Wireshark Contract Job Trends

Wireshark
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Wireshark skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 483 571
Rank change year-on-year +23 +88 +105
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 102 74 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.69% 1.62% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 30 40
10th Percentile £399 £446 £196
25th Percentile £435 £450 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £466
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.60% -15.23%
75th Percentile £489 £582 £570
90th Percentile £588 £588 £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £473 £419
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.84% -18.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £33.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £33.25 -

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 3,795 4,582 6,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.53% 11.89% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,356 2,663 4,222
10th Percentile £225 £225 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.89% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 250 309
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.16 £16.77
25th Percentile £24.75 £21.37 £22.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £50.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% -10.60% +37.73%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.20 £75.00 £75.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark 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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 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
England +39 95 £450 -14.29% 50
UK excluding London +7 63 £450 -4.76% 42
London +33 29 £475 -9.52% 16
Work from Home +31 25 £450 -5.26% 33
West Midlands +14 23 £485 - 8
Midlands -4 23 £485 - 8
South East +18 19 £450 -9.55% 17
North of England -32 14 £438 -22.22% 9
South West +14 10 £450 - 1
North West -17 9 £442 - 4
Yorkshire -18 5 £435 -22.67% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £440 -

Wireshark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.82%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 31 (30.39%) AWS
2 22 (21.57%) Akamai
3 18 (17.65%) GCP
4 9 (8.82%) Azure
5 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.98%) SaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (47.06%) Firewall
2 28 (27.45%) BGP
2 28 (27.45%) OSPF
3 23 (22.55%) DNS
3 23 (22.55%) MPLS
4 21 (20.59%) VPN
5 20 (19.61%) 4G
5 20 (19.61%) LTE
5 20 (19.61%) Radio Access Network
6 19 (18.63%) WAN
7 17 (16.67%) 3GPP
8 15 (14.71%) LAN
8 15 (14.71%) VLAN
9 14 (13.73%) 5G
9 14 (13.73%) DHCP
10 13 (12.75%) Ethernet
10 13 (12.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 13 (12.75%) Network Security
11 12 (11.76%) IPsec
11 12 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Fiddler
2 3 (2.94%) JIRA
3 1 (0.98%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.98%) Postman
General
1 43 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (25.49%) Telecoms
3 24 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.88%) Banking
5 5 (4.90%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.94%) Finance
6 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.98%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 37 (36.27%) Network Engineer
2 15 (14.71%) Test Engineer
3 9 (8.82%) Analyst
3 9 (8.82%) Automation Engineer
3 9 (8.82%) Senior
4 8 (7.84%) IP Engineer
4 8 (7.84%) Network Analyst
4 8 (7.84%) Network Design Specialist
4 8 (7.84%) Network Specialist
4 8 (7.84%) Performance Specialist
4 8 (7.84%) Security Engineer
5 7 (6.86%) Designer
5 7 (6.86%) Network Designer
5 7 (6.86%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (4.90%) Architect
6 5 (4.90%) Consultant
6 5 (4.90%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (4.90%) Support Engineer
6 5 (4.90%) Technical Support
6 5 (4.90%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) REST
1 4 (3.92%) SAML
1 4 (3.92%) SOAP
2 2 (1.96%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.96%) Middleware
3 1 (0.98%) JSON
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.98%) OAuth
3 1 (0.98%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.71%) Security Posture
2 9 (8.82%) Operational Technology
2 9 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.90%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.96%) Digital Currency
7 1 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.98%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.98%) MISP
7 1 (0.98%) PKI
7 1 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.71%) Linux
2 14 (13.73%) Unix
3 6 (5.88%) Windows
4 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.31%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (20.59%) Test Automation
3 19 (18.63%) High Availability
4 15 (14.71%) Application Security
4 15 (14.71%) DevSecOps
4 15 (14.71%) Ethical Hacking
5 13 (12.75%) Test Strategy
6 11 (10.78%) CI/CD
6 11 (10.78%) Network Segmentation
7 9 (8.82%) Fault Management
7 9 (8.82%) Network Design
7 9 (8.82%) OWASP
7 9 (8.82%) Project Management
7 9 (8.82%) Regression Testing
7 9 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (8.82%) Security Testing
8 8 (7.84%) Reverse Engineering
9 7 (6.86%) Continuous Deployment
9 7 (6.86%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (6.86%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.63%) Python
2 13 (12.75%) Java
3 11 (10.78%) Bash
4 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (18.63%) CCNP
3 18 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.82%) ISEB
4 9 (8.82%) ISTQB
4 9 (8.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 8 (7.84%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.90%) CCIE
7 4 (3.92%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.96%) CCNA
10 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.98%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (0.98%) Degree
10 1 (0.98%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.98%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.98%) NIST
3 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (8.82%) Docker
2 3 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (14.71%) Ansible
2 14 (13.73%) CSIRT
3 7 (6.86%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.92%) HP ALM
5 3 (2.94%) Iperf
5 3 (2.94%) Nmap
5 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.96%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.96%) Grafana
6 2 (1.96%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.96%) Nessus
6 2 (1.96%) OpenView
6 2 (1.96%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.98%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.98%) QRadar
7 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (37.25%) Cisco
2 33 (32.35%) F5
3 26 (25.49%) Juniper
4 22 (21.57%) Splunk
5 18 (17.65%) SolarWinds
6 17 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 14 (13.73%) Fortinet
8 12 (11.76%) Nokia
9 9 (8.82%) Dell
10 8 (7.84%) Actix
10 8 (7.84%) Ericsson
11 7 (6.86%) Palo Alto
11 7 (6.86%) Zscaler
12 6 (5.88%) CheckPoint
13 5 (4.90%) Blue Coat
13 5 (4.90%) Meraki
14 4 (3.92%) McAfee
14 4 (3.92%) Micro Focus
14 4 (3.92%) NetApp
14 4 (3.92%) NetScout