Distributed Denial-of-Service Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 99 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -58 - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.11% 0.36% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £675 £765 £600
% change year-on-year -11.76% +27.50% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 405 127 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 45.51% 46.35% 35.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 85 93
10th Percentile £363 £209 £341
25th Percentile £438 £250 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £547 £600 £587
90th Percentile £688 £652 £600
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £15.74 - £10.90
25th Percentile £16.34 - £11.04
Median hourly rate £18.01 - £12.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.18%
75th Percentile £19.01 - £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £38.75 £14.63
% change year-on-year -45.03% +164.96% +37.58%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield -56 1 £675 -
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Yorkshire

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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