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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 401 332
Rank change year-on-year +83 -69 +23
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 407 152 243
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.46% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.51% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 95 147
10th Percentile £401 £386 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -1.30% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £675
90th Percentile £650 £683 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £519 £475
% change year-on-year +1.83% +9.16% -12.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £76.75 - -
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 45,331 29,700 33,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.46% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,838 18,524 21,130
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,836 1,729 1,767
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.33 £18.14
Median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%
75th Percentile £67.99 £49.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.17% -43.53% +17.65%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +59 368 £525 - 67
UK excluding London +68 277 £528 +1.83% 54
North of England +51 147 £528 -0.85% 21
North West +36 108 £537 +0.85% 13
London -25 103 £523 -7.93% 21
Work from Home -6 99 £529 +13.51% 33
Midlands -20 64 £499 +24.75% 4
West Midlands -18 63 £499 +24.75% 4
South East -15 52 £527 -6.27% 11
Yorkshire -15 30 £428 - 7
East of England +4 26 £525 +4.74% 6
Scotland +5 22 £413 -8.33% 5
South West -23 20 £663 +3.92% 8
North East -25 15 £500 +2.56% 1
East Midlands -18 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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
1 125 (30.71%) Azure
2 113 (27.76%) AWS
3 61 (14.99%) GCP
4 36 (8.85%) GitHub
5 27 (6.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 26 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (6.14%) OCI
8 20 (4.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 17 (4.18%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.18%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.19%) SaaS
12 12 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (2.95%) Azure AKS
13 10 (2.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 10 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (2.46%) Route 53
14 9 (2.21%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 195 (47.91%) Firewall
2 176 (43.24%) DNS
3 129 (31.70%) VPN
4 98 (24.08%) BGP
5 97 (23.83%) WAN
6 89 (21.87%) Network Security
7 67 (16.46%) BIG-IP
8 63 (15.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 61 (14.99%) TCP/IP
10 60 (14.74%) LAN
11 55 (13.51%) SD-WAN
12 50 (12.29%) OSPF
13 46 (11.30%) VXLAN
14 45 (11.06%) SSL
15 42 (10.32%) HTTP
16 41 (10.07%) DMZ
17 39 (9.58%) Multicast
18 38 (9.34%) DHCP
18 38 (9.34%) Ethernet VPN
18 38 (9.34%) 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
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.49%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.25%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
6 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (11.06%) GitLab
2 26 (6.39%) Jenkins
3 23 (5.65%) Git
4 15 (3.69%) Fiddler
4 15 (3.69%) JIRA
5 4 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.74%) JUnit
6 3 (0.74%) Maven
6 3 (0.74%) Selenium
7 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.49%) Introscope
7 2 (0.49%) MSI
7 2 (0.49%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.25%) Ant
8 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 75 (18.43%) 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 34 (8.35%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.46%) Legal
9 10 (2.46%) Retail
10 7 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.47%) Publishing
12 4 (0.98%) 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
1 141 (34.64%) Network Engineer
2 58 (14.25%) Senior
3 54 (13.27%) Security Engineer
4 47 (11.55%) Architect
5 39 (9.58%) Network Security Engineer
6 37 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
6 37 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 37 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 36 (8.85%) DevOps Engineer
8 35 (8.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (8.11%) Data Network Engineer
10 31 (7.62%) Data Engineer
11 30 (7.37%) Web Engineer
12 29 (7.13%) Cisco Security Engineer
13 23 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.67%) Network Architect
15 16 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
15 16 (3.93%) Software Engineer
16 15 (3.69%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 15 (3.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (32.68%) Terraform
2 16 (3.93%) 802.1X
3 14 (3.44%) Kafka
4 12 (2.95%) REST
5 9 (2.21%) ARM Templates
5 9 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (1.97%) CSS
7 7 (1.72%) React
8 6 (1.47%) Middleware
8 6 (1.47%) Node.js
8 6 (1.47%) OAuth
8 6 (1.47%) OpenID
9 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.23%) SAML
9 5 (1.23%) Spring
9 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.98%) HTML
11 3 (0.74%) JSON
11 3 (0.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 70 (17.20%) Data Centre
2 62 (15.23%) Cloud Native
3 48 (11.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (7.86%) Management Information System
5 22 (5.41%) PKI
6 19 (4.67%) Clustering
7 16 (3.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 14 (3.44%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.97%) IoT
10 8 (1.97%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.47%) Distributed Applications
12 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.23%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) Digital Signage
13 4 (0.98%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (20.15%) Linux
2 65 (15.97%) Windows
3 26 (6.39%) 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
1 133 (32.68%) CI/CD
2 126 (30.96%) DevOps
3 112 (27.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (24.82%) High Availability
5 75 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (16.95%) Agile
6 69 (16.95%) Observability
7 66 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 54 (13.27%) Migration
9 52 (12.78%) Zero Trust
10 51 (12.53%) Containerisation
11 47 (11.55%) Platform Engineering
12 44 (10.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 40 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 38 (9.34%) Identity Access Management
14 38 (9.34%) Infrastructure Automation
15 35 (8.60%) Change Management
15 35 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (8.60%) Roadmaps
16 32 (7.86%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.52%) Python
2 63 (15.48%) Bash
3 50 (12.29%) PowerShell
4 33 (8.11%) Java
5 15 (3.69%) Bicep
6 14 (3.44%) SQL
7 11 (2.70%) 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
1 127 (31.20%) Security Cleared
2 89 (21.87%) SC Cleared
3 54 (13.27%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (6.39%) CCNP
5 25 (6.14%) DV Cleared
6 23 (5.65%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.16%) Degree
8 18 (4.42%) AWS Certification
8 18 (4.42%) CCNA
9 13 (3.19%) CISSP
10 9 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (1.97%) CCIE
12 6 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.23%) CCSE
13 5 (1.23%) CCSM
13 5 (1.23%) OCP
13 5 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.74%) JNCIA
14 3 (0.74%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.70%) QA
2 10 (2.46%) SLA
3 6 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (1.23%) NIST
5 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.49%) NCSC
5 2 (0.49%) 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 66 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (10.07%) Docker
3 33 (8.11%) VMware NSX
4 22 (5.41%) vSphere
5 19 (4.67%) Active Directory
6 17 (4.18%) Firmware
7 15 (3.69%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.98%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.49%) NFS
10 2 (0.49%) Postfix
10 2 (0.49%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.49%) Varnish
10 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (26.04%) Kubernetes
2 83 (20.39%) Ansible
3 40 (9.83%) Grafana
4 32 (7.86%) Prometheus
5 26 (6.39%) FortiGate
6 20 (4.91%) Istio
7 19 (4.67%) vCenter Server
8 17 (4.18%) Progress Chef
9 16 (3.93%) Argo
10 10 (2.46%) Puppet
11 8 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.23%) Kustomize
13 5 (1.23%) PowerCLI
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%) Avamar
16 2 (0.49%) linkerd
Vendors
1 160 (39.31%) F5
2 122 (29.98%) Cisco
3 74 (18.18%) VMware
4 63 (15.48%) Palo Alto
5 39 (9.58%) Microsoft
6 33 (8.11%) Google
7 30 (7.37%) Splunk
8 29 (7.13%) Arista
9 27 (6.63%) Red Hat
10 25 (6.14%) Aruba
10 25 (6.14%) Juniper
11 22 (5.41%) Fortinet
12 21 (5.16%) SolarWinds
13 18 (4.42%) NetApp
14 16 (3.93%) Blue Coat
14 16 (3.93%) McAfee
15 15 (3.69%) Dynatrace
16 14 (3.44%) CheckPoint
17 13 (3.19%) AppDynamics
18 12 (2.95%) Infoblox