Distributed Denial-of-Service Contract Job Trends in England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies in England. 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 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 444 508
Rank change year-on-year -89 +64 +108
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 17 41 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.050% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.48% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 29
10th Percentile £367 £380 £292
25th Percentile £425 £480 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +6.80% -15.92%
75th Percentile £650 £780 £631
90th Percentile £738 £830 £668
UK median daily rate £525 £569 £515
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.44% -15.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.75
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £41.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £40.00

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,662 8,611 11,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.43% 33.23% 31.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,458 5,225 7,759
10th Percentile £275 £275 £255
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £549 £549
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% -0.08% -4.52%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 244 747
10th Percentile £15.35 £18.73 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.82 £24.25 £16.96
Median hourly rate £31.18 £39.04 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +20.12% +44.44%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.19 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.64 £84.46 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.13 £32.12
% change year-on-year -14.59% +9.37% +42.83%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Distributed Denial-of-Service job vacancy trend in England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Denial-of-Service

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in England over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Distributed Denial-of-Service

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 11 February 2026. 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
North of England -60 9 £675 -11.76% 4
Yorkshire -57 8 £675 -11.76% 4
London -50 6 £484 -12.05% 3
East of England -22 1 £450 +55.17%
North West -29 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
Distributed Denial-of-Service
UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Azure
2 7 (41.18%) AWS
3 6 (35.29%) IaaS
3 6 (35.29%) PaaS
3 6 (35.29%) SaaS
4 5 (29.41%) Serverless
5 4 (23.53%) Akamai
6 3 (17.65%) GCP
7 1 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (5.88%) Cloudflare
7 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) DNS
1 8 (47.06%) Firewall
2 6 (35.29%) SSL
3 5 (29.41%) IPsec
3 5 (29.41%) Kerberos
4 4 (23.53%) Network Security
5 2 (11.76%) Internet
5 2 (11.76%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (5.88%) DHCP
6 1 (5.88%) HTTPS
6 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Gatling
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) JMeter
2 1 (5.88%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Senior
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Technical Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Network Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Solutions Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) SAML
2 5 (29.41%) OAuth
2 5 (29.41%) OAuth2
2 5 (29.41%) OpenID
2 5 (29.41%) Web Services
2 5 (29.41%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (47.06%) DevOps
3 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
3 7 (41.18%) Security Architecture
3 7 (41.18%) UML
4 6 (35.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 6 (35.29%) CI/CD
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (35.29%) Decision-Making
5 5 (29.41%) ArchiMate
5 5 (29.41%) BPEL
5 5 (29.41%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Delivery
5 5 (29.41%) Data Architecture
5 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (29.41%) Microservices
5 5 (29.41%) Project Management
5 5 (29.41%) SOA
5 5 (29.41%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) CEH
2 1 (5.88%) CISM
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) SANS
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) JSP 440
2 1 (5.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (29.41%) Terraform
3 2 (11.76%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (5.88%) Ansible
4 1 (5.88%) FortiGate
4 1 (5.88%) Grafana
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) BiZZdesign
2 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
2 2 (11.76%) F5
2 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
2 2 (11.76%) Infoblox
2 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) New Relic
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle