Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies. 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 485 | 541 | 641 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +56 | +100 | +112 |
| Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service | 34 | 59 | 72 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.34% | 0.45% | 0.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 37 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £477 | £388 | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | £490 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £588 | £525 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.90% | -12.50% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £803 | £600 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £833 | £685 | £644 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £675 | £570 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.42% | -5.00% | +4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Generic Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,915 | 13,252 | 19,898 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.91% | 30.40% | 33.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,331 | 8,505 | 13,670 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £263 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.42% | -2.18% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £660 | £680 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £496 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.90% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 394 | 910 | 640 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.46 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £30.00 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.83% | +33.42% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.66 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.99 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.93 | £27.75 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.46% | +26.14% | +9.64% |
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Top 11 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +44 | 32 | £594 | +13.10% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | +45 | 16 | £675 | +18.42% | 23 |
| London | +24 | 16 | £525 | +2.44% | 16 |
| Work from Home | +39 | 11 | £600 | +17.07% | 11 |
| North of England | +30 | 8 | £765 | +37.22% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 6 | £765 | +37.22% | |
| East of England | +27 | 5 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | +20 | 2 | £594 | +9.95% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 2 | £594 | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Scotland | +9 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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