Wireshark Contract Job Trends in the South East

Wireshark
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Wireshark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 162 198
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 +16
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 15 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.35% 0.26% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.50% 1.49% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 1
10th Percentile £204 - -
25th Percentile £254 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £300
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% +50.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile £498 £600 £325
90th Percentile £611 £690 -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -5.98%

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 600 603 1,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.91% 17.75% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 330 635
10th Percentile £204 £237 £203
25th Percentile £340 £400 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £592 £560
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 72
10th Percentile £18.23 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £24.94 £35.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £56.80 £59.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -5.60% +38.89%
75th Percentile £84.50 £62.81 £71.90
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +1.43% -38.04% +125.96%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in the South East

Wireshark
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireshark.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in the South East over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in the South East

Wireshark
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireshark.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireshark

Wireshark
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 11 January 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
Berkshire -3 8 £425 -5.56% 6
Thames Valley -8 8 £425 -5.56% 8
Surrey - 4 £208 - 6
Hampshire -13 3 £650 -13.33% 8
Wireshark
England

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) HTTP
2 4 (26.67%) FTP
3 3 (20.00%) BGP
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (20.00%) Firewall
3 3 (20.00%) MPLS
3 3 (20.00%) Multicast
3 3 (20.00%) OSPF
3 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (20.00%) VLAN
3 3 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Burp Suite
1 7 (46.67%) Metasploit
2 1 (6.67%) Fiddler
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Tester
2 7 (46.67%) Penetration Tester
3 5 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Support
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Tester
5 2 (13.33%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) REST
1 4 (26.67%) SOAP
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Kali Linux
1 7 (46.67%) Linux
2 5 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (26.67%) Unix
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (46.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 7 (46.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (46.67%) OWASP
2 7 (46.67%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (46.67%) Red Team
3 4 (26.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Escalation Management
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (26.67%) OO
3 4 (26.67%) OOP
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (13.33%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Test Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Validation
6 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (6.67%) Identity Management
6 1 (6.67%) Resource Management
6 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Bash
1 10 (66.67%) Python
2 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (26.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) CEH
2 7 (46.67%) GPEN
2 7 (46.67%) OSCP
3 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) CCIE
4 2 (13.33%) CCNP
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) Nmap
2 3 (20.00%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) Iperf
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco
1 3 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft