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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 522 551
Rank change year-on-year -16 +29 +49
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 102 88 237
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.22% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.24% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 56 56 189
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,446 £49,008 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,860 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +2.08% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,725 £85,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £113,125 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,860 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.23% - -

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 50,376 36,888 64,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.07% 93.67% 87.35%
Number of salaries quoted 31,062 20,202 50,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,068
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +34 49 £70,000 +7.69% 12
North of England -17 23 £48,445 -30.79% 22
North East - 10 £48,445 - 1
North West -6 7 £48,445 -39.44% 10
South East -31 7 £52,500 -12.50% 23
Yorkshire -37 6 £48,445 -30.79% 11
South West -19 4 £36,423 -43.96% 3
East of England -4 3 £57,500 -17.86% 16
Midlands -24 2 £60,000 +17.07% 8
West Midlands -14 1 - - 4
East Midlands -33 1 £60,000 - 4
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 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.94%) IIS
4 1 (0.98%) CMS
4 1 (0.98%) Confluence
4 1 (0.98%) nginx
4 1 (0.98%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (19.61%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 55 (53.92%) AWS
1 55 (53.92%) Azure
2 15 (14.71%) OCI
3 10 (9.80%) Amazon EKS
4 9 (8.82%) Amazon S3
4 9 (8.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 8 (7.84%) Amazon EC2
5 8 (7.84%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (7.84%) GCP
5 8 (7.84%) SaaS
6 7 (6.86%) AWS Direct Connect
7 6 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.88%) IaaS
7 6 (5.88%) Route 53
8 5 (4.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (4.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (3.92%) Azure AKS
9 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.94%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 72 (70.59%) Firewall
2 44 (43.14%) VPN
3 38 (37.25%) WAN
4 36 (35.29%) BGP
5 35 (34.31%) LAN
6 28 (27.45%) OSPF
6 28 (27.45%) VLAN
7 27 (26.47%) DNS
8 23 (22.55%) Network Security
8 23 (22.55%) Wireless
9 21 (20.59%) SD-WAN
10 18 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
10 18 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
10 18 (17.65%) Wireshark
11 17 (16.67%) NGFW
11 17 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (15.69%) EIGRP
12 16 (15.69%) WAAS
13 15 (14.71%) VXLAN
14 14 (13.73%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.86%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.96%) MySQL
4 1 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) GitLab
1 4 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.96%) Git
3 1 (0.98%) JIRA
3 1 (0.98%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (39.22%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (27.45%) Social Skills
3 20 (19.61%) Finance
3 20 (19.61%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.78%) Banking
4 11 (10.78%) Law
5 8 (7.84%) Retail
5 8 (7.84%) Retail Banking
6 6 (5.88%) Back Office
6 6 (5.88%) Financial Institution
6 6 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Marketing
9 2 (1.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (46.08%) Network Engineer
2 28 (27.45%) Senior
3 21 (20.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (18.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (14.71%) Network Manager
5 15 (14.71%) Network Operations Manager
5 15 (14.71%) Operations Manager
6 9 (8.82%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (7.84%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) Deployment Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) Network Deployment Engineer
11 3 (2.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 3 (2.94%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
11 3 (2.94%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.84%) 802.1X
2 6 (5.88%) RESTful
3 2 (1.96%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (1.96%) Node.js
4 1 (0.98%) .NET
4 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.98%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.98%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (0.98%) Next.js
4 1 (0.98%) OAuth
4 1 (0.98%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.98%) OpenID
4 1 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (58.82%) Data Centre
2 15 (14.71%) PKI
3 8 (7.84%) Cloud Native
3 8 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.92%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.94%) Blog
5 3 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.96%) Replication
7 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.98%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.73%) Windows
2 9 (8.82%) Linux
3 8 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.98%) CentOS
5 1 (0.98%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (36.27%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (22.55%) CI/CD
3 22 (21.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 21 (20.59%) Mentoring
5 20 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (19.61%) Network Monitoring
6 19 (18.63%) Coaching
7 18 (17.65%) DevOps
7 18 (17.65%) Project Delivery
7 18 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
9 16 (15.69%) Computer Science
9 16 (15.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (15.69%) ITSM
9 16 (15.69%) Kalman Filter
10 15 (14.71%) Creative Thinking
10 15 (14.71%) ITIL
11 14 (13.73%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 47 (46.08%) Python
2 15 (14.71%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.84%) Bash
4 6 (5.88%) Go
4 6 (5.88%) Java
5 4 (3.92%) SQL
6 3 (2.94%) Bicep
7 1 (0.98%) C#
7 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.98%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (34.31%) CCNP
3 22 (21.57%) Degree
4 21 (20.59%) CCIE
5 16 (15.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
7 9 (8.82%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.90%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.92%) CCSE
9 4 (3.92%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.94%) CCSA
10 3 (2.94%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.96%) CCNA
11 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.98%) CCSM
12 1 (0.98%) Check Point Certification
12 1 (0.98%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.69%) PMO
2 7 (6.86%) PCI DSS
2 7 (6.86%) SOC 2
3 5 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.96%) QA
5 1 (0.98%) GDPR
5 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (13.73%) ProxySG
2 11 (10.78%) Active Directory
3 10 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (7.84%) Docker
5 5 (4.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (3.92%) VMware NSX
6 4 (3.92%) vSphere
7 3 (2.94%) Firmware
8 2 (1.96%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (40.20%) Terraform
2 24 (23.53%) Ansible
3 17 (16.67%) Kubernetes
4 8 (7.84%) Check_MK
5 3 (2.94%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.96%) Argo
6 2 (1.96%) Grafana
6 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.98%) Istio
7 1 (0.98%) Nagios
7 1 (0.98%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (50.98%) Cisco
2 28 (27.45%) F5
2 28 (27.45%) SolarWinds
3 26 (25.49%) CheckPoint
4 22 (21.57%) Palo Alto
5 20 (19.61%) Infoblox
6 16 (15.69%) Motorola
7 15 (14.71%) Arista
7 15 (14.71%) Aruba
7 15 (14.71%) Blue Coat
7 15 (14.71%) Microsoft
7 15 (14.71%) NetScout
7 15 (14.71%) VMware
8 14 (13.73%) ServiceNow
9 8 (7.84%) Fortinet
10 5 (4.90%) Dell
11 4 (3.92%) Splunk
12 3 (2.94%) EMC
12 3 (2.94%) Meraki
13 2 (1.96%) Red Hat