Distributed Denial-of-Service Contract Job Trends in the City of London
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Central London> City of London
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
116
129
154
Rank change year-on-year
+13
+25
+37
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service
3
1
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London
Distributed Denial-of-Service falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
663
636
972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
37.61%
30.31%
32.63%
Number of daily rates quoted
461
392
636
10th Percentile
£350
£356
£313
25th Percentile
£456
£475
£479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£600
£593
£600
Median % change year-on-year
+1.27%
-1.25%
-
75th Percentile
£694
£720
£738
90th Percentile
£813
£838
£838
Central London median daily rate
£578
£588
£600
% change year-on-year
-1.70%
-2.08%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
9
5
9
10th Percentile
£16.96
£18.40
£16.92
25th Percentile
£19.79
£22.00
£17.00
Median hourly rate
£27.50
£27.00
£35.00
Median % change year-on-year
+1.85%
-22.86%
-28.57%
75th Percentile
£65.57
-
£42.32
90th Percentile
£91.00
£66.30
£56.15
Central London median hourly rate
£26.45
£25.79
£31.25
% change year-on-year
+2.56%
-17.47%
-36.22%
Distributed Denial-of-Service Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Distributed Denial-of-Service Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.
Distributed Denial-of-Service Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Distributed Denial-of-Service also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Distributed Denial-of-Service.
Distributed Denial-of-Service Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:
