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

 6 months to
13 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 403 312
Rank change year-on-year +66 -91 +11
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 394 159 251
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.48% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.53% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 93 145
10th Percentile £400 £343 £385
25th Percentile £450 £400 £435
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 £681 £685 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £536 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.11% -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 46,512 29,792 32,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.69% 90.47% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,938 18,529 19,417
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% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,382 1,881 1,250
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.54 £65.14 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -7.83%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +38 345 £536 +7.20% 170
UK excluding London +44 239 £536 +19.11% 79
North of England +24 128 £524 +4.80% 17
London -6 123 £525 -2.33% 95
Work from Home -5 104 £540 +19.94% 70
North West +2 92 £537 +7.40% 9
Midlands -33 53 £469 +17.25% 14
West Midlands -39 52 £469 +17.25% 11
South East -46 29 £550 - 24
Scotland -3 28 £525 +16.67% 8
Yorkshire -17 27 £500 - 7
South West -16 22 £675 +3.85% 9
East of England -6 21 £584 +16.56% 6
North East -28 15 £500 +2.56% 1
East Midlands -11 1 - - 3
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
1 138 (35.03%) Azure
2 118 (29.95%) AWS
3 73 (18.53%) GCP
4 41 (10.41%) GitHub
5 32 (8.12%) GitHub Actions
6 29 (7.36%) Amazon EKS
6 29 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (6.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 26 (6.60%) OCI
9 22 (5.58%) Entra ID
10 20 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (4.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (4.06%) SaaS
11 16 (4.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 15 (3.81%) Azure AKS
13 13 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 11 (2.79%) AWS Direct Connect
14 11 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (2.79%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 187 (47.46%) Firewall
2 168 (42.64%) DNS
3 117 (29.70%) VPN
4 92 (23.35%) Network Security
5 89 (22.59%) BGP
6 75 (19.04%) WAN
7 70 (17.77%) TCP/IP
8 60 (15.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 52 (13.20%) BIG-IP
10 50 (12.69%) SSL
11 49 (12.44%) OSPF
12 46 (11.68%) LAN
13 44 (11.17%) SD-WAN
14 43 (10.91%) HTTP
15 39 (9.90%) DHCP
15 39 (9.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 35 (8.88%) VXLAN
17 34 (8.63%) DMZ
17 34 (8.63%) Wireless
18 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 83 (21.07%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.53%) Finance
3 51 (12.94%) Banking
4 42 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.60%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.81%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.54%) Legal
10 7 (1.78%) Retail
11 6 (1.52%) Publishing
12 5 (1.27%) Automotive
13 4 (1.02%) Law
14 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.76%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.76%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (30.71%) Network Engineer
2 54 (13.71%) Senior
3 44 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 41 (10.41%) 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%) Developer
14 16 (4.06%) Network Architect
15 15 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (34.01%) 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%) 802.1X
6 8 (2.03%) Node.js
6 8 (2.03%) OAuth2
6 8 (2.03%) React
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%) OpenTelemetry
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%) PKI
6 15 (3.81%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.28%) Clustering
7 9 (2.28%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.78%) Distributed Applications
9 7 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.52%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 88 (22.34%) Linux
2 62 (15.74%) 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
1 144 (36.55%) CI/CD
2 140 (35.53%) DevOps
3 135 (34.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 85 (21.57%) High Availability
5 72 (18.27%) Agile
5 72 (18.27%) Observability
6 68 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 60 (15.23%) Platform Engineering
9 55 (13.96%) Migration
10 53 (13.45%) Zero Trust
11 51 (12.94%) Containerisation
12 43 (10.91%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 42 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (9.39%) Change Management
15 37 (9.39%) Configuration Management
15 37 (9.39%) Infrastructure Automation
16 35 (8.88%) Roadmaps
16 35 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (31.22%) Python
2 69 (17.51%) PowerShell
3 64 (16.24%) Bash
4 37 (9.39%) Java
5 21 (5.33%) 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 97 (24.62%) SC Cleared
3 46 (11.68%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (6.85%) Azure Certification
5 25 (6.35%) CCNP
6 23 (5.84%) DV Cleared
7 22 (5.58%) 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%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.78%) CCIE
13 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.76%) CCIE Security
15 3 (0.76%) CCSE
15 3 (0.76%) CCSM
15 3 (0.76%) VCAP
16 2 (0.51%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.28%) QA
2 6 (1.52%) SLA
3 4 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.02%) NCSC
3 4 (1.02%) NIST
4 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.51%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) GRC
5 1 (0.25%) PSD2
5 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 66 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (10.66%) Docker
3 29 (7.36%) Active Directory
4 22 (5.58%) vSphere
5 21 (5.33%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (5.08%) VMware NSX
7 12 (3.05%) Firmware
7 12 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (2.79%) Hyper-V
9 6 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.25%) KVM
10 1 (0.25%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.25%) zsh
Systems Management
1 104 (26.40%) Kubernetes
2 89 (22.59%) Ansible
3 37 (9.39%) Grafana
4 34 (8.63%) Prometheus
5 21 (5.33%) Istio
6 18 (4.57%) FortiGate
7 17 (4.31%) Progress Chef
8 14 (3.55%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.05%) Puppet
10 8 (2.03%) 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%) PowerCLI
12 6 (1.52%) SCCM
13 5 (1.27%) Nagios
13 5 (1.27%) Packer
14 4 (1.02%) systemd
15 3 (0.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 128 (32.49%) F5
2 102 (25.89%) Cisco
3 75 (19.04%) VMware
4 57 (14.47%) Palo Alto
5 56 (14.21%) Microsoft
6 38 (9.64%) Google
7 26 (6.60%) Arista
7 26 (6.60%) Fortinet
8 25 (6.35%) Aruba
9 21 (5.33%) Splunk
10 20 (5.08%) Red Hat
11 18 (4.57%) Dynatrace
12 17 (4.31%) 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
197 Load Balancing jobs Nationwide