Network Packet Capture Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Packet Capture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Network Packet Capture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 340 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Packet Capture 11 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.044% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.050% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £608 £553 -
25th Percentile £608 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £609 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -
75th Percentile £644 £625 -
90th Percentile £666 £647 -
UK median daily rate £609 £600 -
% change year-on-year +1.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £47.63 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Packet Capture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,291 12,110 17,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.17% 87.95% 87.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,354 7,075 10,854
10th Percentile £222 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,670 680 1,286
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.26 £20.00 £17.02
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.11 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -20.86% -31.42% +59.64%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.16 £73.75 £76.77
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%

Network Packet Capture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Packet Capture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Network Packet Capture job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Packet Capture
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Packet Capture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Packet Capture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Packet Capture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Packet Capture in the UK excluding London

Network Packet Capture
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Packet Capture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
East of England -16 8 £680 +13.33% 5
West Midlands -32 3 £608 -8.04%
Midlands -42 3 £608 -8.04%
Network Packet Capture
UK

Network Packet Capture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) DNS
1 8 (72.73%) FTP
1 8 (72.73%) HTTP
1 8 (72.73%) Network Security
1 8 (72.73%) SMTP
1 8 (72.73%) SSL
2 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) NX-OS
General
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (72.73%) CSOC
1 8 (72.73%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (72.73%) Cyberattack
1 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
3 2 (18.18%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) AI
1 8 (72.73%) Analytics
1 8 (72.73%) Behavioural Analytics
1 8 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (72.73%) Incident Response
1 8 (72.73%) Information Management
1 8 (72.73%) Information Security
1 8 (72.73%) Machine Learning
1 8 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
1 8 (72.73%) Runbook
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
1 8 (72.73%) SIEM
1 8 (72.73%) SOAR
1 8 (72.73%) Threat Detection
1 8 (72.73%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (27.27%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (27.27%) Password Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) PowerShell
1 8 (72.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) SC Cleared
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (27.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Broadcom
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) VMware