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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 570 591
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 -49
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 158 68 233
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.19% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 114 47 193
10th Percentile £46,309 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,375 £50,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +7.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £95,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% +8.23%

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 61,148 35,802 72,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.84% 93.41% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 40,513 19,133 54,000
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
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 £73,367
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -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 24 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 24 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 -14 55 £80,000 +33.33% 22
North of England -6 36 £50,472 -32.70% 14
South East -16 23 £60,000 -7.69% 15
Midlands -21 15 £60,000 +20.38% 3
North West +13 14 £52,500 +10.53% 9
North East - 13 £48,445 - 5
East of England -8 11 £60,000 -7.69% 3
East Midlands -19 9 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire -41 9 £48,445 -35.41%
West Midlands -34 6 £67,500 +46.74% 1
South West -60 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 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.16%) IIS
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.90%) Confluence
3 3 (1.90%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.27%) nginx
5 1 (0.63%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.63%) WildFly
Applications
1 16 (10.13%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 95 (60.13%) Azure
2 72 (45.57%) AWS
3 31 (19.62%) Azure AKS
3 31 (19.62%) IaaS
4 28 (17.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 27 (17.09%) Azure Key Vault
5 27 (17.09%) Azure Storage
6 17 (10.76%) GCP
7 15 (9.49%) OCI
8 9 (5.70%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (5.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (4.43%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (4.43%) Amazon S3
10 7 (4.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (4.43%) SaaS
11 5 (3.16%) Datadog
11 5 (3.16%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.16%) OpenShift
11 5 (3.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (57.59%) Firewall
2 56 (35.44%) DNS
2 56 (35.44%) VPN
3 46 (29.11%) BGP
4 43 (27.22%) WAN
5 37 (23.42%) OSPF
6 34 (21.52%) LAN
6 34 (21.52%) Network Security
7 32 (20.25%) VLAN
8 24 (15.19%) VXLAN
9 22 (13.92%) Cisco ASA
9 22 (13.92%) Cisco Nexus
9 22 (13.92%) NGFW
10 20 (12.66%) Wireless
11 18 (11.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 17 (10.76%) SD-WAN
12 17 (10.76%) TCP/IP
13 16 (10.13%) EIGRP
13 16 (10.13%) SNMP
13 16 (10.13%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.16%) MySQL
3 4 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.63%) Redis
6 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.06%) GitLab
2 5 (3.16%) Git
3 3 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.90%) JIRA
4 2 (1.27%) PHPUnit
4 2 (1.27%) Selenium
5 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (34.18%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (22.15%) Law
3 33 (20.89%) Social Skills
4 23 (14.56%) Finance
5 20 (12.66%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.06%) Retail
6 8 (5.06%) Retail Banking
7 7 (4.43%) Banking
8 6 (3.80%) Legal
9 5 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.90%) Back Office
10 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.63%) Advertising
12 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.63%) Aviation
12 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (34.81%) Network Engineer
2 40 (25.32%) Senior
3 35 (22.15%) Cloud Engineer
4 29 (18.35%) Azure Engineer
5 27 (17.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 25 (15.82%) Senior Network Engineer
7 21 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (10.13%) Network Manager
9 15 (9.49%) Network Operations Manager
9 15 (9.49%) Operations Manager
10 10 (6.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (5.70%) Architect
12 8 (5.06%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (4.43%) AWS Engineer
14 5 (3.16%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
14 5 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
14 5 (3.16%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 5 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
15 4 (2.53%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.70%) RESTful
2 8 (5.06%) 802.1X
3 6 (3.80%) OAuth
3 6 (3.80%) OAuth2
4 5 (3.16%) Kafka
4 5 (3.16%) Middleware
4 5 (3.16%) REST
5 4 (2.53%) JSON
5 4 (2.53%) JWT
5 4 (2.53%) Node.js
5 4 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.53%) SOAP
5 4 (2.53%) XML
5 4 (2.53%) XML Messaging
6 3 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.90%) AWS CDK
7 2 (1.27%) jQuery
7 2 (1.27%) LAMP
7 2 (1.27%) LEMP Stack
7 2 (1.27%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 69 (43.67%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.49%) PKI
3 13 (8.23%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.96%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.80%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.53%) Replication
7 3 (1.90%) Blog
7 3 (1.90%) CMDB
7 3 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.90%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.27%) Clustering
8 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.92%) Linux
2 16 (10.13%) Windows
3 7 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.90%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.27%) CentOS
5 2 (1.27%) Rocky
6 1 (0.63%) Solaris
6 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (31.01%) Root Cause Analysis
3 42 (26.58%) Agile
4 41 (25.95%) High Availability
5 40 (25.32%) Containerisation
6 35 (22.15%) CI/CD
6 35 (22.15%) DevOps
7 34 (21.52%) Mentoring
8 32 (20.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 32 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (14.56%) Coaching
10 22 (13.92%) Collaborative Working
10 22 (13.92%) Computer Science
10 22 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (12.66%) Project Delivery
12 18 (11.39%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (10.76%) ITIL
13 17 (10.76%) Network Monitoring
14 16 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (10.13%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 52 (32.91%) Python
2 35 (22.15%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.59%) SQL
4 11 (6.96%) Bash
5 8 (5.06%) Java
6 5 (3.16%) Go
7 3 (1.90%) Bicep
8 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.27%) PHP
9 1 (0.63%) C
Qualifications
1 44 (27.85%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (24.68%) CCNP
3 32 (20.25%) Azure Certification
4 24 (15.19%) Degree
5 21 (13.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (12.03%) CCIE
6 19 (12.03%) Security Cleared
7 12 (7.59%) SC Cleared
8 11 (6.96%) CCNA
9 8 (5.06%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.90%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.63%) CCSM
12 1 (0.63%) CCSP
12 1 (0.63%) CISSP
12 1 (0.63%) IISP
12 1 (0.63%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.13%) PMO
2 6 (3.80%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.80%) QA
3 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.53%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.90%) SLA
6 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.27%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.63%) COBIT
7 1 (0.63%) GDPR
7 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (10.13%) ProxySG
2 13 (8.23%) Docker
3 10 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.70%) Active Directory
5 5 (3.16%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.53%) Firmware
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.63%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (34.81%) Kubernetes
2 48 (30.38%) Terraform
3 33 (20.89%) Ansible
4 9 (5.70%) Check_MK
5 7 (4.43%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.16%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.53%) Grafana
7 4 (2.53%) Nagios
8 3 (1.90%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.90%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.27%) Istio
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.27%) Proxmox
9 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.63%) Argo
10 1 (0.63%) Cilium
10 1 (0.63%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (32.28%) Cisco
2 30 (18.99%) F5
3 27 (17.09%) Microsoft
3 27 (17.09%) SolarWinds
4 25 (15.82%) Palo Alto
5 21 (13.29%) CheckPoint
5 21 (13.29%) Infoblox
6 20 (12.66%) Arista
7 19 (12.03%) Aruba
8 17 (10.76%) Blue Coat
9 16 (10.13%) Motorola
9 16 (10.13%) ServiceNow
9 16 (10.13%) VMware
10 15 (9.49%) NetScout
11 11 (6.96%) Fortinet
12 8 (5.06%) Dell
13 6 (3.80%) Red Hat
13 6 (3.80%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.53%) HP
14 4 (2.53%) Splunk