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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 620 800
Rank change year-on-year +92 +180 -256
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 69 16 75
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.042% 0.100%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.11% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 69 13 51
10th Percentile £45,500 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,809 £71,250 £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,500 £83,000
90th Percentile £85,935 £93,750 -
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 12,288 14,896 35,618
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.99% 39.01% 47.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,306 11,011 17,358
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,382 £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 £109,865 £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 6 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 (1.45%) nginx
1 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 53 (76.81%) Azure
2 44 (63.77%) AWS
3 8 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.35%) GCP
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.45%) AWS CodeCommit
6 1 (1.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 43 (62.32%) WAN
2 33 (47.83%) SD-WAN
3 20 (28.99%) Network Security
4 17 (24.64%) Firewall
5 15 (21.74%) TCP/IP
6 14 (20.29%) VPN
7 11 (15.94%) BGP
8 10 (14.49%) LAN
9 9 (13.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 9 (13.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 9 (13.04%) OSPF
9 9 (13.04%) Wireshark
10 8 (11.59%) DNS
10 8 (11.59%) WLAN
11 6 (8.70%) MPLS
12 4 (5.80%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (5.80%) tcpdump
12 4 (5.80%) Unified Communications
12 4 (5.80%) VXLAN
13 3 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) GitLab
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.45%) TeamCity
General
1 13 (18.84%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.80%) Law
4 4 (5.80%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.80%) Welsh Language
5 2 (2.90%) Marketing
5 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (47.83%) Architect
1 33 (47.83%) Security Architect
2 27 (39.13%) Lead
2 27 (39.13%) Lead Architect
2 27 (39.13%) Lead Security Architect
3 17 (24.64%) Senior
4 15 (21.74%) Network Engineer
5 12 (17.39%) Security Engineer
6 11 (15.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Senior Architect
8 6 (8.70%) Senior Security Architect
9 5 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) Senior Network Security Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (52.17%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.80%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.14%) Linux
2 3 (4.35%) Windows
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (60.87%) Application Security
1 42 (60.87%) Information Security
2 36 (52.17%) CI/CD
3 33 (47.83%) Identity Management
3 33 (47.83%) OWASP
3 33 (47.83%) Secure Coding
3 33 (47.83%) Security Architecture
4 21 (30.43%) DDoS Mitigation
5 19 (27.54%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (20.29%) DevOps
7 13 (18.84%) Analytics
8 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (15.94%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (15.94%) ITIL
10 10 (14.49%) Mentoring
11 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
12 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (11.59%) Machine Learning
12 8 (11.59%) Network Virtualisation
12 8 (11.59%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) Python
2 2 (2.90%) C
2 2 (2.90%) C++
2 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (52.17%) Azure Certification
1 36 (52.17%) CISSP
2 34 (49.28%) CISM
3 33 (47.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 33 (47.83%) AWS Certification
3 33 (47.83%) CCSK
3 33 (47.83%) CCSP
3 33 (47.83%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (10.14%) Degree
5 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.90%) CISA
6 2 (2.90%) GIAC
6 2 (2.90%) JNCIA
6 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (59.42%) NIST
2 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.25%) SOC 2
4 4 (5.80%) SLA
5 3 (4.35%) NCSC
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.45%) GDPR
6 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 36 (52.17%) Docker
2 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (52.17%) Kubernetes
2 33 (47.83%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (13.04%) Terraform
4 2 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.90%) Ansible
4 2 (2.90%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.90%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.45%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (15.94%) Cisco
2 8 (11.59%) Meraki
2 8 (11.59%) Zscaler
3 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.25%) F5
4 5 (7.25%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.35%) Juniper
6 2 (2.90%) Splunk
7 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.45%) Wallstreet Suite