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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 447 511
Rank change year-on-year -51 +64 +67
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 103 73 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.45% 1.83% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 37 43
10th Percentile £263 £435 £330
25th Percentile £406 £450 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -7.77% -6.36%
75th Percentile £499 £675 £594
90th Percentile £626 £710 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £463 £469
% change year-on-year -8.11% -1.33% -6.25%

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 4,210 3,983 6,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.17% 13.20% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 2,399 3,606
10th Percentile £204 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +0.05% -1.32% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 131 390
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +105.13%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £74.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £31.08 £50.00
% change year-on-year +34.94% -37.84% +163.16%

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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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -56 93 £450 -18.18% 20
UK excluding London -44 63 £425 -8.11% 20
North of England -31 34 £470 - 1
North West -6 33 £490 -
Midlands -32 26 £340 - 5
West Midlands - 26 £340 - 5
Work from Home -21 25 £447 -31.23% 4
London -45 25 £464 -28.62% 2
South East -27 18 £425 -29.17% 9
South West -29 3 £375 -11.76% 3
Yorkshire -61 1 £413 - 1
Wales - 1 £250 -

Wireshark
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.88%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.39%) AWS
2 15 (14.56%) GCP
3 11 (10.68%) Azure
4 8 (7.77%) Akamai
5 3 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.91%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.91%) SaaS
5 3 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.94%) IBM Watson
7 1 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.97%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (0.97%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.97%) IaaS
7 1 (0.97%) PaaS
7 1 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (42.72%) DNS
2 42 (40.78%) HTTP
2 42 (40.78%) TCP/IP
3 40 (38.83%) SSL
4 36 (34.95%) BIG-IP
5 34 (33.01%) Firewall
6 22 (21.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 22 (21.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 18 (17.48%) OSPF
7 18 (17.48%) VPN
8 16 (15.53%) BGP
9 14 (13.59%) IPsec
9 14 (13.59%) WAN
10 13 (12.62%) MPLS
11 12 (11.65%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (11.65%) Radio Access Network
12 11 (10.68%) 3GPP
12 11 (10.68%) Multicast
12 11 (10.68%) VLAN
13 10 (9.71%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.97%) Power BI
2 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (33.01%) Fiddler
2 10 (9.71%) Metasploit
3 9 (8.74%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (33.01%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (20.39%) Banking
3 19 (18.45%) Investment Banking
4 12 (11.65%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.80%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.83%) Finance
7 4 (3.88%) Front Office
8 3 (2.91%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.94%) Aviation
10 1 (0.97%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (47.57%) Network Engineer
2 28 (27.18%) Web Engineer
3 19 (18.45%) IP Network Engineer
4 17 (16.50%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 13 (12.62%) Junior
6 12 (11.65%) Junior Network Engineer
7 11 (10.68%) Tester
8 9 (8.74%) Penetration Tester
9 7 (6.80%) Architect
10 6 (5.83%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Technical Support
10 6 (5.83%) Technical Support Engineer
11 5 (4.85%) Network Design Specialist
11 5 (4.85%) Network Specialist
11 5 (4.85%) Performance Specialist
12 4 (3.88%) Analyst
12 4 (3.88%) Core Network Engineer
12 4 (3.88%) Security Engineer
12 4 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.74%) SAML
2 6 (5.83%) LDAP
3 4 (3.88%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (3.88%) Middleware
3 4 (3.88%) REST
3 4 (3.88%) SOAP
3 4 (3.88%) Ultra Messaging
4 2 (1.94%) Django
4 2 (1.94%) HTML
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.94%) OAuth
5 1 (0.97%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.39%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.77%) Security Posture
3 7 (6.80%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.85%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.91%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.94%) SCADA
7 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.97%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.97%) IoT
8 1 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.97%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.42%) Linux
2 9 (8.74%) Kali Linux
3 8 (7.77%) Windows
4 4 (3.88%) CatOS
4 4 (3.88%) Unix
5 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.97%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.07%) Load Balancing
2 29 (28.16%) Data Loss Prevention
3 28 (27.18%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 22 (21.36%) Test Automation
5 17 (16.50%) Ethical Hacking
6 16 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (13.59%) OWASP
8 11 (10.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (9.71%) CI/CD
10 9 (8.74%) Network Design
10 9 (8.74%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (8.74%) Red Team
10 9 (8.74%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (8.74%) Security Testing
11 8 (7.77%) Application Security
11 8 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (7.77%) DevSecOps
11 8 (7.77%) Incident Response
11 8 (7.77%) SIEM
12 7 (6.80%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 40 (38.83%) Python
2 21 (20.39%) Bash
3 16 (15.53%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.88%) Java
5 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.97%) C
6 1 (0.97%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.97%) SQL
6 1 (0.97%) Swift
Qualifications
1 18 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.62%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.74%) CEH
3 9 (8.74%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (8.74%) GPEN
3 9 (8.74%) OSCP
4 8 (7.77%) CCNP
5 5 (4.85%) CCNA
6 4 (3.88%) CCIE
7 2 (1.94%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.94%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.97%) CISM
8 1 (0.97%) GCFA
8 1 (0.97%) GCFE
8 1 (0.97%) GREM
8 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.88%) NIST
2 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.91%) NCSC
3 2 (1.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.97%) GRC
4 1 (0.97%) JTAG
4 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.97%) QA
4 1 (0.97%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (24.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (18.45%) VMware NSX
3 18 (17.48%) Firmware
4 10 (9.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (4.85%) Docker
6 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.97%) KVM
Systems Management
1 23 (22.33%) Ansible
2 13 (12.62%) Nmap
3 9 (8.74%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (6.80%) CSIRT
5 4 (3.88%) Grafana
5 4 (3.88%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (3.88%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.91%) Iperf
6 3 (2.91%) Terraform
7 2 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.94%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.94%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.94%) Nagios
8 1 (0.97%) CASB
8 1 (0.97%) FTK
8 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.97%) Nessus
Vendors
1 48 (46.60%) F5
2 38 (36.89%) VMware
3 31 (30.10%) McAfee
4 30 (29.13%) Blue Coat
5 22 (21.36%) Cisco
6 19 (18.45%) NetApp
7 14 (13.59%) CheckPoint
7 14 (13.59%) Splunk
8 13 (12.62%) Palo Alto
9 12 (11.65%) Microsoft
10 9 (8.74%) SolarWinds
11 7 (6.80%) Fortinet
12 5 (4.85%) Actix
12 5 (4.85%) Arista
12 5 (4.85%) Ericsson
12 5 (4.85%) Juniper
12 5 (4.85%) Nokia
12 5 (4.85%) Zscaler
13 4 (3.88%) NetScout
13 4 (3.88%) TIBCO