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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 542 572
Rank change year-on-year -25 +30 -100
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 187 94 181
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 123 46 113
10th Percentile £52,750 £50,750 £40,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +19.66% +2.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £111,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +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 73,420 38,536 56,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.29% 88.67% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 52,272 22,193 32,991
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 -48 66 £80,000 +23.08% 79
South East -11 45 £60,000 -25.00% 21
Midlands -29 24 £60,000 +30.43% 10
North of England -25 23 £65,576 -18.03% 15
West Midlands -21 16 £62,500 +35.87% 10
North West -8 15 £65,576 - 8
South West -64 15 £62,500 +35.14% 13
East of England -20 11 £60,000 -2.04% 5
East Midlands - 8 £60,000 -
Yorkshire -49 4 £65,576 -18.03% 7
North East - 4 £65,576 - 1
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 16 (8.56%) nginx
2 15 (8.02%) SharePoint
3 13 (6.95%) Apache
4 12 (6.42%) IIS
5 6 (3.21%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.14%) Confluence
7 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.07%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.53%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (48.66%) Azure
2 64 (34.22%) AWS
3 34 (18.18%) Azure AKS
4 33 (17.65%) IaaS
5 30 (16.04%) GCP
6 26 (13.90%) Azure Key Vault
7 25 (13.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 25 (13.37%) Azure Storage
8 13 (6.95%) Entra ID
9 12 (6.42%) Serverless
10 11 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (5.88%) PaaS
11 10 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (4.81%) GitHub
12 9 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (4.81%) OpenShift
13 8 (4.28%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (4.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 87 (46.52%) Firewall
2 82 (43.85%) DNS
3 46 (24.60%) VPN
4 37 (19.79%) BGP
5 33 (17.65%) Network Security
6 30 (16.04%) WAN
7 24 (12.83%) LAN
8 21 (11.23%) OSPF
8 21 (11.23%) TCP/IP
9 16 (8.56%) VLAN
10 12 (6.42%) SD-WAN
10 12 (6.42%) VXLAN
11 11 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (5.35%) NGFW
13 9 (4.81%) Wireless
14 8 (4.28%) IPsec
14 8 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (3.74%) MPLS
15 7 (3.74%) SAN
15 7 (3.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.95%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.28%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.74%) Big Data
3 7 (3.74%) MySQL
4 6 (3.21%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.21%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.21%) HBase
4 6 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.14%) Redis
6 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.53%) KDB
7 1 (0.53%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (6.42%) Git
2 7 (3.74%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.21%) GitLab
4 4 (2.14%) JIRA
4 4 (2.14%) PHPUnit
4 4 (2.14%) Selenium
5 2 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.07%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.07%) git-flow
6 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (29.41%) Finance
2 54 (28.88%) Social Skills
3 44 (23.53%) Law
4 28 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.42%) Legal
6 11 (5.88%) Marketing
7 9 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.28%) Retail
9 7 (3.74%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.21%) Military
11 5 (2.67%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.67%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.14%) Aviation
12 4 (2.14%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.60%) Banking
14 2 (1.07%) Electronics
15 1 (0.53%) Advertising
15 1 (0.53%) Games
15 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (26.20%) Senior
2 41 (21.93%) Network Engineer
3 38 (20.32%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (17.65%) Azure Engineer
5 26 (13.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (13.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 17 (9.09%) Architect
8 14 (7.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (7.49%) Senior Network Engineer
9 11 (5.88%) Lead
10 9 (4.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) Software Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Technical Support
12 7 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (3.21%) Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.21%) Senior Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.21%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.20%) Terraform
2 11 (5.88%) Kafka
3 10 (5.35%) REST
4 8 (4.28%) Node.js
5 7 (3.74%) OAuth
5 7 (3.74%) OAuth2
6 6 (3.21%) RESTful
7 5 (2.67%) AWS CDK
7 5 (2.67%) LAMP
7 5 (2.67%) Middleware
7 5 (2.67%) Web Services
8 4 (2.14%) CSS
8 4 (2.14%) HTML
8 4 (2.14%) jQuery
8 4 (2.14%) JSON
8 4 (2.14%) JWT
8 4 (2.14%) SOAP
8 4 (2.14%) XHTML
8 4 (2.14%) XML
8 4 (2.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 19 (10.16%) Onboarding
3 18 (9.63%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.35%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.81%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.28%) CMDB
6 8 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.21%) Replication
9 5 (2.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.67%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.14%) Blog
10 4 (2.14%) Clustering
10 4 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.14%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.60%) Social Media
12 2 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 51 (27.27%) Linux
2 34 (18.18%) Windows
3 24 (12.83%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.88%) Ubuntu
5 6 (3.21%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.07%) Unix
7 1 (0.53%) CentOS
7 1 (0.53%) Rocky
7 1 (0.53%) Solaris
7 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (33.16%) Infrastructure as Code
2 54 (28.88%) CI/CD
3 53 (28.34%) High Availability
4 52 (27.81%) Containerisation
5 51 (27.27%) Agile
6 46 (24.60%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (24.06%) DevOps
8 40 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (21.39%) Root Cause Analysis
9 37 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (18.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (17.65%) Mentoring
12 28 (14.97%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (12.83%) Software Engineering
14 23 (12.30%) Roadmaps
15 22 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
16 21 (11.23%) Analytics
16 21 (11.23%) Business Continuity
16 21 (11.23%) Migration
17 20 (10.70%) AI
Programming Languages
1 54 (28.88%) PowerShell
2 50 (26.74%) Python
3 23 (12.30%) SQL
4 20 (10.70%) Bash
5 14 (7.49%) PHP
6 13 (6.95%) Java
7 7 (3.74%) C
7 7 (3.74%) Go
8 6 (3.21%) C#
8 6 (3.21%) Ruby
9 4 (2.14%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.14%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.07%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (19.25%) Azure Certification
1 36 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.51%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (14.44%) SC Cleared
4 23 (12.30%) CCNP
5 17 (9.09%) Degree
6 12 (6.42%) CCNA
7 11 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (4.28%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (3.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (2.67%) CCIE
12 3 (1.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (1.60%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (1.07%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.88%) SLA
2 10 (5.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.81%) QA
4 5 (2.67%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.60%) NCSC
6 2 (1.07%) GDPR
6 2 (1.07%) PMO
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 30 (16.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (14.44%) Docker
3 11 (5.88%) Active Directory
4 7 (3.74%) Firmware
4 7 (3.74%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.67%) Squid
5 5 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.14%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.14%) ProxySG
7 3 (1.60%) KVM
7 3 (1.60%) vSphere
8 2 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.53%) UAG
9 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (40.11%) Kubernetes
2 25 (13.37%) Ansible
3 11 (5.88%) Grafana
3 11 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 10 (5.35%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.74%) FortiGate
6 6 (3.21%) Argo
6 6 (3.21%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.67%) Istio
8 4 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.14%) Nagios
9 3 (1.60%) Kustomize
9 3 (1.60%) Puppet
10 2 (1.07%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.07%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.53%) Cilium
11 1 (0.53%) Kibana
11 1 (0.53%) linkerd
11 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 49 (26.20%) Microsoft
2 38 (20.32%) VMware
3 36 (19.25%) Cisco
4 29 (15.51%) F5
5 22 (11.76%) Palo Alto
6 13 (6.95%) Fortinet
6 13 (6.95%) Zscaler
7 11 (5.88%) Citrix
7 11 (5.88%) Meraki
8 10 (5.35%) Google
8 10 (5.35%) HP
8 10 (5.35%) Infoblox
9 9 (4.81%) Aruba
9 9 (4.81%) SolarWinds
10 8 (4.28%) Oracle
10 8 (4.28%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.28%) SonicWALL
10 8 (4.28%) Veeam
11 7 (3.74%) Dell
11 7 (3.74%) SAP