Wireshark Contract Job Trends in London

Wireshark
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing Wireshark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	422	346	358
Rank change year-on-year	-76	+12	+48
Contract jobs citing Wireshark	37	33	18
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	2.17%	2.59%	1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	25	21	17
10^th Percentile	£363	£447	-
25^th Percentile	-	£450	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£475	£650
Median % change year-on-year	-5.26%	-26.92%	+44.44%
75^th Percentile	£538	£538	£675
90^th Percentile	£592	£575	£753
England median daily rate	£450	£450	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-14.29%	+13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£71.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£72.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£73.75	-	-
90^th 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 citing communications or computer networking skills in London.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	1,706	1,273	1,498
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	8.35%	9.28%	9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,054	818	924
10^th Percentile	£297	£290	£258
25^th Percentile	£404	£406	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£504	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+0.70%	-4.76%	-
75^th Percentile	£620	£630	£630
90^th Percentile	£725	£712	£724
England median daily rate	£500	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	72	39	16
10^th Percentile	£19.50	£18.75	£23.70
25^th Percentile	£28.25	-	£28.75
Median hourly rate	£52.50	£25.15	£37.25
Median % change year-on-year	+108.75%	-32.48%	+30.13%
75^th Percentile	£104.06	£43.75	£55.06
90^th Percentile	£155.00	£62.45	£74.10
England median hourly rate	£45.00	£34.00	£56.13
% change year-on-year	+32.35%	-39.42%	-0.57%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Wireshark Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in London over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in London

Wireshark Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Wireshark 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 4 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-24	6	£600	-	1
East London	-	2	£581	-
West London	-17	1	£538	-
Wireshark England

Wireshark Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Wireshark also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing Wireshark.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	5G	56.8%	21
2	Radio Access Network	51.4%	19
3	4G	43.2%	16
3	LTE	43.2%	16
5	3GPP	40.5%	15
5	Root Cause Analysis	40.5%	15
7	Ericsson	37.8%	14
7	Nokia	37.8%	14
9	Stakeholder Management	35.1%	13
10	Customer Experience	32.4%	12
11	tcpdump	29.7%	11
12	Network Design	27.0%	10
13	Python	24.3%	9
14	Project Management	21.6%	8
15	BPSS Clearance	18.9%	7
15	Computer Science	18.9%	7
15	Degree	18.9%	7
18	AI	16.2%	6
18	BGP	16.2%	6
18	Cisco	16.2%	6
18	Firewall	16.2%	6
18	High Availability	16.2%	6
18	TCP/IP	16.2%	6
24	Incident Response	13.5%	5
24	Master's Degree	13.5%	5
24	Network Optimisation	13.5%	5
24	NGN	13.5%	5
24	OSPF	13.5%	5
24	PhD	13.5%	5
24	Stakeholder Engagement	13.5%	5

Wireshark Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	5G	56.8%	21
2	Radio Access Network	51.4%	19
3	4G	43.2%	16
3	LTE	43.2%	16
5	3GPP	40.5%	15
6	tcpdump	29.7%	11
7	BGP	16.2%	6
7	Firewall	16.2%	6
7	TCP/IP	16.2%	6
10	NGN	13.5%	5
10	OSPF	13.5%	5
12	DNS	10.8%	4
13	DHCP	8.1%	3
13	MPLS	8.1%	3
13	Multicast	8.1%	3
13	Network Security	8.1%	3
13	VPN	8.1%	3
18	2G	5.4%	2
18	3G	5.4%	2
18	Cisco Nexus	5.4%	2