Load Balancing Contracts

Load Balancing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Load Balancing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Load Balancing over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 343 382
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 +27
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 235 419 586
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.73% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.81% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 297 371
10th Percentile £329 £385 £413
25th Percentile £363 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £659
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £505 £533
% change year-on-year -5.94% -5.16% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - £32.20 £28.20
25th Percentile - £46.38 £32.25
Median hourly rate £45.88 £70.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.46% +72.84% -42.14%
75th Percentile - - £49.75
90th Percentile - - £54.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - -39.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Load Balancing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Load Balancing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Load Balancing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing.

Daily rate trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Load Balancing.

Hourly rate trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -7 218 £475 -13.64% 63
UK excluding London +23 124 £475 -5.94% 37
London -15 91 £500 -16.67% 26
West Midlands +63 56 £375 - 7
Midlands +58 56 £375 -16.67% 10
Work from Home -18 56 £534 +1.71% 26
East of England +27 29 £517 -11.24% 4
South East -5 13 £425 -15.00% 9
North of England -36 13 £600 +14.29% 8
North West -24 12 £600 +14.29% 5
South West +8 10 £700 +41.77% 5
Scotland - 3 £418 - 1
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 3

Load Balancing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.11%) IIS
2 9 (3.83%) Apache
3 8 (3.40%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.98%) Tomcat
5 5 (2.13%) nginx
6 4 (1.70%) Confluence
7 3 (1.28%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.85%) Traefik
9 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.43%) JBoss
9 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.83%) Chatbot
2 5 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.81%) Azure
2 44 (18.72%) AWS
3 20 (8.51%) GCP
4 16 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.96%) PaaS
6 9 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.40%) Twilio
8 7 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (2.98%) Cloudflare
8 7 (2.98%) GitHub
9 6 (2.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.70%) Akamai
11 4 (1.70%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.70%) SaaS
11 4 (1.70%) Serverless
12 3 (1.28%) IaaS
12 3 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 91 (38.72%) Firewall
2 81 (34.47%) VPN
3 72 (30.64%) WAN
4 66 (28.09%) BGP
5 60 (25.53%) MPLS
6 54 (22.98%) DNS
7 48 (20.43%) IPsec
8 45 (19.15%) Junos
9 30 (12.77%) Network Security
10 24 (10.21%) DHCP
10 24 (10.21%) LAN
11 19 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (6.81%) SD-WAN
12 16 (6.81%) TCP/IP
12 16 (6.81%) VoIP
13 15 (6.38%) 5G
14 14 (5.96%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (5.96%) Wireshark
15 13 (5.53%) Cisco Nexus
16 12 (5.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.13%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.28%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.85%) Power BI
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.43%) Bigtable
5 1 (0.43%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.43%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.43%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (8.09%) Git
2 15 (6.38%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.11%) Artifactory
4 10 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (3.83%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.98%) JIRA
7 6 (2.55%) TeamCity
8 5 (2.13%) Fiddler
8 5 (2.13%) GitLab
9 1 (0.43%) Ant
9 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.43%) JUnit
9 1 (0.43%) Maven
9 1 (0.43%) Mockito
9 1 (0.43%) TestNG
General
1 42 (17.87%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.62%) Finance
3 15 (6.38%) Telecoms
4 14 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.68%) Retail
6 9 (3.83%) Banking
7 6 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.13%) German Language
8 5 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.70%) Automotive
9 4 (1.70%) Legal
9 4 (1.70%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.28%) Marketing
11 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (29.79%) Network Engineer
2 34 (14.47%) Architect
3 27 (11.49%) Senior
4 25 (10.64%) 3rd Line Support
5 23 (9.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 23 (9.79%) WAN Engineer
6 21 (8.94%) Network Support
7 15 (6.38%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (5.96%) Administrator
9 13 (5.53%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.53%) Web Engineer
10 11 (4.68%) Network Architect
11 10 (4.26%) Design Engineer
11 10 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.83%) Developer
12 9 (3.83%) Full Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.83%) Network Design Engineer
13 8 (3.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (3.40%) Java Engineer
13 8 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.81%) CSS
1 16 (6.81%) HTML
1 16 (6.81%) React
2 15 (6.38%) .NET
3 10 (4.26%) Middleware
4 8 (3.40%) LDAP
4 8 (3.40%) Web Services
5 6 (2.55%) Node.js
6 5 (2.13%) .NET Framework
6 5 (2.13%) JWT
6 5 (2.13%) OAuth
6 5 (2.13%) SAML
7 4 (1.70%) 802.1X
7 4 (1.70%) JSON
7 4 (1.70%) NETCONF
7 4 (1.70%) Spring
7 4 (1.70%) XML
7 4 (1.70%) YANG
8 3 (1.28%) JPA
8 3 (1.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 55 (23.40%) PKI
2 28 (11.91%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.68%) Clustering
4 10 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.83%) IVR
6 8 (3.40%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.70%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (1.70%) Replication
7 4 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.28%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.28%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.28%) Media Streaming
8 3 (1.28%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.43%) FMCG
10 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.17%) Linux
2 26 (11.06%) Windows
3 12 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.68%) Unix
5 8 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.55%) Android
6 6 (2.55%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.55%) CentOS
7 5 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.43%) VMS
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.94%) DevOps
2 48 (20.43%) Agile
3 44 (18.72%) Network Design
4 39 (16.60%) CI/CD
5 31 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (10.21%) Migration
7 21 (8.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (8.51%) Software Engineering
9 17 (7.23%) Identity Management
10 16 (6.81%) Computer Science
11 14 (5.96%) Full Stack Development
11 14 (5.96%) Roadmaps
11 14 (5.96%) Test Automation
12 12 (5.11%) Capacity Planning
12 12 (5.11%) High Availability
12 12 (5.11%) Task Automation
13 11 (4.68%) Customer Experience
13 11 (4.68%) Kanban
13 11 (4.68%) Network Virtualisation
13 11 (4.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.47%) Python
2 30 (12.77%) PowerShell
3 21 (8.94%) Java
4 18 (7.66%) SQL
5 15 (6.38%) Bash
6 14 (5.96%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.83%) Go
8 7 (2.98%) C#
9 4 (1.70%) Bicep
9 4 (1.70%) Ruby
9 4 (1.70%) VBScript
10 3 (1.28%) C
10 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.28%) PHP
11 2 (0.85%) Scala
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) Perl
12 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (32.34%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.79%) Degree
4 18 (7.66%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (6.38%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.11%) CCNP
7 10 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.26%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.40%) AWS Certification
8 8 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.55%) CCNA
10 5 (2.13%) CCDP
11 4 (1.70%) CCIE
12 3 (1.28%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.43%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 1 (0.43%) MCSA
13 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.40%) GDPR
1 8 (3.40%) HIPAA
1 8 (3.40%) PCI DSS
1 8 (3.40%) SOC 2
2 2 (0.85%) NCSC
3 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.11%) Docker
4 9 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.40%) vSphere
6 7 (2.98%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.13%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.85%) PowerDNS
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (10.21%) Terraform
2 21 (8.94%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.96%) Ansible
4 13 (5.53%) Puppet
5 11 (4.68%) FortiGate
5 11 (4.68%) SCOM
6 8 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.98%) SCCM
8 5 (2.13%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.13%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.70%) Grafana
9 4 (1.70%) Kibana
9 4 (1.70%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.28%) Istio
10 3 (1.28%) Podman
11 2 (0.85%) Consul
11 2 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.85%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.85%) linkerd
11 2 (0.85%) Packer
Vendors
1 70 (29.79%) Cisco
2 58 (24.68%) Juniper
3 55 (23.40%) F5
4 36 (15.32%) Microsoft
5 22 (9.36%) Palo Alto
6 19 (8.09%) VMware
7 15 (6.38%) Meraki
8 14 (5.96%) Aruba
9 12 (5.11%) Fortinet
10 11 (4.68%) Splunk
11 10 (4.26%) Genesys
11 10 (4.26%) Google
12 9 (3.83%) Oracle
12 9 (3.83%) SolarWinds
13 8 (3.40%) Avaya
13 8 (3.40%) Nokia
14 7 (2.98%) Arista
14 7 (2.98%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.98%) Citrix
15 6 (2.55%) Infoblox