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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 568 590
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 -97
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 188 91 176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 125 52 130
10th Percentile £51,750 £44,225 £41,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% +7.46%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,313 £79,688
90th Percentile £93,000 £93,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +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 69,225 39,040 59,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.69% 89.39% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 48,876 22,555 38,883
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -35 67 £80,000 +23.08% 92
South East +1 47 £60,000 -25.00% 19
North of England -34 25 £65,576 -12.57% 35
Midlands -6 21 £60,000 +30.43% 6
North West -5 16 £59,038 +24.29% 16
West Midlands -15 12 £62,500 +35.87% 5
East of England -20 12 £60,000 -7.69% 5
South West -52 12 £62,500 +35.14% 17
East Midlands -12 9 £60,000 - 1
North East - 6 £65,576 - 3
Yorkshire -31 3 £65,576 -18.03% 16
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 13 (6.91%) nginx
2 11 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.79%) Apache
4 8 (4.26%) IIS
5 6 (3.19%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.13%) Confluence
7 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.60%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.53%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (3.19%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (50.00%) Azure
2 67 (35.64%) AWS
3 37 (19.68%) Azure AKS
4 35 (18.62%) IaaS
5 29 (15.43%) GCP
6 28 (14.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 28 (14.89%) Azure Key Vault
6 28 (14.89%) Azure Storage
7 13 (6.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (6.38%) Serverless
9 10 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.32%) PaaS
10 9 (4.79%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (4.79%) GitHub
10 9 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.79%) OpenShift
11 8 (4.26%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (3.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (3.19%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 88 (46.81%) Firewall
2 79 (42.02%) DNS
3 51 (27.13%) VPN
4 41 (21.81%) BGP
5 37 (19.68%) Network Security
6 36 (19.15%) WAN
7 31 (16.49%) LAN
8 27 (14.36%) OSPF
9 21 (11.17%) TCP/IP
9 21 (11.17%) VLAN
10 16 (8.51%) Cisco Nexus
10 16 (8.51%) SD-WAN
11 14 (7.45%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (6.38%) VXLAN
12 12 (6.38%) Wireless
13 11 (5.85%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (5.32%) NGFW
15 9 (4.79%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (4.79%) MPLS
16 8 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.26%) MySQL
2 8 (4.26%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.72%) Big Data
3 7 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.19%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.19%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.19%) HBase
5 4 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.13%) Redis
6 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Git
2 7 (3.72%) GitLab
3 6 (3.19%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.13%) JIRA
4 4 (2.13%) PHPUnit
4 4 (2.13%) Selenium
5 2 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.06%) git-flow
6 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 49 (26.06%) Finance
3 42 (22.34%) Law
4 31 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.38%) Legal
6 10 (5.32%) Marketing
7 9 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.79%) Retail
8 8 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.19%) Military
9 6 (3.19%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.66%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.13%) Aviation
11 4 (2.13%) Banking
11 4 (2.13%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.06%) Electronics
13 1 (0.53%) Advertising
13 1 (0.53%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 50 (26.60%) Senior
2 49 (26.06%) Network Engineer
3 41 (21.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (18.62%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (14.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 21 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (9.04%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (7.98%) Architect
8 15 (7.98%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.19%) Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.19%) Network Specialist
12 6 (3.19%) Security Specialist
12 6 (3.19%) Senior Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.19%) Senior Network Specialist
12 6 (3.19%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.85%) Kafka
2 9 (4.79%) Node.js
2 9 (4.79%) REST
3 6 (3.19%) OAuth
3 6 (3.19%) OAuth2
3 6 (3.19%) RESTful
4 5 (2.66%) AWS CDK
4 5 (2.66%) LAMP
4 5 (2.66%) Middleware
4 5 (2.66%) Web Services
5 4 (2.13%) 802.1X
5 4 (2.13%) HTML
5 4 (2.13%) jQuery
5 4 (2.13%) JSON
5 4 (2.13%) JWT
5 4 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.13%) XHTML
5 4 (2.13%) XML
5 4 (2.13%) XML Messaging
5 4 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (21.28%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.57%) Cloud Native
3 17 (9.04%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.32%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.72%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.19%) CMDB
6 6 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.19%) Replication
7 5 (2.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.66%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.13%) Blog
8 4 (2.13%) Clustering
8 4 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.60%) Social Media
10 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 46 (24.47%) Linux
2 28 (14.89%) Windows
3 18 (9.57%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.72%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.66%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.06%) CentOS
6 2 (1.06%) Rocky
6 2 (1.06%) Unix
7 1 (0.53%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.32%) Infrastructure as Code
2 55 (29.26%) Containerisation
3 54 (28.72%) High Availability
4 53 (28.19%) Agile
5 52 (27.66%) CI/CD
6 48 (25.53%) DevOps
7 43 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (22.87%) Root Cause Analysis
8 36 (19.15%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 28 (14.89%) Mentoring
12 22 (11.70%) Roadmaps
13 21 (11.17%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (11.17%) Platform Engineering
13 21 (11.17%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (10.64%) Analytics
14 20 (10.64%) Software Engineering
15 19 (10.11%) Computer Science
16 17 (9.04%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 51 (27.13%) PowerShell
2 50 (26.60%) Python
3 24 (12.77%) SQL
4 20 (10.64%) Bash
5 14 (7.45%) PHP
6 13 (6.91%) Java
7 7 (3.72%) C
8 6 (3.19%) C#
8 6 (3.19%) Go
8 6 (3.19%) Ruby
9 5 (2.66%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.60%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (20.74%) Azure Certification
2 36 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (18.62%) Security Cleared
4 31 (16.49%) CCNP
5 28 (14.89%) SC Cleared
6 20 (10.64%) Degree
7 12 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (5.85%) CCNA
9 10 (5.32%) DV Cleared
10 9 (4.79%) CCIE
11 8 (4.26%) AWS Certification
11 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (1.60%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.53%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.79%) QA
2 7 (3.72%) SLA
3 6 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.19%) PMO
4 5 (2.66%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.60%) NCSC
6 2 (1.06%) GDPR
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 26 (13.83%) Docker
2 25 (13.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.32%) Active Directory
4 8 (4.26%) ProxySG
5 6 (3.19%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.66%) Firmware
6 5 (2.66%) Squid
6 5 (2.66%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.13%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.60%) KVM
9 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 77 (40.96%) Kubernetes
2 47 (25.00%) Terraform
3 23 (12.23%) Ansible
4 11 (5.85%) Grafana
5 10 (5.32%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.72%) Argo
8 6 (3.19%) FortiGate
8 6 (3.19%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (3.19%) Istio
8 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.66%) Check_MK
9 5 (2.66%) Nagios
10 3 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.60%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.60%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.60%) Puppet
11 2 (1.06%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.53%) Cilium
Vendors
1 43 (22.87%) Cisco
2 42 (22.34%) Microsoft
3 33 (17.55%) VMware
4 28 (14.89%) F5
5 27 (14.36%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.98%) SolarWinds
7 14 (7.45%) Fortinet
8 13 (6.91%) CheckPoint
8 13 (6.91%) Zscaler
9 12 (6.38%) Infoblox
10 10 (5.32%) HP
11 9 (4.79%) Aruba
11 9 (4.79%) Google
11 9 (4.79%) Oracle
11 9 (4.79%) Red Hat
11 9 (4.79%) Veeam
12 8 (4.26%) Blue Coat
12 8 (4.26%) Meraki
12 8 (4.26%) ServiceNow
13 7 (3.72%) Arista