Distributed Denial-of-Service Jobs

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Denial-of-Service in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 792 866 1074
Rank change year-on-year +74 +208 -265
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service 109 93 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.092% 0.095%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84 66 97
10th Percentile £46,625 £44,192 £49,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,125 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £81,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -23.31% +24.43%
75th Percentile £84,919 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,171 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +38.49% -21.43% +32.08%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,083 43,257 75,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.69% 47.69%
Number of salaries quoted 23,068 23,593 33,919
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,308 £34,682
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,419 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Denial-of-Service over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Distributed Denial-of-Service in the UK

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
England +103 93 £79,842 +18.28% 10
Work from Home +129 61 £70,000 -9.68% 5
UK excluding London +24 61 £76,171 +38.49% 5
London +123 38 £72,500 +3.57% 8
North of England +75 28 £79,842 +45.17% 1
North West - 17 £79,842 - 1
East of England +24 11 £72,500 +61.11%
Yorkshire +87 7 £79,842 +45.17%
Midlands - 6 £72,421 -
West Midlands - 6 £72,421 -
Scotland -56 5 £47,500 -13.64%
South West - 5 £50,000 -
North East -4 4 £79,842 +45.17%
South East -7 2 £67,500 +29.81% 1
Wales - 2 £41,067 - 3
Channel Islands - 2 £75,000 -

Distributed Denial-of-Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.92%) IIS
2 1 (0.92%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 64 (58.72%) Azure
2 63 (57.80%) AWS
3 9 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (3.67%) GCP
7 3 (2.75%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.92%) AWS CodeCommit
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.92%) IaaS
8 1 (0.92%) PaaS
8 1 (0.92%) Route 53
8 1 (0.92%) SaaS
8 1 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (44.95%) WAN
2 37 (33.94%) Firewall
3 35 (32.11%) Network Security
4 33 (30.28%) SD-WAN
5 21 (19.27%) TCP/IP
6 20 (18.35%) VPN
7 16 (14.68%) LAN
8 11 (10.09%) DNS
9 10 (9.17%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (8.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 9 (8.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 9 (8.26%) Unified Communications
10 9 (8.26%) WLAN
11 8 (7.34%) BGP
12 7 (6.42%) MPLS
12 7 (6.42%) Wireless
13 6 (5.50%) SSL
14 5 (4.59%) Internet
14 5 (4.59%) OSPF
14 5 (4.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Relational Database
1 6 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.59%) Oracle Database
2 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 5 (4.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.92%) MySQL
3 1 (0.92%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.92%) TeamCity
General
1 13 (11.93%) Finance
2 10 (9.17%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (5.50%) Legal
5 6 (5.50%) Marketing
5 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.50%) Retail
6 5 (4.59%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.67%) Law
7 4 (3.67%) Welsh Language
8 3 (2.75%) Banking
9 1 (0.92%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (37.61%) Architect
2 39 (35.78%) Security Architect
3 30 (27.52%) Lead
4 27 (24.77%) Lead Architect
4 27 (24.77%) Lead Security Architect
5 20 (18.35%) Analyst
6 19 (17.43%) Network Engineer
6 19 (17.43%) Senior
7 11 (10.09%) Security Analyst
8 10 (9.17%) Security Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (7.34%) Security Manager
10 8 (7.34%) Senior Architect
11 7 (6.42%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (6.42%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 6 (5.50%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (5.50%) Information Manager
12 6 (5.50%) Information Security Manager
12 6 (5.50%) Senior Security Architect
12 6 (5.50%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.75%) Sass
2 1 (0.92%) CSS
2 1 (0.92%) HTML
2 1 (0.92%) OAuth
2 1 (0.92%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.92%) OpenID
2 1 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.92%) RESTful
2 1 (0.92%) SAML
2 1 (0.92%) Web Services
2 1 (0.92%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (38.53%) Management Information System
2 20 (18.35%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (9.17%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.59%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.59%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.59%) Public Cloud
4 5 (4.59%) Smart Energy
4 5 (4.59%) Smart Meter
5 3 (2.75%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.93%) Linux
2 6 (5.50%) Windows
2 6 (5.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.92%) CentOS
4 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (63.30%) Information Security
2 48 (44.04%) Application Security
3 45 (41.28%) Security Architecture
4 42 (38.53%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (34.86%) CI/CD
6 33 (30.28%) Identity Management
6 33 (30.28%) OWASP
6 33 (30.28%) Secure Coding
7 29 (26.61%) DDoS Mitigation
8 24 (22.02%) SIEM
9 22 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (15.60%) Security Operations
11 16 (14.68%) ITIL
12 15 (13.76%) DevOps
12 15 (13.76%) Identity Access Management
12 15 (13.76%) Vulnerability Management
13 13 (11.93%) Analytics
13 13 (11.93%) Computer Science
13 13 (11.93%) Zero Trust
14 12 (11.01%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) SQL
2 5 (4.59%) VB
3 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.75%) Python
4 2 (1.83%) C
4 2 (1.83%) C++
5 1 (0.92%) Bash
5 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (51.38%) CISSP
2 49 (44.95%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (38.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 42 (38.53%) CCSP
4 41 (37.61%) Azure Certification
5 39 (35.78%) AWS Certification
6 37 (33.94%) CISM
7 33 (30.28%) CCSK
8 16 (14.68%) Degree
9 9 (8.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (8.26%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (6.42%) CISA
10 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (6.42%) GIAC
11 6 (5.50%) CCNP
11 6 (5.50%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (5.50%) JNCIA
11 6 (5.50%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (4.59%) SANS
13 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (46.79%) NIST
2 15 (13.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (10.09%) PCI DSS
4 10 (9.17%) SOC 2
5 5 (4.59%) GDPR
5 5 (4.59%) GRC
5 5 (4.59%) HIPAA
5 5 (4.59%) NIST 800
6 4 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.67%) SLA
7 2 (1.83%) NCSC
8 1 (0.92%) QA
System Software
1 35 (32.11%) Docker
2 7 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.92%) RACF
3 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (32.11%) Kubernetes
2 34 (31.19%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (11.01%) Terraform
4 2 (1.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.83%) Ansible
4 2 (1.83%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.83%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.92%) CASB
5 1 (0.92%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.92%) Packer
5 1 (0.92%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.92%) Puppet
5 1 (0.92%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.60%) Cisco
3 10 (9.17%) F5
4 9 (8.26%) Zscaler
5 8 (7.34%) Juniper
5 8 (7.34%) Meraki
6 6 (5.50%) Splunk
7 5 (4.59%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.59%) Forcepoint
7 5 (4.59%) Oracle
7 5 (4.59%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.92%) Arista
8 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.92%) IBM
8 1 (0.92%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.92%) Qualys
8 1 (0.92%) VMware
8 1 (0.92%) Wallstreet Suite