (10.91%) HTTP
12 43 (10.91%) LAN
12 43 (10.91%) SD-WAN
13 40 (10.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 38 (9.64%) DHCP
15 35 (8.88%) VXLAN
16 34 (8.63%) DMZ
16 34 (8.63%) Wireless
17 31 (7.87%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.81%) Relational Database
2 9 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.03%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.78%) Power BI
5 5 (1.27%) MySQL
6 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.02%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.76%) Big Data
7 3 (0.76%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.76%) EDRMS
7 3 (0.76%) HBase
7 3 (0.76%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.51%) Metadata
8 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.25%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 50 (12.69%) GitLab
2 32 (8.12%) Git
3 19 (4.82%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.55%) JIRA
5 11 (2.79%) Fiddler
6 4 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.76%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.76%) JUnit
7 3 (0.76%) Maven
7 3 (0.76%) Selenium
8 2 (0.51%) MSI
8 2 (0.51%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.51%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.25%) Ant
9 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.25%) git-flow
9 1 (0.25%) Snyk
9 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.25%) Storybook
9 1 (0.25%) Terragrunt
General
1 84 (21.32%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.53%) Finance
3 52 (13.20%) Banking
4 42 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.12%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.60%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.81%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.54%) Legal
9 7 (1.78%) Retail
10 6 (1.52%) Publishing
11 5 (1.27%) Automotive
12 4 (1.02%) Law
13 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.76%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.76%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 119 (30.20%) Network Engineer
2 55 (13.96%) Senior
3 44 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 42 (10.66%) Architect
6 38 (9.64%) Security Engineer
7 34 (8.63%) Cloud Engineer
8 27 (6.85%) Cisco Engineer
8 27 (6.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 25 (6.35%) Network Security Engineer
9 25 (6.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (5.33%) Data Engineer
11 20 (5.08%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 20 (5.08%) Data Network Engineer
11 20 (5.08%) Web Engineer
12 19 (4.82%) Software Engineer
13 17 (4.31%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 16 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
14 16 (4.06%) Developer
14 16 (4.06%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (34.26%) Terraform
2 20 (5.08%) REST
3 15 (3.81%) Kafka
4 11 (2.79%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.79%) OAuth
4 11 (2.79%) OpenID
5 9 (2.28%) SAML
6 8 (2.03%) Node.js
6 8 (2.03%) OAuth2
6 8 (2.03%) React
7 7 (1.78%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.78%) YAML
8 6 (1.52%) CSS
8 6 (1.52%) JSON
8 6 (1.52%) Keycloak
9 5 (1.27%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
9 5 (1.27%) Spring
9 5 (1.27%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.02%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 66 (16.75%) Data Centre
2 62 (15.74%) Cloud Native
3 43 (10.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (8.63%) Management Information System
5 16 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 15 (3.81%) Security Posture
7 14 (3.55%) PKI
8 9 (2.28%) Clustering
8 9 (2.28%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.03%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.78%) Distributed Applications
10 7 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.52%) Digital Signage
11 6 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 86 (21.83%) Linux
2 59 (14.97%) Windows
3 29 (7.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (6.35%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.28%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.03%) Unix
7 3 (0.76%) CentOS
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.25%) macOS
9 1 (0.25%) VMS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (36.80%) CI/CD
2 141 (35.79%) DevOps
3 136 (34.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 83 (21.07%) High Availability
5 72 (18.27%) Agile
6 71 (18.02%) Observability
7 69 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 62 (15.74%) Platform Engineering
10 55 (13.96%) Migration
11 54 (13.71%) Zero Trust
12 51 (12.94%) Containerisation
13 43 (10.91%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 42 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
15 41 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (9.64%) Change Management
16 38 (9.64%) Configuration Management
17 37 (9.39%) Infrastructure Automation
18 35 (8.88%) Software Engineering
18 35 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (31.22%) Python
2 70 (17.77%) PowerShell
3 64 (16.24%) Bash
4 37 (9.39%) Java
5 22 (5.58%) Bicep
6 15 (3.81%) SQL
7 12 (3.05%) Shell Script
8 10 (2.54%) Perl
9 6 (1.52%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.02%) C++
10 4 (1.02%) Go
11 2 (0.51%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.51%) C#
12 1 (0.25%) Groovy
12 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.25%) R
12 1 (0.25%) Ruby
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (31.22%) Security Cleared
2 98 (24.87%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.42%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (7.11%) Azure Certification
5 25 (6.35%) CCNP
6 23 (5.84%) DV Cleared
7 21 (5.33%) CCNA
8 20 (5.08%) AWS Certification
8 20 (5.08%) Degree
9 14 (3.55%) CISSP
10 10 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (2.03%) CCIE
11 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.76%) CCIE Security
14 3 (0.76%) CCSE
14 3 (0.76%) CCSM
14 3 (0.76%) JNCIE
14 3 (0.76%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.03%) QA
2 6 (1.52%) SLA
3 4 (1.02%) NCSC
3 4 (1.02%) NIST
4 3 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) PSD2
6 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 67 (17.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (10.66%) Docker
3 29 (7.36%) Active Directory
4 23 (5.84%) vSphere
5 21 (5.33%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (5.08%) VMware NSX
7 14 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (3.05%) Firmware
9 11 (2.79%) Hyper-V
10 6 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.25%) zsh
Systems Management
1 105 (26.65%) Kubernetes
2 89 (22.59%) Ansible
3 37 (9.39%) Grafana
4 34 (8.63%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.58%) Istio
6 18 (4.57%) FortiGate
7 17 (4.31%) Progress Chef
8 14 (3.55%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.05%) Puppet
10 9 (2.28%) Argo
11 7 (1.78%) Cisco Prime
11 7 (1.78%) Kustomize
11 7 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (1.52%) Packer
12 6 (1.52%) PowerCLI
12 6 (1.52%) SCCM
13 5 (1.27%) Nagios
14 4 (1.02%) systemd
15 3 (0.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (31.98%) F5
2 100 (25.38%) Cisco
3 76 (19.29%) VMware
4 56 (14.21%) Microsoft
5 55 (13.96%) Palo Alto
6 38 (9.64%) Google
7 27 (6.85%) Fortinet
8 26 (6.60%) Arista
8 26 (6.60%) Aruba
9 21 (5.33%) Red Hat
10 20 (5.08%) Splunk
11 18 (4.57%) Dynatrace
12 16 (4.06%) SolarWinds
13 14 (3.55%) NetApp
14 13 (3.30%) Juniper
15 12 (3.05%) Blue Coat
15 12 (3.05%) McAfee
16 11 (2.79%) CheckPoint
17 10 (2.54%) AppDynamics
18 9 (2.28%) SaltStack