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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 631 816
Rank change year-on-year +97 +185 -262
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 66 18 76
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.047% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 66 14 52
10th Percentile £44,375 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £53,577 £71,250 £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +1.64% +12.96%
75th Percentile £84,919 £88,438 £83,000
90th Percentile - £93,125 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% -17.24% +9.85%

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 12,212 15,042 35,314
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.10% 39.03% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,277 11,134 17,177
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,544 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,547 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £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 2 June 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 (1.52%) nginx
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (78.79%) Azure
2 41 (62.12%) AWS
3 8 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) GCP
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.52%) AWS CodeCommit
7 1 (1.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 43 (65.15%) WAN
2 33 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 18 (27.27%) Network Security
4 15 (22.73%) Firewall
4 15 (22.73%) TCP/IP
5 14 (21.21%) VPN
6 10 (15.15%) LAN
7 9 (13.64%) BGP
8 8 (12.12%) DNS
8 8 (12.12%) WLAN
9 7 (10.61%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 7 (10.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 7 (10.61%) OSPF
9 7 (10.61%) Wireshark
10 6 (9.09%) MPLS
11 4 (6.06%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (6.06%) tcpdump
11 4 (6.06%) Unified Communications
11 4 (6.06%) VXLAN
12 3 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Git
1 1 (1.52%) GitLab
1 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.52%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (16.67%) Finance
2 9 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.06%) Law
4 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.06%) Welsh Language
5 3 (4.55%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Marketing
6 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) Architect
1 33 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 27 (40.91%) Lead
2 27 (40.91%) Lead Architect
2 27 (40.91%) Lead Security Architect
3 15 (22.73%) Senior
4 13 (19.70%) Network Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) Security Engineer
6 9 (13.64%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Architect
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Security Architect
8 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Core Network Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) IT Security Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Network Operations Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Senior Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.09%) Linux
2 3 (4.55%) Windows
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (63.64%) Application Security
1 42 (63.64%) Information Security
2 36 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 33 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 33 (50.00%) OWASP
3 33 (50.00%) Secure Coding
3 33 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 18 (27.27%) DDoS Mitigation
5 16 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (19.70%) Analytics
6 13 (19.70%) DevOps
7 11 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 11 (16.67%) ITIL
7 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
9 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (12.12%) Agile
10 8 (12.12%) Machine Learning
10 8 (12.12%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (12.12%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) Python
2 2 (3.03%) C
2 2 (3.03%) C++
2 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (54.55%) Azure Certification
1 36 (54.55%) CISSP
2 34 (51.52%) CISM
3 33 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 33 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 33 (50.00%) CCSK
3 33 (50.00%) CCSP
3 33 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (10.61%) Degree
5 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.03%) CISA
6 2 (3.03%) GIAC
6 2 (3.03%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (59.09%) NIST
2 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.58%) SOC 2
4 4 (6.06%) SLA
5 3 (4.55%) NCSC
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.52%) GDPR
6 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 35 (53.03%) Docker
2 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (53.03%) Kubernetes
2 33 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (13.64%) Terraform
4 2 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.03%) Ansible
4 2 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (3.03%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (1.52%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.52%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Cisco
2 8 (12.12%) Meraki
2 8 (12.12%) Zscaler
3 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.58%) F5
5 3 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.55%) Juniper
6 2 (3.03%) Splunk
7 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.52%) Wallstreet Suite