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 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 359 334 396
Rank change year-on-year -25 +62 +32
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 226 402 572
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.72% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.80% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 282 364
10th Percentile £350 £375 £413
25th Percentile £380 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -26 209 £475 -13.64% 51
UK excluding London -3 114 £475 -5.00% 27
London +5 90 £520 -11.11% 24
Midlands +59 59 £375 -19.35% 10
West Midlands +59 59 £375 +15.38% 4
Work from Home -18 51 £535 +6.47% 28
East of England +11 22 £534 -8.33% 5
North of England -33 13 £600 +20.00% 3
North West -27 12 £600 +21.70% 2
South East -16 10 £425 -15.00% 5
South West +4 8 £700 +43.59% 4
Scotland - 2 £418 - 1
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 1

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 11 (4.87%) IIS
2 9 (3.98%) Apache
3 8 (3.54%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.10%) Tomcat
5 5 (2.21%) Confluence
5 5 (2.21%) nginx
6 3 (1.33%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.88%) Traefik
8 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.44%) JBoss
8 1 (0.44%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.98%) Chatbot
2 6 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.88%) Azure
2 44 (19.47%) AWS
3 20 (8.85%) GCP
4 16 (7.08%) PaaS
5 14 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.54%) Twilio
8 7 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (3.10%) Cloudflare
8 7 (3.10%) GitHub
9 6 (2.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (2.65%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.77%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.77%) SaaS
11 4 (1.77%) Serverless
12 3 (1.33%) Datadog
12 3 (1.33%) IaaS
12 3 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 80 (35.40%) Firewall
2 78 (34.51%) VPN
3 74 (32.74%) WAN
4 69 (30.53%) BGP
5 61 (26.99%) MPLS
6 53 (23.45%) DNS
7 49 (21.68%) IPsec
8 48 (21.24%) Junos
9 25 (11.06%) LAN
10 23 (10.18%) Network Security
11 22 (9.73%) DHCP
12 21 (9.29%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (7.96%) TCP/IP
14 16 (7.08%) SD-WAN
14 16 (7.08%) VoIP
15 14 (6.19%) Cisco Nexus
15 14 (6.19%) Wireshark
16 13 (5.75%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (5.75%) HTTP
16 13 (5.75%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.21%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.33%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.33%) Power BI
4 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.44%) Bigtable
5 1 (0.44%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.44%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.44%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.44%) MySQL
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (8.41%) Git
2 17 (7.52%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.75%) Artifactory
4 11 (4.87%) Sonatype Nexus
5 10 (4.42%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.10%) GitLab
6 7 (3.10%) JIRA
6 7 (3.10%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.21%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.44%) Ant
8 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.44%) JUnit
8 1 (0.44%) Maven
8 1 (0.44%) Mockito
8 1 (0.44%) TestNG
General
1 36 (15.93%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.27%) Finance
3 17 (7.52%) Telecoms
4 12 (5.31%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.87%) Retail
6 9 (3.98%) Banking
7 7 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.21%) German Language
9 5 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.77%) Automotive
10 4 (1.77%) Legal
11 3 (1.33%) Marketing
12 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (26.55%) Network Engineer
2 36 (15.93%) Architect
3 28 (12.39%) Senior
4 26 (11.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 26 (11.50%) 3rd Line Support
5 25 (11.06%) WAN Engineer
6 22 (9.73%) Network Support
7 16 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (6.19%) Administrator
9 13 (5.75%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (5.31%) Web Engineer
11 11 (4.87%) Network Architect
12 9 (3.98%) Full Stack Engineer
13 8 (3.54%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
13 8 (3.54%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 8 (3.54%) Design Engineer
13 8 (3.54%) Developer
13 8 (3.54%) Lead
13 8 (3.54%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.08%) CSS
1 16 (7.08%) HTML
1 16 (7.08%) React
2 14 (6.19%) .NET
3 9 (3.98%) Middleware
4 8 (3.54%) LDAP
4 8 (3.54%) Web Services
5 6 (2.65%) Node.js
6 5 (2.21%) .NET Framework
6 5 (2.21%) JWT
6 5 (2.21%) OAuth
6 5 (2.21%) SAML
7 4 (1.77%) 802.1X
7 4 (1.77%) JSON
7 4 (1.77%) NETCONF
7 4 (1.77%) Spring
7 4 (1.77%) XML
7 4 (1.77%) YANG
8 3 (1.33%) JPA
8 3 (1.33%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 57 (25.22%) PKI
2 25 (11.06%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.87%) Clustering
4 10 (4.42%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.98%) IVR
5 9 (3.98%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.77%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.77%) Replication
8 3 (1.33%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.33%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.33%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.33%) Media Streaming
9 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.44%) FMCG
10 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.26%) Linux
2 26 (11.50%) Windows
3 13 (5.75%) Unix
4 11 (4.87%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.10%) Android
6 7 (3.10%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.65%) CentOS
8 5 (2.21%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.44%) VMS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.09%) DevOps
2 48 (21.24%) Agile
3 41 (18.14%) CI/CD
4 39 (17.26%) Network Design
5 31 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (11.06%) Migration
7 20 (8.85%) Software Engineering
8 19 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (7.52%) Identity Management
10 16 (7.08%) Roadmaps
11 15 (6.64%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.19%) Full Stack Development
13 13 (5.75%) Test Automation
14 12 (5.31%) Capacity Planning
15 11 (4.87%) Customer Experience
15 11 (4.87%) High Availability
15 11 (4.87%) Kanban
15 11 (4.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (4.87%) Task Automation
16 10 (4.42%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.93%) Python
2 30 (13.27%) PowerShell
3 21 (9.29%) Java
4 18 (7.96%) SQL
5 16 (7.08%) Bash
6 14 (6.19%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.98%) Go
8 7 (3.10%) C#
9 4 (1.77%) Ruby
10 3 (1.33%) Bicep
10 3 (1.33%) C
10 3 (1.33%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.33%) PHP
10 3 (1.33%) VBScript
11 2 (0.88%) Scala
12 1 (0.44%) Groovy
12 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (30.09%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.18%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.73%) Degree
4 15 (6.64%) Azure Certification
5 14 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.42%) CCNP
6 10 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.42%) Master's Degree
6 10 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.54%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (2.21%) CCDP
9 4 (1.77%) CCIE
10 3 (1.33%) CCNA
11 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.44%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 1 (0.44%) MCSA
12 1 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.54%) GDPR
1 8 (3.54%) HIPAA
1 8 (3.54%) PCI DSS
1 8 (3.54%) SOC 2
2 2 (0.88%) NCSC
3 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (8.85%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.31%) Docker
4 9 (3.98%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.54%) vSphere
6 7 (3.10%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.21%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.88%) PowerDNS
8 2 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (10.18%) Terraform
2 22 (9.73%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.64%) Ansible
4 12 (5.31%) Puppet
5 11 (4.87%) FortiGate
6 10 (4.42%) SCOM
7 8 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.65%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.65%) SCCM
9 5 (2.21%) Grafana
9 5 (2.21%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.77%) Kibana
11 3 (1.33%) Istio
11 3 (1.33%) Podman
11 3 (1.33%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.88%) Consul
12 2 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.88%) Graphite
12 2 (0.88%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.88%) linkerd
Vendors
1 61 (26.99%) Cisco
2 54 (23.89%) Juniper
3 53 (23.45%) F5
4 37 (16.37%) Microsoft
5 22 (9.73%) Palo Alto
6 19 (8.41%) VMware
7 16 (7.08%) Aruba
8 15 (6.64%) Meraki
9 12 (5.31%) Splunk
10 10 (4.42%) Fortinet
10 10 (4.42%) Genesys
10 10 (4.42%) Google
11 9 (3.98%) Nokia
11 9 (3.98%) Oracle
12 8 (3.54%) Avaya
12 8 (3.54%) CheckPoint
13 7 (3.10%) Arista
13 7 (3.10%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.65%) Citrix
14 6 (2.65%) Infoblox