Wireshark Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Wireshark
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Wireshark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 55 73
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 3 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.37% 1.61% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.52% 12.37% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
South West median daily rate £450 £450 £550
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 46 97 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 5.72% 12.99% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 50 91
10th Percentile £269 £327 £250
25th Percentile £335 £413 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -21.26% +22.34%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £675
90th Percentile £615 £663 £711
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 16
10th Percentile - £11.75 £58.75
25th Percentile £15.62 £64.69 £65.00
Median hourly rate £16.71 £68.75 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year -75.70% -6.78% +13.46%
75th Percentile £41.39 £75.00 £77.75
90th Percentile £55.56 - £88.50
South West median hourly rate £56.50 £67.02 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.70% +18.64% -13.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireshark relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Wireshark job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Wireshark

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Wireshark

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) LTE
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Actix
1 3 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (100.00%) Nokia