Wireshark Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Wireshark
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 3 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.30% - 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.57% - 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £530 - £465
25th Percentile £575 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -14.57% -0.50% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 191 238 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 18.84% 19.97% 25.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 123 127
10th Percentile £335 £400 £236
25th Percentile £498 £463 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £550
90th Percentile £650 £680 £613
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.53% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 27 36
10th Percentile £45.50 £33.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £44.81 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +21.74% +19.79%
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £75.00 £76.50
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £68.51 £60.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +14.18% +33.33%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Wireshark

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in Hampshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Wireshark

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Southampton - 3 £650 -
Wireshark
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) Multicast
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Validation Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Iperf
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) SolarWinds