Load Balancing Job Trends in London

Load Balancing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London 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 374 326 412
Rank change year-on-year -48 +86 -4
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 66 60 52
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.27% 0.50% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.53% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 40 19 35
10th Percentile £64,800 £50,750 £56,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -18.75% +3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,625 £142,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +19.66% +2.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20,049 11,284 17,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.94% 94.08% 89.30%
Number of salaries quoted 13,638 7,152 10,700
10th Percentile £40,828 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Load Balancing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Load Balancing job vacancy trend in London

Load Balancing
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Load Balancing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Load Balancing

Load Balancing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing in London over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Load Balancing in London

Load Balancing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the London 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
Central London - 7 £90,000 - 5
Load Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (9.09%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.03%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) nginx
3 1 (1.52%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.52%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.52%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (42.42%) AWS
2 27 (40.91%) Azure
3 14 (21.21%) GCP
4 9 (13.64%) OpenShift
4 9 (13.64%) Serverless
5 7 (10.61%) GitHub
5 7 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (9.09%) Amazon Kinesis
7 5 (7.58%) Datadog
7 5 (7.58%) Entra ID
8 4 (6.06%) Azure AKS
8 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (4.55%) IaaS
9 3 (4.55%) Nutanix
9 3 (4.55%) PaaS
9 3 (4.55%) Rubrik
10 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (3.03%) ChatGPT
10 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (50.00%) Firewall
2 30 (45.45%) VPN
3 23 (34.85%) BGP
4 22 (33.33%) DNS
5 20 (30.30%) Network Security
6 14 (21.21%) WAN
7 12 (18.18%) TCP/IP
8 11 (16.67%) VLAN
9 10 (15.15%) LAN
9 10 (15.15%) OSPF
10 8 (12.12%) IPsec
11 7 (10.61%) MPLS
11 7 (10.61%) SD-WAN
11 7 (10.61%) VXLAN
12 6 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 6 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 5 (7.58%) NetScaler
14 4 (6.06%) Cisco ISE
14 4 (6.06%) HTTP
14 4 (6.06%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) Big Data
2 6 (9.09%) Apache Hive
2 6 (9.09%) Hadoop
2 6 (9.09%) HBase
2 6 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.52%) KDB
4 1 (1.52%) Kdb+
4 1 (1.52%) MySQL
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Redis
4 1 (1.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) GitLab
2 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.03%) Git
3 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 33 (50.00%) Finance
2 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.18%) Law
4 11 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (16.67%) Marketing
5 6 (9.09%) Military
5 6 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Legal
7 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Retail
7 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.52%) Advertising
8 1 (1.52%) Aviation
8 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Network Engineer
2 11 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (16.67%) Senior
3 7 (10.61%) Lead
4 6 (9.09%) Architect
4 6 (9.09%) Network Security Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Network Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Security Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Network Security Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Network Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Security Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Lead Software Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (33.33%) Terraform
2 8 (12.12%) Node.js
3 7 (10.61%) Kafka
4 6 (9.09%) REST
5 4 (6.06%) pytest
6 3 (4.55%) Dropwizard
6 3 (4.55%) Micronaut
7 2 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (1.52%) A2A Protocol
8 1 (1.52%) gRPC
8 1 (1.52%) LEMP Stack
8 1 (1.52%) Model Context Protocol
8 1 (1.52%) OAuth
8 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.52%) OpenAPI
8 1 (1.52%) OpenID
8 1 (1.52%) Pulumi
8 1 (1.52%) RESTful
8 1 (1.52%) Swagger
8 1 (1.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.70%) Data Centre
2 11 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 6 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 5 (7.58%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Replication
6 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.52%) Blog
7 1 (1.52%) CMDB
7 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.33%) Linux
2 7 (10.61%) Windows
3 3 (4.55%) Ubuntu
3 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.03%) Unix
5 1 (1.52%) CentOS
5 1 (1.52%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) Infrastructure as Code
2 23 (34.85%) CI/CD
3 19 (28.79%) Roadmaps
4 15 (22.73%) Analytics
5 13 (19.70%) DevOps
5 13 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (18.18%) AI
6 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (18.18%) Mentoring
6 12 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (15.15%) Containerisation
7 10 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.64%) Computer Science
8 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (13.64%) Zero Trust
9 8 (12.12%) Continuous Delivery
10 7 (10.61%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (10.61%) Generative AI
10 7 (10.61%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 26 (39.39%) Python
2 10 (15.15%) SQL
3 7 (10.61%) Bash
3 7 (10.61%) C
3 7 (10.61%) Java
3 7 (10.61%) PowerShell
4 6 (9.09%) C#
4 6 (9.09%) PHP
4 6 (9.09%) Ruby
5 2 (3.03%) Go
6 1 (1.52%) Bicep
6 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (25.76%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (16.67%) CCNP
3 10 (15.15%) Degree
4 7 (10.61%) CCNA
5 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
5 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
6 4 (6.06%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.55%) CCIE
8 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.03%) CCSP
8 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.52%) CISM
9 1 (1.52%) CISSP
9 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.52%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.52%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (1.52%) COBIT
4 1 (1.52%) NIST
4 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.06%) Docker
3 3 (4.55%) VMware NSX
3 3 (4.55%) vSphere
4 2 (3.03%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.52%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (30.30%) Kubernetes
2 15 (22.73%) Ansible
3 7 (10.61%) FortiGate
4 6 (9.09%) Grafana
4 6 (9.09%) Hadoop YARN
4 6 (9.09%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.03%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.52%) Argo
7 1 (1.52%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.52%) Cilium
7 1 (1.52%) Istio
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.52%) Nagios
7 1 (1.52%) Puppet
7 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (21.21%) VMware
3 13 (19.70%) Zscaler
4 12 (18.18%) Cisco
5 11 (16.67%) F5
6 8 (12.12%) Palo Alto
7 7 (10.61%) IBM
7 7 (10.61%) Oracle
7 7 (10.61%) SAP
8 6 (9.09%) Fortinet
8 6 (9.09%) HP
8 6 (9.09%) Red Hat
9 5 (7.58%) Meraki
10 4 (6.06%) CheckPoint
11 3 (4.55%) Splunk
11 3 (4.55%) Veeam
12 2 (3.03%) Broadcom
12 2 (3.03%) Citrix
12 2 (3.03%) Dell
12 2 (3.03%) SolarWinds