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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 542 584
Rank change year-on-year -37 +42 -122
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 186 93 176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 115 41 101
10th Percentile £53,500 £50,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £75,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +28.21% +2.63%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,576 £74,750 £58,500
% change year-on-year -12.27% +27.78% +2.63%

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 75,980 38,286 55,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.94% 82.21%
Number of salaries quoted 53,569 21,806 30,376
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -4.03%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 28 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 28 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 -37 71 £80,000 +23.08% 104
South East -27 41 £60,000 -25.00% 14
North of England -45 25 £65,576 -18.03% 16
Midlands -31 22 £60,000 - 12
North West -19 17 £67,788 - 12
South West -68 17 £62,500 +35.14% 15
West Midlands -25 16 £62,500 - 10
East of England -22 8 £60,000 -2.04% 4
East Midlands - 6 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire -31 4 £65,576 -18.03% 5
North East - 4 £65,576 -
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 15 (8.06%) nginx
1 15 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.99%) Apache
3 12 (6.45%) IIS
4 6 (3.23%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.54%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.54%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.54%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 85 (45.70%) Azure
2 63 (33.87%) AWS
3 30 (16.13%) GCP
4 26 (13.98%) Azure AKS
5 25 (13.44%) IaaS
6 18 (9.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 18 (9.68%) Azure Key Vault
7 17 (9.14%) Azure Storage
8 14 (7.53%) Entra ID
9 12 (6.45%) Serverless
10 11 (5.91%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (5.91%) GitHub
10 11 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (5.91%) PaaS
11 10 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (4.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (4.84%) OpenShift
13 8 (4.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 90 (48.39%) Firewall
2 78 (41.94%) DNS
3 46 (24.73%) VPN
4 36 (19.35%) BGP
5 34 (18.28%) Network Security
6 31 (16.67%) WAN
7 24 (12.90%) LAN
8 21 (11.29%) TCP/IP
9 19 (10.22%) OSPF
10 13 (6.99%) SD-WAN
10 13 (6.99%) VLAN
11 12 (6.45%) VXLAN
12 10 (5.38%) NGFW
13 9 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (4.30%) DHCP
14 8 (4.30%) IPsec
14 8 (4.30%) NetScaler
14 8 (4.30%) SAN
14 8 (4.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.30%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.76%) Big Data
4 6 (3.23%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.23%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.23%) HBase
4 6 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.69%) MySQL
6 4 (2.15%) Redis
7 3 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.54%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.54%) Power BI
8 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.38%) Git
2 9 (4.84%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.30%) GitLab
4 4 (2.15%) JIRA
5 3 (1.61%) PHPUnit
5 3 (1.61%) 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 59 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 56 (30.11%) Finance
3 36 (19.35%) Law
4 28 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.45%) Legal
6 11 (5.91%) Marketing
7 9 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.30%) Retail
9 7 (3.76%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.23%) Aerospace
10 6 (3.23%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.23%) Military
11 5 (2.69%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.15%) Aviation
13 2 (1.08%) 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 48 (25.81%) Senior
2 41 (22.04%) Network Engineer
3 30 (16.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 27 (14.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (13.44%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (11.29%) Architect
7 17 (9.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (8.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (7.53%) Senior Network Engineer
10 11 (5.91%) Lead
11 10 (5.38%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (4.84%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (4.84%) Software Engineer
13 8 (4.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (4.30%) Technical Support
14 7 (3.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
15 6 (3.23%) Network Specialist
15 6 (3.23%) Senior Network Security Specialist
15 6 (3.23%) Senior Network Specialist
15 6 (3.23%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.34%) Terraform
2 10 (5.38%) Kafka
2 10 (5.38%) REST
3 8 (4.30%) OAuth
3 8 (4.30%) OAuth2
4 7 (3.76%) Node.js
4 7 (3.76%) RESTful
5 6 (3.23%) Middleware
6 5 (2.69%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (2.69%) AWS CDK
6 5 (2.69%) JWT
6 5 (2.69%) Web Services
7 4 (2.15%) JSON
7 4 (2.15%) LAMP
7 4 (2.15%) OpenID
7 4 (2.15%) Pulumi
7 4 (2.15%) SOAP
7 4 (2.15%) XML
7 4 (2.15%) XML Messaging
7 4 (2.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (20.43%) Data Centre
2 20 (10.75%) Cloud Native
3 19 (10.22%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.38%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.38%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.30%) CMDB
5 8 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.76%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.23%) Replication
8 5 (2.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.69%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.15%) Blog
9 4 (2.15%) Clustering
9 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.15%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (26.88%) Linux
2 36 (19.35%) Windows
3 24 (12.90%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.91%) Ubuntu
5 8 (4.30%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.08%) Unix
6 2 (1.08%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.95%) Infrastructure as Code
2 55 (29.57%) CI/CD
3 50 (26.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 48 (25.81%) High Availability
5 47 (25.27%) DevOps
6 45 (24.19%) Containerisation
7 44 (23.66%) Agile
8 41 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (20.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (19.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 35 (18.82%) Mentoring
12 30 (16.13%) Root Cause Analysis
12 30 (16.13%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (12.90%) Roadmaps
13 24 (12.90%) Software Engineering
14 23 (12.37%) Analytics
15 22 (11.83%) Platform Engineering
16 21 (11.29%) Business Continuity
16 21 (11.29%) Migration
16 21 (11.29%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.88%) Python
2 49 (26.34%) PowerShell
3 22 (11.83%) SQL
4 20 (10.75%) Bash
5 13 (6.99%) Java
5 13 (6.99%) PHP
6 7 (3.76%) C
7 6 (3.23%) C#
7 6 (3.23%) Go
7 6 (3.23%) Ruby
8 4 (2.15%) Bicep
8 4 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 30 (16.13%) SC Cleared
3 29 (15.59%) Azure Certification
3 29 (15.59%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (11.29%) CCNP
5 17 (9.14%) Degree
6 15 (8.06%) DV Cleared
7 14 (7.53%) CCNA
8 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (4.30%) AWS Certification
10 7 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (3.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (2.15%) CCSP
11 4 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (1.61%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (1.61%) CCIE
12 3 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.99%) SLA
2 11 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.30%) QA
4 5 (2.69%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.61%) NCSC
6 2 (1.08%) GDPR
6 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.54%) COBIT
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (17.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (15.05%) Docker
3 11 (5.91%) Active Directory
4 9 (4.84%) VMware NSX
5 8 (4.30%) Firmware
6 5 (2.69%) Squid
6 5 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.15%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.61%) KVM
8 3 (1.61%) vSphere
9 2 (1.08%) ProxySG
9 2 (1.08%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.08%) UAG
9 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (36.56%) Kubernetes
2 25 (13.44%) Ansible
3 13 (6.99%) Grafana
3 13 (6.99%) Prometheus
4 10 (5.38%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (4.84%) FortiGate
6 8 (4.30%) Argo
7 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (3.23%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (2.15%) Istio
10 3 (1.61%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.61%) Nagios
10 3 (1.61%) Puppet
11 2 (1.08%) AirWatch
11 2 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.08%) SCCM
11 2 (1.08%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.54%) linkerd
12 1 (0.54%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 52 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 42 (22.58%) VMware
3 39 (20.97%) Cisco
4 34 (18.28%) F5
5 26 (13.98%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.53%) Fortinet
7 13 (6.99%) Zscaler
8 11 (5.91%) Citrix
8 11 (5.91%) Meraki
9 10 (5.38%) Aruba
9 10 (5.38%) Google
9 10 (5.38%) HP
9 10 (5.38%) Infoblox
10 9 (4.84%) Dell
11 8 (4.30%) Oracle
11 8 (4.30%) SonicWALL
11 8 (4.30%) Splunk
12 7 (3.76%) Arista
12 7 (3.76%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.76%) Veeam