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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 471 511
Rank change year-on-year -63 +40 +128
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 10 40 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.032% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.090% 0.43% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 38
10th Percentile £428 £451 £486
25th Percentile £438 £516 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £700 £613
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £488 £788 £650
90th Percentile £518 £829 £740
UK median daily rate £475 £650 £613
% change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% -

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 11,125 9,399 12,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.77% 32.32% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,008 5,689 8,167
10th Percentile £283 £285 £270
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £739 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 284 459
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.85 £16.75
25th Percentile £18.22 £23.44 £20.84
Median hourly rate £28.00 £37.25 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -24.83% -15.02% +25.24%
75th Percentile £61.50 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.53 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% -22.35% +21.43%

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
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 15 December 2025. 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
London -32 8 £475 -38.71% 1
East of England -22 1 £450 +55.17%
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Akamai
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (10.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub
4 1 (10.00%) IaaS
4 1 (10.00%) PaaS
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) Network Security
4 3 (30.00%) SSL
5 2 (20.00%) Internet
6 1 (10.00%) DHCP
6 1 (10.00%) HTTPS
6 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Gatling
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (10.00%) JMeter
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Firewall Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) DDoS Mitigation
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (30.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Zero Trust
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (10.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (10.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Terraform
2 3 (30.00%) Ansible
3 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (10.00%) Grafana
3 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (10.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (20.00%) F5
2 2 (20.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) New Relic
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle