Wireshark Contract Job Trends in London

Wireshark
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Wireshark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 335 365
Rank change year-on-year -83 +30 +62
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 31 34 17
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% 2.60% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 16
10th Percentile £324 £449 -
25th Percentile £442 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £517 £556 £681
90th Percentile £549 £583 £756
England median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 - £47.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,642 1,307 1,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.07% 9.75% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 838 950
10th Percentile £294 £282 £256
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.31%
75th Percentile £615 £630 £631
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 36 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.66 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +32.08%
75th Percentile £95.00 £39.06 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.00 £59.88 £66.38
England median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.43
% change year-on-year +10.63% -39.05% +1.66%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wireshark

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in London over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wireshark

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the London region over the 6 months to 7 October 2026. 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
Central London -26 5 £475 - 2
West London -17 1 £538 - 1
Wireshark
England

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
3 2 (6.45%) GCP
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
3 2 (6.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.23%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (3.23%) GitHub
4 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.23%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) 5G
2 17 (54.84%) Radio Access Network
3 14 (45.16%) 4G
3 14 (45.16%) LTE
4 13 (41.94%) 3GPP
5 10 (32.26%) tcpdump
6 6 (19.35%) BGP
6 6 (19.35%) Firewall
6 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
7 5 (16.13%) NGN
7 5 (16.13%) OSPF
8 4 (12.90%) DNS
9 3 (9.68%) DHCP
9 3 (9.68%) MPLS
10 2 (6.45%) 3G
10 2 (6.45%) DWDM
10 2 (6.45%) HTTP
10 2 (6.45%) VoIP
10 2 (6.45%) VPN
10 2 (6.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Fiddler
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
1 2 (6.45%) MSI
1 2 (6.45%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.23%) GitLab
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) JMeter
2 1 (3.23%) Locust
2 1 (3.23%) Newman
2 1 (3.23%) Robot Framework
2 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.23%) TestCafe
General
1 20 (64.52%) Telecoms
2 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.81%) Finance
4 7 (22.58%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
5 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
6 5 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (6.45%) Banking
7 2 (6.45%) Investment Banking
7 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) RAN Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Network Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Technologist
4 3 (9.68%) Engineering Specialist
5 2 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Data Centre Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Data Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Network Operations Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Network Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) QA Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) QA Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Traffic Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
1 2 (6.45%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (3.23%) LDAP
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) SAML
2 1 (3.23%) Servlets
2 1 (3.23%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.23%) Media Streaming
2 1 (3.23%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (3.23%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) CentOS
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Root Cause Analysis
2 12 (38.71%) Customer Experience
3 11 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (25.81%) Network Design
4 8 (25.81%) Project Management
5 6 (19.35%) AI
6 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
6 5 (16.13%) Network Optimisation
6 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (16.13%) Zero Trust
7 4 (12.90%) DevOps
7 4 (12.90%) High Availability
8 3 (9.68%) Agile
8 3 (9.68%) CI/CD
8 3 (9.68%) Observability
8 3 (9.68%) Runbook
8 3 (9.68%) Validation
9 2 (6.45%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (6.45%) Application Packaging
9 2 (6.45%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Python
2 2 (6.45%) C++
2 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) C
3 1 (3.23%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) Master's Degree
2 5 (16.13%) PhD
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.45%) CCNP
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
1 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.45%) KVM
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Ericsson
1 12 (38.71%) Nokia
2 6 (19.35%) Cisco
3 4 (12.90%) Palo Alto
3 4 (12.90%) VMware
4 2 (6.45%) Actix
4 2 (6.45%) Arista
4 2 (6.45%) F5
4 2 (6.45%) Google
4 2 (6.45%) LogicMonitor
4 2 (6.45%) Meraki
4 2 (6.45%) Metaswitch
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.45%) NetScout
4 2 (6.45%) SevOne
4 2 (6.45%) Splunk
5 1 (3.23%) Dialogic
5 1 (3.23%) IBM
5 1 (3.23%) Juniper
5 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds