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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 564 610
Rank change year-on-year +35 +46 -49
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 164 67 233
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.19% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 121 46 194
10th Percentile £46,446 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,625 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%

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 61,348 35,444 72,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.96% 93.35% 84.02%
Number of salaries quoted 40,742 18,936 54,252
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +4 56 £80,000 +33.33% 26
North of England +5 37 £52,500 -30.00% 16
South East +1 26 £60,000 -11.11% 14
Midlands -25 16 £60,000 +20.38% 4
North West +2 15 £52,500 +10.53% 10
North East - 13 £48,445 - 5
East of England -17 11 £60,000 -7.69% 3
East Midlands -26 9 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire -36 9 £48,445 -35.41% 2
West Midlands -38 7 £65,000 +41.30% 2
South West -56 5 £36,423 -21.25% 5
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 8 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.05%) IIS
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.83%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.22%) Confluence
4 2 (1.22%) nginx
5 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.61%) WildFly
Applications
1 16 (9.76%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 100 (60.98%) Azure
2 75 (45.73%) AWS
3 33 (20.12%) Azure AKS
3 33 (20.12%) IaaS
4 29 (17.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 28 (17.07%) Azure Key Vault
5 28 (17.07%) Azure Storage
6 19 (11.59%) GCP
7 15 (9.15%) OCI
8 9 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (4.88%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (4.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (4.27%) Amazon S3
10 7 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (4.27%) SaaS
11 6 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.66%) OpenShift
11 6 (3.66%) PaaS
12 5 (3.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 91 (55.49%) Firewall
2 56 (34.15%) DNS
2 56 (34.15%) VPN
3 45 (27.44%) BGP
4 43 (26.22%) WAN
5 36 (21.95%) OSPF
6 35 (21.34%) LAN
7 34 (20.73%) Network Security
8 32 (19.51%) VLAN
9 24 (14.63%) VXLAN
10 22 (13.41%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (13.41%) Cisco Nexus
11 21 (12.80%) NGFW
12 20 (12.20%) Wireless
13 18 (10.98%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (9.76%) Cisco Wireless
14 16 (9.76%) EIGRP
14 16 (9.76%) SD-WAN
14 16 (9.76%) SNMP
14 16 (9.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.66%) MySQL
3 4 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.22%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.22%) Redis
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.88%) GitLab
2 5 (3.05%) Git
3 3 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.22%) JIRA
4 2 (1.22%) PHPUnit
4 2 (1.22%) Selenium
5 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (32.93%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (21.95%) Law
3 34 (20.73%) Social Skills
4 24 (14.63%) Finance
5 20 (12.20%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.88%) Retail
6 8 (4.88%) Retail Banking
7 7 (4.27%) Banking
7 7 (4.27%) Legal
8 5 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.83%) Back Office
9 3 (1.83%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.22%) Aviation
10 2 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (33.54%) Network Engineer
2 42 (25.61%) Senior
3 37 (22.56%) Cloud Engineer
4 30 (18.29%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (17.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 25 (15.24%) Senior Network Engineer
7 22 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (9.76%) Network Manager
9 15 (9.15%) Network Operations Manager
9 15 (9.15%) Operations Manager
10 10 (6.10%) Architect
10 10 (6.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.10%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (5.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
13 5 (3.05%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (3.05%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 5 (3.05%) Senior DevOps
13 5 (3.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.49%) RESTful
2 8 (4.88%) 802.1X
3 6 (3.66%) OAuth
3 6 (3.66%) OAuth2
4 5 (3.05%) Kafka
4 5 (3.05%) Middleware
4 5 (3.05%) REST
5 4 (2.44%) JSON
5 4 (2.44%) JWT
5 4 (2.44%) Node.js
5 4 (2.44%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.44%) SOAP
5 4 (2.44%) XML
5 4 (2.44%) XML Messaging
6 3 (1.83%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.83%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.83%) LAMP
7 2 (1.22%) CSS
7 2 (1.22%) HTML
7 2 (1.22%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 69 (42.07%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.15%) PKI
3 13 (7.93%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.71%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.66%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.44%) CMDB
7 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.44%) Replication
8 3 (1.83%) Blog
9 2 (1.22%) Clustering
9 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.22%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.63%) Linux
2 16 (9.76%) Windows
3 7 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.83%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.22%) CentOS
5 2 (1.22%) Rocky
6 1 (0.61%) Solaris
6 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.10%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (30.49%) Root Cause Analysis
3 43 (26.22%) Containerisation
4 42 (25.61%) Agile
4 42 (25.61%) High Availability
5 37 (22.56%) CI/CD
6 36 (21.95%) DevOps
7 34 (20.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (20.12%) Mentoring
9 32 (19.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (14.02%) Coaching
11 22 (13.41%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (13.41%) Computer Science
12 21 (12.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (12.20%) Project Delivery
14 19 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
14 19 (11.59%) Platform Engineering
15 17 (10.37%) ITIL
15 17 (10.37%) Network Monitoring
16 16 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 53 (32.32%) Python
2 37 (22.56%) PowerShell
3 14 (8.54%) SQL
4 12 (7.32%) Bash
5 8 (4.88%) Java
6 6 (3.66%) Go
7 3 (1.83%) Bicep
7 3 (1.83%) PHP
8 2 (1.22%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.61%) C
Qualifications
1 43 (26.22%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (23.17%) CCNP
3 33 (20.12%) Azure Certification
4 23 (14.02%) Degree
5 21 (12.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (12.80%) Security Cleared
6 18 (10.98%) CCIE
7 14 (8.54%) SC Cleared
8 11 (6.71%) CCNA
9 8 (4.88%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.83%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.61%) CCSE
12 1 (0.61%) CCSM
12 1 (0.61%) CCSP
12 1 (0.61%) CISM
12 1 (0.61%) CISSP
12 1 (0.61%) IISP
12 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.76%) PMO
2 6 (3.66%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.66%) QA
3 5 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.83%) SLA
4 3 (1.83%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.22%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.61%) COBIT
6 1 (0.61%) GDPR
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (9.76%) ProxySG
2 14 (8.54%) Docker
3 12 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.49%) Active Directory
5 5 (3.05%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.44%) Firmware
7 2 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (35.98%) Kubernetes
2 50 (30.49%) Terraform
3 34 (20.73%) Ansible
4 9 (5.49%) Check_MK
5 8 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.05%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.44%) Grafana
7 4 (2.44%) Nagios
8 3 (1.83%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.83%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.83%) Proxmox
9 2 (1.22%) Istio
9 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.22%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.61%) Argo
10 1 (0.61%) Cilium
10 1 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 50 (30.49%) Cisco
2 30 (18.29%) F5
3 29 (17.68%) Microsoft
4 27 (16.46%) SolarWinds
5 24 (14.63%) Palo Alto
6 21 (12.80%) CheckPoint
7 20 (12.20%) Arista
7 20 (12.20%) Infoblox
8 19 (11.59%) Aruba
8 19 (11.59%) VMware
9 17 (10.37%) Blue Coat
10 16 (9.76%) Motorola
10 16 (9.76%) ServiceNow
11 15 (9.15%) NetScout
12 11 (6.71%) Fortinet
13 8 (4.88%) Dell
14 7 (4.27%) Red Hat
15 5 (3.05%) Zscaler
16 4 (2.44%) HP
16 4 (2.44%) Splunk