Distributed Denial-of-Service Jobs in England

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 733 851
Rank change year-on-year +54 +118 +181
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 14 90 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.028% 0.10% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.076% 0.30% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 66 50
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £44,192
25th Percentile £59,375 £56,809 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,842 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +16.13% -11.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,919 £88,438
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,875 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year -3.45% +9.43% -19.94%

All Generic Skills
England

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,443 29,928 38,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.21% 34.64% 43.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,874 20,875 20,893
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £38,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in England.

Salary trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Distributed Denial-of-Service in England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +85 8 £70,000 -3.45% 26
North of England +23 6 £80,000 +0.20% 9
North West -13 5 £80,000 +0.20% 9
North East +33 1 £80,000 +0.20%
Distributed Denial-of-Service
UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (21.43%) IBM Cloud
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Cloudflare
3 1 (7.14%) IaaS
3 1 (7.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) DNS
2 3 (21.43%) VPN
3 2 (14.29%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (14.29%) MPLS
3 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 2 (14.29%) VXLAN
3 2 (14.29%) WAN
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (7.14%) VoIP
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Presales Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Service Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Sales Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 2 (14.29%) Blog
3 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.14%) Learning Management System
4 1 (7.14%) NHS
4 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) SIEM
3 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (28.57%) DDoS Mitigation
4 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 4 (28.57%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 3 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (21.43%) Network Design
5 3 (21.43%) Presales
5 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (21.43%) SOAR
5 3 (21.43%) Use Case
5 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) CISM
3 1 (7.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) CheckPoint
3 3 (21.43%) IBM
3 3 (21.43%) LogRhythm
3 3 (21.43%) Qualys
3 3 (21.43%) Tenable
4 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco
5 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (7.14%) Google
5 1 (7.14%) Juniper
5 1 (7.14%) Monzo
5 1 (7.14%) Netskope
5 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
5 1 (7.14%) Samsung
5 1 (7.14%) Zscaler