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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 559 635
Rank change year-on-year +17 +76 -119
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 179 87 201
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.22% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 129 55 161
10th Percentile £46,446 £44,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 64,714 39,117 72,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 90.26% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 45,706 22,312 52,075
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £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 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%

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 15 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 15 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 -16 69 £82,500 +26.92% 36
South East -3 37 £60,000 -22.58% 14
North of England -10 31 £52,500 -30.00% 9
Midlands -20 18 £60,000 +30.43% 3
North West +7 16 £52,500 +10.53% 4
East of England -11 11 £60,000 -7.69% 6
East Midlands -16 9 £60,000 -
West Midlands -26 9 £70,000 +52.17% 3
North East - 8 £48,445 - 2
Yorkshire -32 7 £48,445 -39.44% 3
South West -62 5 £36,423 -21.25% 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 10 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.23%) IIS
4 4 (2.23%) nginx
5 3 (1.68%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.12%) Apache
6 2 (1.12%) Confluence
7 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.56%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (4.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 96 (53.63%) Azure
2 70 (39.11%) AWS
3 38 (21.23%) Azure AKS
4 35 (19.55%) IaaS
5 29 (16.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 28 (15.64%) Azure Key Vault
6 28 (15.64%) Azure Storage
7 19 (10.61%) GCP
8 11 (6.15%) OCI
8 11 (6.15%) Serverless
9 10 (5.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (5.59%) PaaS
10 9 (5.03%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (5.03%) OpenShift
11 8 (4.47%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.47%) GitHub
11 8 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (4.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 89 (49.72%) Firewall
2 70 (39.11%) DNS
3 59 (32.96%) VPN
4 49 (27.37%) BGP
5 40 (22.35%) WAN
6 32 (17.88%) LAN
6 32 (17.88%) OSPF
7 31 (17.32%) Network Security
8 26 (14.53%) VLAN
9 23 (12.85%) VXLAN
10 22 (12.29%) TCP/IP
11 21 (11.73%) NGFW
12 18 (10.06%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (9.50%) Cisco Nexus
13 17 (9.50%) SD-WAN
14 15 (8.38%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (7.26%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (6.70%) Wireless
17 11 (6.15%) Wireshark
18 10 (5.59%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.91%) Big Data
2 7 (3.91%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.35%) Apache Hive
3 6 (3.35%) Hadoop
3 6 (3.35%) HBase
3 6 (3.35%) MySQL
3 6 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.23%) Redis
5 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.91%) GitLab
2 6 (3.35%) Git
3 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.12%) JIRA
3 2 (1.12%) PHPUnit
3 2 (1.12%) Selenium
General
1 43 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.91%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (21.23%) Law
4 36 (20.11%) Finance
5 16 (8.94%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.59%) Retail
7 8 (4.47%) Banking
7 8 (4.47%) Legal
7 8 (4.47%) Retail Banking
8 7 (3.91%) Marketing
9 6 (3.35%) Military
9 6 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.23%) Aviation
12 3 (1.68%) Back Office
12 3 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (27.93%) Network Engineer
2 41 (22.91%) Senior
3 39 (21.79%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (19.55%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (15.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 23 (12.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (10.06%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (7.26%) Architect
8 13 (7.26%) Operations Manager
9 12 (6.70%) Network Manager
9 12 (6.70%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (6.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (6.15%) Network Operations Manager
11 9 (5.03%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (5.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (3.35%) Network Security Specialist
13 6 (3.35%) Network Specialist
13 6 (3.35%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.15%) Kafka
2 9 (5.03%) Node.js
2 9 (5.03%) RESTful
3 8 (4.47%) 802.1X
4 6 (3.35%) OAuth
4 6 (3.35%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.79%) Middleware
5 5 (2.79%) REST
6 4 (2.23%) JSON
6 4 (2.23%) JWT
6 4 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.23%) SOAP
6 4 (2.23%) XML
6 4 (2.23%) XML Messaging
6 4 (2.23%) YAML
7 3 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.68%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.68%) LAMP
8 2 (1.12%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 58 (32.40%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.06%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.26%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.15%) PKI
5 10 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (4.47%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.35%) Replication
8 5 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.23%) Blog
9 4 (2.23%) Clustering
9 4 (2.23%) CMDB
9 4 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.23%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.23%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.23%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.23%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.99%) Linux
2 17 (9.50%) Windows
3 8 (4.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.68%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.12%) CentOS
5 2 (1.12%) Rocky
5 2 (1.12%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.56%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.37%) Containerisation
1 49 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (26.26%) Agile
2 47 (26.26%) CI/CD
2 47 (26.26%) Infrastructure as Code
3 45 (25.14%) High Availability
4 43 (24.02%) Root Cause Analysis
5 41 (22.91%) DevOps
6 32 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 32 (17.88%) Mentoring
7 24 (13.41%) Platform Engineering
8 22 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (11.73%) Analytics
9 21 (11.73%) Collaborative Working
9 21 (11.73%) Computer Science
9 21 (11.73%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (10.61%) Coaching
10 19 (10.61%) Roadmaps
11 17 (9.50%) ITIL
12 15 (8.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 53 (29.61%) Python
2 43 (24.02%) PowerShell
3 25 (13.97%) SQL
4 14 (7.82%) Bash
4 14 (7.82%) Java
5 11 (6.15%) PHP
6 7 (3.91%) C
7 6 (3.35%) C#
7 6 (3.35%) Go
7 6 (3.35%) Ruby
8 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 37 (20.67%) Azure Certification
2 36 (20.11%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (17.32%) CCNP
4 28 (15.64%) Security Cleared
5 22 (12.29%) Degree
6 20 (11.17%) SC Cleared
7 14 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (6.70%) CCNA
9 11 (6.15%) CCIE
10 8 (4.47%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.56%) CCSM
13 1 (0.56%) CISSP
13 1 (0.56%) IISP
13 1 (0.56%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.56%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.47%) PCI DSS
1 8 (4.47%) PMO
2 6 (3.35%) QA
3 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.68%) SLA
4 3 (1.68%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.12%) GDPR
5 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.56%) COBIT
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (8.38%) Docker
1 15 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.47%) ProxySG
4 5 (2.79%) Firmware
4 5 (2.79%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.12%) Squid
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.56%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (37.99%) Kubernetes
2 52 (29.05%) Terraform
3 28 (15.64%) Ansible
4 9 (5.03%) Check_MK
4 9 (5.03%) Grafana
5 8 (4.47%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.91%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.35%) Argo
7 6 (3.35%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.35%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (2.79%) Istio
8 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (2.23%) Nagios
10 3 (1.68%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.68%) Proxmox
11 2 (1.12%) Kustomize
11 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.56%) linkerd
12 1 (0.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (26.26%) Cisco
2 39 (21.79%) Microsoft
3 30 (16.76%) Palo Alto
4 23 (12.85%) F5
4 23 (12.85%) VMware
5 19 (10.61%) Aruba
5 19 (10.61%) SolarWinds
6 18 (10.06%) Arista
7 14 (7.82%) Fortinet
8 12 (6.70%) CheckPoint
8 12 (6.70%) Infoblox
9 11 (6.15%) NetScout
10 10 (5.59%) HP
11 9 (5.03%) Oracle
12 8 (4.47%) Blue Coat
12 8 (4.47%) Dell
12 8 (4.47%) Motorola
12 8 (4.47%) ServiceNow
12 8 (4.47%) Zscaler
13 7 (3.91%) Red Hat