Distributed Denial-of-Service Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 94 38 -
Rank change year-on-year -56 - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.12% 0.42% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.89% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £675 - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 370 112 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 44.69% 46.67% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 77 82
10th Percentile £366 £216 £357
25th Percentile £449 £310 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £542 £600 £588
90th Percentile £683 £651 £600
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £15.74 - -
25th Percentile £16.34 - £10.90
Median hourly rate £18.01 - £17.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.88%
75th Percentile £19.01 - £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 - £12.75
% change year-on-year - - +22.18%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign