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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 563 636
Rank change year-on-year +30 +73 -83
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 167 74 223
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.20% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 126 45 181
10th Percentile £46,446 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 60,860 36,708 78,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.03% 92.57% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42,836 20,086 56,665
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -3 57 £82,500 +50.00% 18
North of England -9 37 £52,500 -30.00% 10
South East +3 30 £60,000 -22.58% 20
Midlands -17 18 £60,000 +30.43% 1
North West +25 17 £52,500 +10.53% 9
North East - 11 £48,445 - 1
East of England -8 10 £60,000 -7.69% 1
East Midlands -16 9 £60,000 -
West Midlands -17 9 £70,000 +52.17% 1
Yorkshire -34 9 £48,445 -39.44%
South West -60 4 £36,423 -21.25% 2
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 10 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.99%) IIS
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.80%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.20%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) nginx
5 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.60%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.60%) WildFly
Applications
1 12 (7.19%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 100 (59.88%) Azure
2 71 (42.51%) AWS
3 36 (21.56%) Azure AKS
4 35 (20.96%) IaaS
5 29 (17.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 28 (16.77%) Azure Key Vault
6 28 (16.77%) Azure Storage
7 18 (10.78%) GCP
8 15 (8.98%) OCI
9 10 (5.99%) PaaS
10 9 (5.39%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (5.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (4.79%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.79%) OpenShift
11 8 (4.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (4.19%) Amazon S3
13 6 (3.59%) GitHub
13 6 (3.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (52.69%) Firewall
2 54 (32.34%) DNS
3 51 (30.54%) VPN
4 42 (25.15%) BGP
5 41 (24.55%) WAN
6 34 (20.36%) LAN
6 34 (20.36%) OSPF
7 32 (19.16%) Network Security
8 28 (16.77%) VLAN
9 26 (15.57%) VXLAN
10 24 (14.37%) NGFW
11 20 (11.98%) Cisco Nexus
12 18 (10.78%) Cisco Firepower
12 18 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (10.18%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (9.58%) SD-WAN
14 16 (9.58%) TCP/IP
14 16 (9.58%) Wireless
15 15 (8.98%) Wireshark
16 12 (7.19%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.59%) MySQL
2 6 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.40%) Redis
4 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.39%) GitLab
2 6 (3.59%) Git
3 4 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.20%) JIRA
4 2 (1.20%) PHPUnit
4 2 (1.20%) Selenium
General
1 49 (29.34%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (22.75%) Law
3 32 (19.16%) Social Skills
4 22 (13.17%) Finance
5 20 (11.98%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.79%) Legal
6 8 (4.79%) Retail
6 8 (4.79%) Retail Banking
7 7 (4.19%) Banking
8 5 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.40%) Aviation
10 3 (1.80%) Back Office
10 3 (1.80%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.60%) Advertising
12 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (28.74%) Network Engineer
2 42 (25.15%) Senior
3 39 (23.35%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (20.96%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (16.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 22 (13.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (11.98%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (9.58%) Network Manager
9 15 (8.98%) Network Operations Manager
9 15 (8.98%) Operations Manager
10 12 (7.19%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) Architect
11 10 (5.99%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (3.59%) Analyst
13 6 (3.59%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 5 (2.99%) Network Security Specialist
14 5 (2.99%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.39%) RESTful
2 8 (4.79%) 802.1X
3 6 (3.59%) OAuth
3 6 (3.59%) OAuth2
4 5 (2.99%) Kafka
4 5 (2.99%) Middleware
4 5 (2.99%) REST
5 4 (2.40%) JSON
5 4 (2.40%) JWT
5 4 (2.40%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.40%) SOAP
5 4 (2.40%) XML
5 4 (2.40%) XML Messaging
5 4 (2.40%) YAML
6 3 (1.80%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.80%) LAMP
6 3 (1.80%) Node.js
7 2 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (1.20%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 63 (37.72%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.58%) Cloud Native
3 15 (8.98%) PKI
4 10 (5.99%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.59%) Replication
6 5 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.40%) Clustering
7 4 (2.40%) CMDB
7 4 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.80%) Blog
8 3 (1.80%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.20%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.97%) Linux
2 15 (8.98%) Windows
3 7 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.80%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.20%) CentOS
5 2 (1.20%) Rocky
6 1 (0.60%) Solaris
6 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (31.74%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (28.74%) Containerisation
2 48 (28.74%) Root Cause Analysis
3 46 (27.54%) Agile
4 42 (25.15%) High Availability
5 41 (24.55%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (23.95%) CI/CD
7 39 (23.35%) DevOps
8 33 (19.76%) Mentoring
9 31 (18.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (14.37%) Platform Engineering
11 23 (13.77%) Coaching
12 18 (10.78%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (10.78%) Computer Science
13 17 (10.18%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (10.18%) ITIL
13 17 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (9.58%) Network Monitoring
14 16 (9.58%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 52 (31.14%) Python
2 43 (25.75%) PowerShell
3 19 (11.38%) SQL
4 15 (8.98%) Bash
5 8 (4.79%) Java
6 6 (3.59%) Go
7 3 (1.80%) Bicep
7 3 (1.80%) PHP
8 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.60%) C
Qualifications
1 39 (23.35%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (20.96%) Azure Certification
3 34 (20.36%) CCNP
4 24 (14.37%) Security Cleared
5 19 (11.38%) Degree
6 18 (10.78%) SC Cleared
7 17 (10.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (8.38%) CCIE
9 12 (7.19%) CCNA
10 7 (4.19%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.60%) CCSE
13 1 (0.60%) CCSM
13 1 (0.60%) CCSP
13 1 (0.60%) CISM
13 1 (0.60%) CISSP
13 1 (0.60%) IISP
13 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.19%) PMO
2 6 (3.59%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.59%) QA
3 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.80%) SLA
4 3 (1.80%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.20%) GDPR
5 2 (1.20%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.60%) COBIT
6 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (8.98%) Docker
2 12 (7.19%) ProxySG
2 12 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.39%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.40%) Firmware
4 4 (2.40%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.60%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (38.92%) Kubernetes
2 53 (31.74%) Terraform
3 32 (19.16%) Ansible
4 9 (5.39%) Check_MK
5 8 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (4.19%) Grafana
6 7 (4.19%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.99%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.40%) Argo
8 4 (2.40%) Nagios
9 3 (1.80%) Istio
9 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.80%) Proxmox
10 2 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.60%) Cilium
11 1 (0.60%) linkerd
11 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (27.54%) Cisco
2 31 (18.56%) Microsoft
3 27 (16.17%) Palo Alto
4 24 (14.37%) F5
5 23 (13.77%) SolarWinds
6 22 (13.17%) Aruba
7 20 (11.98%) Arista
8 19 (11.38%) VMware
9 16 (9.58%) CheckPoint
10 15 (8.98%) NetScout
11 14 (8.38%) Infoblox
12 12 (7.19%) Blue Coat
12 12 (7.19%) Fortinet
12 12 (7.19%) Motorola
12 12 (7.19%) ServiceNow
13 7 (4.19%) Red Hat
13 7 (4.19%) Zscaler
14 6 (3.59%) Dell
15 4 (2.40%) HP
16 3 (1.80%) Oracle