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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 557 613
Rank change year-on-year +3 +56 -93
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 176 90 188
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 123 53 148
10th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,750 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £78,125 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,000 £87,650
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 65,772 38,931 65,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 89.97% 81.95%
Number of salaries quoted 46,496 22,437 45,318
10th Percentile £31,037 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -17 64 £80,000 +23.08% 40
South East +9 44 £60,000 -22.58% 15
North of England -20 26 £65,576 -12.57% 15
Midlands -21 20 £60,000 +30.43% 4
North West +7 14 £59,038 +24.29% 8
East of England -4 11 £60,000 -7.69% 8
West Midlands -28 11 £65,000 +41.30% 4
East Midlands -18 9 £60,000 -
North East - 7 £65,576 -
South West -56 6 £36,423 -21.25% 7
Yorkshire -34 5 £57,010 -28.74% 8
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 (5.68%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.11%) nginx
3 7 (3.98%) Apache
4 6 (3.41%) Apache Spark
4 6 (3.41%) IIS
5 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.70%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.57%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.57%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (50.00%) Azure
2 62 (35.23%) AWS
3 38 (21.59%) Azure AKS
4 34 (19.32%) IaaS
5 28 (15.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 28 (15.91%) Azure Key Vault
5 28 (15.91%) Azure Storage
6 23 (13.07%) GCP
7 12 (6.82%) Serverless
8 11 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (5.11%) OpenShift
9 9 (5.11%) PaaS
10 8 (4.55%) GitHub
10 8 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (3.98%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (3.41%) Amazon Kinesis
12 6 (3.41%) Entra ID
12 6 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 87 (49.43%) Firewall
2 76 (43.18%) DNS
3 54 (30.68%) VPN
4 44 (25.00%) BGP
5 38 (21.59%) WAN
6 35 (19.89%) Network Security
7 32 (18.18%) LAN
8 29 (16.48%) OSPF
9 24 (13.64%) VLAN
10 20 (11.36%) TCP/IP
11 18 (10.23%) Cisco Nexus
12 16 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
12 16 (9.09%) SD-WAN
13 14 (7.95%) VXLAN
14 13 (7.39%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (7.39%) NGFW
15 12 (6.82%) Wireless
16 10 (5.68%) Cisco ISE
17 9 (5.11%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (4.55%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.39%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.55%) MySQL
2 8 (4.55%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.98%) Big Data
3 7 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.41%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.41%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.41%) HBase
5 4 (2.27%) Redis
6 2 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Git
2 7 (3.98%) GitLab
3 4 (2.27%) PHPUnit
3 4 (2.27%) Selenium
4 2 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.14%) JIRA
5 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 47 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 42 (23.86%) Finance
3 40 (22.73%) Law
4 32 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.68%) Retail
6 9 (5.11%) Legal
7 8 (4.55%) Marketing
8 7 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.41%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.41%) Military
9 6 (3.41%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.41%) Retail Banking
10 5 (2.84%) Banking
10 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.27%) Aviation
12 2 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.57%) Advertising
13 1 (0.57%) Back Office
13 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 49 (27.84%) Network Engineer
2 47 (26.70%) Senior
3 38 (21.59%) Cloud Engineer
4 34 (19.32%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (15.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 20 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (10.80%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (7.39%) Architect
8 13 (7.39%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (5.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Operations Manager
11 7 (3.98%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Network Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Security Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Senior Developer
12 6 (3.41%) Senior Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.25%) Kafka
2 9 (5.11%) Node.js
3 7 (3.98%) REST
3 7 (3.98%) RESTful
4 6 (3.41%) 802.1X
4 6 (3.41%) OAuth
4 6 (3.41%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.84%) LAMP
5 5 (2.84%) Middleware
5 5 (2.84%) Web Services
6 4 (2.27%) CSS
6 4 (2.27%) HTML
6 4 (2.27%) jQuery
6 4 (2.27%) JSON
6 4 (2.27%) JWT
6 4 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.27%) SOAP
6 4 (2.27%) XHTML
6 4 (2.27%) XML
6 4 (2.27%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 45 (25.57%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.66%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.39%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.68%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.41%) Replication
7 5 (2.84%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.84%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.27%) Clustering
8 4 (2.27%) CMDB
8 4 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.27%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.27%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.70%) Blog
10 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.14%) PKI
10 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.73%) Linux
2 22 (12.50%) Windows
3 14 (7.95%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.84%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.84%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.14%) CentOS
5 2 (1.14%) Rocky
5 2 (1.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.57%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.41%) Agile
1 50 (28.41%) Containerisation
2 48 (27.27%) High Availability
3 46 (26.14%) CI/CD
3 46 (26.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 43 (24.43%) DevOps
5 43 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (16.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (14.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 26 (14.77%) Mentoring
9 23 (13.07%) Platform Engineering
10 21 (11.93%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (11.93%) Computer Science
11 20 (11.36%) Analytics
11 20 (11.36%) Roadmaps
12 17 (9.66%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (8.52%) ITIL
13 15 (8.52%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.14%) PowerShell
1 46 (26.14%) Python
2 24 (13.64%) SQL
3 16 (9.09%) Bash
4 14 (7.95%) PHP
5 12 (6.82%) Java
6 7 (3.98%) C
7 6 (3.41%) C#
7 6 (3.41%) Ruby
8 5 (2.84%) Go
9 3 (1.70%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.57%) Bicep
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (22.16%) Azure Certification
2 36 (20.45%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (17.61%) CCNP
4 30 (17.05%) Security Cleared
5 23 (13.07%) SC Cleared
6 22 (12.50%) Degree
7 14 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (6.82%) CCNA
9 11 (6.25%) CCIE
10 8 (4.55%) DV Cleared
10 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.70%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.57%) CCSM
14 1 (0.57%) IISP
14 1 (0.57%) JNCIE
14 1 (0.57%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.55%) PMO
2 7 (3.98%) QA
3 6 (3.41%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.84%) SLA
5 4 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.14%) GDPR
7 1 (0.57%) COBIT
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.57%) NCSC
7 1 (0.57%) NIST
7 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (10.80%) Docker
3 10 (5.68%) ProxySG
4 7 (3.98%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.84%) Squid
6 5 (2.84%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.70%) Firmware
8 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.57%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.57%) KVM
9 1 (0.57%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (40.91%) Kubernetes
2 41 (23.30%) Terraform
3 21 (11.93%) Ansible
4 10 (5.68%) Grafana
5 8 (4.55%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.98%) Argo
6 7 (3.98%) Check_MK
7 6 (3.41%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.41%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (3.41%) Istio
7 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (2.27%) Nagios
9 3 (1.70%) Kustomize
9 3 (1.70%) Proxmox
10 2 (1.14%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.57%) Cilium
11 1 (0.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 45 (25.57%) Cisco
2 41 (23.30%) Microsoft
3 29 (16.48%) Palo Alto
3 29 (16.48%) VMware
4 25 (14.20%) F5
5 17 (9.66%) SolarWinds
6 14 (7.95%) CheckPoint
7 13 (7.39%) Fortinet
8 12 (6.82%) Infoblox
8 12 (6.82%) Zscaler
9 11 (6.25%) Aruba
10 10 (5.68%) Blue Coat
10 10 (5.68%) HP
11 9 (5.11%) Arista
11 9 (5.11%) Google
11 9 (5.11%) Oracle
11 9 (5.11%) Veeam
12 8 (4.55%) Motorola
12 8 (4.55%) ServiceNow
13 7 (3.98%) Red Hat