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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 49 65
Rank change year-on-year -23 +16 +25
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 4 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.34% 1.13% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.26% 7.50% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £340 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% - -
South West median daily rate £450 £340 £488
% change year-on-year +32.35% -30.26% +21.88%

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 94 80 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 7.94% 15.12% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 38 80
10th Percentile £234 £220 £210
25th Percentile £450 £305 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.71% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £567 £573 £649
90th Percentile £644 £636 £689
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 13
10th Percentile £38.69 £68.00 £12.45
25th Percentile £60.00 £72.50 £13.85
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% +588.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £85.00
90th Percentile £102.58 - £89.00
South West median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.33% +87.50% +308.16%

Wireshark
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 5G
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
1 4 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (50.00%) 4G
2 2 (50.00%) 5G NR
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (50.00%) Microwave Backhaul
2 2 (50.00%) MPLS
2 2 (50.00%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) RAN Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility