Load Balancing Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 637 516 633
Rank change year-on-year -121 +117 -142
Permanent jobs citing Load Balancing 283 500 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.55% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 199 227 482
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,200 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,750 £53,750
% change year-on-year +4.27% -1.86% -2.27%

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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -97 252 £62,500 +8.70% 52
UK excluding London -112 190 £55,000 +4.27% 28
Work from Home +17 127 £62,500 +4.17% 28
London +85 83 £80,000 - 24
Midlands +2 58 £52,500 -12.50% 10
West Midlands +4 45 £52,500 -15.32% 4
South East -16 39 £57,500 +4.55% 5
North of England -36 33 £60,000 +27.66% 4
South West -30 23 £45,000 -2.70% 4
Yorkshire +51 16 £61,250 +75.00% 1
Scotland -74 16 £53,750 -2.27% 1
North West -53 15 £60,000 +13.21% 3
East Midlands -21 13 £50,000 -13.04% 6
East of England -12 11 £51,250 -10.87% 5
Wales +6 6 £86,250 -
Northern Ireland +9 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 (17.31%) WebLogic
2 24 (8.48%) IIS
3 21 (7.42%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.83%) Skype for Business
5 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (2.12%) nginx
7 5 (1.77%) WebSphere
8 3 (1.06%) Apache
9 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.35%) Confluence
10 1 (0.35%) Moodle
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (16.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.35%) HFM
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 168 (59.36%) Azure
2 133 (47.00%) AWS
3 49 (17.31%) Amazon EKS
4 47 (16.61%) Amazon SQS
5 43 (15.19%) GCP
6 27 (9.54%) Amazon S3
7 26 (9.19%) SaaS
8 22 (7.77%) Amazon EC2
8 22 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (7.07%) PaaS
10 19 (6.71%) IaaS
11 18 (6.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (5.30%) OneDrive
13 14 (4.95%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (4.95%) Serverless
14 11 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (3.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (3.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 9 (3.18%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 115 (40.64%) DNS
2 112 (39.58%) Firewall
3 92 (32.51%) WAN
4 81 (28.62%) BGP
5 75 (26.50%) TCP/IP
6 71 (25.09%) VPN
7 65 (22.97%) SSL
8 61 (21.55%) LAN
9 35 (12.37%) MPLS
10 33 (11.66%) Wireless
11 32 (11.31%) Network Security
12 27 (9.54%) SAN
13 26 (9.19%) OSPF
14 25 (8.83%) DHCP
15 24 (8.48%) SD-WAN
16 23 (8.13%) Internet
17 20 (7.07%) IPsec
18 17 (6.01%) SNMP
19 15 (5.30%) BIG-IP
19 15 (5.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (21.55%) Amazon RDS
2 54 (19.08%) Relational Database
3 53 (18.73%) RDBMS
4 47 (16.61%) Oracle Database
5 45 (15.90%) SQL Server
6 30 (10.60%) MySQL
7 13 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (3.53%) MongoDB
10 9 (3.18%) Redis
11 7 (2.47%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.77%) DB2
12 5 (1.77%) InfluxDB
12 5 (1.77%) Neo4j
12 5 (1.77%) TimescaleDB
13 4 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.41%) Data Lake
14 3 (1.06%) Power BI
15 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
15 2 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (7.42%) Git
2 13 (4.59%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.83%) GitLab
4 7 (2.47%) Selenium
5 6 (2.12%) PHPUnit
6 5 (1.77%) GDB
7 4 (1.41%) JIRA
7 4 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.06%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.71%) git-flow
10 1 (0.35%) JMeter
10 1 (0.35%) JProfiler
10 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.35%) Maven
10 1 (0.35%) NeoLoad
General
1 96 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.84%) Finance
3 25 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.48%) Law
5 15 (5.30%) Retail
5 15 (5.30%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.83%) Advertising
8 7 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.77%) Legal
10 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Banking
12 2 (0.71%) Games
12 2 (0.71%) Military
13 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (28.27%) Architect
2 78 (27.56%) Senior
3 54 (19.08%) Lead
4 52 (18.37%) Solutions Architect
5 46 (16.25%) Lead Architect
5 46 (16.25%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 42 (14.84%) Network Engineer
7 29 (10.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 26 (9.19%) Administrator
9 25 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (6.01%) Senior Network Engineer
10 17 (6.01%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (4.95%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (4.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.95%) Systems Architect
12 13 (4.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 13 (4.59%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (4.24%) Developer
13 12 (4.24%) Linux Engineer
14 11 (3.89%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (16.25%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (16.25%) Spring Boot
2 19 (6.71%) REST
3 18 (6.36%) WebRTC
4 16 (5.65%) 802.1X
4 16 (5.65%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (4.59%) HTML
6 11 (3.89%) .NET
7 9 (3.18%) LAMP
8 8 (2.83%) .NET Core
8 8 (2.83%) SAML
8 8 (2.83%) XML
8 8 (2.83%) YAML
9 6 (2.12%) CSS
10 5 (1.77%) Django
10 5 (1.77%) FastAPI
10 5 (1.77%) Flask
10 5 (1.77%) jQuery
10 5 (1.77%) Kafka
10 5 (1.77%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 60 (21.20%) Public Cloud
2 53 (18.73%) Data Centre
3 47 (16.61%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (11.66%) Clustering
5 14 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (4.24%) PKI
7 10 (3.53%) Client/Server
8 9 (3.18%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.83%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (2.47%) IoT
10 7 (2.47%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.77%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.77%) Replication
12 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.06%) Cybercrime
14 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 122 (43.11%) Linux
2 68 (24.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 66 (23.32%) Windows
4 38 (13.43%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.59%) Windows 10
6 12 (4.24%) Unix
7 10 (3.53%) Windows 7
8 9 (3.18%) CentOS
8 9 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.47%) Ubuntu
10 6 (2.12%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.41%) Android
11 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.06%) Debian
12 3 (1.06%) Solaris
12 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.98%) Agile
2 81 (28.62%) Migration
3 67 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (21.20%) Open Source
5 59 (20.85%) DevOps
6 52 (18.37%) Data Migration
6 52 (18.37%) Project Management
7 51 (18.02%) TOGAF
8 49 (17.31%) SDLC
9 48 (16.96%) Collaborative Working
9 48 (16.96%) Kanban
9 48 (16.96%) Scrum
10 47 (16.61%) Cloud Operations
11 46 (16.25%) Actionable Insight
11 46 (16.25%) ArchiMate
11 46 (16.25%) Re-Platforming
11 46 (16.25%) Systems Engineering
12 45 (15.90%) High Availability
13 42 (14.84%) Infrastructure as Code
14 37 (13.07%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.31%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.55%) Python
3 38 (13.43%) SQL
4 21 (7.42%) Bash
5 18 (6.36%) PHP
6 13 (4.59%) T-SQL
7 12 (4.24%) C#
8 10 (3.53%) C
8 10 (3.53%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.18%) Go
9 9 (3.18%) Java
9 9 (3.18%) Perl
10 3 (1.06%) C++
10 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.71%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.71%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 93 (32.86%) Security Cleared
2 80 (28.27%) SC Cleared
3 59 (20.85%) AWS Certification
4 49 (17.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 49 (17.31%) Azure Certification
5 38 (13.43%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (10.25%) CCNA
7 26 (9.19%) CCNP
8 22 (7.77%) Degree
9 14 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (3.53%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.47%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.77%) RHCA
12 5 (1.77%) RHCE
12 5 (1.77%) RHCSA
12 5 (1.77%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.41%) CCIE
14 3 (1.06%) CCDA
15 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.71%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.53%) QA
2 7 (2.47%) ISO 13485
2 7 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.12%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.12%) SLA
4 4 (1.41%) NIST
5 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.06%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 51 (18.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (15.55%) Docker
3 43 (15.19%) Active Directory
4 29 (10.25%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (8.48%) vSphere
6 13 (4.59%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.83%) VMware Server
8 7 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.06%) NFS
10 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.35%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.35%) PowerDNS
11 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.35%) XenApp
11 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (18.02%) Terraform
2 36 (12.72%) Ansible
2 36 (12.72%) Kubernetes
3 24 (8.48%) Puppet
4 14 (4.95%) vCenter Server
5 11 (3.89%) Progress Chef
6 10 (3.53%) HAProxy
6 10 (3.53%) Nagios
6 10 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (3.18%) Grafana
8 8 (2.83%) Graphite
9 6 (2.12%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (2.12%) NetCrunch
10 5 (1.77%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.41%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (1.41%) Istio
11 4 (1.41%) SCOM
11 4 (1.41%) SCOrch
11 4 (1.41%) vMotion
Vendors
1 94 (33.22%) Microsoft
2 70 (24.73%) Cisco
3 64 (22.61%) VMware
4 55 (19.43%) Oracle
5 46 (16.25%) Sparx
6 39 (13.78%) F5
7 36 (12.72%) CheckPoint
8 29 (10.25%) Palo Alto
9 26 (9.19%) Juniper
10 21 (7.42%) Google
11 15 (5.30%) Meraki
12 14 (4.95%) Splunk
13 13 (4.59%) Citrix
13 13 (4.59%) Fortinet
13 13 (4.59%) Red Hat
14 12 (4.24%) SolarWinds
15 9 (3.18%) Arista
15 9 (3.18%) Aruba
15 9 (3.18%) Riverbed
16 8 (2.83%) Ribbon