Distributed Denial-of-Service Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.069% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £790 - -
South East median daily rate £790 - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 983 556 858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.90% 36.48% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 327 484
10th Percentile £263 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £425 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £615 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 22 67
10th Percentile £18.36 £19.00 £11.79
25th Percentile £26.17 £25.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £81.50 £52.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.24% +75.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £58.59
90th Percentile - £88.69 £63.29
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £32.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year +115.38% -25.89% -8.23%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Distributed Denial-of-Service

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £790 -
Distributed Denial-of-Service
South East

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Technical Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware