Load Balancing Contracts

Load Balancing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Load Balancing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Load Balancing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 354 400
Rank change year-on-year -4 +46 -4
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 247 423 588
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.72% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.80% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 303 376
10th Percentile £339 £385 £413
25th Percentile £385 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £688 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.54% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £32.20 £28.20
25th Percentile - £46.38 £32.25
Median hourly rate £45.88 £70.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.46% +72.84% -44.71%
75th Percentile £51.29 - £49.75
90th Percentile £61.01 - £54.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - -39.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Load Balancing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing.

Daily rate trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing.

Hourly rate trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 13 Contract 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 5 May 2024. 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 +7 228 £475 -13.64% 78
UK excluding London +36 143 £475 -5.00% 48
London +16 90 £500 -16.67% 30
West Midlands +67 59 £375 - 9
Midlands +66 59 £375 -16.67% 13
Work from Home -15 55 £507 -5.67% 36
East of England +45 31 £500 -9.09% 6
South West +25 17 £600 +26.32% 10
South East 0 15 £450 -10.00% 10
North of England -39 13 £600 +9.09% 9
North West -34 12 £600 +9.09% 6
Scotland - 8 £782 - 1
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 3

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 16 (6.48%) IIS
2 9 (3.64%) Apache
3 7 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.83%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.02%) nginx
5 4 (1.62%) Confluence
6 3 (1.21%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.81%) Traefik
8 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.40%) JBoss
8 1 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.62%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (23.08%) Azure
2 41 (16.60%) AWS
3 18 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.67%) GCP
5 12 (4.86%) PaaS
6 9 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.83%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.83%) Cloudflare
8 6 (2.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (2.43%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (2.43%) GitHub
9 5 (2.02%) Akamai
9 5 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.62%) BigCommerce
10 4 (1.62%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.62%) IaaS
10 4 (1.62%) SaaS
10 4 (1.62%) Serverless
11 3 (1.21%) Amazon Glacier
11 3 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 103 (41.70%) Firewall
2 85 (34.41%) VPN
3 82 (33.20%) WAN
4 71 (28.74%) BGP
5 66 (26.72%) MPLS
6 61 (24.70%) DNS
7 52 (21.05%) IPsec
8 49 (19.84%) Junos
9 38 (15.38%) Network Security
10 29 (11.74%) LAN
11 25 (10.12%) DHCP
12 20 (8.10%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (7.29%) SD-WAN
14 17 (6.88%) 5G
15 14 (5.67%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (5.67%) Cisco Nexus
15 14 (5.67%) TCP/IP
16 13 (5.26%) Wireshark
17 12 (4.86%) SAN
17 12 (4.86%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.02%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.21%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.81%) Power BI
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.40%) Bigtable
5 1 (0.40%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.40%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.40%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) MySQL
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (8.10%) Git
2 13 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.05%) Artifactory
3 10 (4.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (2.83%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.83%) JIRA
5 5 (2.02%) GitLab
6 4 (1.62%) Fiddler
6 4 (1.62%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.40%) Ant
7 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.40%) JUnit
7 1 (0.40%) Maven
7 1 (0.40%) Mockito
7 1 (0.40%) TestNG
General
1 48 (19.43%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.72%) Finance
3 18 (7.29%) Public Sector
4 12 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.24%) Banking
6 6 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.43%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.02%) German Language
7 5 (2.02%) Retail
8 4 (1.62%) Automotive
8 4 (1.62%) Legal
9 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.21%) Marketing
10 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 31 (12.55%) Architect
3 26 (10.53%) Senior
3 26 (10.53%) WAN Engineer
4 25 (10.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 25 (10.12%) 3rd Line Support
5 21 (8.50%) Network Support
6 18 (7.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (6.07%) Web Engineer
8 13 (5.26%) Administrator
8 13 (5.26%) Support Engineer
9 11 (4.45%) Design Engineer
9 11 (4.45%) Lead
9 11 (4.45%) Network Architect
9 11 (4.45%) Network Design Engineer
10 9 (3.64%) Developer
10 9 (3.64%) Full Stack Engineer
10 9 (3.64%) Java Engineer
10 9 (3.64%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.48%) .NET
1 16 (6.48%) CSS
1 16 (6.48%) HTML
1 16 (6.48%) React
2 8 (3.24%) LDAP
3 7 (2.83%) SAML
4 6 (2.43%) JSON
4 6 (2.43%) NETCONF
4 6 (2.43%) Node.js
4 6 (2.43%) XML
4 6 (2.43%) YANG
5 5 (2.02%) JWT
5 5 (2.02%) OAuth
6 4 (1.62%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.62%) 802.1X
6 4 (1.62%) Spring
7 3 (1.21%) JDBC
7 3 (1.21%) Middleware
7 3 (1.21%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.21%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (25.10%) PKI
2 32 (12.96%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.45%) Clustering
4 6 (2.43%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (2.43%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.62%) Replication
5 4 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.21%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.21%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.21%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.21%) Media Streaming
6 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.81%) IVR
8 1 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 38 (15.38%) Linux
2 33 (13.36%) Windows
3 22 (8.91%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.45%) Unix
5 8 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.43%) CentOS
7 5 (2.02%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.62%) Android
8 4 (1.62%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.40%) VMS
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.51%) DevOps
2 45 (18.22%) Network Design
3 42 (17.00%) Agile
4 39 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (14.98%) CI/CD
6 26 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (9.72%) Migration
8 20 (8.10%) Software Engineering
9 18 (7.29%) Roadmaps
10 17 (6.88%) Identity Management
10 17 (6.88%) ITIL
11 15 (6.07%) Mentoring
12 14 (5.67%) Full Stack Development
13 13 (5.26%) High Availability
13 13 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
13 13 (5.26%) Test Automation
14 12 (4.86%) Kanban
15 11 (4.45%) Task Automation
16 10 (4.05%) Infrastructure as Code
16 10 (4.05%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (14.98%) Python
2 35 (14.17%) PowerShell
3 22 (8.91%) Java
4 20 (8.10%) SQL
5 19 (7.69%) Bash
6 14 (5.67%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.64%) Go
8 7 (2.83%) C#
9 5 (2.02%) Bicep
10 4 (1.62%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.62%) Ruby
10 4 (1.62%) VBScript
11 3 (1.21%) C
11 3 (1.21%) PHP
12 2 (0.81%) Perl
12 2 (0.81%) Scala
13 1 (0.40%) Groovy
13 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (35.22%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.77%) SC Cleared
3 28 (11.34%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (8.50%) CCNP
5 16 (6.48%) CCNA
5 16 (6.48%) Degree
6 8 (3.24%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.02%) CCDP
8 3 (1.21%) CCIE
8 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.40%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (0.40%) MCSA
10 1 (0.40%) MCSE
10 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.81%) NCSC
2 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.40%) GDPR
2 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.40%) PMO
2 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (11.34%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (4.86%) Docker
5 10 (4.05%) VMware NSX
6 8 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (3.24%) vSphere
7 5 (2.02%) VMware Server
8 3 (1.21%) NFS
9 2 (0.81%) PowerDNS
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (9.31%) Terraform
2 18 (7.29%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.67%) Puppet
4 13 (5.26%) FortiGate
4 13 (5.26%) SCCM
5 12 (4.86%) Ansible
5 12 (4.86%) SCOM
6 7 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.02%) Progress Chef
7 5 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.02%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.62%) Grafana
8 4 (1.62%) Kibana
9 3 (1.21%) Istio
9 3 (1.21%) Podman
9 3 (1.21%) vRealize
10 2 (0.81%) Consul
10 2 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.81%) linkerd
10 2 (0.81%) Packer
Vendors
1 71 (28.74%) Cisco
2 64 (25.91%) Juniper
3 61 (24.70%) F5
4 33 (13.36%) Microsoft
5 26 (10.53%) VMware
6 23 (9.31%) Palo Alto
7 20 (8.10%) Fortinet
8 18 (7.29%) Aruba
9 16 (6.48%) Meraki
10 11 (4.45%) Splunk
11 10 (4.05%) SolarWinds
12 9 (3.64%) Oracle
13 8 (3.24%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.83%) Arista
14 7 (2.83%) Citrix
14 7 (2.83%) Nokia
15 6 (2.43%) Infoblox
16 5 (2.02%) Zscaler
17 4 (1.62%) Salesforce
17 4 (1.62%) Sitecore