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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 574 613
Rank change year-on-year +23 +39 -90
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 183 91 170
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 123 54 133
10th Percentile £51,500 £44,675 £41,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £78,125 £86,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £93,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

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 67,880 39,178 58,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.83% 89.60% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 47,922 22,754 39,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 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 3 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 -29 65 £80,000 +23.08% 48
South East +12 47 £60,000 -22.58% 12
North of England -19 26 £65,576 -12.57% 25
Midlands -15 20 £60,000 +30.43% 6
North West +15 16 £59,038 +24.29% 16
East of England -14 11 £60,000 -7.69% 3
West Midlands -26 11 £63,750 +38.59% 6
East Midlands -12 9 £60,000 -
South West -63 9 £62,500 +35.14% 11
North East - 7 £65,576 - 2
Yorkshire -40 3 £65,576 -18.03% 8
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 11 (6.01%) nginx
2 10 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.37%) Apache
4 7 (3.83%) IIS
5 6 (3.28%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.64%) Confluence
6 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.64%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.55%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (4.37%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (49.73%) Azure
2 66 (36.07%) AWS
3 37 (20.22%) Azure AKS
4 34 (18.58%) IaaS
5 28 (15.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 28 (15.30%) Azure Key Vault
5 28 (15.30%) Azure Storage
6 27 (14.75%) GCP
7 12 (6.56%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (6.56%) Serverless
8 9 (4.92%) GitHub
8 9 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (4.92%) OpenShift
8 9 (4.92%) PaaS
9 8 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.83%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (3.28%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 89 (48.63%) Firewall
2 78 (42.62%) DNS
3 54 (29.51%) VPN
4 43 (23.50%) BGP
5 38 (20.77%) Network Security
5 38 (20.77%) WAN
6 33 (18.03%) LAN
7 29 (15.85%) OSPF
8 23 (12.57%) VLAN
9 21 (11.48%) TCP/IP
10 18 (9.84%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (8.74%) SD-WAN
12 15 (8.20%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (7.10%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (7.10%) Wireless
14 12 (6.56%) VXLAN
15 10 (5.46%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (5.46%) NGFW
16 8 (4.37%) Cisco Wireless
16 8 (4.37%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.37%) MySQL
2 8 (4.37%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.83%) Big Data
3 7 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.28%) Apache Hive
4 6 (3.28%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.28%) HBase
5 4 (2.19%) Redis
6 3 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.46%) Git
2 7 (3.83%) GitLab
3 4 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.19%) PHPUnit
3 4 (2.19%) Selenium
4 3 (1.64%) JIRA
5 1 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.55%) git-flow
5 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.59%) Finance
3 41 (22.40%) Law
4 32 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.01%) Legal
6 9 (4.92%) Marketing
6 9 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.92%) Retail
7 6 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.28%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.28%) Military
8 5 (2.73%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.73%) Retail Banking
9 4 (2.19%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.19%) Aviation
9 4 (2.19%) Banking
10 3 (1.64%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Advertising
11 1 (0.55%) Electronics
11 1 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 50 (27.32%) Network Engineer
1 50 (27.32%) Senior
2 40 (21.86%) Cloud Engineer
3 34 (18.58%) Azure Engineer
4 28 (15.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 20 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (10.38%) Senior Network Engineer
7 15 (8.20%) Architect
8 14 (7.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.92%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.37%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.83%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.28%) Developer
12 6 (3.28%) Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.28%) Network Specialist
12 6 (3.28%) Security Specialist
12 6 (3.28%) Senior Network Security Specialist
12 6 (3.28%) Senior Network Specialist
12 6 (3.28%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.01%) Kafka
2 9 (4.92%) Node.js
3 8 (4.37%) REST
4 6 (3.28%) OAuth
4 6 (3.28%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.28%) RESTful
5 5 (2.73%) 802.1X
5 5 (2.73%) LAMP
5 5 (2.73%) Middleware
5 5 (2.73%) Web Services
6 4 (2.19%) CSS
6 4 (2.19%) HTML
6 4 (2.19%) jQuery
6 4 (2.19%) JSON
6 4 (2.19%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.19%) SOAP
6 4 (2.19%) XHTML
6 4 (2.19%) XML
6 4 (2.19%) XML Messaging
6 4 (2.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.95%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.29%) Cloud Native
3 15 (8.20%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.46%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.83%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.28%) Replication
7 5 (2.73%) CMDB
7 5 (2.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.73%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.19%) Clustering
8 4 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.19%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.64%) Blog
9 3 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.64%) Social Media
10 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (24.59%) Linux
2 26 (14.21%) Windows
3 17 (9.29%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.28%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.73%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.09%) CentOS
6 2 (1.09%) Rocky
6 2 (1.09%) Unix
7 1 (0.55%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.96%) Containerisation
1 53 (28.96%) Infrastructure as Code
2 52 (28.42%) Agile
2 52 (28.42%) High Availability
3 48 (26.23%) CI/CD
4 46 (25.14%) DevOps
5 44 (24.04%) Root Cause Analysis
6 43 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (17.49%) Disaster Recovery
8 30 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (14.75%) Mentoring
11 22 (12.02%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (12.02%) Platform Engineering
11 22 (12.02%) Roadmaps
12 21 (11.48%) Computer Science
13 20 (10.93%) Analytics
14 19 (10.38%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (9.84%) Software Engineering
16 16 (8.74%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.23%) PowerShell
1 48 (26.23%) Python
2 24 (13.11%) SQL
3 18 (9.84%) Bash
4 14 (7.65%) PHP
5 12 (6.56%) Java
6 7 (3.83%) C
7 6 (3.28%) C#
7 6 (3.28%) Go
7 6 (3.28%) Ruby
8 4 (2.19%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.64%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.55%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (21.31%) Azure Certification
2 37 (20.22%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (18.03%) Security Cleared
4 32 (17.49%) CCNP
5 26 (14.21%) SC Cleared
6 22 (12.02%) Degree
7 14 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (6.01%) CCIE
8 11 (6.01%) CCNA
9 10 (5.46%) DV Cleared
10 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (3.28%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.37%) PMO
1 8 (4.37%) QA
2 6 (3.28%) SLA
3 5 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.73%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.09%) GDPR
4 2 (1.09%) NCSC
5 1 (0.55%) COBIT
5 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (13.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (12.57%) Docker
3 10 (5.46%) ProxySG
4 9 (4.92%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.73%) Squid
6 5 (2.73%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.19%) Firmware
7 4 (2.19%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.64%) KVM
9 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (40.98%) Kubernetes
2 43 (23.50%) Terraform
3 22 (12.02%) Ansible
4 11 (6.01%) Grafana
5 9 (4.92%) Prometheus
6 8 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.83%) Argo
8 6 (3.28%) Check_MK
8 6 (3.28%) FortiGate
8 6 (3.28%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (3.28%) Istio
8 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.73%) Nagios
10 3 (1.64%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.64%) Proxmox
11 2 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.09%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.09%) Puppet
11 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.55%) Kibana
Vendors
1 45 (24.59%) Cisco
2 41 (22.40%) Microsoft
3 32 (17.49%) VMware
4 28 (15.30%) F5
4 28 (15.30%) Palo Alto
5 17 (9.29%) SolarWinds
6 15 (8.20%) CheckPoint
7 13 (7.10%) Fortinet
7 13 (7.10%) Infoblox
7 13 (7.10%) Zscaler
8 10 (5.46%) Blue Coat
8 10 (5.46%) HP
9 9 (4.92%) Aruba
9 9 (4.92%) Google
9 9 (4.92%) Oracle
9 9 (4.92%) ServiceNow
9 9 (4.92%) Veeam
10 8 (4.37%) Motorola
10 8 (4.37%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.83%) SAP