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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 549 567
Rank change year-on-year -30 +18 -91
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 186 93 174
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.24% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 123 46 113
10th Percentile £52,750 £50,750 £40,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +19.66% +2.63%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £111,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +4.80%

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 72,872 38,466 55,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.38% 88.62% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 51,860 22,142 32,761
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 9 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 9 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 -54 66 £80,000 +23.08% 94
South East +2 46 £60,000 -25.00% 19
Midlands -31 24 £60,000 +30.43% 14
North of England -46 22 £65,576 -18.03% 21
West Midlands -24 16 £62,500 +35.87% 13
North West -1 14 £65,576 - 12
South West -60 14 £62,500 +35.14% 14
East of England -26 11 £60,000 -2.04% 6
East Midlands - 8 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire -49 4 £65,576 -18.03% 9
North East - 4 £65,576 - 1
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 (8.60%) nginx
2 15 (8.06%) SharePoint
3 13 (6.99%) Apache
4 12 (6.45%) IIS
5 6 (3.23%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.15%) 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 90 (48.39%) Azure
2 65 (34.95%) AWS
3 34 (18.28%) Azure AKS
4 32 (17.20%) IaaS
5 30 (16.13%) GCP
6 25 (13.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 25 (13.44%) Azure Key Vault
6 25 (13.44%) Azure Storage
7 12 (6.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (6.45%) Entra ID
7 12 (6.45%) Serverless
8 10 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (5.38%) GitHub
8 10 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (5.38%) PaaS
9 9 (4.84%) OpenShift
10 8 (4.30%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (4.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 86 (46.24%) Firewall
2 80 (43.01%) DNS
3 46 (24.73%) VPN
4 37 (19.89%) BGP
5 33 (17.74%) Network Security
6 30 (16.13%) WAN
7 24 (12.90%) LAN
8 21 (11.29%) OSPF
8 21 (11.29%) TCP/IP
9 16 (8.60%) VLAN
10 12 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (6.45%) SD-WAN
10 12 (6.45%) VXLAN
11 10 (5.38%) NGFW
12 9 (4.84%) Wireless
13 8 (4.30%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (4.30%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (4.30%) IPsec
13 8 (4.30%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (3.76%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.30%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.76%) Big Data
3 7 (3.76%) MySQL
4 6 (3.23%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.23%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.23%) HBase
4 6 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.15%) Redis
6 3 (1.61%) 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%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (6.45%) Git
2 7 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.23%) GitLab
4 4 (2.15%) JIRA
4 4 (2.15%) PHPUnit
4 4 (2.15%) Selenium
5 2 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.08%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.08%) git-flow
6 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (29.57%) Finance
2 53 (28.49%) Social Skills
3 44 (23.66%) 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
7 9 (4.84%) Retail
8 7 (3.76%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.23%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.23%) Military
10 4 (2.15%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.15%) Aviation
10 4 (2.15%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.61%) Banking
12 2 (1.08%) Electronics
13 1 (0.54%) Advertising
13 1 (0.54%) Games
13 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (25.81%) Senior
2 42 (22.58%) Network Engineer
3 38 (20.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 32 (17.20%) Azure Engineer
5 25 (13.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 24 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (8.60%) Architect
8 14 (7.53%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (7.53%) Senior Network Engineer
9 11 (5.91%) Lead
10 9 (4.84%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.84%) Software Engineer
11 8 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (4.30%) Technical Support
12 7 (3.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (3.23%) Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.23%) Senior Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.23%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.34%) Terraform
2 11 (5.91%) Kafka
3 10 (5.38%) REST
4 8 (4.30%) Node.js
5 6 (3.23%) OAuth
5 6 (3.23%) OAuth2
5 6 (3.23%) RESTful
6 5 (2.69%) AWS CDK
6 5 (2.69%) LAMP
6 5 (2.69%) Middleware
6 5 (2.69%) Web Services
7 4 (2.15%) CSS
7 4 (2.15%) HTML
7 4 (2.15%) jQuery
7 4 (2.15%) JSON
7 4 (2.15%) JWT
7 4 (2.15%) SOAP
7 4 (2.15%) XHTML
7 4 (2.15%) XML
7 4 (2.15%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.28%) Data Centre
2 19 (10.22%) Onboarding
3 18 (9.68%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.38%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.84%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.30%) CMDB
7 7 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.23%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.23%) Replication
9 5 (2.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.69%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.15%) Blog
10 4 (2.15%) Clustering
10 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.15%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.61%) Social Media
12 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 50 (26.88%) Linux
2 32 (17.20%) Windows
3 22 (11.83%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.91%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.08%) Unix
7 1 (0.54%) CentOS
7 1 (0.54%) Rocky
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 55 (29.57%) CI/CD
3 53 (28.49%) High Availability
4 52 (27.96%) Containerisation
5 51 (27.42%) Agile
6 46 (24.73%) DevOps
7 45 (24.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 40 (21.51%) Root Cause Analysis
9 39 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (20.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (17.20%) Mentoring
13 27 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (12.90%) Software Engineering
15 23 (12.37%) Platform Engineering
15 23 (12.37%) Roadmaps
16 21 (11.29%) Analytics
16 21 (11.29%) Business Continuity
16 21 (11.29%) Migration
17 20 (10.75%) AI
Programming Languages
1 52 (27.96%) PowerShell
2 51 (27.42%) Python
3 23 (12.37%) SQL
4 20 (10.75%) Bash
5 14 (7.53%) PHP
6 13 (6.99%) Java
7 7 (3.76%) C
7 7 (3.76%) Go
8 6 (3.23%) C#
8 6 (3.23%) Ruby
9 4 (2.15%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.15%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (19.35%) Azure Certification
2 34 (18.28%) Security Cleared
3 30 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (14.52%) SC Cleared
5 24 (12.90%) CCNP
6 16 (8.60%) Degree
7 12 (6.45%) CCNA
8 10 (5.38%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.30%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.69%) CCIE
11 5 (2.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (1.61%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (1.08%) CCSP
13 2 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.91%) SLA
2 10 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.84%) QA
4 5 (2.69%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.61%) 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 30 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (14.52%) Docker
3 10 (5.38%) Active Directory
4 7 (3.76%) Firmware
4 7 (3.76%) VMware NSX
5 6 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.69%) Squid
7 4 (2.15%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.15%) ProxySG
8 3 (1.61%) KVM
8 3 (1.61%) vSphere
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 75 (40.32%) Kubernetes
2 26 (13.98%) Ansible
3 12 (6.45%) Grafana
4 11 (5.91%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.84%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.76%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.23%) Argo
7 6 (3.23%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.69%) Istio
9 4 (2.15%) Nagios
10 3 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.61%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.61%) Puppet
11 2 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.08%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.54%) Cilium
12 1 (0.54%) Kibana
12 1 (0.54%) linkerd
12 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 46 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 38 (20.43%) VMware
3 37 (19.89%) Cisco
4 28 (15.05%) F5
5 23 (12.37%) 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%) HP
9 10 (5.38%) Infoblox
10 9 (4.84%) Aruba
10 9 (4.84%) Google
11 8 (4.30%) Oracle
11 8 (4.30%) Red Hat
11 8 (4.30%) SolarWinds
11 8 (4.30%) SonicWALL
11 8 (4.30%) Veeam
12 7 (3.76%) CheckPoint
12 7 (3.76%) SAP