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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 397 387
Rank change year-on-year +73 -10 +121
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 53 32 89
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.36% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.22% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 72
10th Percentile £42,000 £46,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £85,625 £94,375 £83,125
90th Percentile £106,250 £118,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £48,445 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.91% +11.36% -13.73%

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 12,882 14,602 19,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.90% 95.02% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,228 7,911 15,562
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,425 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.46% +6.83% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +35 4 £102,500 +17.14% 7
South London +30 2 £47,500 -2.56%
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 (11.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (24.53%) MS Visio
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 23 (43.40%) Azure
2 18 (33.96%) AWS
3 8 (15.09%) Amazon EKS
3 8 (15.09%) SaaS
4 7 (13.21%) AWS Direct Connect
4 7 (13.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (11.32%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (11.32%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (11.32%) Amazon S3
5 6 (11.32%) Route 53
6 4 (7.55%) GCP
7 3 (5.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (1.89%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 34 (64.15%) Firewall
2 26 (49.06%) LAN
3 21 (39.62%) WAN
4 20 (37.74%) VPN
5 18 (33.96%) BGP
6 16 (30.19%) SD-WAN
7 14 (26.42%) Wireless
8 12 (22.64%) OSPF
9 11 (20.75%) DNS
9 11 (20.75%) TCP/IP
10 9 (16.98%) VLAN
11 8 (15.09%) Wireshark
12 7 (13.21%) DHCP
12 7 (13.21%) Network Security
13 5 (9.43%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (9.43%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (9.43%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (7.55%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (7.55%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) GitLab
1 3 (5.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.89%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (47.17%) Social Skills
2 24 (45.28%) Finance
3 11 (20.75%) Telecoms
4 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.98%) Banking
4 9 (16.98%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (13.21%) Law
6 7 (13.21%) Retail
7 6 (11.32%) Back Office
7 6 (11.32%) Financial Institution
8 5 (9.43%) Marketing
9 3 (5.66%) Retail Banking
10 2 (3.77%) Legal
10 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (50.94%) Network Engineer
2 17 (32.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (20.75%) Senior
4 9 (16.98%) AWS Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Deployment Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Network Deployment Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Network Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Network Support
8 4 (7.55%) Network Support Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) RESTful
2 5 (9.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.89%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.89%) Next.js
3 1 (1.89%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 29 (54.72%) Data Centre
2 8 (15.09%) Cloud Native
2 8 (15.09%) Management Information System
3 7 (13.21%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (7.55%) Public Cloud
4 4 (7.55%) Virtual Team
5 3 (5.66%) Blog
5 3 (5.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.66%) Private Cloud
6 2 (3.77%) Replication
7 1 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.89%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Windows
2 5 (9.43%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.55%) Linux
4 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (26.42%) Platform Engineering
3 14 (26.42%) Validation
4 13 (24.53%) Change Management
4 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
4 13 (24.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (22.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (20.75%) Network Virtualisation
7 10 (18.87%) Change Control
7 10 (18.87%) Customer Service
7 10 (18.87%) Inventory Management
7 10 (18.87%) Network Monitoring
7 10 (18.87%) Observability
8 9 (16.98%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (16.98%) Problem Management
9 8 (15.09%) Asset Management
9 8 (15.09%) Coaching
9 8 (15.09%) DevOps
9 8 (15.09%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) Python
2 9 (16.98%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.32%) Go
3 6 (11.32%) Java
4 4 (7.55%) Bash
5 3 (5.66%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (35.85%) CCNP
1 19 (35.85%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (26.42%) Degree
3 13 (24.53%) CCIE
4 6 (11.32%) CCSA
4 6 (11.32%) CCSE
5 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.66%) ISTQB
7 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.89%) CCNA
8 1 (1.89%) Check Point Certification
8 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) SOC 2
2 6 (11.32%) PCI DSS
3 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.55%) PMO
4 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.55%) Docker
4 3 (5.66%) vSphere
5 2 (3.77%) Firmware
5 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.77%) ProxySG
5 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (35.85%) Terraform
2 9 (16.98%) Kubernetes
3 5 (9.43%) Ansible
4 3 (5.66%) Check_MK
4 3 (5.66%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.77%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (67.92%) Cisco
2 20 (37.74%) CheckPoint
3 16 (30.19%) F5
4 15 (28.30%) Palo Alto
4 15 (28.30%) SolarWinds
5 12 (22.64%) Microsoft
6 8 (15.09%) Meraki
6 8 (15.09%) VMware
7 6 (11.32%) Infoblox
8 4 (7.55%) Motorola
9 3 (5.66%) Arista
9 3 (5.66%) EMC
9 3 (5.66%) Fortinet
9 3 (5.66%) Splunk
10 2 (3.77%) Blue Coat
10 2 (3.77%) Dell
11 1 (1.89%) AlgoSec
11 1 (1.89%) iManage
11 1 (1.89%) Intapp
11 1 (1.89%) Zscaler