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 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 563 702 738
Rank change year-on-year +139 +36 +83
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 8 63 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.086% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.060% 0.26% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 8 57 12
10th Percentile £54,195 £44,750 £43,300
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +39.42% -25.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,919 £58,125
90th Percentile £87,250 - £76,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +20.83% -25.00%

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 13,271 24,318 24,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.13% 33.02% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 15,252 11,013
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
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 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 28 May 2025.

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 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
North of England +19 5 £80,000 +0.20% 65
North West -11 4 £80,000 +0.20% 36
Scotland +115 2 £62,500 +25.00% 12
Wales +46 1 £37,733 -8.12% 7
North East +45 1 £80,000 +0.20% 7
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) VXLAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Presales Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Presales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Blog
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Learning Management System
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (62.50%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (62.50%) SIEM
1 5 (62.50%) SOAR
1 5 (62.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Presales
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Application Security
3 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (25.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Use Case
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) GIAC
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) NCSC
2 2 (25.00%) SOC 2
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Juniper
1 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (12.50%) F5
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) LogRhythm
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Monzo
2 1 (12.50%) Netskope
2 1 (12.50%) Samsung
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
2 1 (12.50%) Tufin
2 1 (12.50%) Zscaler