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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 559 612
Rank change year-on-year +2 +53 -92
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 175 90 190
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 124 54 150
10th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year - +2.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,938 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,375 £88,075
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +11.30%

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 65,658 38,950 66,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 90.00% 82.04%
Number of salaries quoted 46,449 22,420 46,231
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,669 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -19 67 £80,000 +23.08% 38
South East +4 41 £60,000 -22.58% 14
North of England -14 26 £59,038 -21.28% 13
Midlands -18 19 £60,000 +30.43% 3
North West +12 15 £52,500 +10.53% 7
East of England +2 11 £60,000 -7.69% 6
West Midlands -26 10 £67,500 +46.74% 3
East Midlands -19 9 £60,000 -
North East - 6 £65,576 -
Yorkshire -32 5 £57,010 -28.74% 6
South West -56 5 £36,423 -21.25% 8
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 9 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.00%) nginx
3 6 (3.43%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.86%) Apache
4 5 (2.86%) IIS
5 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.71%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.57%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.57%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (4.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (50.29%) Azure
2 62 (35.43%) AWS
3 38 (21.71%) Azure AKS
4 34 (19.43%) IaaS
5 28 (16.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 28 (16.00%) Azure Key Vault
5 28 (16.00%) Azure Storage
6 21 (12.00%) GCP
7 11 (6.29%) Serverless
8 10 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (5.14%) OpenShift
9 9 (5.14%) PaaS
10 8 (4.57%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (4.57%) GitHub
10 8 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (4.00%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (50.29%) Firewall
2 73 (41.71%) DNS
3 56 (32.00%) VPN
4 45 (25.71%) BGP
5 39 (22.29%) WAN
6 34 (19.43%) Network Security
7 32 (18.29%) LAN
8 29 (16.57%) OSPF
9 26 (14.86%) VLAN
10 22 (12.57%) TCP/IP
11 18 (10.29%) Cisco Nexus
12 16 (9.14%) Cisco Firepower
12 16 (9.14%) SD-WAN
12 16 (9.14%) VXLAN
13 15 (8.57%) NGFW
14 13 (7.43%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (6.86%) Wireless
16 11 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (5.71%) Cisco ISE
18 8 (4.57%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.00%) Big Data
2 7 (4.00%) MySQL
2 7 (4.00%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.43%) Apache Hive
3 6 (3.43%) Hadoop
3 6 (3.43%) HBase
3 6 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.29%) Redis
5 3 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Git
1 7 (4.00%) GitLab
2 3 (1.71%) PHPUnit
2 3 (1.71%) Selenium
3 2 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 44 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.43%) Finance
2 41 (23.43%) Law
3 33 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.71%) Retail
5 8 (4.57%) Legal
5 8 (4.57%) Marketing
5 8 (4.57%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.43%) Banking
6 6 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.43%) Military
6 6 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.43%) Retail Banking
7 5 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.29%) Aviation
9 2 (1.14%) Back Office
9 2 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.57%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.57%) Electronics
10 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 45 (25.71%) Senior
3 37 (21.14%) Cloud Engineer
4 34 (19.43%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (16.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 22 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (10.86%) Senior Network Engineer
8 12 (6.86%) Architect
8 12 (6.86%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (6.86%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (6.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.57%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (4.57%) Operations Manager
11 7 (4.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.43%) Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.43%) Network Specialist
12 6 (3.43%) Senior Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.43%) Senior Network Specialist
12 6 (3.43%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.29%) Kafka
2 9 (5.14%) Node.js
3 8 (4.57%) RESTful
4 7 (4.00%) REST
5 6 (3.43%) 802.1X
5 6 (3.43%) OAuth
5 6 (3.43%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.86%) Middleware
7 4 (2.29%) JSON
7 4 (2.29%) JWT
7 4 (2.29%) LAMP
7 4 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.29%) SOAP
7 4 (2.29%) Web Services
7 4 (2.29%) XML
7 4 (2.29%) XML Messaging
7 4 (2.29%) YAML
8 3 (1.71%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (1.71%) AWS CDK
8 3 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 47 (26.86%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.29%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.43%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.14%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.43%) Replication
6 5 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.86%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.29%) Clustering
7 4 (2.29%) CMDB
7 4 (2.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.29%) PKI
7 4 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.71%) Blog
9 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (21.71%) Linux
2 20 (11.43%) Windows
3 11 (6.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.29%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.14%) CentOS
5 2 (1.14%) Rocky
5 2 (1.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.57%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.43%) Containerisation
2 47 (26.86%) Agile
3 46 (26.29%) CI/CD
4 45 (25.71%) High Availability
4 45 (25.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 44 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (24.57%) Root Cause Analysis
7 41 (23.43%) DevOps
8 30 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (16.00%) Mentoring
10 24 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (13.71%) Platform Engineering
11 23 (13.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
12 21 (12.00%) Computer Science
13 20 (11.43%) Analytics
14 19 (10.86%) Roadmaps
15 15 (8.57%) ITIL
15 15 (8.57%) Observability
15 15 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 47 (26.86%) Python
2 44 (25.14%) PowerShell
3 24 (13.71%) SQL
4 14 (8.00%) Bash
5 13 (7.43%) Java
5 13 (7.43%) PHP
6 7 (4.00%) C
7 6 (3.43%) C#
7 6 (3.43%) Go
7 6 (3.43%) Ruby
8 2 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.57%) Bicep
9 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (21.71%) Azure Certification
2 36 (20.57%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (17.71%) CCNP
4 27 (15.43%) Security Cleared
5 22 (12.57%) Degree
6 20 (11.43%) SC Cleared
7 14 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (6.86%) CCNA
9 11 (6.29%) CCIE
10 7 (4.00%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.57%) CCSM
13 1 (0.57%) CISM
13 1 (0.57%) IISP
13 1 (0.57%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.57%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.57%) PMO
2 7 (4.00%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.43%) QA
4 4 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.29%) SLA
5 2 (1.14%) GDPR
5 2 (1.14%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.57%) COBIT
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (9.14%) Docker
3 10 (5.71%) ProxySG
4 8 (4.57%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.86%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.29%) Firmware
6 4 (2.29%) Squid
7 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.57%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.57%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (39.43%) Kubernetes
2 43 (24.57%) Terraform
3 23 (13.14%) Ansible
4 10 (5.71%) Grafana
5 8 (4.57%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.57%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (4.00%) Argo
6 7 (4.00%) Check_MK
7 6 (3.43%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.43%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (3.43%) Istio
8 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (2.29%) Nagios
10 3 (1.71%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.71%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.71%) Proxmox
11 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.57%) Cilium
12 1 (0.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (26.29%) Cisco
2 40 (22.86%) Microsoft
3 29 (16.57%) Palo Alto
4 26 (14.86%) VMware
5 25 (14.29%) F5
6 17 (9.71%) SolarWinds
7 14 (8.00%) CheckPoint
7 14 (8.00%) Fortinet
8 13 (7.43%) Aruba
9 12 (6.86%) Infoblox
9 12 (6.86%) Zscaler
10 11 (6.29%) Arista
11 10 (5.71%) Blue Coat
11 10 (5.71%) HP
12 9 (5.14%) Oracle
13 8 (4.57%) Dell
13 8 (4.57%) Google
13 8 (4.57%) Motorola
13 8 (4.57%) ServiceNow
13 8 (4.57%) Veeam