Distributed Denial-of-Service Jobs

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies. 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 747 814 1136
Rank change year-on-year +67 +322 -216
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 95 73 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.090% 0.079%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 81 56 85
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,192 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.07% -14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £84,919 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £79,842 £52,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +53.54% -25.71% +6.87%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Histogram

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

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Top 15 Job Locations

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 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
England +43 69 £79,842 +33.07% 3
UK excluding London +12 61 £79,842 +53.54% 4
Work from Home +79 48 £79,842 +3.02% 3
London +70 27 £82,500 +20.00%
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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.05%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 47 (49.47%) AWS
2 44 (46.32%) Azure
3 5 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.21%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.21%) GCP
5 3 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.05%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 29 (30.53%) Network Security
1 29 (30.53%) WAN
2 25 (26.32%) Firewall
3 24 (25.26%) SD-WAN
4 9 (9.47%) TCP/IP
5 8 (8.42%) BGP
6 6 (6.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 6 (6.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 6 (6.32%) OSPF
6 6 (6.32%) Wireshark
7 5 (5.26%) DNS
7 5 (5.26%) LAN
7 5 (5.26%) VPN
8 3 (3.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (3.16%) Wireless
8 3 (3.16%) WLAN
9 2 (2.11%) EIGRP
9 2 (2.11%) IPsec
9 2 (2.11%) MPLS
10 1 (1.05%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.32%) Relational Database
1 6 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.26%) Oracle Database
2 5 (5.26%) Power BI
2 5 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.05%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.05%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.05%) Git
2 1 (1.05%) GitLab
General
1 15 (15.79%) Finance
2 10 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.26%) Legal
5 5 (5.26%) Marketing
5 5 (5.26%) Retail
6 4 (4.21%) Welsh Language
7 3 (3.16%) Banking
8 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (31.58%) Architect
2 29 (30.53%) Security Architect
3 24 (25.26%) Lead
3 24 (25.26%) Lead Architect
3 24 (25.26%) Lead Security Architect
4 22 (23.16%) Network Engineer
5 16 (16.84%) Security Engineer
6 14 (14.74%) Senior
7 12 (12.63%) Analyst
8 10 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
8 10 (10.53%) Software Engineer
9 8 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (8.42%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 8 (8.42%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (7.37%) Administrator
10 7 (7.37%) Security Manager
10 7 (7.37%) Systems Administrator
11 6 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (6.32%) Senior Network Security Engineer
11 6 (6.32%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) Sass
2 2 (2.11%) CSS
2 2 (2.11%) HTML
3 1 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (34.74%) Management Information System
2 14 (14.74%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (7.37%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.26%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.26%) Smart Energy
4 5 (5.26%) Smart Meter
5 3 (3.16%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.05%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.74%) Linux
2 8 (8.42%) Windows
3 7 (7.37%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.05%) CentOS
5 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (47.37%) Information Security
2 42 (44.21%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (36.84%) Security Architecture
4 28 (29.47%) Application Security
5 27 (28.42%) CI/CD
6 24 (25.26%) DDoS Mitigation
6 24 (25.26%) Identity Management
6 24 (25.26%) OWASP
6 24 (25.26%) Secure Coding
7 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (18.95%) SIEM
9 16 (16.84%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (11.58%) Software Engineering
11 10 (10.53%) Cloud Security
11 10 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 9 (9.47%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 8 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (8.42%) Malware Detection/Protection
13 8 (8.42%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.42%) Python
2 6 (6.32%) SQL
3 5 (5.26%) VB
4 4 (4.21%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.11%) C
5 2 (2.11%) C++
5 2 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.05%) Bash
Qualifications
1 40 (42.11%) CISSP
2 33 (34.74%) Azure Certification
3 30 (31.58%) AWS Certification
4 28 (29.47%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (29.47%) CISM
5 27 (28.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 27 (28.42%) CCSP
6 24 (25.26%) CCSK
7 13 (13.68%) Degree
8 7 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (7.37%) GIAC
9 6 (6.32%) CISA
10 5 (5.26%) JNCIA
10 5 (5.26%) SANS
11 3 (3.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (3.16%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared
11 3 (3.16%) Security Cleared
12 2 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (44.21%) NIST
2 14 (14.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.32%) HIPAA
3 6 (6.32%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.26%) GDPR
4 5 (5.26%) GRC
4 5 (5.26%) NIST 800
5 4 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.16%) NCSC
6 3 (3.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (28.42%) Docker
2 7 (7.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.05%) RACF
3 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (28.42%) Kubernetes
2 24 (25.26%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (5.26%) Terraform
4 3 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (2.11%) Ansible
5 2 (2.11%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.11%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.05%) CASB
6 1 (1.05%) Packer
6 1 (1.05%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.37%) Cisco
2 7 (7.37%) Fortinet
2 7 (7.37%) Juniper
3 6 (6.32%) Splunk
4 5 (5.26%) Oracle
5 3 (3.16%) Meraki
5 3 (3.16%) Zscaler
6 2 (2.11%) F5
7 1 (1.05%) Arista
7 1 (1.05%) IBM
7 1 (1.05%) VMware
7 1 (1.05%) YouTube