Network Packet Capture Contract Job Trends

Network Packet Capture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Network Packet Capture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 538 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Packet Capture 13 19 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.053% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.061% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 0
10th Percentile £608 £593 -
25th Percentile £608 £612 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - -
75th Percentile £680 £671 -
90th Percentile - £675 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £644 £655 -
% change year-on-year -1.63% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,777 31,113 41,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.78% 86.30% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,898 18,698 27,863
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,100 1,096 1,595
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%
75th Percentile £44.77 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.93 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.30% -23.75% +53.45%

Network Packet Capture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Packet Capture job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Packet Capture
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Packet Capture over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Packet Capture in the UK

Network Packet Capture
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 November 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
UK excluding London -24 13 £644 -1.63% 2
England -40 13 £644 -0.88% 2
East of England - 10 £680 - 2
West Midlands -37 3 £608 -7.13%
Midlands -42 3 £608 -7.13%
Work from Home +7 2 £608 -9.88% 2

Network Packet Capture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 10 (76.92%) DNS
1 10 (76.92%) FTP
1 10 (76.92%) HTTP
1 10 (76.92%) Network Security
1 10 (76.92%) SMTP
1 10 (76.92%) SSL
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) NX-OS
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Senior
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Cyberattack
2 8 (61.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (61.54%) CSOC
2 8 (61.54%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (61.54%) Management Information System
2 8 (61.54%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
3 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (15.38%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (76.92%) Information Security
2 9 (69.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (69.23%) SIEM
3 8 (61.54%) AI
3 8 (61.54%) Analytics
3 8 (61.54%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
3 8 (61.54%) Information Management
3 8 (61.54%) Machine Learning
3 8 (61.54%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (61.54%) Runbook
3 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
3 8 (61.54%) SOAR
3 8 (61.54%) Threat Detection
4 7 (53.85%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Password Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) PowerShell
1 8 (61.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (23.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Broadcom
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco
1 3 (23.08%) VMware