Distributed Denial-of-Service Contracts in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 463 555
Rank change year-on-year +91 +92 -87
Contract jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 28 19 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.076% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.21% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 34
10th Percentile - £500 £368
25th Percentile £425 £510 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +9.09% -0.68%
75th Percentile £566 £638 £673
90th Percentile £697 £648 £734
England median daily rate £525 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -11.02% +2.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 - -

All Generic Skills
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 contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,844 9,036 14,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.05% 35.93% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,106 6,567 10,276
10th Percentile £315 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 104 201
10th Percentile £15.45 £18.28 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £34.81 £42.02
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% -17.16% +20.47%
75th Percentile £50.38 £60.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

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

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in London.

Daily rate trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service in London.

Hourly rate trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in London

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West London - 3 £525 -
Central London +38 1 £775 +24.00%
Distributed Denial-of-Service
England

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) Azure
2 13 (46.43%) Entra ID
3 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (17.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (17.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (14.29%) AWS
5 4 (14.29%) SaaS
6 3 (10.71%) Akamai
6 3 (10.71%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (3.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (64.29%) Firewall
2 13 (46.43%) DNS
3 11 (39.29%) Network Security
4 7 (25.00%) HTTP
5 5 (17.86%) Internet
6 3 (10.71%) HTTPS
6 3 (10.71%) IPsec
6 3 (10.71%) VPN
7 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (3.57%) IPv4
7 1 (3.57%) IPv6
7 1 (3.57%) MPLS
7 1 (3.57%) SMTP
7 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.57%) VPLS
7 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Burp Suite
General
1 14 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.86%) Marketing
5 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Network Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Azure Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) gRPC
1 3 (10.71%) SAML
1 3 (10.71%) WebSockets
2 1 (3.57%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 5 (17.86%) Security Posture
2 5 (17.86%) Social Media
3 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
3 3 (10.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.71%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Windows 10
2 8 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (42.86%) DDoS Mitigation
3 11 (39.29%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (32.14%) SIEM
5 8 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 8 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (28.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 7 (25.00%) Information Security
7 6 (21.43%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
8 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
8 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
8 5 (17.86%) RBAC
8 5 (17.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
9 4 (14.29%) Cloud Security
9 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (14.29%) Migration
10 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 5 (17.86%) Python
3 2 (7.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (28.57%) CCIE
2 8 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) CCNP
4 2 (7.14%) CEH
4 2 (7.14%) CISSP
5 1 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.57%) CCSP
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) SCCM
2 5 (17.86%) Terraform
3 3 (10.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) VMware
3 8 (28.57%) CA
3 8 (28.57%) Cisco
3 8 (28.57%) Qualys
4 5 (17.86%) Arista
4 5 (17.86%) Juniper
5 4 (14.29%) F5
6 3 (10.71%) Dynatrace
6 3 (10.71%) New Relic
6 3 (10.71%) Palo Alto
6 3 (10.71%) SolarWinds
7 2 (7.14%) Imperva
8 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
8 1 (3.57%) Tufin
8 1 (3.57%) Workday
8 1 (3.57%) Zscaler