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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 440 518
Rank change year-on-year -113 +78 +62
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 83 89 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.30% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 2.39% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 44 30
10th Percentile £266 £422 £309
25th Percentile £405 - £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -12.20% +5.13%
75th Percentile £508 £488 £578
90th Percentile £626 £589 £641
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £450 £515
% change year-on-year -4.44% -12.62% +28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £48.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - -36.67%

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 4,832 3,722 5,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.50% 12.36% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,960 2,275 3,197
10th Percentile £250 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £473 £490
% change year-on-year +1.85% -3.57% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 174 430
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £27.88 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.04% - +136.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.97 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.10 £78.50 £72.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.69 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -23.74% -26.32% +150.00%

Wireshark
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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -114 79 £438 -5.41% 21
UK excluding London -89 66 £430 -4.44% 18
North of England -44 35 £420 -5.03% 2
North West -15 29 £420 -5.03% 2
West Midlands -44 23 £320 -4.48% 5
Midlands -46 23 £320 -4.48% 5
South East -64 20 £430 -4.44% 8
Work from Home -53 14 £444 -11.25% 6
London -85 10 £507 +1.40% 6
South West -43 6 £450 -11.33% 1
Yorkshire - 5 - -
North East - 1 - -

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 8 (9.64%) OpenStack
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.23%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.43%) Azure
2 4 (4.82%) AWS
3 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.61%) IBM Watson
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.61%) SaaS
4 2 (2.41%) GCP
4 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.20%) IaaS
5 1 (1.20%) PaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Route 53
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.96%) DNS
2 31 (37.35%) HTTP
3 30 (36.14%) SSL
4 29 (34.94%) TCP/IP
5 28 (33.73%) BIG-IP
6 24 (28.92%) Firewall
6 24 (28.92%) WAN
7 23 (27.71%) MPLS
8 21 (25.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 21 (25.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 20 (24.10%) VPN
10 18 (21.69%) BGP
10 18 (21.69%) LAN
11 16 (19.28%) 5G
11 16 (19.28%) LTE
11 16 (19.28%) OSPF
12 15 (18.07%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (15.66%) Radio Access Network
14 12 (14.46%) IPsec
15 11 (13.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Power BI
1 2 (2.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (28.92%) Fiddler
2 6 (7.23%) Git
2 6 (7.23%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.41%) MSI
3 2 (2.41%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.20%) Burp Suite
4 1 (1.20%) JIRA
4 1 (1.20%) Metasploit
4 1 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (24.10%) Banking
2 19 (22.89%) Investment Banking
2 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Telecoms
5 7 (8.43%) Aviation
5 7 (8.43%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Finance
7 5 (6.02%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (6.02%) Police
8 2 (2.41%) Legal
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (53.01%) Network Engineer
2 22 (26.51%) Web Engineer
3 20 (24.10%) IP Network Engineer
4 17 (20.48%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 6 (7.23%) IP Engineer
5 6 (7.23%) Junior
5 6 (7.23%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Core Network Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Junior Network Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Network Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Test Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Tester
8 3 (3.61%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) IP Design Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (2.41%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.64%) .NET
2 6 (7.23%) .NET Core
2 6 (7.23%) LDAP
2 6 (7.23%) SAML
3 5 (6.02%) REST
4 3 (3.61%) 802.1X
5 2 (2.41%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.41%) Django
5 2 (2.41%) SOAP
6 1 (1.20%) NETCONF
6 1 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.89%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.02%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.02%) Robotics
3 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.41%) PKI
5 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.20%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.87%) Linux
2 8 (9.64%) Unix
3 6 (7.23%) Windows
4 2 (2.41%) CatOS
5 1 (1.20%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.12%) Load Balancing
2 23 (27.71%) Data Loss Prevention
3 22 (26.51%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 10 (12.05%) High Availability
5 9 (10.84%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (9.64%) Agile
6 8 (9.64%) Network Design
6 8 (9.64%) Zero Trust
7 7 (8.43%) CI/CD
7 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (8.43%) Test Automation
8 6 (7.23%) AI
8 6 (7.23%) BDD
8 6 (7.23%) Change Management
8 6 (7.23%) DevOps
8 6 (7.23%) Multithreading
8 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.23%) Software Engineering
8 6 (7.23%) TDD
8 6 (7.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.12%) Python
2 9 (10.84%) SQL
3 6 (7.23%) C#
4 5 (6.02%) Bash
5 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.41%) C
6 2 (2.41%) C++
6 2 (2.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.46%) CCNP
3 11 (13.25%) Security Cleared
4 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
5 7 (8.43%) Degree
6 5 (6.02%) CCNA
6 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.82%) CCIE
8 2 (2.41%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.41%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.20%) CCDA
9 1 (1.20%) CCDP
9 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.20%) GCIA
9 1 (1.20%) GPEN
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.20%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) SLA
2 4 (4.82%) NIST
3 3 (3.61%) GDPR
3 3 (3.61%) NCSC
4 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.41%) QA
5 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.20%) GRC
5 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (32.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (24.10%) Firmware
3 13 (15.66%) VMware NSX
4 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
4 7 (8.43%) Docker
5 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.20%) KVM
6 1 (1.20%) Snort
6 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (15.66%) Ansible
2 9 (10.84%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.23%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.61%) Nmap
4 3 (3.61%) Terraform
5 2 (2.41%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.41%) Iperf
5 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.41%) Suricata
6 1 (1.20%) CASB
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 38 (45.78%) F5
2 36 (43.37%) VMware
3 33 (39.76%) Cisco
4 23 (27.71%) McAfee
5 22 (26.51%) Blue Coat
6 17 (20.48%) NetApp
7 16 (19.28%) Palo Alto
8 15 (18.07%) Fortinet
9 13 (15.66%) CheckPoint
9 13 (15.66%) Juniper
10 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
11 9 (10.84%) Arista
12 8 (9.64%) Ericsson
12 8 (9.64%) Nokia
12 8 (9.64%) SolarWinds
13 6 (7.23%) BT
13 6 (7.23%) Huawei
13 6 (7.23%) NetScout
14 4 (4.82%) Meraki
14 4 (4.82%) Splunk