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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 376 347
Rank change year-on-year +70 -29 -14
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 354 154 251
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.53% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.58% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 85 160
10th Percentile £367 £373 £331
25th Percentile £436 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £645 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -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 40,077 26,470 37,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.45% 90.96% 86.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,204 17,026 23,967
10th Percentile £321 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +1.77% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,387 1,075 2,431
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.35 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.88% -27.07% +7.14%

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 8 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 8 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

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 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 +55 321 £525 +5.00% 63
UK excluding London +46 244 £525 +10.53% 60
North of England +9 125 £519 +3.70% 19
North West +14 97 £555 +11.00% 13
London -18 89 £525 -8.70% 18
Work from Home +15 84 £525 +16.67% 19
Midlands -5 75 £515 +78.96% 6
West Midlands +6 74 £515 +78.96% 2
South East -26 55 £525 +10.53% 17
Yorkshire -26 26 £464 +3.11% 1
East of England -12 19 £525 - 5
Scotland +4 17 £413 -8.33% 9
South West -36 9 £708 +45.13% 4
North East -12 5 - - 5
East Midlands -28 1 - - 4

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 4 (1.13%) Apache
1 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.85%) Confluence
2 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.85%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.56%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (0.56%) nginx
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (0.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) JBoss
4 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 97 (27.40%) Azure
2 67 (18.93%) AWS
3 57 (16.10%) GitHub
4 38 (10.73%) GitHub Actions
5 35 (9.89%) GCP
6 22 (6.21%) OpenShift
7 17 (4.80%) OCI
8 16 (4.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 12 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (3.11%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.82%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.82%) SaaS
14 9 (2.54%) Azure AKS
15 8 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (2.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 170 (48.02%) DNS
2 169 (47.74%) Firewall
3 94 (26.55%) BGP
4 84 (23.73%) VPN
5 81 (22.88%) BIG-IP
6 79 (22.32%) WAN
7 63 (17.80%) Network Security
8 55 (15.54%) LAN
9 54 (15.25%) OSPF
10 49 (13.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 48 (13.56%) TCP/IP
12 45 (12.71%) VXLAN
13 44 (12.43%) DHCP
13 44 (12.43%) Multicast
14 41 (11.58%) DMZ
15 39 (11.02%) Ethernet VPN
15 39 (11.02%) SD-WAN
16 38 (10.73%) SSL
17 37 (10.45%) HTTP
17 37 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.13%) Power BI
2 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
2 3 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.28%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) Redis
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 44 (12.43%) Jenkins
2 28 (7.91%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.65%) GitLab
4 11 (3.11%) JIRA
5 8 (2.26%) Git
6 4 (1.13%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.85%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.56%) Introscope
9 1 (0.28%) Ant
9 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.28%) Maven
9 1 (0.28%) Moq
9 1 (0.28%) NUnit
9 1 (0.28%) Serilog
General
1 62 (17.51%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.56%) Banking
3 39 (11.02%) Finance
4 37 (10.45%) Investment Banking
5 30 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.54%) Retail
9 7 (1.98%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.98%) Military
9 7 (1.98%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.85%) Advertising
12 3 (0.85%) Legal
13 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.28%) Billing
14 1 (0.28%) Games
14 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 136 (38.42%) Network Engineer
2 53 (14.97%) Architect
3 46 (12.99%) Security Engineer
4 44 (12.43%) Web Engineer
5 39 (11.02%) Network Security Engineer
5 39 (11.02%) Senior
6 37 (10.45%) Cisco Engineer
6 37 (10.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 36 (10.17%) Data Network Engineer
8 33 (9.32%) Data Engineer
9 32 (9.04%) Cisco Security Engineer
10 24 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (6.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 21 (5.93%) DevOps Engineer
12 21 (5.93%) Lead
13 19 (5.37%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 19 (5.37%) IP Network Engineer
14 17 (4.80%) Network Architect
14 17 (4.80%) Network Specialist
14 17 (4.80%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.91%) 802.1X
2 15 (4.24%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (2.26%) LDAP
4 7 (1.98%) Middleware
5 6 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (1.69%) Kafka
5 6 (1.69%) REST
6 5 (1.41%) Node.js
6 5 (1.41%) OAuth
6 5 (1.41%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.41%) OpenAPI
6 5 (1.41%) OpenID
6 5 (1.41%) Swagger
7 4 (1.13%) SAML
7 4 (1.13%) VML
8 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.85%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.85%) JSON
8 3 (0.85%) React
9 2 (0.56%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 77 (21.75%) Data Centre
2 44 (12.43%) Cloud Native
3 33 (9.32%) PKI
4 30 (8.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (7.91%) Clustering
6 23 (6.50%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.80%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.26%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.98%) IoT
10 6 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.41%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.13%) Replication
13 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.85%) SCADA
13 3 (0.85%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (20.34%) Windows
2 40 (11.30%) Linux
3 21 (5.93%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.67%) VMS
5 7 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.69%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.41%) CentOS
7 5 (1.41%) Unix
8 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.56%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (28.81%) High Availability
2 96 (27.12%) DevOps
3 91 (25.71%) CI/CD
4 71 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (19.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 69 (19.49%) Migration
6 54 (15.25%) Observability
7 41 (11.58%) Containerisation
8 39 (11.02%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 37 (10.45%) Identity Access Management
10 36 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (9.60%) Agile
12 32 (9.04%) Disaster Recovery
13 31 (8.76%) ITIL
13 31 (8.76%) Performance Optimisation
14 29 (8.19%) Data Loss Prevention
15 28 (7.91%) Malware Detection/Protection
15 28 (7.91%) RBAC
16 27 (7.63%) Roadmaps
16 27 (7.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 79 (22.32%) Python
2 42 (11.86%) Bash
3 29 (8.19%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.54%) Bicep
5 8 (2.26%) SQL
6 4 (1.13%) Java
6 4 (1.13%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.85%) C#
7 3 (0.85%) Groovy
8 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.56%) Jython
8 2 (0.56%) Perl
8 2 (0.56%) Ruby
9 1 (0.28%) Go
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (28.25%) Security Cleared
2 56 (15.82%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 32 (9.04%) CCNP
4 28 (7.91%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.95%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.95%) Degree
6 11 (3.11%) CCIE
7 9 (2.54%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.26%) JNCIA
8 8 (2.26%) JNCIP
8 8 (2.26%) JNCIS
9 7 (1.98%) CCNA
9 7 (1.98%) OCP
9 7 (1.98%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.13%) CCSM
13 3 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.26%) SLA
2 6 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (1.69%) QA
3 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.85%) NCSC
4 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 63 (17.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (13.56%) VMware NSX
3 28 (7.91%) Active Directory
3 28 (7.91%) Docker
4 25 (7.06%) vSphere
5 21 (5.93%) Firmware
6 9 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.69%) Postfix
9 5 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.13%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.56%) NFS
11 2 (0.56%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.56%) Varnish
12 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.28%) XenApp
12 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 95 (26.84%) Terraform
2 83 (23.45%) Ansible
3 80 (22.60%) Kubernetes
4 34 (9.60%) FortiGate
5 32 (9.04%) Grafana
6 23 (6.50%) Argo
7 21 (5.93%) vCenter Server
8 18 (5.08%) Prometheus
9 10 (2.82%) SCCM
10 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (1.98%) Istio
13 5 (1.41%) HAProxy
13 5 (1.41%) Progress Chef
14 4 (1.13%) Kibana
15 3 (0.85%) Karpenter
15 3 (0.85%) Puppet
15 3 (0.85%) SCOM
15 3 (0.85%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 175 (49.44%) F5
2 118 (33.33%) Cisco
3 84 (23.73%) VMware
4 48 (13.56%) Palo Alto
5 45 (12.71%) Splunk
6 41 (11.58%) Juniper
7 32 (9.04%) Microsoft
8 29 (8.19%) McAfee
9 28 (7.91%) Blue Coat
10 27 (7.63%) SolarWinds
11 22 (6.21%) Arista
11 22 (6.21%) Extreme Networks
11 22 (6.21%) Red Hat
12 21 (5.93%) NetApp
13 18 (5.08%) Google
13 18 (5.08%) Pure Storage
14 16 (4.52%) Aruba
14 16 (4.52%) CheckPoint
14 16 (4.52%) Fortinet
15 12 (3.39%) Dynatrace