Wireshark
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Wireshark skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireshark over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 834 958
Rank change year-on-year +24 +124 -223
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 104 118 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.77% 0.76% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 72 69 183
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,188 £43,750 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £54,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +12.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,125 £77,500 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wireshark is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireshark.

Salary trend for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +53 96 £56,500 +2.73% 26
UK excluding London -37 69 £45,000 -11.76% 24
Work from Home +27 36 £56,500 +7.62% 13
London +149 35 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Midlands +1 23 £37,500 +22.95% 4
West Midlands +16 15 £30,500 - 4
North of England +41 13 £56,500 +18.95% 4
South East 0 12 £41,250 -17.50% 2
South West -35 9 £60,000 -20.00% 6
Yorkshire - 9 £56,500 - 1
East Midlands -15 8 £37,500 -
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
North West -5 4 £57,500 +15.00% 3
East of England -17 4 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Wales - 2 £27,500 - 1

Wireshark
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 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.73%) Apache
3 1 (0.96%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (37.50%) Azure
2 34 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (13.46%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (13.46%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (13.46%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Purview
4 12 (11.54%) AWS
5 9 (8.65%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.92%) GitHub
7 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.96%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 49 (47.12%) TCP/IP
2 36 (34.62%) Firewall
3 32 (30.77%) LAN
3 32 (30.77%) WAN
4 24 (23.08%) Network Security
5 22 (21.15%) DNS
6 17 (16.35%) VLAN
6 17 (16.35%) VoIP
7 16 (15.38%) DHCP
8 15 (14.42%) BGP
8 15 (14.42%) OSPF
9 12 (11.54%) tcpdump
9 12 (11.54%) VPN
10 11 (10.58%) MPLS
10 11 (10.58%) SD-WAN
10 11 (10.58%) Wireless
11 8 (7.69%) 802.11
12 7 (6.73%) EIGRP
12 7 (6.73%) VRRP
12 7 (6.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.96%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Jenkins
1 8 (7.69%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.77%) IDA Disassembler
3 4 (3.85%) Charles Proxy
4 3 (2.88%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.92%) JIRA
6 1 (0.96%) GCC
6 1 (0.96%) Git
6 1 (0.96%) GitLab
6 1 (0.96%) Selenium
6 1 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.15%) Finance
3 11 (10.58%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.65%) Retail
5 6 (5.77%) Electronics
6 5 (4.81%) Law
7 4 (3.85%) Aviation
8 3 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (22.12%) Senior
2 19 (18.27%) Analyst
3 18 (17.31%) Security Engineer
4 15 (14.42%) Lead
5 12 (11.54%) Network Engineer
6 11 (10.58%) Information Security Engineer
6 11 (10.58%) Software Engineer
6 11 (10.58%) Team Leader
7 9 (8.65%) Administrator
7 9 (8.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (8.65%) Security Analyst
7 9 (8.65%) Systems Administrator
8 8 (7.69%) IT Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Network Administrator
8 8 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) Network Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Senior Network Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.62%) Node.js
2 8 (7.69%) 802.1X
3 4 (3.85%) .NET
3 4 (3.85%) .NET Framework
3 4 (3.85%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (3.85%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.85%) CSS
3 4 (3.85%) Django
3 4 (3.85%) HTML
3 4 (3.85%) JSON
3 4 (3.85%) Qt
3 4 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (3.85%) React
3 4 (3.85%) WebSockets
3 4 (3.85%) XML
3 4 (3.85%) ZeroMQ
4 3 (2.88%) Keycloak
4 3 (2.88%) Middleware
5 2 (1.92%) MSMQ
6 1 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 22 (21.15%) Management Information System
2 15 (14.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (10.58%) Data Centre
4 8 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (6.73%) FMCG
6 6 (5.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (5.77%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (3.85%) Client/Server
7 4 (3.85%) Robotics
8 3 (2.88%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.92%) CCTV
9 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.96%) CSOC
10 1 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.96%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.96%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.96%) iPhone
10 1 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.96%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (36.54%) Linux
2 36 (34.62%) Windows
3 15 (14.42%) Android
4 14 (13.46%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.77%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (5.77%) Kali Linux
6 5 (4.81%) Unix
7 4 (3.85%) CentOS
7 4 (3.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (44.23%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (27.88%) Agile
2 29 (27.88%) SIEM
3 26 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (24.04%) Information Security
5 23 (22.12%) Security Operations
6 20 (19.23%) Cryptography
7 18 (17.31%) Data Loss Prevention
7 18 (17.31%) Ethical Hacking
7 18 (17.31%) Validation
8 17 (16.35%) Information Security Management
8 17 (16.35%) Security Management
9 16 (15.38%) Cloud Security
9 16 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
9 16 (15.38%) Network Design
10 15 (14.42%) Incident Response
11 14 (13.46%) Key Management
11 14 (13.46%) Roadmaps
11 14 (13.46%) Secrets Management
11 14 (13.46%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 38 (36.54%) Python
2 29 (27.88%) PowerShell
3 16 (15.38%) C
4 15 (14.42%) Bash
5 12 (11.54%) C++
6 9 (8.65%) Perl
7 4 (3.85%) Go
7 4 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.85%) R
7 4 (3.85%) SQL
8 3 (2.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (23.08%) Degree
3 20 (19.23%) CEH
4 19 (18.27%) CCNP
5 18 (17.31%) CCNA
6 16 (15.38%) CISSP
6 16 (15.38%) SANS
7 15 (14.42%) Security Cleared
8 14 (13.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (13.46%) CCSP
8 14 (13.46%) SSCP
9 12 (11.54%) DV Cleared
10 8 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (6.73%) CCDP
11 7 (6.73%) CCIE
11 7 (6.73%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 7 (6.73%) MCSE
11 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (6.73%) OSCP
12 6 (5.77%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (22.12%) NIST
3 21 (20.19%) PCI DSS
4 10 (9.62%) QA
5 6 (5.77%) GDPR
5 6 (5.77%) GRC
5 6 (5.77%) JTAG
5 6 (5.77%) NCSC
6 4 (3.85%) SLA
7 3 (2.88%) COBIT
System Software
1 15 (14.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 13 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 13 (12.50%) Firmware
3 11 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.77%) Docker
5 4 (3.85%) KVM
6 3 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.96%) Snort
7 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (15.38%) Nmap
2 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (7.69%) CSIRT
4 6 (5.77%) Ansible
5 5 (4.81%) Kubernetes
6 4 (3.85%) Progress Chef
6 4 (3.85%) Puppet
7 3 (2.88%) Grafana
7 3 (2.88%) Nessus
7 3 (2.88%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.92%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (1.92%) Nagios
9 1 (0.96%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.96%) Iperf
9 1 (0.96%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.96%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 30 (28.85%) Microsoft
2 25 (24.04%) Cisco
3 20 (19.23%) Qualys
4 18 (17.31%) Splunk
5 14 (13.46%) Rapid7
5 14 (13.46%) Thycotic
5 14 (13.46%) VMware
6 9 (8.65%) Veeam
7 7 (6.73%) Ekahau
7 7 (6.73%) F5
7 7 (6.73%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.88%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.88%) SaltStack
9 2 (1.92%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.92%) Juniper
9 2 (1.92%) Riverbed
9 2 (1.92%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (0.96%) Dell
10 1 (0.96%) HP
10 1 (0.96%) SolarWinds