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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 557 585
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 -97
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 189 93 175
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.24% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 124 52 129
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,225 £41,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £93,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £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 69,329 39,151 59,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.66% 89.41% 81.35%
Number of salaries quoted 48,879 22,544 38,747
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 13 August 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 August 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 -44 68 £80,000 +23.08% 61
South East +15 47 £60,000 -25.00% 16
North of England -28 25 £65,576 -12.57% 32
Midlands -24 21 £60,000 +30.43% 6
North West +14 16 £65,576 +38.05% 15
East of England -12 12 £60,000 -7.69% 4
West Midlands -21 12 £62,500 +35.87% 5
South West -47 12 £62,500 +35.14% 15
East Midlands -20 9 £60,000 - 1
North East - 6 £65,576 - 3
Yorkshire -28 3 £65,576 -18.03% 14
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 13 (6.88%) nginx
2 11 (5.82%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.76%) Apache
4 8 (4.23%) IIS
5 6 (3.17%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.12%) Confluence
7 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.59%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.53%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (3.17%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 95 (50.26%) Azure
2 68 (35.98%) AWS
3 37 (19.58%) Azure AKS
4 35 (18.52%) IaaS
5 31 (16.40%) GCP
6 28 (14.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 28 (14.81%) Azure Key Vault
6 28 (14.81%) Azure Storage
7 13 (6.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (6.35%) Serverless
9 10 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.29%) GitHub
9 10 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (5.29%) PaaS
10 9 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (4.76%) OpenShift
11 8 (4.23%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (3.17%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 88 (46.56%) Firewall
2 79 (41.80%) DNS
3 50 (26.46%) VPN
4 41 (21.69%) BGP
5 36 (19.05%) Network Security
6 35 (18.52%) WAN
7 30 (15.87%) LAN
8 27 (14.29%) OSPF
9 22 (11.64%) TCP/IP
10 20 (10.58%) VLAN
11 16 (8.47%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (7.94%) SD-WAN
13 13 (6.88%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (6.35%) VXLAN
15 11 (5.82%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (5.82%) Wireless
16 10 (5.29%) NGFW
17 9 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
18 8 (4.23%) MPLS
18 8 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.23%) MySQL
2 8 (4.23%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.70%) Big Data
3 7 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.17%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.17%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.17%) HBase
5 4 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.12%) Redis
6 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (6.35%) Git
2 7 (3.70%) GitLab
2 7 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.12%) JIRA
3 4 (2.12%) PHPUnit
3 4 (2.12%) Selenium
4 2 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.06%) git-flow
5 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 50 (26.46%) Finance
3 43 (22.75%) Law
4 31 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.35%) Legal
6 11 (5.82%) Marketing
7 9 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.76%) Retail
8 6 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.17%) Military
9 5 (2.65%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.12%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.12%) Aviation
10 4 (2.12%) Banking
10 4 (2.12%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Electronics
12 1 (0.53%) Advertising
12 1 (0.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 51 (26.98%) Senior
2 48 (25.40%) Network Engineer
3 41 (21.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (18.52%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (14.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 21 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (8.99%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (7.94%) Architect
8 15 (7.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (3.70%) Lead
11 7 (3.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.17%) Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.17%) Network Specialist
12 6 (3.17%) Senior Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.17%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.82%) Kafka
2 10 (5.29%) REST
3 9 (4.76%) Node.js
4 6 (3.17%) OAuth
4 6 (3.17%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.17%) RESTful
5 5 (2.65%) AWS CDK
5 5 (2.65%) LAMP
5 5 (2.65%) Middleware
5 5 (2.65%) Web Services
6 4 (2.12%) CSS
6 4 (2.12%) HTML
6 4 (2.12%) jQuery
6 4 (2.12%) JSON
6 4 (2.12%) JWT
6 4 (2.12%) SOAP
6 4 (2.12%) XHTML
6 4 (2.12%) XML
6 4 (2.12%) XML Messaging
6 4 (2.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (21.16%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.99%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.29%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.70%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.17%) CMDB
6 6 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.17%) Replication
7 5 (2.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.65%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.12%) Blog
8 4 (2.12%) Clustering
8 4 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.12%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.59%) Social Media
10 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (24.87%) Linux
2 28 (14.81%) Windows
3 18 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.70%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.65%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.06%) CentOS
6 2 (1.06%) Rocky
6 2 (1.06%) Unix
7 1 (0.53%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 55 (29.10%) Containerisation
3 54 (28.57%) High Availability
4 53 (28.04%) Agile
4 53 (28.04%) CI/CD
5 48 (25.40%) DevOps
6 44 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (23.28%) Root Cause Analysis
7 36 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 33 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (15.34%) Mentoring
11 22 (11.64%) Platform Engineering
11 22 (11.64%) Roadmaps
11 22 (11.64%) Software Engineering
12 21 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
12 21 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (10.58%) Analytics
14 19 (10.05%) Computer Science
15 18 (9.52%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 52 (27.51%) Python
2 51 (26.98%) PowerShell
3 24 (12.70%) SQL
4 20 (10.58%) Bash
5 14 (7.41%) PHP
6 13 (6.88%) Java
7 7 (3.70%) C
7 7 (3.70%) Go
8 6 (3.17%) C#
8 6 (3.17%) Ruby
9 5 (2.65%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (20.63%) Azure Certification
2 35 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (17.99%) Security Cleared
4 30 (15.87%) CCNP
5 27 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 20 (10.58%) Degree
7 12 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (5.82%) CCNA
9 10 (5.29%) DV Cleared
10 9 (4.76%) CCIE
11 8 (4.23%) AWS Certification
11 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.29%) QA
2 7 (3.70%) SLA
3 6 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.17%) PMO
4 5 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.59%) NCSC
6 2 (1.06%) GDPR
7 1 (0.53%) COBIT
7 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (14.29%) Docker
2 25 (13.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.29%) Active Directory
4 8 (4.23%) ProxySG
5 6 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.65%) Firmware
6 5 (2.65%) Squid
6 5 (2.65%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.12%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.59%) KVM
9 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (41.27%) Kubernetes
2 48 (25.40%) Terraform
3 23 (12.17%) Ansible
4 12 (6.35%) Grafana
5 11 (5.82%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.70%) Argo
8 6 (3.17%) FortiGate
8 6 (3.17%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (3.17%) Istio
8 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.65%) Check_MK
9 5 (2.65%) Nagios
10 3 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.59%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.59%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.59%) Puppet
11 2 (1.06%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 42 (22.22%) Cisco
1 42 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.46%) VMware
3 28 (14.81%) F5
4 26 (13.76%) Palo Alto
5 15 (7.94%) SolarWinds
6 13 (6.88%) Fortinet
6 13 (6.88%) Zscaler
7 12 (6.35%) CheckPoint
7 12 (6.35%) Infoblox
8 10 (5.29%) HP
9 9 (4.76%) Aruba
9 9 (4.76%) Google
9 9 (4.76%) Oracle
9 9 (4.76%) Red Hat
9 9 (4.76%) Veeam
10 8 (4.23%) Blue Coat
10 8 (4.23%) Meraki
10 8 (4.23%) ServiceNow
11 7 (3.70%) SAP