Distributed Denial-of-Service Contracts in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 476 569
Rank change year-on-year +109 +93 -132
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 27 19 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.070% 0.090%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.20% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 25
10th Percentile - £500 £463
25th Percentile £425 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £547 £638 £680
90th Percentile £741 - £733
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 - -

All Generic Skills
London

Distributed Denial-of-Service is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,852 9,722 14,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.04% 35.90% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,137 6,983 10,364
10th Percentile £300 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £700
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 113 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +35.85%
75th Percentile £46.86 £64.50 £53.16
90th Percentile £67.00 £83.60 £71.55
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in London.

Daily rate trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in London.

Hourly rate trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West London - 3 £525 - 2
Central London +39 2 £753 +23.36% 1
Distributed Denial-of-Service
England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (7.41%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) Entra ID
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (22.22%) AWS
5 4 (14.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (14.81%) SaaS
6 3 (11.11%) Akamai
6 3 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (7.41%) GCP
8 1 (3.70%) IaaS
8 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) Firewall
2 12 (44.44%) DNS
2 12 (44.44%) Network Security
3 7 (25.93%) HTTP
4 5 (18.52%) Internet
5 3 (11.11%) HTTPS
5 3 (11.11%) IPsec
5 3 (11.11%) MPLS
5 3 (11.11%) WAN
6 2 (7.41%) LAN
6 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
6 2 (7.41%) VPN
6 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (3.70%) IPv4
7 1 (3.70%) IPv6
7 1 (3.70%) Multicast
7 1 (3.70%) SMTP
7 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.70%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Marketing
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Architect
1 7 (25.93%) Network Engineer
1 7 (25.93%) Security Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Network Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Network Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Lead
5 1 (3.70%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.70%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) gRPC
1 3 (11.11%) SAML
1 3 (11.11%) WebSockets
2 2 (7.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (18.52%) Social Media
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 3 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.11%) PKI
3 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.70%) IVR
5 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 3 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) DDoS Mitigation
3 8 (29.63%) Computer Science
3 8 (29.63%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (25.93%) Mobile Device Management
4 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (18.52%) Configuration Management
5 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
5 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (18.52%) Information Security
5 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
5 5 (18.52%) Migration
5 5 (18.52%) SIEM
6 4 (14.81%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security
7 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (11.11%) Privileged Access Management
7 3 (11.11%) RASP
7 3 (11.11%) RBAC
7 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (33.33%) CCIE
3 8 (29.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (29.63%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) CCNP
5 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.70%) CCSP
5 1 (3.70%) CEH
5 1 (3.70%) CISSP
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) SCCM
2 3 (11.11%) FortiGate
2 3 (11.11%) Terraform
3 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Cisco
3 8 (29.63%) VMware
4 7 (25.93%) CA
4 7 (25.93%) Qualys
5 6 (22.22%) F5
5 6 (22.22%) Juniper
6 5 (18.52%) Arista
7 3 (11.11%) Dynatrace
7 3 (11.11%) New Relic
7 3 (11.11%) Palo Alto
7 3 (11.11%) SolarWinds
8 2 (7.41%) Genesys
8 2 (7.41%) Google
8 2 (7.41%) Imperva
9 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
9 1 (3.70%) Tufin
9 1 (3.70%) Zscaler