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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 402 335
Rank change year-on-year +93 -67 +19
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 407 151 239
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.46% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.50% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 92 146
10th Percentile £406 £385 £356
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £517 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +1.29% -7.27%
75th Percentile £594 £613 £675
90th Percentile £650 £686 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £520 £400
% change year-on-year +1.54% +30.00% -25.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £74.10 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 - -

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 45,350 29,954 33,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.50% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,857 18,668 21,203
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £424 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
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 2,845 1,726 1,796
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.23
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.97
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -38.61% -1.28%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +79 369 £525 - 113
UK excluding London +75 280 £528 +1.54% 78
North of England +34 150 £536 +0.66% 29
North West +34 111 £537 +0.85% 17
London -24 101 £516 -8.22% 51
Work from Home -8 100 £529 +13.51% 46
Midlands -5 68 £529 +32.25% 5
West Midlands -9 67 £529 +32.25% 4
South East -16 56 £527 -6.27% 13
Yorkshire -8 31 £428 - 11
East of England +3 26 £525 +4.74% 7
Scotland +9 22 £413 -8.33% 11
South West -32 15 £675 +5.88% 11
North East -30 14 £575 +17.95% 1
East Midlands -17 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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 (1.47%) Confluence
2 5 (1.23%) Apache
2 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
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%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 127 (31.20%) Azure
2 113 (27.76%) AWS
3 61 (14.99%) GCP
4 37 (9.09%) GitHub
5 28 (6.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 27 (6.63%) OCI
7 26 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
9 20 (4.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 19 (4.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (4.42%) OpenShift
12 16 (3.93%) Entra ID
13 13 (3.19%) SaaS
14 10 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (2.46%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.46%) Route 53
15 9 (2.21%) AWS Direct Connect
15 9 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 194 (47.67%) Firewall
2 174 (42.75%) DNS
3 128 (31.45%) VPN
4 101 (24.82%) BGP
5 95 (23.34%) WAN
6 86 (21.13%) Network Security
7 68 (16.71%) BIG-IP
8 64 (15.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 61 (14.99%) TCP/IP
10 60 (14.74%) LAN
11 55 (13.51%) SD-WAN
12 52 (12.78%) OSPF
13 47 (11.55%) VXLAN
14 46 (11.30%) SSL
15 43 (10.57%) DMZ
15 43 (10.57%) HTTP
16 42 (10.32%) Multicast
17 39 (9.58%) DHCP
17 39 (9.58%) Ethernet VPN
17 39 (9.58%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.95%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.72%) Power BI
3 6 (1.47%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.74%) Big Data
4 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.74%) HBase
4 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.74%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.49%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.25%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
6 1 (0.25%) Redis
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (10.81%) GitLab
2 27 (6.63%) Jenkins
3 23 (5.65%) Git
4 16 (3.93%) Fiddler
5 15 (3.69%) JIRA
6 4 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.74%) JUnit
7 3 (0.74%) Maven
7 3 (0.74%) Selenium
8 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.49%) Introscope
8 2 (0.49%) MSI
8 2 (0.49%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.25%) Ant
9 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 72 (17.69%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.44%) Finance
3 59 (14.50%) Banking
4 41 (10.07%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (8.60%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.46%) Retail
9 8 (1.97%) Legal
10 7 (1.72%) Publishing
10 7 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.98%) Law
13 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 143 (35.14%) Network Engineer
2 59 (14.50%) Senior
3 57 (14.00%) Security Engineer
4 49 (12.04%) Architect
5 41 (10.07%) Network Security Engineer
6 39 (9.58%) Cisco Engineer
6 39 (9.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 36 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (8.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 35 (8.60%) Data Network Engineer
8 35 (8.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 33 (8.11%) Data Engineer
10 32 (7.86%) Web Engineer
11 31 (7.62%) Cisco Security Engineer
12 23 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (4.91%) Network Architect
14 16 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (3.93%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 16 (3.93%) IP Network Engineer
14 16 (3.93%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.18%) 802.1X
2 14 (3.44%) Kafka
3 12 (2.95%) REST
4 9 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
5 8 (1.97%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.97%) CSS
6 7 (1.72%) React
7 6 (1.47%) Middleware
7 6 (1.47%) Node.js
7 6 (1.47%) OAuth
7 6 (1.47%) OpenID
8 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.23%) SAML
8 5 (1.23%) Spring
8 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.98%) HTML
10 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.74%) JSON
10 3 (0.74%) LDAP
10 3 (0.74%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 71 (17.44%) Data Centre
2 64 (15.72%) Cloud Native
3 44 (10.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 22 (5.41%) PKI
6 20 (4.91%) Clustering
7 16 (3.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 15 (3.69%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.21%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.72%) IoT
13 6 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.47%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (1.23%) Private Cloud
15 4 (0.98%) Digital Signage
15 4 (0.98%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 82 (20.15%) Linux
2 67 (16.46%) Windows
3 27 (6.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.19%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.21%) Unix
6 6 (1.47%) Ubuntu
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%) CentOS
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (32.19%) CI/CD
2 121 (29.73%) DevOps
3 106 (26.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 105 (25.80%) High Availability
5 76 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (17.69%) Observability
7 65 (15.97%) Agile
7 65 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 57 (14.00%) Migration
9 52 (12.78%) Zero Trust
10 50 (12.29%) Containerisation
11 44 (10.81%) Platform Engineering
12 43 (10.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 39 (9.58%) Identity Access Management
13 39 (9.58%) Infrastructure Automation
14 38 (9.34%) Disaster Recovery
15 37 (9.09%) Change Management
16 36 (8.85%) Roadmaps
17 33 (8.11%) Cloud Security
18 31 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.52%) Python
2 63 (15.48%) Bash
3 50 (12.29%) PowerShell
4 34 (8.35%) Java
5 15 (3.69%) Bicep
6 14 (3.44%) SQL
7 10 (2.46%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.72%) Perl
9 4 (0.98%) Go
10 3 (0.74%) C++
10 3 (0.74%) Ruby
11 2 (0.49%) Jython
12 1 (0.25%) Groovy
12 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 122 (29.98%) Security Cleared
2 85 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 55 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (6.39%) CCNP
5 23 (5.65%) Azure Certification
6 22 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 21 (5.16%) Degree
8 18 (4.42%) CCNA
9 17 (4.18%) AWS Certification
10 13 (3.19%) CISSP
11 8 (1.97%) CCIE
12 6 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.23%) CCSE
13 5 (1.23%) CCSM
13 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.23%) OCP
13 5 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.98%) JNCIA
14 4 (0.98%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.70%) QA
2 10 (2.46%) SLA
3 6 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (1.47%) NIST
4 3 (0.74%) NCSC
5 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) PSD2
6 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 63 (15.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (10.07%) Docker
3 30 (7.37%) VMware NSX
4 19 (4.67%) vSphere
5 18 (4.42%) Active Directory
5 18 (4.42%) Firmware
6 11 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.98%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.49%) NFS
10 2 (0.49%) Postfix
10 2 (0.49%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.49%) Varnish
11 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 130 (31.94%) Terraform
2 102 (25.06%) Kubernetes
3 79 (19.41%) Ansible
4 39 (9.58%) Grafana
5 31 (7.62%) Prometheus
6 27 (6.63%) FortiGate
7 19 (4.67%) Istio
8 17 (4.18%) Argo
8 17 (4.18%) Progress Chef
9 16 (3.93%) vCenter Server
10 10 (2.46%) Puppet
11 7 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.23%) Kustomize
13 5 (1.23%) SCCM
14 4 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
14 4 (0.98%) systemd
15 3 (0.74%) yum
16 2 (0.49%) SCOM
16 2 (0.49%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 164 (40.29%) F5
2 122 (29.98%) Cisco
3 72 (17.69%) VMware
4 61 (14.99%) Palo Alto
5 40 (9.83%) Microsoft
6 34 (8.35%) Google
7 31 (7.62%) Splunk
8 30 (7.37%) Arista
9 28 (6.88%) Red Hat
10 26 (6.39%) Juniper
11 25 (6.14%) Aruba
12 23 (5.65%) Fortinet
13 20 (4.91%) SolarWinds
14 19 (4.67%) NetApp
15 17 (4.18%) Blue Coat
15 17 (4.18%) McAfee
16 14 (3.44%) CheckPoint
16 14 (3.44%) Dynatrace
17 13 (3.19%) AppDynamics
17 13 (3.19%) Oracle