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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 548 587
Rank change year-on-year -8 +39 -106
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 185 93 165
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.24% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 122 46 114
10th Percentile £52,625 £50,750 £40,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +18.14% +3.49%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £74,688
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 71,441 38,014 56,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.31% 88.54% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,865 21,889 34,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £41,254
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 £76,250
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 4 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 4 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 -47 64 £80,000 +23.08% 106
South East -11 46 £60,000 -25.00% 21
Midlands -20 23 £60,000 +30.43% 16
North of England -41 23 £65,576 -18.03% 27
West Midlands -18 15 £62,500 +35.87% 15
South West -62 14 £62,500 +35.14% 14
North West - 14 £65,576 - 15
East of England -15 11 £60,000 -2.04% 9
East Midlands - 8 £60,000 - 1
North East - 5 £65,576 -
Yorkshire -44 4 £65,576 -18.03% 12
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 15 (8.11%) nginx
2 14 (7.57%) SharePoint
3 12 (6.49%) Apache
4 11 (5.95%) IIS
5 6 (3.24%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.16%) Confluence
7 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.08%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.54%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (2.16%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 92 (49.73%) Azure
2 67 (36.22%) AWS
3 34 (18.38%) Azure AKS
4 32 (17.30%) IaaS
5 30 (16.22%) GCP
6 25 (13.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 25 (13.51%) Azure Key Vault
6 25 (13.51%) Azure Storage
7 12 (6.49%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (6.49%) Serverless
8 11 (5.95%) Entra ID
9 10 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.41%) GitHub
9 10 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (5.41%) PaaS
10 9 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (4.86%) OpenShift
11 8 (4.32%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (3.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 85 (45.95%) Firewall
2 79 (42.70%) DNS
3 47 (25.41%) VPN
4 38 (20.54%) BGP
5 34 (18.38%) Network Security
6 31 (16.76%) WAN
7 26 (14.05%) LAN
8 23 (12.43%) OSPF
9 21 (11.35%) TCP/IP
10 17 (9.19%) VLAN
11 14 (7.57%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (6.49%) SD-WAN
12 12 (6.49%) VXLAN
13 11 (5.95%) Wireless
14 10 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (5.41%) NGFW
15 8 (4.32%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (3.78%) IPsec
16 7 (3.78%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.32%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.78%) Big Data
3 7 (3.78%) MySQL
4 6 (3.24%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.24%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.24%) HBase
4 6 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.16%) Redis
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.54%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (6.49%) Git
2 7 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.24%) GitLab
4 4 (2.16%) JIRA
4 4 (2.16%) PHPUnit
4 4 (2.16%) Selenium
5 2 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.08%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.08%) git-flow
6 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (28.65%) Finance
2 52 (28.11%) Social Skills
3 43 (23.24%) Law
4 30 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.49%) Legal
6 11 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.95%) Marketing
7 9 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.86%) Retail
8 7 (3.78%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.24%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.24%) Military
10 4 (2.16%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.16%) Aviation
10 4 (2.16%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.62%) Banking
12 2 (1.08%) Electronics
13 1 (0.54%) Advertising
13 1 (0.54%) Games
13 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (27.03%) Senior
2 44 (23.78%) Network Engineer
3 38 (20.54%) Cloud Engineer
4 32 (17.30%) Azure Engineer
5 25 (13.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 23 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (8.65%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (8.11%) Architect
9 14 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (5.41%) Lead
11 9 (4.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (4.86%) Software Engineer
12 8 (4.32%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (4.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (3.78%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 7 (3.78%) Technical Support
14 6 (3.24%) Network Security Specialist
14 6 (3.24%) Senior Network Security Specialist
14 6 (3.24%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.49%) Terraform
2 11 (5.95%) Kafka
3 10 (5.41%) REST
4 8 (4.32%) Node.js
5 6 (3.24%) OAuth
5 6 (3.24%) OAuth2
5 6 (3.24%) RESTful
6 5 (2.70%) AWS CDK
6 5 (2.70%) LAMP
6 5 (2.70%) Middleware
6 5 (2.70%) Web Services
7 4 (2.16%) CSS
7 4 (2.16%) HTML
7 4 (2.16%) jQuery
7 4 (2.16%) JSON
7 4 (2.16%) JWT
7 4 (2.16%) SOAP
7 4 (2.16%) XHTML
7 4 (2.16%) XML
7 4 (2.16%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.92%) Data Centre
2 19 (10.27%) Onboarding
3 18 (9.73%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.41%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.32%) CMDB
5 8 (4.32%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.24%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.24%) Replication
8 5 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.16%) Blog
9 4 (2.16%) Clustering
9 4 (2.16%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.16%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.62%) Social Media
11 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 49 (26.49%) Linux
2 31 (16.76%) Windows
3 21 (11.35%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.41%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.70%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.08%) Unix
7 1 (0.54%) CentOS
7 1 (0.54%) Rocky
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.97%) Infrastructure as Code
2 55 (29.73%) CI/CD
3 53 (28.65%) High Availability
4 52 (28.11%) Containerisation
5 51 (27.57%) Agile
6 46 (24.86%) DevOps
7 43 (23.24%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (22.16%) Root Cause Analysis
9 39 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (17.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 31 (16.76%) Mentoring
13 25 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (12.97%) Software Engineering
15 23 (12.43%) Platform Engineering
16 22 (11.89%) Roadmaps
17 21 (11.35%) Analytics
18 20 (10.81%) Business Continuity
18 20 (10.81%) Migration
19 19 (10.27%) AI
Programming Languages
1 52 (28.11%) Python
2 51 (27.57%) PowerShell
3 23 (12.43%) SQL
4 20 (10.81%) Bash
5 14 (7.57%) PHP
6 13 (7.03%) Java
7 7 (3.78%) C
7 7 (3.78%) Go
8 6 (3.24%) C#
8 6 (3.24%) Ruby
9 4 (2.16%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.16%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (19.46%) Azure Certification
2 34 (18.38%) Security Cleared
3 31 (16.76%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (14.59%) SC Cleared
5 26 (14.05%) CCNP
6 18 (9.73%) Degree
7 11 (5.95%) CCNA
8 10 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (5.41%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.32%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.78%) CCIE
11 6 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.41%) SLA
2 9 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.86%) QA
3 5 (2.70%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.16%) PMO
5 3 (1.62%) NCSC
6 2 (1.08%) GDPR
7 1 (0.54%) COBIT
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (15.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (14.59%) Docker
3 10 (5.41%) Active Directory
4 7 (3.78%) Firmware
5 6 (3.24%) ProxySG
5 6 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.24%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.70%) Squid
7 4 (2.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.62%) KVM
9 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.08%) vSphere
10 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.54%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (40.54%) Kubernetes
2 25 (13.51%) Ansible
3 12 (6.49%) Grafana
4 11 (5.95%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.86%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.24%) Argo
6 6 (3.24%) FortiGate
6 6 (3.24%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.70%) Istio
8 4 (2.16%) Nagios
9 3 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.62%) Kustomize
9 3 (1.62%) Puppet
10 2 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.08%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.54%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.54%) Cilium
11 1 (0.54%) Kibana
11 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 45 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 38 (20.54%) Cisco
3 36 (19.46%) VMware
4 29 (15.68%) F5
5 22 (11.89%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.57%) Fortinet
7 13 (7.03%) Zscaler
8 12 (6.49%) Infoblox
9 11 (5.95%) Meraki
10 10 (5.41%) Citrix
10 10 (5.41%) HP
10 10 (5.41%) SolarWinds
11 9 (4.86%) Aruba
11 9 (4.86%) CheckPoint
11 9 (4.86%) Google
12 8 (4.32%) Oracle
12 8 (4.32%) Red Hat
12 8 (4.32%) ServiceNow
12 8 (4.32%) Veeam
13 7 (3.78%) SAP