load balancing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, load balancing appears in 517 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about load balancing
+Is load balancing in demand in 2026?
Yes. load balancing appears in 517 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (20% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require load balancing?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require load balancing are Software Engineer (20% of postings list load balancing), Site Reliability Engineer (13% of postings list load balancing), DevOps Engineer (7% of postings list load balancing).
+What skills are commonly paired with load balancing?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), load balancing most often appears alongside Kubernetes, Python, AWS, Terraform, DNS.
+Where is load balancing most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring load balancing are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, London, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new load balancing content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring load balancing — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require load balancing
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 105 | 20.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 65 | 12.6% |
| DevOps Engineer | 34 | 6.6% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 15 | 2.9% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 15 | 2.9% |
| Engineering Manager | 14 | 2.7% |
| Platform Engineer | 14 | 2.7% |
| Backend Engineer | 13 | 2.5% |
| Cloud Engineer | 13 | 2.5% |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 9 | 1.7% |
Top metros hiring for load balancing
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 37 | 25.2% |
| New York City | 26 | 17.7% |
| Bengaluru | 23 | 15.6% |
| London | 14 | 9.5% |
| Seattle | 13 | 8.8% |
| Dublin | 10 | 6.8% |
| Shanghai | 10 | 6.8% |
| Amsterdam | 8 | 5.4% |
| Bellevue | 6 | 4.1% |
Skills commonly paired with load balancing
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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