Distributed Denial-of-Service Contract Job Trends 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 in 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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 356 385
Rank change year-on-year -17 +29 +137
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 8 21 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.39% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 18
10th Percentile £434 £503 £455
25th Percentile £452 £725 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £775 £588
Median % change year-on-year -38.71% +31.91% -17.54%
75th Percentile £500 £825 £629
90th Percentile £523 £840 £691
England median daily rate £475 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% -2.04%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,610 5,325 6,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.24% 34.13% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,591 3,406 4,672
10th Percentile £334 £325 £325
25th Percentile £427 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 105
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.84
25th Percentile £19.95 £25.17 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -10.21%
75th Percentile £45.05 £56.69 £49.08
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £64.81
England median hourly rate £27.21 £38.54 £43.92
% change year-on-year -29.39% -12.26% +25.49%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service job vacancy trend in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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 9 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
Central London +4 1 £443 -41.00%
East London - 1 £525 -
Distributed Denial-of-Service
England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Akamai
2 2 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (12.50%) Cloudflare
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 3 (37.50%) SSL
4 2 (25.00%) Internet
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) DDoS Mitigation
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design
4 1 (12.50%) Password Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
4 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Terraform
2 3 (37.50%) Ansible
3 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
3 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) F5
2 2 (25.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle