Network Packet Capture Contract Job Trends in England

Network Packet Capture
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Network Packet Capture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 499 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Packet Capture 20 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.064% 0.017% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.019% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £594 £545 -
25th Percentile £608 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £617 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% - -
75th Percentile £666 £693 -
90th Percentile £680 £712 -
UK median daily rate £617 £627 -
% change year-on-year -1.63% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £48.94 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.19 - -
90th Percentile £84.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Packet Capture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,932 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.81% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,758 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.90 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Network Packet Capture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Packet Capture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Packet Capture job vacancy trend in England

Network Packet Capture
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Packet Capture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Packet Capture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Packet Capture in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Packet Capture in England

Network Packet Capture
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Packet Capture within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
East of England -6 15 £680 +18.26% 4
West Midlands -30 3 £608 -8.04%
Midlands -38 3 £608 -8.04%
Network Packet Capture
UK

Network Packet Capture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 15 (75.00%) DNS
1 15 (75.00%) FTP
1 15 (75.00%) HTTP
1 15 (75.00%) Network Security
1 15 (75.00%) SMTP
1 15 (75.00%) SSL
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) NX-OS
General
1 13 (65.00%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Analyst
1 15 (75.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (5.00%) Architect
2 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (5.00%) Network Design Architect
2 1 (5.00%) Senior
2 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (75.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) Cyberattack
2 13 (65.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (65.00%) CSOC
2 13 (65.00%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (65.00%) Management Information System
2 13 (65.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 5 (25.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (15.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (75.00%) Information Security
2 14 (70.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (70.00%) SIEM
3 13 (65.00%) AI
3 13 (65.00%) Analytics
3 13 (65.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 13 (65.00%) Incident Response
3 13 (65.00%) Information Management
3 13 (65.00%) Machine Learning
3 13 (65.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 13 (65.00%) Runbook
3 13 (65.00%) Security Operations
3 13 (65.00%) SOAR
3 13 (65.00%) Threat Detection
4 12 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
5 5 (25.00%) Password Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) PowerShell
1 13 (65.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 15 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (50.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Broadcom
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco
1 5 (25.00%) VMware