Distributed Denial-of-Service Job Trends in the North West

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 202 195
Rank change year-on-year - -7 +106
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 0 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West - 0.059% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.19% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - -18.31% +28.85%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £65,603
90th Percentile - - £84,362
England median annual salary £135,000 £65,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +107.69% +6.20% +2.01%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,808 1,560 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 44.07% 30.87% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 942 787 1,124
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Distributed Denial-of-Service job vacancy trend in the North West

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Distributed Denial-of-Service