Distributed Denial-of-Service Jobs with Work from Home Options

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 645 767
Rank change year-on-year +120 +122 -250
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 61 18 85
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.043% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.11% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 61 17 61
10th Percentile £46,250 £53,000 £48,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £84,919 £88,750 £83,000
90th Percentile - £98,500 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £80,750
% change year-on-year +11.54% -19.50% +24.23%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Distributed Denial-of-Service is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,976 16,013 32,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.60% 38.51% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,213 11,630 16,857
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Distributed Denial-of-Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Distributed Denial-of-Service trend for jobs with a WFH option

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Distributed Denial-of-Service.

Distributed Denial-of-Service salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Distributed Denial-of-Service salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (1.64%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 52 (85.25%) Azure
2 38 (62.30%) AWS
3 8 (13.11%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.28%) GCP
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.64%) AWS CodeCommit
7 1 (1.64%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 43 (70.49%) WAN
2 33 (54.10%) SD-WAN
3 15 (24.59%) TCP/IP
4 14 (22.95%) Network Security
4 14 (22.95%) VPN
5 11 (18.03%) Firewall
6 10 (16.39%) LAN
7 8 (13.11%) DNS
7 8 (13.11%) WLAN
8 6 (9.84%) BGP
8 6 (9.84%) MPLS
9 4 (6.56%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (6.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (6.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (6.56%) OSPF
9 4 (6.56%) tcpdump
9 4 (6.56%) Unified Communications
9 4 (6.56%) VXLAN
9 4 (6.56%) Wireshark
10 2 (3.28%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) TeamCity
General
1 8 (13.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (11.48%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.56%) Law
4 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.56%) Welsh Language
5 3 (4.92%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Marketing
6 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (54.10%) Architect
1 33 (54.10%) Security Architect
2 27 (44.26%) Lead
2 27 (44.26%) Lead Architect
2 27 (44.26%) Lead Security Architect
3 12 (19.67%) Senior
4 10 (16.39%) Network Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Security Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Senior Architect
5 6 (9.84%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Core Network Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (57.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.56%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.20%) Linux
2 2 (3.28%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (67.21%) Application Security
1 41 (67.21%) Information Security
2 36 (59.02%) CI/CD
3 33 (54.10%) Identity Management
3 33 (54.10%) OWASP
3 33 (54.10%) Secure Coding
3 33 (54.10%) Security Architecture
4 15 (24.59%) DDoS Mitigation
5 13 (21.31%) DevOps
6 12 (19.67%) Analytics
6 12 (19.67%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (18.03%) ITIL
8 10 (16.39%) Identity Access Management
8 10 (16.39%) Mentoring
8 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (13.11%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (13.11%) Machine Learning
10 8 (13.11%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (13.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) C
1 2 (3.28%) C++
1 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.28%) Python
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (59.02%) Azure Certification
1 36 (59.02%) CISSP
2 34 (55.74%) CISM
3 33 (54.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 33 (54.10%) AWS Certification
3 33 (54.10%) CCSK
3 33 (54.10%) CCSP
3 33 (54.10%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (11.48%) Degree
5 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.28%) CISA
6 2 (3.28%) GIAC
6 2 (3.28%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (57.38%) NIST
2 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.56%) SLA
3 4 (6.56%) SOC 2
4 2 (3.28%) NCSC
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.64%) GDPR
5 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 35 (57.38%) Docker
2 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (57.38%) Kubernetes
2 33 (54.10%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (14.75%) Terraform
4 2 (3.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.28%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (3.28%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (1.64%) Ansible
5 1 (1.64%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.64%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (16.39%) Cisco
2 8 (13.11%) Meraki
2 8 (13.11%) Zscaler
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.56%) F5
5 2 (3.28%) Juniper
5 2 (3.28%) Splunk
6 1 (1.64%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.64%) Wallstreet Suite