Distributed Denial-of-Service Jobs in Scotland

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 200 242
Rank change year-on-year -59 +42 -50
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 14 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.20% 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% 0.46% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 15
10th Percentile £43,625 £46,250 £64,700
25th Percentile £47,188 £51,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £83,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -33.73% +27.69%
75th Percentile £72,188 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,500 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% -17.24% +7.41%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,176 1,737 3,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 46.45% 39.92% 49.88%
Number of salaries quoted 852 742 1,116
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,977 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,885 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £87,419 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in Scotland

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in Scotland

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Distributed Denial-of-Service in Scotland

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Edinburgh +32 9 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Glasgow - 5 £52,500 -
Distributed Denial-of-Service
UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Hadoop
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Administrator
2 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Analytics
2 6 (42.86%) SIEM
3 5 (35.71%) Application Security
3 5 (35.71%) DevSecOps
3 5 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
3 5 (35.71%) Information Security
3 5 (35.71%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
3 5 (35.71%) SOAR
3 5 (35.71%) Use Case
3 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (28.57%) DDoS Mitigation
4 4 (28.57%) DevOps
4 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Visualisation
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (35.71%) SOC 2
2 3 (21.43%) NCSC
2 3 (21.43%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Juniper
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk