The first table below looks at the demand for Wireshark skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireshark over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hampshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireshark
Rank 98 91 103
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +12
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 5 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.328% 0.189% 0.108%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.587% 0.980% 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
Average daily rate £338 £275 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% +4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £355 £338
% change year-on-year
-15.49% +5.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+72.72% -58.75%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 306 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.64% 19.23% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 128 81
Average daily rate £340 £361 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 53 75
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Wireshark
South East

Wireshark
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Wireshark across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire Wireshark Jobs Demand Trend

Wireshark
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Wireshark across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Wireshark Daily Rate Trend

Wireshark
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireshark across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Wireshark Daily Rate Histogram

Wireshark
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Wireshark across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Wireshark Hourly Rate Trend

Wireshark
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Southampton -2 1 - -
Farnborough - 1 £575 -
Gosport - 1 £350 -
Wireshark
South East

Wireshark
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Wireshark also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Wireshark.

1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (71.43%) UNIX
3 4 (57.14%) Linux
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) tcpdump
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Nmap
4 3 (42.86%) HP
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
4 3 (42.86%) JSP
4 3 (42.86%) HTML
4 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (42.86%) .NET
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
4 3 (42.86%) HTTPS
4 3 (42.86%) SSL
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco
4 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (28.57%) DNS
5 2 (28.57%) HTTP
5 2 (28.57%) LAN
5 2 (28.57%) WAN
5 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat

Wireshark
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Wireshark also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Wireshark. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
1 3 (42.86%) JSP
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) tcpdump
3 3 (42.86%) HTTPS
3 3 (42.86%) SSL
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) HTTP
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) IPsec
5 1 (14.29%) Internet
5 1 (14.29%) SMTP
5 1 (14.29%) DHCP
5 1 (14.29%) FTP
5 1 (14.29%) LDAP
5 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Network Support
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) UNIX
3 4 (57.14%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Nmap
2 1 (14.29%) ProxySG
2 1 (14.29%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (14.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) HP
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
3 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) Sourcefire
3 1 (14.29%) SAP