Wireshark Contract Job Trends

Wireshark
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Wireshark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 451 510
Rank change year-on-year -100 +59 +87
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 77 77 81
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 2.04% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 39 42
10th Percentile £263 £387 £312
25th Percentile £356 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -12.62% -0.48%
75th Percentile £495 £563 £606
90th Percentile £631 £680 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £450 £515
% change year-on-year -6.67% -12.62% +28.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,541 3,777 5,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 12.92% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,883 2,341 3,528
10th Percentile £225 £213 £205
25th Percentile £386 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +1.67% -7.79%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 155 413
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.46 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.25 £36.65 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.30% +12.75% +71.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.88 £61.75
90th Percentile £76.35 £75.00 £67.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +78.57% -37.78% +143.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Wireshark

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireshark in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Wireshark

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Top 12 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 April 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
England -103 68 £430 -18.19% 25
UK excluding London -64 60 £420 -6.67% 20
North of England -25 38 £420 - 2
North West +4 36 £435 - 2
Midlands -36 27 £308 +112.07% 4
West Midlands -38 27 £308 +112.07% 3
Work from Home -30 13 £450 -14.29% 5
South East -52 10 £496 -17.33% 9
London -92 6 £450 -14.29% 8
South West -32 5 £450 +32.35%
Yorkshire - 2 £413 -
Wales - 1 £250 -

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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:

Applications
1 7 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.39%) Azure
2 7 (9.09%) AWS
3 4 (5.19%) GCP
4 2 (2.60%) IBM Watson
4 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.30%) IaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.30%) PaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Route 53
5 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (51.95%) DNS
2 39 (50.65%) HTTP
3 37 (48.05%) BIG-IP
3 37 (48.05%) SSL
4 35 (45.45%) TCP/IP
5 24 (31.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 24 (31.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 22 (28.57%) Firewall
7 18 (23.38%) WAN
8 15 (19.48%) VPN
9 13 (16.88%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (16.88%) LAN
9 13 (16.88%) OSPF
10 12 (15.58%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (15.58%) MPLS
11 11 (14.29%) BGP
11 11 (14.29%) IPsec
11 11 (14.29%) Wireless
12 10 (12.99%) VLAN
13 8 (10.39%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Power BI
1 2 (2.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (41.56%) Fiddler
2 4 (5.19%) Burp Suite
2 4 (5.19%) Metasploit
3 2 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.30%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) JIRA
4 1 (1.30%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (27.27%) Banking
2 20 (25.97%) Investment Banking
3 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
4 11 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (7.79%) Finance
8 3 (3.90%) Aviation
9 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.30%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (67.53%) Network Engineer
2 30 (38.96%) Web Engineer
3 23 (29.87%) IP Network Engineer
4 20 (25.97%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 11 (14.29%) Junior
6 10 (12.99%) Junior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Core Network Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Tester
8 4 (5.19%) Analyst
8 4 (5.19%) Penetration Tester
8 4 (5.19%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) IP Design Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) IP Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Voice Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Voice Network Engineer
10 2 (2.60%) Architect
10 2 (2.60%) Support Engineer
10 2 (2.60%) Technical Support
10 2 (2.60%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) LDAP
1 7 (9.09%) SAML
2 3 (3.90%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.90%) REST
3 2 (2.60%) Django
3 2 (2.60%) HTML
3 2 (2.60%) SOAP
4 1 (1.30%) .NET
4 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.30%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.19%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.60%) SCADA
4 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.30%) IoT
5 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Robotics
5 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Linux
2 5 (6.49%) Windows
3 4 (5.19%) CatOS
3 4 (5.19%) Kali Linux
4 2 (2.60%) Unix
5 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Load Balancing
2 31 (40.26%) Data Loss Prevention
3 30 (38.96%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 10 (12.99%) Test Automation
5 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (6.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (6.49%) Network Design
7 5 (6.49%) SIEM
7 5 (6.49%) Validation
8 4 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.19%) Ethical Hacking
8 4 (5.19%) Incident Response
8 4 (5.19%) OWASP
8 4 (5.19%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (5.19%) Red Team
9 3 (3.90%) Analytics
9 3 (3.90%) Capacity Management
9 3 (3.90%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (3.90%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 30 (38.96%) Python
2 10 (12.99%) Bash
3 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.19%) SQL
4 2 (2.60%) C
4 2 (2.60%) Java
4 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.99%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.39%) CCNP
4 7 (9.09%) CCNA
5 4 (5.19%) CCIE
5 4 (5.19%) CEH
5 4 (5.19%) GPEN
5 4 (5.19%) OSCP
6 2 (2.60%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.30%) Degree
7 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) GCFE
7 1 (1.30%) GREM
7 1 (1.30%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.30%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.90%) NCSC
1 3 (3.90%) NIST
2 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) JTAG
3 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 30 (38.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (28.57%) Firmware
3 19 (24.68%) VMware NSX
4 8 (10.39%) Active Directory
5 2 (2.60%) Docker
6 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.30%) KVM
6 1 (1.30%) Snort
Systems Management
1 19 (24.68%) Ansible
2 7 (9.09%) Nmap
2 7 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.90%) Terraform
4 2 (2.60%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.60%) Iperf
4 2 (2.60%) Nagios
5 1 (1.30%) CASB
5 1 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.30%) FTK
5 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.30%) Suricata
Vendors
1 42 (54.55%) F5
1 42 (54.55%) VMware
2 31 (40.26%) McAfee
3 30 (38.96%) Blue Coat
4 26 (33.77%) Cisco
5 20 (25.97%) NetApp
6 15 (19.48%) CheckPoint
6 15 (19.48%) Palo Alto
7 9 (11.69%) Fortinet
7 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
8 8 (10.39%) SolarWinds
9 6 (7.79%) Juniper
10 5 (6.49%) Arista
10 5 (6.49%) Meraki
10 5 (6.49%) NetScout
11 4 (5.19%) Aruba
11 4 (5.19%) Infoblox
11 4 (5.19%) Tufin
12 3 (3.90%) SevOne
13 2 (2.60%) Ciena