Wireshark Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Wireshark
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Wireshark skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 99 111
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 +10
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 13 14 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.11% 0.82% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.31% 4.83% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 2
10th Percentile £390 £453 £362
25th Percentile - £458 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £419
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +18.81% +45.65%
75th Percentile - £544 £467
90th Percentile - £556 £491
South East median daily rate £450 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -9.55% -0.50% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Wireshark falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 206 290 404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.56% 17.09% 22.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 119 228
10th Percentile £219 £278 £205
25th Percentile £340 £400 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £537 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 17
10th Percentile - £56.25 £16.70
25th Percentile - £71.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £83.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.13% +13.61% +276.92%
75th Percentile - £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile - - £79.44
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £61.00
% change year-on-year -4.10% -5.98% +35.56%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark in Berkshire

Wireshark
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Wireshark.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in Berkshire

Wireshark
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Wireshark.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Slough +9 12 £450 -
Reading +16 2 - - 2
Bracknell - 1 - -
Wireshark
South East

Wireshark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) ATM
1 10 (76.92%) Ethernet
1 10 (76.92%) Frame Relay
1 10 (76.92%) GPRS
1 10 (76.92%) GSM
1 10 (76.92%) LAN
1 10 (76.92%) LTE
1 10 (76.92%) MPLS
1 10 (76.92%) SAN
1 10 (76.92%) SDH
1 10 (76.92%) UMTS
1 10 (76.92%) VPN
1 10 (76.92%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) 5G
2 2 (15.38%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (15.38%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (15.38%) SMS
2 2 (15.38%) SS7
2 2 (15.38%) VoLTE
2 2 (15.38%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Fiddler
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
1 12 (92.31%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) IP Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Test Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) IP Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Network Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Network Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Support
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (7.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
1 10 (76.92%) Unix
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) Fault Management
2 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 10 (76.92%) Regression Testing
2 10 (76.92%) Test Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
3 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Validation
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
4 1 (7.69%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) CCNP
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (76.92%) ISEB
1 10 (76.92%) ISTQB
1 10 (76.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 10 (76.92%) Juniper