Load Balancing Job Trends in England

Load Balancing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Load Balancing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 534 577
Rank change year-on-year -29 +43 -108
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 185 95 178
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 120 45 109
10th Percentile £54,750 £50,750 £39,950
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,500 £115,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,576 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% +16.67% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Load Balancing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,454 38,135 55,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.14% 88.76% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 21,803 32,273
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,571 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,040
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Load Balancing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Load Balancing job vacancy trend in England

Load Balancing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Load Balancing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Load Balancing

Load Balancing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Load Balancing in England

Load Balancing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -42 66 £80,000 +18.52% 149
South East -12 43 £60,000 -25.00% 29
North of England -40 24 £65,576 -18.03% 41
Midlands -32 23 £60,000 +30.43% 24
North West -5 16 £65,576 - 22
West Midlands -29 16 £62,500 +35.87% 21
South West -67 16 £62,500 +35.14% 19
East of England -20 10 £60,000 -2.04% 12
East Midlands - 7 £60,000 - 3
Yorkshire -47 4 £65,576 -18.03% 18
North East - 4 £65,576 - 2
Load Balancing
UK

Load Balancing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 16 (8.65%) nginx
2 15 (8.11%) SharePoint
3 13 (7.03%) Apache
4 12 (6.49%) IIS
5 6 (3.24%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.16%) Confluence
7 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.08%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.54%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (48.11%) Azure
2 64 (34.59%) AWS
3 31 (16.76%) Azure AKS
4 30 (16.22%) IaaS
5 29 (15.68%) GCP
6 23 (12.43%) Azure Key Vault
7 22 (11.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 22 (11.89%) Azure Storage
8 13 (7.03%) Entra ID
9 11 (5.95%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (5.95%) PaaS
9 11 (5.95%) Serverless
10 10 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (5.41%) GitHub
10 10 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (5.41%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (4.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (4.86%) OpenShift
12 8 (4.32%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 86 (46.49%) Firewall
2 79 (42.70%) DNS
3 46 (24.86%) VPN
4 38 (20.54%) BGP
5 33 (17.84%) Network Security
6 30 (16.22%) WAN
7 24 (12.97%) LAN
8 21 (11.35%) OSPF
9 20 (10.81%) TCP/IP
10 16 (8.65%) VLAN
11 12 (6.49%) SD-WAN
11 12 (6.49%) VXLAN
12 11 (5.95%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (5.41%) NGFW
14 9 (4.86%) Wireless
15 8 (4.32%) IPsec
15 8 (4.32%) NetScaler
15 8 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (3.78%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (3.78%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.32%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.78%) Big Data
4 6 (3.24%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.24%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.24%) HBase
4 6 (3.24%) MySQL
4 6 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.16%) Redis
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.54%) KDB
7 1 (0.54%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (5.95%) Git
2 9 (4.86%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.32%) GitLab
4 4 (2.16%) JIRA
5 3 (1.62%) PHPUnit
5 3 (1.62%) Selenium
6 2 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.08%) git-flow
7 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (29.73%) Finance
1 55 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.16%) Law
3 29 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (6.49%) Legal
5 11 (5.95%) Marketing
6 9 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.32%) Retail
8 7 (3.78%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.24%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.24%) Military
10 5 (2.70%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.16%) Aviation
11 4 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.62%) Banking
13 2 (1.08%) Electronics
14 1 (0.54%) Advertising
14 1 (0.54%) Games
14 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (26.49%) Senior
2 42 (22.70%) Network Engineer
3 35 (18.92%) Cloud Engineer
4 30 (16.22%) Azure Engineer
5 27 (14.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (11.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 17 (9.19%) Architect
8 16 (8.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
10 11 (5.95%) Lead
11 10 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (4.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (4.86%) Software Engineer
13 8 (4.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (4.32%) Technical Support
14 7 (3.78%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
15 6 (3.24%) Network Security Specialist
15 6 (3.24%) Senior Network Security Specialist
15 6 (3.24%) Senior Network Specialist
15 6 (3.24%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.49%) Terraform
2 11 (5.95%) Kafka
3 10 (5.41%) REST
4 8 (4.32%) Node.js
5 7 (3.78%) OAuth
5 7 (3.78%) OAuth2
6 6 (3.24%) RESTful
7 5 (2.70%) AWS CDK
7 5 (2.70%) Middleware
7 5 (2.70%) Web Services
8 4 (2.16%) Apache NiFi
8 4 (2.16%) JSON
8 4 (2.16%) JWT
8 4 (2.16%) LAMP
8 4 (2.16%) Pulumi
8 4 (2.16%) pytest
8 4 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.16%) React
8 4 (2.16%) XML
8 4 (2.16%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.46%) Data Centre
2 20 (10.81%) Cloud Native
3 19 (10.27%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.41%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.86%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.32%) CMDB
7 7 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (3.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.24%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.24%) Replication
9 5 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.70%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.16%) Blog
10 4 (2.16%) Clustering
10 4 (2.16%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.62%) Social Media
12 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 51 (27.57%) Linux
2 35 (18.92%) Windows
3 24 (12.97%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.95%) Ubuntu
5 7 (3.78%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.08%) Unix
6 2 (1.08%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.54%) CentOS
7 1 (0.54%) Rocky
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (33.51%) Infrastructure as Code
2 55 (29.73%) CI/CD
3 51 (27.57%) High Availability
4 49 (26.49%) Agile
4 49 (26.49%) Containerisation
5 46 (24.86%) DevOps
5 46 (24.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 42 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 36 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (19.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (17.30%) Mentoring
10 28 (15.14%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (12.97%) Software Engineering
12 22 (11.89%) Roadmaps
13 21 (11.35%) Analytics
13 21 (11.35%) Business Continuity
13 21 (11.35%) Platform Engineering
14 20 (10.81%) AI
14 20 (10.81%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 53 (28.65%) PowerShell
2 51 (27.57%) Python
3 23 (12.43%) SQL
4 21 (11.35%) Bash
5 13 (7.03%) Java
5 13 (7.03%) PHP
6 7 (3.78%) C
6 7 (3.78%) Go
7 6 (3.24%) C#
7 6 (3.24%) Ruby
8 4 (2.16%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.16%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.08%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 40 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.84%) Azure Certification
3 29 (15.68%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (15.68%) SC Cleared
4 23 (12.43%) CCNP
5 18 (9.73%) Degree
6 14 (7.57%) DV Cleared
7 12 (6.49%) CCNA
8 11 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (4.32%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (3.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.70%) CCIE
13 4 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (1.08%) CCSP
15 2 (1.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.49%) SLA
2 10 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.86%) QA
4 5 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.62%) NCSC
6 2 (1.08%) GDPR
6 2 (1.08%) PMO
7 1 (0.54%) COBIT
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (17.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (15.14%) Docker
3 11 (5.95%) Active Directory
4 8 (4.32%) VMware NSX
5 7 (3.78%) Firmware
6 5 (2.70%) Squid
6 5 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.16%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.16%) ProxySG
8 3 (1.62%) KVM
8 3 (1.62%) vSphere
9 2 (1.08%) UAG
9 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.54%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 72 (38.92%) Kubernetes
2 24 (12.97%) Ansible
3 13 (7.03%) Prometheus
4 12 (6.49%) Grafana
5 10 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (4.32%) Argo
7 7 (3.78%) FortiGate
8 6 (3.24%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.70%) Istio
10 4 (2.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (2.16%) Nagios
11 3 (1.62%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.62%) Puppet
12 2 (1.08%) AirWatch
12 2 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (1.08%) Proxmox
12 2 (1.08%) SCCM
12 2 (1.08%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.54%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 50 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 40 (21.62%) VMware
3 37 (20.00%) Cisco
4 31 (16.76%) F5
5 23 (12.43%) Palo Alto
6 13 (7.03%) Fortinet
6 13 (7.03%) Zscaler
7 11 (5.95%) Citrix
7 11 (5.95%) Infoblox
7 11 (5.95%) Meraki
8 10 (5.41%) Google
8 10 (5.41%) HP
8 10 (5.41%) SolarWinds
9 9 (4.86%) Aruba
10 8 (4.32%) Dell
10 8 (4.32%) Oracle
10 8 (4.32%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.32%) SonicWALL
10 8 (4.32%) Veeam
11 7 (3.78%) SAP