NLBS Job Trends in London

Microsoft Network Load Balancing Services (NLBS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring NLBS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NLBS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.006% - -
As % of the System Software category 0.079% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £90,000 - -

All System Software Skills
London

NLBS falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,270 2,116 3,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.17% 14.24% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 879 1,360 2,561
10th Percentile £32,950 £36,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £108,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.53% +17.00% -9.09%

NLBS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

NLBS job vacancy trend in London

NLBS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing NLBS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing NLBS

NLBS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NLBS within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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 - 1 £90,000 - 1
NLBS
England

NLBS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Architect
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco