Distributed Denial-of-Service Jobs in the UK excluding London

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 646 658 833
Rank change year-on-year +12 +175 -144
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 61 20 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.093% 0.042% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 56 14 28
10th Percentile £41,875 £50,725 £46,000
25th Percentile £50,750 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £52,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.54% -25.71% +6.87%
75th Percentile £84,919 £55,000 £83,000
90th Percentile - £64,500 -
UK median annual salary £79,842 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +33.07% -14.29% +3.70%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK excluding London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK excluding London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK excluding London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Scotland -25 21 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North of England +27 19 £79,842 +45.17%
North West +1 10 £79,842 +45.17%
East of England - 10 £72,500 -
Yorkshire - 6 £79,842 -
Midlands - 4 £79,842 - 3
South West - 4 £45,603 -
West Midlands - 4 £79,842 - 3
North East - 3 £79,842 -
Wales - 2 £41,067 -
South East -7 1 £67,500 +29.81%
Distributed Denial-of-Service
UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (44.26%) Azure
2 24 (39.34%) AWS
3 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (36.07%) WAN
2 20 (32.79%) SD-WAN
3 10 (16.39%) Network Security
4 5 (8.20%) Firewall
5 3 (4.92%) Wireless
6 2 (3.28%) BGP
6 2 (3.28%) EIGRP
6 2 (3.28%) IPsec
6 2 (3.28%) LAN
6 2 (3.28%) MPLS
6 2 (3.28%) VPN
7 1 (1.64%) DNS
7 1 (1.64%) HTTP
7 1 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.64%) SMTP
7 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Oracle Database
1 5 (8.20%) Power BI
1 5 (8.20%) Relational Database
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
General
1 5 (8.20%) Finance
1 5 (8.20%) Legal
1 5 (8.20%) Retail
1 5 (8.20%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.56%) Welsh Language
3 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Architect
1 20 (32.79%) Lead
1 20 (32.79%) Lead Architect
1 20 (32.79%) Lead Security Architect
1 20 (32.79%) Security Architect
2 9 (14.75%) Analyst
2 9 (14.75%) Network Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Software Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Administrator
4 7 (11.48%) Security Manager
4 7 (11.48%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (8.20%) Information Manager
5 5 (8.20%) Information Security Manager
5 5 (8.20%) Integration Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Security Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Systems Integration Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) IT Security Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) CSS
1 2 (3.28%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (37.70%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.84%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.20%) Operational Technology
3 5 (8.20%) Smart Energy
3 5 (8.20%) Smart Meter
4 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Linux
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (52.46%) Information Security
2 25 (40.98%) Security Architecture
3 23 (37.70%) Application Security
3 23 (37.70%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (32.79%) CI/CD
4 20 (32.79%) Identity Management
4 20 (32.79%) OWASP
4 20 (32.79%) Secure Coding
5 11 (18.03%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (16.39%) DDoS Mitigation
7 9 (14.75%) Software Engineering
8 8 (13.11%) Cloud Security
8 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (13.11%) Malware Detection/Protection
9 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (11.48%) Visualisation
10 6 (9.84%) SIEM
10 6 (9.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 5 (8.20%) Asset Management
11 5 (8.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) SQL
2 5 (8.20%) Python
2 5 (8.20%) VB
3 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (37.70%) Azure Certification
1 23 (37.70%) CISM
1 23 (37.70%) CISSP
2 21 (34.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 21 (34.43%) CCSP
2 21 (34.43%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (32.79%) AWS Certification
3 20 (32.79%) CCSK
4 5 (8.20%) Degree
5 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.64%) GIAC
6 1 (1.64%) GSEC
6 1 (1.64%) OSCP
6 1 (1.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (45.90%) NIST
2 10 (16.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.20%) GRC
3 5 (8.20%) NIST 800
4 3 (4.92%) NCSC
4 3 (4.92%) SOC 2
5 2 (3.28%) GDPR
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.64%) HIPAA
System Software
1 21 (34.43%) Docker
2 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (34.43%) Kubernetes
2 20 (32.79%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.28%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (3.28%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) Oracle
3 3 (4.92%) Cisco
4 1 (1.64%) Juniper
4 1 (1.64%) Splunk