Wireshark Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 350 406
Rank change year-on-year +45 +56 +70
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 31 49 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.24% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.58% 1.42% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 32
10th Percentile £311 £315 £288
25th Percentile £364 £439 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £533 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +33.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £550 £519
90th Percentile £660 £652 £525
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -18.18% +7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.75
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £78.20
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireshark in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Wireshark in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireshark in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Wireshark in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
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 Wireshark within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +60 23 £450 +50.00% 13
South West +37 6 £340 -30.26% 2
Midlands +16 1 £145 -73.64% 6
North West +15 1 - - 3
North of England +12 1 - - 3
West Midlands +10 1 £145 -73.64% 3
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Wireshark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 18 (58.06%) LTE
2 17 (54.84%) LAN
2 17 (54.84%) WAN
3 16 (51.61%) ATM
3 16 (51.61%) Ethernet
3 16 (51.61%) Frame Relay
3 16 (51.61%) GPRS
3 16 (51.61%) GSM
3 16 (51.61%) MPLS
3 16 (51.61%) SAN
3 16 (51.61%) SDH
3 16 (51.61%) UMTS
3 16 (51.61%) VPN
4 10 (32.26%) 5G
5 8 (25.81%) 4G
5 8 (25.81%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (19.35%) 2G
7 4 (12.90%) Diameter Protocol
7 4 (12.90%) VoLTE
8 3 (9.68%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 21 (67.74%) Telecoms
3 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Multimedia
4 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) IP Engineer
2 14 (45.16%) Test Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Network Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Network Design Specialist
4 6 (19.35%) Network Specialist
5 5 (16.13%) IP Network Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Network Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Network Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 16 (51.61%) Linux
1 16 (51.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (51.61%) Fault Management
2 16 (51.61%) Project Management
2 16 (51.61%) Regression Testing
2 16 (51.61%) Test Strategy
3 7 (22.58%) Network Design
4 5 (16.13%) Customer Experience
5 4 (12.90%) Network Architecture
6 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.68%) Matrix Organization
7 2 (6.45%) Defect Management
7 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
7 2 (6.45%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (6.45%) Performance Improvement
7 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.45%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.45%) Statistics
7 2 (6.45%) Validation
8 1 (3.23%) Agile
8 1 (3.23%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) Java
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (58.06%) CCNP
1 18 (58.06%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (51.61%) ISEB
2 16 (51.61%) ISTQB
2 16 (51.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (9.68%) Degree
4 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Ansible
1 2 (6.45%) Iperf
2 1 (3.23%) Nessus
2 1 (3.23%) OpenVAS
2 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) Juniper
2 18 (58.06%) Cisco
3 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
4 6 (19.35%) Ericsson
4 6 (19.35%) Nokia
5 4 (12.90%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.45%) Empirix
6 2 (6.45%) NetScout
7 1 (3.23%) ArcSight
7 1 (3.23%) Carbon Black
7 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (3.23%) IBM
7 1 (3.23%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.23%) LogRhythm
7 1 (3.23%) Qualys
7 1 (3.23%) Rapid7
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk
7 1 (3.23%) Zscaler