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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 463 489
Rank change year-on-year -134 +26 +83
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 83 102 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 2.70% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 59 33
10th Percentile £318 £399 -
25th Percentile £403 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +12.60%
75th Percentile £511 £489 £588
90th Percentile £646 £588 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £450 £473
% change year-on-year -4.44% -4.76% +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £47.20 - £21.28
25th Percentile £48.63 - £25.44
Median hourly rate £51.00 - £33.25
75th Percentile £62.38 - £41.44
90th Percentile £69.20 - £45.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £49.25 - £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 5,057 3,773 4,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.31% 11.55% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,928 2,343 2,660
10th Percentile £231 £225 £227
25th Percentile £393 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £608
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 200 244
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.75 £21.37
Median hourly rate £33.39 £42.50 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.44% -15.42% -11.05%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £73.20 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.25 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -26.47% -25.89% -0.26%

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 21 September 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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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireshark in the UK

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Top 13 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 21 September 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 -130 82 £450 - 109
UK excluding London -119 49 £430 -4.44% 71
London -83 30 £450 -5.26% 45
North of England -60 21 £626 +43.09% 2
Midlands -52 17 £375 -22.72% 14
West Midlands -52 17 £375 -22.72% 11
South East -66 16 £430 -4.44% 24
Work from Home -72 16 £426 -5.28% 22
North West -43 15 £626 +41.55% 1
Yorkshire -39 5 - - 1
East of England - 5 £367 - 20
South West -47 2 £700 +55.56% 9
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%) Confluence
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.05%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) AWS
3 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
3 4 (4.82%) GCP
4 3 (3.61%) IBM Watson
5 2 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.41%) BlazeMeter
5 2 (2.41%) GitHub
5 2 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.41%) SaaS
6 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.12%) 5G
2 24 (28.92%) LTE
3 23 (27.71%) Radio Access Network
4 20 (24.10%) 3GPP
4 20 (24.10%) DNS
5 18 (21.69%) TCP/IP
6 17 (20.48%) SSL
7 16 (19.28%) HTTP
8 15 (18.07%) WAN
9 14 (16.87%) 4G
9 14 (16.87%) BIG-IP
9 14 (16.87%) Firewall
9 14 (16.87%) RTP
10 13 (15.66%) BGP
10 13 (15.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 13 (15.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 13 (15.66%) MPLS
11 12 (14.46%) tcpdump
12 11 (13.25%) OSPF
12 11 (13.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 14 (16.87%) Fiddler
2 8 (9.64%) Git
3 7 (8.43%) TeamCity
4 5 (6.02%) JIRA
5 4 (4.82%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (2.41%) GitLab
6 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.41%) JMeter
6 2 (2.41%) Locust
6 2 (2.41%) MSI
6 2 (2.41%) Robot Framework
6 2 (2.41%) TestCafe
6 2 (2.41%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.20%) Newman
7 1 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (32.53%) Telecoms
2 24 (28.92%) Social Skills
3 17 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (18.07%) Banking
5 14 (16.87%) Investment Banking
6 9 (10.84%) Finance
7 7 (8.43%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
9 5 (6.02%) Aviation
9 5 (6.02%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
9 5 (6.02%) Police
10 3 (3.61%) Military
11 2 (2.41%) Legal
11 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (32.53%) Network Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Blue Coat Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) IP Network Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Web Engineer
3 8 (9.64%) RAN Engineer
3 8 (9.64%) Software Engineer
4 7 (8.43%) Senior
5 5 (6.02%) Technologist
6 4 (4.82%) Engineering Specialist
6 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.82%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.82%) Test Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) IP Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) Telecoms Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.41%) Analyst
8 2 (2.41%) Developer
8 2 (2.41%) Network Architect
8 2 (2.41%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.84%) .NET
2 6 (7.23%) .NET Core
3 4 (4.82%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (4.82%) Servlets
4 3 (3.61%) LDAP
4 3 (3.61%) REST
4 3 (3.61%) SAML
5 2 (2.41%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.41%) Taurus
5 2 (2.41%) WebRTC
6 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
6 1 (1.20%) NETCONF
6 1 (1.20%) Terraform
6 1 (1.20%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.02%) Robotics
3 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.61%) PKI
5 2 (2.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.41%) Media Streaming
5 2 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.20%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.69%) Linux
2 6 (7.23%) Unix
3 4 (4.82%) Windows
4 2 (2.41%) CentOS
4 2 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.28%) Root Cause Analysis
2 15 (18.07%) AI
2 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (16.87%) Load Balancing
4 13 (15.66%) Computer Science
5 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
5 12 (14.46%) Customer Experience
5 12 (14.46%) Data Loss Prevention
5 12 (14.46%) DevOps
5 12 (14.46%) High Availability
5 12 (14.46%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 12 (14.46%) Network Design
6 10 (12.05%) Multithreading
7 9 (10.84%) Agile
7 9 (10.84%) Software Engineering
8 8 (9.64%) Project Management
9 7 (8.43%) BDD
9 7 (8.43%) Service Management
9 7 (8.43%) TDD
9 7 (8.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.07%) Python
2 7 (8.43%) C#
2 7 (8.43%) Java
2 7 (8.43%) SQL
3 6 (7.23%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.82%) C
5 3 (3.61%) Bash
5 3 (3.61%) Lua
6 2 (2.41%) C++
6 2 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (2.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 18 (21.69%) Degree
2 10 (12.05%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (8.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (8.43%) CCNP
4 6 (7.23%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
5 5 (6.02%) PhD
6 3 (3.61%) MOS
6 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.41%) CCNA
7 2 (2.41%) CISSP
7 2 (2.41%) GCIH
7 2 (2.41%) SANS
8 1 (1.20%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) SLA
2 4 (4.82%) GDPR
3 3 (3.61%) NIST
3 3 (3.61%) QA
4 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (26.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (16.87%) Firmware
3 13 (15.66%) Docker
4 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
5 2 (2.41%) KVM
5 2 (2.41%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (16.87%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.20%) QRadar
3 1 (1.20%) Suricata
Vendors
1 25 (30.12%) VMware
2 22 (26.51%) F5
3 20 (24.10%) Cisco
4 18 (21.69%) Ericsson
4 18 (21.69%) Nokia
5 12 (14.46%) Blue Coat
5 12 (14.46%) McAfee
5 12 (14.46%) NetApp
6 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
7 8 (9.64%) Juniper
8 7 (8.43%) Arista
8 7 (8.43%) Splunk
9 6 (7.23%) BT
9 6 (7.23%) Fortinet
9 6 (7.23%) Huawei
9 6 (7.23%) IBM
9 6 (7.23%) Palo Alto
10 5 (6.02%) Metaswitch
11 4 (4.82%) NetScout
11 4 (4.82%) SolarWinds