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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 557 601
Rank change year-on-year -1 +44 -78
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 181 91 186
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 123 54 146
10th Percentile £51,500 £44,675 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +6.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,375 £87,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +9.17%

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 67,066 38,984 61,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 89.76% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47,315 22,502 42,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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 30 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 -23 66 £80,000 +23.08% 49
South East -1 46 £60,000 -23.81% 13
North of England -19 25 £65,576 -12.57% 21
Midlands -20 20 £60,000 +30.43% 4
North West +11 15 £59,038 +24.29% 11
East of England -18 11 £60,000 -7.69% 7
West Midlands -19 11 £65,000 +41.30% 4
East Midlands -13 9 £60,000 -
South West -59 8 £62,500 +35.14% 5
North East - 7 £65,576 - 1
Yorkshire -33 3 £65,576 -18.03% 10
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 10 (5.52%) nginx
1 10 (5.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.87%) Apache
2 7 (3.87%) IIS
3 6 (3.31%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.66%) Confluence
4 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.66%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.55%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (4.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (49.72%) Azure
2 65 (35.91%) AWS
3 38 (20.99%) Azure AKS
4 34 (18.78%) IaaS
5 28 (15.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 28 (15.47%) Azure Key Vault
5 28 (15.47%) Azure Storage
6 25 (13.81%) GCP
7 13 (7.18%) Serverless
8 12 (6.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (4.97%) GitHub
9 9 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.97%) OpenShift
9 9 (4.97%) PaaS
10 8 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (3.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (3.31%) Amazon Kinesis
12 6 (3.31%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 87 (48.07%) Firewall
2 77 (42.54%) DNS
3 55 (30.39%) VPN
4 43 (23.76%) BGP
5 38 (20.99%) WAN
6 37 (20.44%) Network Security
7 33 (18.23%) LAN
8 29 (16.02%) OSPF
9 23 (12.71%) VLAN
10 20 (11.05%) TCP/IP
11 18 (9.94%) Cisco Nexus
12 16 (8.84%) SD-WAN
13 15 (8.29%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (7.18%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (7.18%) Wireless
15 12 (6.63%) VXLAN
16 10 (5.52%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (5.52%) NGFW
17 8 (4.42%) Cisco Wireless
17 8 (4.42%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.42%) MySQL
2 8 (4.42%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.87%) Big Data
3 7 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.31%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.31%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.31%) HBase
5 4 (2.21%) Redis
6 3 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.52%) Git
2 7 (3.87%) GitLab
3 4 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.21%) PHPUnit
3 4 (2.21%) Selenium
4 3 (1.66%) JIRA
5 1 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.55%) git-flow
5 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 49 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.31%) Finance
3 41 (22.65%) Law
4 31 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.52%) Legal
6 9 (4.97%) Marketing
6 9 (4.97%) Retail
7 8 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.31%) Military
9 5 (2.76%) Retail Banking
10 4 (2.21%) Aviation
10 4 (2.21%) Banking
10 4 (2.21%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.66%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.55%) Advertising
12 1 (0.55%) Electronics
12 1 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 50 (27.62%) Network Engineer
2 48 (26.52%) Senior
3 39 (21.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 34 (18.78%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (15.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 20 (11.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (10.50%) Senior Network Engineer
8 14 (7.73%) Architect
8 14 (7.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (6.08%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (4.97%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (3.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (3.31%) Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.31%) Network Specialist
13 6 (3.31%) Security Specialist
13 6 (3.31%) Senior Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.31%) Senior Network Specialist
13 6 (3.31%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.08%) Kafka
2 9 (4.97%) Node.js
3 8 (4.42%) REST
4 6 (3.31%) OAuth
4 6 (3.31%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.31%) RESTful
5 5 (2.76%) 802.1X
5 5 (2.76%) LAMP
5 5 (2.76%) Middleware
5 5 (2.76%) Web Services
6 4 (2.21%) CSS
6 4 (2.21%) HTML
6 4 (2.21%) jQuery
6 4 (2.21%) JSON
6 4 (2.21%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.21%) SOAP
6 4 (2.21%) XHTML
6 4 (2.21%) XML
6 4 (2.21%) XML Messaging
6 4 (2.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (23.20%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.39%) Cloud Native
3 15 (8.29%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.52%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.31%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.31%) Replication
7 5 (2.76%) CMDB
7 5 (2.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.76%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.21%) Clustering
8 4 (2.21%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.21%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) Blog
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (23.76%) Linux
2 25 (13.81%) Windows
3 16 (8.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.76%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.76%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.10%) CentOS
5 2 (1.10%) Rocky
5 2 (1.10%) Unix
6 1 (0.55%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.73%) Containerisation
2 51 (28.18%) Agile
2 51 (28.18%) High Availability
2 51 (28.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 48 (26.52%) CI/CD
4 46 (25.41%) DevOps
5 45 (24.86%) Root Cause Analysis
6 41 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (16.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 29 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (16.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (14.36%) Mentoring
10 23 (12.71%) Platform Engineering
11 21 (11.60%) Collaborative Working
11 21 (11.60%) Computer Science
11 21 (11.60%) Roadmaps
12 20 (11.05%) Analytics
13 19 (10.50%) Technical Leadership
14 16 (8.84%) Software Engineering
15 15 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (25.97%) PowerShell
1 47 (25.97%) Python
2 24 (13.26%) SQL
3 17 (9.39%) Bash
4 14 (7.73%) PHP
5 12 (6.63%) Java
6 7 (3.87%) C
7 6 (3.31%) C#
7 6 (3.31%) Ruby
8 5 (2.76%) Go
9 3 (1.66%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.55%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (21.55%) Azure Certification
2 37 (20.44%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (17.68%) CCNP
3 32 (17.68%) Security Cleared
4 25 (13.81%) SC Cleared
5 22 (12.15%) Degree
6 14 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (6.08%) CCIE
7 11 (6.08%) CCNA
8 9 (4.97%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.76%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.42%) PMO
1 8 (4.42%) QA
2 5 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.76%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.76%) SLA
3 2 (1.10%) GDPR
4 1 (0.55%) COBIT
4 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.55%) NCSC
4 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (12.15%) Docker
1 22 (12.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.52%) ProxySG
3 9 (4.97%) Active Directory
4 6 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.76%) Squid
5 5 (2.76%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.21%) Firmware
7 3 (1.66%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.10%) KVM
8 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (40.88%) Kubernetes
2 43 (23.76%) Terraform
3 22 (12.15%) Ansible
4 11 (6.08%) Grafana
5 9 (4.97%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.97%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.87%) Argo
7 6 (3.31%) Check_MK
7 6 (3.31%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.31%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (3.31%) Istio
7 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.76%) Nagios
9 3 (1.66%) Kustomize
9 3 (1.66%) Proxmox
10 2 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.10%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.10%) Puppet
10 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.55%) Kibana
Vendors
1 45 (24.86%) Cisco
2 41 (22.65%) Microsoft
3 30 (16.57%) VMware
4 28 (15.47%) F5
4 28 (15.47%) Palo Alto
5 17 (9.39%) SolarWinds
6 15 (8.29%) CheckPoint
7 13 (7.18%) Fortinet
7 13 (7.18%) Infoblox
7 13 (7.18%) Zscaler
8 10 (5.52%) Blue Coat
8 10 (5.52%) HP
9 9 (4.97%) Aruba
9 9 (4.97%) Google
9 9 (4.97%) Oracle
9 9 (4.97%) ServiceNow
9 9 (4.97%) Veeam
10 8 (4.42%) Motorola
10 8 (4.42%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.87%) SAP