Load Balancing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Load Balancing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Load Balancing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 615 512 637
Rank change year-on-year -103 +125 -151
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 299 537 768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.54% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.56% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 213 243 492
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £94,400 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% +2.38%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,026 95,219 153,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.30% 95.60% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,821 55,995 82,364
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,695
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Load Balancing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Load Balancing in the UK

Load Balancing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -54 264 £60,000 +2.56% 56
UK excluding London -99 203 £55,000 +1.85% 31
Work from Home +44 140 £62,500 +4.17% 26
London +80 83 £80,000 - 24
Midlands +4 62 £52,500 -12.50% 9
West Midlands +23 50 £52,500 -17.97% 5
South East -7 38 £55,000 - 7
North of England -35 33 £60,000 +26.98% 8
South West -24 28 £45,000 +3.45% 4
Yorkshire +65 16 £61,250 +75.00% 3
Scotland -78 16 £52,500 -4.55%
North West -52 15 £60,000 +13.21% 5
East of England -9 13 £51,250 -12.77% 3
East Midlands -11 12 £50,000 -13.04% 4
Wales +7 9 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland +14 4 - -
North East -18 2 £85,000 +126.67%

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 49 (16.39%) WebLogic
2 27 (9.03%) IIS
3 23 (7.69%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.68%) Skype for Business
5 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.67%) Apache
6 5 (1.67%) nginx
6 5 (1.67%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.67%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.33%) Confluence
8 1 (0.33%) Moodle
8 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (15.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.33%) HFM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 188 (62.88%) Azure
2 140 (46.82%) AWS
3 48 (16.05%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (15.38%) Amazon SQS
5 45 (15.05%) GCP
6 28 (9.36%) SaaS
7 26 (8.70%) Amazon S3
8 25 (8.36%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (7.36%) IaaS
10 21 (7.02%) PaaS
11 19 (6.35%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (5.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (5.02%) OneDrive
14 14 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (4.01%) Serverless
16 10 (3.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 10 (3.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (3.01%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 122 (40.80%) Firewall
2 121 (40.47%) DNS
3 100 (33.44%) WAN
4 83 (27.76%) BGP
5 79 (26.42%) TCP/IP
6 76 (25.42%) VPN
7 66 (22.07%) SSL
8 65 (21.74%) LAN
9 39 (13.04%) Wireless
10 37 (12.37%) Network Security
11 36 (12.04%) MPLS
12 29 (9.70%) OSPF
13 28 (9.36%) DHCP
13 28 (9.36%) Internet
14 26 (8.70%) SAN
15 25 (8.36%) SD-WAN
16 20 (6.69%) IPsec
17 18 (6.02%) BIG-IP
18 17 (5.69%) SNMP
18 17 (5.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (19.73%) Amazon RDS
2 54 (18.06%) Relational Database
3 53 (17.73%) RDBMS
3 53 (17.73%) SQL Server
4 47 (15.72%) Oracle Database
5 31 (10.37%) MySQL
6 14 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (4.35%) MongoDB
8 11 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.01%) Redis
10 7 (2.34%) BigQuery
11 6 (2.01%) InfluxDB
12 5 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.67%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.67%) DB2
12 5 (1.67%) Neo4j
12 5 (1.67%) TimescaleDB
13 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.00%) Power BI
14 2 (0.67%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (5.02%) Git
2 13 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.68%) GitLab
4 5 (1.67%) GDB
5 4 (1.34%) JIRA
5 4 (1.34%) Selenium
5 4 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.00%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.00%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.67%) git-flow
8 1 (0.33%) JMeter
8 1 (0.33%) JProfiler
8 1 (0.33%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.33%) Maven
8 1 (0.33%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.33%) NeoLoad
General
1 100 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 40 (13.38%) Finance
3 26 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (8.70%) Law
4 15 (5.02%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.68%) Retail
6 11 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.34%) Advertising
8 6 (2.01%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.67%) Legal
10 3 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Games
11 2 (0.67%) Military
12 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 82 (27.42%) Senior
2 80 (26.76%) Architect
3 56 (18.73%) Lead
4 52 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
5 48 (16.05%) Network Engineer
6 46 (15.38%) Lead Architect
6 46 (15.38%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 29 (9.70%) Administrator
7 29 (9.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 26 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (7.02%) Systems Engineer
10 19 (6.35%) Senior Network Engineer
11 16 (5.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 15 (5.02%) Senior DevOps
12 15 (5.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 15 (5.02%) Systems Administrator
13 14 (4.68%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (4.68%) Systems Architect
14 12 (4.01%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.68%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (15.38%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (15.38%) Spring Boot
2 22 (7.36%) REST
3 21 (7.02%) WebRTC
4 17 (5.69%) 802.1X
5 16 (5.35%) Elastic Stack
6 12 (4.01%) HTML
7 11 (3.68%) .NET
8 10 (3.34%) SAML
9 9 (3.01%) YAML
10 8 (2.68%) XML
11 7 (2.34%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.34%) LAMP
12 5 (1.67%) CSS
12 5 (1.67%) Django
12 5 (1.67%) FastAPI
12 5 (1.67%) Flask
12 5 (1.67%) Kafka
12 5 (1.67%) WebSphere MQ
13 4 (1.34%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.40%) Public Cloud
2 54 (18.06%) Data Centre
3 47 (15.72%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (12.04%) Clustering
5 14 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.68%) PKI
6 12 (4.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (3.34%) Client/Server
9 9 (3.01%) Cloud Native
10 8 (2.68%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (2.34%) IoT
11 7 (2.34%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.67%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.34%) Replication
14 3 (1.00%) Security Posture
15 2 (0.67%) PropTech
15 2 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 129 (43.14%) Linux
2 74 (24.75%) Windows
3 69 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (13.04%) Windows Server
5 15 (5.02%) Unix
6 13 (4.35%) Windows 10
7 10 (3.34%) CentOS
7 10 (3.34%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.34%) Windows 7
8 9 (3.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.01%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.67%) Debian
10 5 (1.67%) Solaris
11 4 (1.34%) Android
11 4 (1.34%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.42%) Agile
2 78 (26.09%) Migration
3 73 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (21.07%) Open Source
5 61 (20.40%) DevOps
6 51 (17.06%) Project Management
6 51 (17.06%) TOGAF
7 50 (16.72%) Data Migration
8 49 (16.39%) High Availability
8 49 (16.39%) SDLC
9 48 (16.05%) Collaborative Working
9 48 (16.05%) Kanban
9 48 (16.05%) Scrum
10 47 (15.72%) Cloud Operations
10 47 (15.72%) Re-Platforming
11 46 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
11 46 (15.38%) ArchiMate
11 46 (15.38%) Systems Engineering
12 44 (14.72%) CI/CD
13 42 (14.05%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.06%) PowerShell
2 47 (15.72%) Python
3 45 (15.05%) SQL
4 24 (8.03%) Bash
5 16 (5.35%) PHP
6 15 (5.02%) C#
6 15 (5.02%) T-SQL
7 12 (4.01%) Java
7 12 (4.01%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.68%) C
9 10 (3.34%) Perl
10 9 (3.01%) Go
11 6 (2.01%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.00%) Bicep
12 3 (1.00%) C++
13 2 (0.67%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.67%) Lua
13 2 (0.67%) Ruby
13 2 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 97 (32.44%) Security Cleared
2 84 (28.09%) SC Cleared
3 58 (19.40%) AWS Certification
4 49 (16.39%) Azure Certification
5 48 (16.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 43 (14.38%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (10.03%) CCNA
8 29 (9.70%) CCNP
9 25 (8.36%) Degree
10 15 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (3.34%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.34%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.67%) RHCA
13 5 (1.67%) RHCE
13 5 (1.67%) RHCSA
13 5 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (1.34%) CCIE
15 3 (1.00%) CCDA
16 2 (0.67%) CCDP
16 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.01%) QA
2 7 (2.34%) ISO 13485
2 7 (2.34%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.67%) SLA
5 4 (1.34%) NIST
6 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 56 (18.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (14.72%) Active Directory
3 42 (14.05%) Docker
4 30 (10.03%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (8.70%) vSphere
6 14 (4.68%) VMware NSX
7 9 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.34%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
9 3 (1.00%) NFS
10 2 (0.67%) Firmware
10 2 (0.67%) Shibboleth
11 1 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.33%) PowerDNS
11 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.33%) XenApp
11 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (17.39%) Terraform
2 35 (11.71%) Ansible
3 34 (11.37%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.70%) Puppet
5 15 (5.02%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.68%) Progress Chef
7 12 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (3.68%) HAProxy
8 11 (3.68%) Nagios
9 9 (3.01%) Grafana
9 9 (3.01%) Graphite
10 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (2.01%) NetCrunch
12 5 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (1.34%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (1.34%) FortiGate
13 4 (1.34%) Istio
13 4 (1.34%) Prometheus
14 3 (1.00%) SCOrch
14 3 (1.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 96 (32.11%) Microsoft
2 76 (25.42%) Cisco
3 70 (23.41%) VMware
4 55 (18.39%) Oracle
5 46 (15.38%) Sparx
6 45 (15.05%) F5
7 41 (13.71%) CheckPoint
8 29 (9.70%) Palo Alto
9 27 (9.03%) Juniper
10 21 (7.02%) Google
11 17 (5.69%) Meraki
12 14 (4.68%) Fortinet
13 13 (4.35%) Aruba
13 13 (4.35%) Citrix
13 13 (4.35%) Red Hat
13 13 (4.35%) SolarWinds
13 13 (4.35%) Splunk
14 9 (3.01%) Arista
14 9 (3.01%) Riverbed
15 8 (2.68%) Tufin