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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 527 573
Rank change year-on-year -28 +46 +22
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 117 76 249
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.21% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.22% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 73 56 201
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,446 £50,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £115,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +4.17%

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 57,108 34,279 69,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.86% 93.11% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 35,996 20,481 53,320
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 +13 52 £77,500 +14.81% 24
North of England -46 25 £48,445 -30.79% 6
South East -35 13 £60,000 - 16
North East - 11 £48,445 -
North West -25 8 £48,445 -39.44% 3
Yorkshire -57 6 £48,445 -30.79% 3
East of England -27 5 £60,000 -14.29% 6
South West -43 4 £36,423 -30.62% 2
Midlands -48 4 £60,000 +17.07% 1
East Midlands -45 3 £60,000 -
West Midlands -19 1 - - 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 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.56%) IIS
2 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.71%) nginx
3 2 (1.71%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 64 (54.70%) Azure
2 63 (53.85%) AWS
3 15 (12.82%) OCI
4 14 (11.97%) IaaS
5 13 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (10.26%) Azure AKS
6 12 (10.26%) GCP
7 11 (9.40%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (9.40%) Azure Key Vault
7 11 (9.40%) Azure Storage
8 10 (8.55%) Amazon S3
8 10 (8.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (6.84%) SaaS
11 7 (5.98%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (5.98%) AWS Direct Connect
12 6 (5.13%) Route 53
13 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (3.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 72 (61.54%) Firewall
2 47 (40.17%) VPN
3 38 (32.48%) WAN
4 37 (31.62%) DNS
5 35 (29.91%) BGP
6 33 (28.21%) LAN
7 31 (26.50%) VLAN
8 26 (22.22%) OSPF
9 25 (21.37%) Network Security
10 21 (17.95%) Wireless
11 18 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
11 18 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (15.38%) SD-WAN
12 17 (14.53%) NGFW
13 16 (13.68%) Cisco Wireless
13 16 (13.68%) EIGRP
13 16 (13.68%) SNMP
13 16 (13.68%) WAAS
13 16 (13.68%) Wireless Security
14 15 (12.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.98%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.42%) MySQL
3 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.13%) GitLab
2 5 (4.27%) Git
3 4 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.71%) PHPUnit
4 2 (1.71%) Selenium
5 1 (0.85%) JIRA
5 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (36.75%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (21.37%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.80%) Finance
4 20 (17.09%) Public Sector
5 18 (15.38%) Law
6 12 (10.26%) Banking
7 10 (8.55%) Retail
8 8 (6.84%) Retail Banking
9 6 (5.13%) Back Office
9 6 (5.13%) Financial Institution
9 6 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.71%) Legal
12 1 (0.85%) Advertising
12 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (36.75%) Network Engineer
2 30 (25.64%) Senior
3 20 (17.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (17.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Network Manager
4 15 (12.82%) Network Operations Manager
4 15 (12.82%) Operations Manager
5 14 (11.97%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (11.97%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (5.98%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Architect
9 6 (5.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.27%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (3.42%) Analyst
11 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 3 (2.56%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
12 3 (2.56%) Network Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.84%) 802.1X
2 7 (5.98%) RESTful
3 3 (2.56%) Node.js
4 2 (1.71%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (1.71%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.71%) CSS
4 2 (1.71%) HTML
4 2 (1.71%) jQuery
4 2 (1.71%) Kafka
4 2 (1.71%) LAMP
4 2 (1.71%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (1.71%) OAuth
4 2 (1.71%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.71%) XHTML
5 1 (0.85%) gRPC
5 1 (0.85%) JWT
5 1 (0.85%) Next.js
5 1 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.85%) pytest
5 1 (0.85%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 63 (53.85%) Data Centre
2 15 (12.82%) PKI
3 11 (9.40%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (8.55%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.56%) Blog
6 3 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.71%) Replication
7 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.82%) Windows
2 13 (11.11%) Linux
3 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.71%) CentOS
5 2 (1.71%) Rocky
5 2 (1.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.75%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (27.35%) Root Cause Analysis
3 25 (21.37%) CI/CD
4 24 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 23 (19.66%) High Availability
6 22 (18.80%) DevOps
6 22 (18.80%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (18.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (17.09%) Agile
9 19 (16.24%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (16.24%) Platform Engineering
10 18 (15.38%) Project Delivery
11 17 (14.53%) Computer Science
11 17 (14.53%) Containerisation
11 17 (14.53%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (14.53%) Network Monitoring
12 16 (13.68%) ITIL
12 16 (13.68%) ITSM
12 16 (13.68%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (43.59%) Python
2 22 (18.80%) PowerShell
3 10 (8.55%) Bash
4 8 (6.84%) Go
5 7 (5.98%) Java
6 5 (4.27%) SQL
7 3 (2.56%) Bicep
8 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.71%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (28.21%) CCNP
3 21 (17.95%) Degree
4 20 (17.09%) CCIE
5 17 (14.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (12.82%) Azure Certification
7 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
8 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.56%) CCNA
10 3 (2.56%) CCSE
10 3 (2.56%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.71%) CCSA
11 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.85%) CCSM
12 1 (0.85%) CISM
12 1 (0.85%) CISSP
12 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.68%) PMO
2 8 (6.84%) PCI DSS
3 7 (5.98%) SOC 2
4 6 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.56%) QA
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.85%) COBIT
7 1 (0.85%) GDPR
7 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) ProxySG
2 13 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 11 (9.40%) Docker
3 11 (9.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (3.42%) vSphere
6 3 (2.56%) Firmware
6 3 (2.56%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.71%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (39.32%) Terraform
2 30 (25.64%) Kubernetes
3 28 (23.93%) Ansible
4 8 (6.84%) Check_MK
5 4 (3.42%) Grafana
5 4 (3.42%) Prometheus
5 4 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.56%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.56%) Nagios
7 2 (1.71%) Argo
7 2 (1.71%) Istio
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.71%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.85%) Cilium
8 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 48 (41.03%) Cisco
2 27 (23.08%) F5
3 26 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 23 (19.66%) CheckPoint
5 20 (17.09%) Infoblox
5 20 (17.09%) Microsoft
6 18 (15.38%) Palo Alto
7 17 (14.53%) Blue Coat
7 17 (14.53%) VMware
8 16 (13.68%) Motorola
8 16 (13.68%) ServiceNow
9 15 (12.82%) Arista
9 15 (12.82%) Aruba
9 15 (12.82%) NetScout
10 7 (5.98%) Dell
10 7 (5.98%) Fortinet
11 5 (4.27%) Red Hat
12 4 (3.42%) Splunk
13 3 (2.56%) EMC
13 3 (2.56%) Zscaler