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

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies in the South 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 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 - 242
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.022% - 0.050%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.095% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £41,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £45,603
75th Percentile £61,250 - £63,993
90th Percentile - - £84,681
England median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +24.14% +31.82%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,102 1,214 2,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.86% 35.13% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 723 1,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,625 £29,362
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,688 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,625 £75,000 £82,944
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South 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 South West.

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

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

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

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorset - 2 £57,500 - 2
Distributed Denial-of-Service
England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PMI
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) DDoS Mitigation
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Progress Chef