Wireshark Contracts in the South East

Wireshark
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Wireshark skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireshark over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 191 193
Rank change year-on-year +48 +2 +65
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 20 13 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.61% 0.23% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.46% 1.11% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 10
10th Percentile £420 £452 £373
25th Percentile - £455 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £509 £542
90th Percentile £754 £526 £600
England median daily rate £475 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -7.77% +8.42% -17.39%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 578 1,166 1,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.58% 20.53% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 566 601
10th Percentile £215 £214 £239
25th Percentile £325 £392 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £645 £700
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 138 71
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.21 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £29.44 £29.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £79.19
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.44 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.47% +101.96% -10.00%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireshark in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Wireshark in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireshark in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Wireshark in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Berkshire +29 18 £450 -4.26% 5
Thames Valley +28 18 £450 -4.26% 5
Hampshire +34 2 £760 - 2
Wireshark
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) ATM
1 14 (70.00%) Ethernet
1 14 (70.00%) Frame Relay
1 14 (70.00%) GPRS
1 14 (70.00%) GSM
1 14 (70.00%) LAN
1 14 (70.00%) LTE
1 14 (70.00%) MPLS
1 14 (70.00%) SAN
1 14 (70.00%) SDH
1 14 (70.00%) UMTS
1 14 (70.00%) VPN
1 14 (70.00%) WAN
2 3 (15.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) 5G
3 2 (10.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (10.00%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (10.00%) SMS
3 2 (10.00%) SS7
3 2 (10.00%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Fiddler
2 1 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (85.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) IP Engineer
2 12 (60.00%) Test Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Network Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) IP Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Network Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Network Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Architect
6 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (5.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (70.00%) Linux
1 14 (70.00%) Unix
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (70.00%) Fault Management
2 14 (70.00%) Project Management
2 14 (70.00%) Regression Testing
2 14 (70.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (10.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (5.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (5.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (5.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.00%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) CCNP
1 15 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (70.00%) ISEB
2 14 (70.00%) ISTQB
2 14 (70.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CCIE
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Iperf
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Juniper
2 15 (75.00%) Cisco
2 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) SolarWinds