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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 752 859
Rank change year-on-year +80 +107 +215
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 11 90 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.023% 0.10% 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.060% 0.30% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11 68 45
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £44,192
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,809 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £79,842 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% +22.83% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £84,919 £81,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +20.83% -25.00%

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 18,271 30,096 38,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.77% 34.04% 43.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,369 20,900 20,691
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
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 28 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 28 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 +88 6 £67,500 -10.00% 22
North of England +19 5 £80,000 +0.20% 11
North West -11 4 £80,000 +0.20% 9
North East +45 1 £80,000 +0.20% 1
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 (18.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) VPN
3 2 (18.18%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (18.18%) MPLS
3 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 2 (18.18%) VXLAN
3 2 (18.18%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (9.09%) DNS
4 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security
4 1 (9.09%) VoIP
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Presales Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Blog
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Learning Management System
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Network Design
4 3 (27.27%) Presales
4 3 (27.27%) SOAR
4 3 (27.27%) Zero Trust
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) DDoS Mitigation
6 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Juniper
3 1 (9.09%) LogRhythm
3 1 (9.09%) Monzo
3 1 (9.09%) Netskope
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) Qualys
3 1 (9.09%) Samsung
3 1 (9.09%) Tenable
3 1 (9.09%) Zscaler