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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 333 341
Rank change year-on-year -67 +8 +49
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 148 240 342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.63% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.74% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 141 222
10th Percentile £320 £363 £413
25th Percentile £400 £425 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £36.03
25th Percentile - - £55.94
Median hourly rate - - £68.50
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and 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 29,563 32,568 44,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.50% 85.63% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,358 20,001 30,324
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,791 1,464 1,557
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%
75th Percentile £44.35 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -47.37% +5.94% +75.90%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Load Balancing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Load Balancing 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 16 September 2025.

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
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 16 September 2025. 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 -57 131 £518 -1.27% 50
UK excluding London -14 73 £450 -10.00% 40
London -27 52 £560 -10.40% 15
Work from Home +2 40 £450 -30.77% 30
Midlands -1 34 £400 +33.33% 4
West Midlands +6 33 £400 +33.33% 2
North of England -9 28 £520 -0.95% 12
North West -5 26 £520 -7.56% 6
South East -1 9 £550 +10.00% 11
Yorkshire -20 6 - - 4
South West +12 4 £750 +22.45% 6
East of England +5 3 £501 -8.86% 4
Scotland -2 3 £450 +9.09% 4
North East - 2 £488 - 2
East Midlands -11 1 £620 - 2

Load Balancing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.38%) Apache
2 4 (2.70%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.35%) Confluence
3 2 (1.35%) JBoss
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.35%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (1.35%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.68%) nginx
4 1 (0.68%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.08%) AWS
2 29 (19.59%) Azure
3 15 (10.14%) GitHub
3 15 (10.14%) GitHub Actions
4 12 (8.11%) GCP
5 11 (7.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 10 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (6.08%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (4.73%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (4.73%) Serverless
9 6 (4.05%) Amazon S3
9 6 (4.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (3.38%) AWS CodePipeline
10 5 (3.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.70%) OpenShift
12 3 (2.03%) Akamai
12 3 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.03%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 65 (43.92%) Firewall
2 46 (31.08%) DNS
3 43 (29.05%) WAN
4 40 (27.03%) VPN
5 35 (23.65%) Network Security
6 31 (20.95%) BGP
7 26 (17.57%) IPsec
8 21 (14.19%) MPLS
9 20 (13.51%) LAN
10 18 (12.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 18 (12.16%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (11.49%) Cisco ISE
11 17 (11.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 17 (11.49%) SSL
11 17 (11.49%) TCP/IP
12 15 (10.14%) DMZ
13 14 (9.46%) HTTP
14 13 (8.78%) NetScaler
14 13 (8.78%) OSPF
14 13 (8.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.68%) MySQL
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (9.46%) Jenkins
2 10 (6.76%) Git
3 7 (4.73%) JIRA
4 6 (4.05%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (3.38%) GitLab
6 4 (2.70%) Robot Framework
7 3 (2.03%) Artifactory
7 3 (2.03%) Maven
7 3 (2.03%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.35%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.68%) Ant
9 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.68%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
General
1 35 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.86%) Public Sector
3 20 (13.51%) Finance
4 17 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.46%) Banking
6 8 (5.41%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.38%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.70%) Retail
10 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.68%) Advertising
12 1 (0.68%) iGaming
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Military
12 1 (0.68%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (38.51%) Network Engineer
2 20 (13.51%) Architect
3 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (10.81%) Support Engineer
5 15 (10.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (8.78%) Network Architect
7 11 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) AWS DevOps
9 9 (6.08%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (6.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 9 (6.08%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (6.08%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.41%) Automation Engineer
11 7 (4.73%) Operations Engineer
12 6 (4.05%) Network Support
12 6 (4.05%) Network Support Engineer
12 6 (4.05%) Python Engineer
12 6 (4.05%) Senior
13 5 (3.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.41%) 802.1X
2 6 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.70%) Middleware
4 3 (2.03%) Node.js
5 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.35%) RESTful
5 2 (1.35%) Spring
5 2 (1.35%) XML
5 2 (1.35%) YAML
6 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.68%) Blazor
6 1 (0.68%) JSON
6 1 (0.68%) Kafka
6 1 (0.68%) OAuth
6 1 (0.68%) OpenID
6 1 (0.68%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.95%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.81%) PKI
3 15 (10.14%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.08%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.73%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.38%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.03%) Hedge funds
8 3 (2.03%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.35%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.35%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.68%) IoT
10 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.14%) Linux
2 9 (6.08%) Unix
2 9 (6.08%) Windows
3 5 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.03%) CentOS
5 2 (1.35%) Android
5 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.30%) DevOps
2 30 (20.27%) CI/CD
3 24 (16.22%) Agile
3 24 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 23 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (14.19%) High Availability
6 20 (13.51%) Network Design
7 19 (12.84%) Containerisation
7 19 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (12.84%) Migration
8 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Automation
9 13 (8.78%) Configuration Management
9 13 (8.78%) Network Architecture
10 12 (8.11%) Cloud Security
10 12 (8.11%) ITIL
11 11 (7.43%) Business Strategy
11 11 (7.43%) Network Management
12 8 (5.41%) Change Management
12 8 (5.41%) Incident Response
12 8 (5.41%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (31.76%) Python
2 24 (16.22%) Bash
3 13 (8.78%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.41%) Groovy
5 7 (4.73%) Java
5 7 (4.73%) Perl
6 5 (3.38%) VB
7 4 (2.70%) Go
7 4 (2.70%) SQL
8 2 (1.35%) C#
8 2 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.68%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.68%) C++
9 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 35 (23.65%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.49%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.43%) CCNP
5 10 (6.76%) AWS Certification
6 8 (5.41%) Degree
7 7 (4.73%) CCNA
7 7 (4.73%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.70%) CCIE
10 3 (2.03%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (1.35%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (1.35%) RHCE
12 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.68%) CCSE
12 1 (0.68%) CEH
12 1 (0.68%) CISSP
12 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.05%) SLA
2 3 (2.03%) QA
3 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (8.78%) Docker
2 12 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.73%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (2.03%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.68%) XenApp
7 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (27.03%) Terraform
2 37 (25.00%) Ansible
3 16 (10.81%) Kubernetes
4 10 (6.76%) Prometheus
5 9 (6.08%) Grafana
6 6 (4.05%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.70%) Nagios
8 2 (1.35%) Argo
8 2 (1.35%) CASB
8 2 (1.35%) Consul
8 2 (1.35%) Istio
8 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.35%) Packer
8 2 (1.35%) Podman
8 2 (1.35%) Puppet
9 1 (0.68%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.68%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.68%) Salt
9 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (35.14%) F5
2 48 (32.43%) Cisco
3 30 (20.27%) Juniper
4 21 (14.19%) Palo Alto
5 15 (10.14%) VMware
6 14 (9.46%) Citrix
7 13 (8.78%) Meraki
8 10 (6.76%) Microsoft
9 8 (5.41%) CheckPoint
9 8 (5.41%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.05%) Arista
10 6 (4.05%) Oracle
11 5 (3.38%) Google
11 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.38%) Splunk
12 4 (2.70%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.70%) NetScout
13 3 (2.03%) Blue Coat
13 3 (2.03%) IBM
14 2 (1.35%) Computacenter