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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 453 526
Rank change year-on-year -26 +73 +79
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 108 79 70
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.74% 1.90% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 42 36
10th Percentile £321 £416 £343
25th Percentile £411 £450 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -1.18% -3.41%
75th Percentile £492 £600 £616
90th Percentile £588 £698 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -2.22% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £19.00 -

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 3,946 4,155 5,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.66% 12.74% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,580 2,435 3,634
10th Percentile £206 £220 £209
25th Percentile £356 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £473 £471
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.32% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 138 331
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.86 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.88 £23.00
Median hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -38.04% +88.30%
75th Percentile £65.75 £57.81 £65.98
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.38 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% -44.92% +78.79%

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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 3 January 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 3 January 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 -11 100 £450 -14.29% 29
UK excluding London -40 65 £440 -2.22% 28
London -7 30 £450 -25.00% 6
North of England -40 30 £443 -21.33% 4
Midlands -22 28 £475 - 9
West Midlands - 28 £475 - 8
Work from Home -9 27 £449 -20.27% 14
North West -14 24 £475 - 3
South East -8 15 £419 -6.81% 9
South West -24 6 £450 -
Yorkshire -50 6 £435 -22.67% 1
Wales - 1 £250 - 3

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 (3.70%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.85%) AWS
2 23 (21.30%) GCP
3 20 (18.52%) Akamai
4 10 (9.26%) Azure
5 3 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.85%) SaaS
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (0.93%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 38 (35.19%) Firewall
2 35 (32.41%) TCP/IP
3 34 (31.48%) DNS
4 31 (28.70%) HTTP
5 29 (26.85%) SSL
6 25 (23.15%) BIG-IP
7 18 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 17 (15.74%) OSPF
9 15 (13.89%) BGP
9 15 (13.89%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 14 (12.96%) 3GPP
10 14 (12.96%) 4G
10 14 (12.96%) Radio Access Network
11 12 (11.11%) VPN
12 11 (10.19%) tcpdump
12 11 (10.19%) VLAN
13 10 (9.26%) LTE
14 9 (8.33%) WAN
15 8 (7.41%) Ethernet
15 8 (7.41%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (24.07%) Fiddler
2 9 (8.33%) Metasploit
3 8 (7.41%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (37.96%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (15.74%) Banking
4 16 (14.81%) Investment Banking
4 16 (14.81%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.63%) Front Office
6 4 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.70%) Finance
6 4 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 41 (37.96%) Network Engineer
2 18 (16.67%) Web Engineer
3 11 (10.19%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 11 (10.19%) IP Network Engineer
3 11 (10.19%) Tester
4 10 (9.26%) Junior
4 10 (9.26%) Junior Network Engineer
4 10 (9.26%) Network Design Specialist
4 10 (9.26%) Network Specialist
4 10 (9.26%) Performance Specialist
5 8 (7.41%) Automation Engineer
5 8 (7.41%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (7.41%) Senior
6 7 (6.48%) Test Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Technical Support
7 6 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.56%) FIX Protocol
1 6 (5.56%) Middleware
1 6 (5.56%) SAML
2 5 (4.63%) Ultra Messaging
3 4 (3.70%) REST
3 4 (3.70%) SOAP
4 3 (2.78%) LDAP
5 2 (1.85%) HTML
5 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.85%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.81%) Security Posture
2 15 (13.89%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (6.48%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.48%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.85%) Digital Currency
5 2 (1.85%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.85%) SCADA
5 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) IoT
6 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.59%) Linux
2 8 (7.41%) Kali Linux
3 7 (6.48%) Windows
4 4 (3.70%) Unix
5 2 (1.85%) CatOS
5 2 (1.85%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.48%) Test Automation
2 25 (23.15%) Ethical Hacking
3 24 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (20.37%) Load Balancing
5 18 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 18 (16.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 18 (16.67%) OWASP
6 17 (15.74%) Application Security
6 17 (15.74%) DevSecOps
7 16 (14.81%) CI/CD
8 15 (13.89%) High Availability
9 12 (11.11%) Security Testing
10 11 (10.19%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (9.26%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 10 (9.26%) Network Design
12 9 (8.33%) Reverse Engineering
13 8 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
13 8 (7.41%) Data Protection
13 8 (7.41%) Penetration Testing
13 8 (7.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (36.11%) Python
2 26 (24.07%) Bash
3 17 (15.74%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.70%) Java
5 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.93%) Swift
Qualifications
1 15 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.41%) CEH
2 8 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (7.41%) GPEN
2 8 (7.41%) OSCP
3 7 (6.48%) CCNP
3 7 (6.48%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.70%) CCNA
5 3 (2.78%) CCIE
5 3 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.93%) CISM
6 1 (0.93%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) GCFA
6 1 (0.93%) GCFE
6 1 (0.93%) GREM
6 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.70%) NIST
2 2 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.85%) GDPR
2 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.93%) JTAG
3 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.93%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (11.11%) Firmware
3 10 (9.26%) VMware NSX
4 6 (5.56%) Active Directory
5 4 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (20.37%) Ansible
2 16 (14.81%) CSIRT
3 12 (11.11%) Nmap
4 6 (5.56%) Grafana
4 6 (5.56%) ITRS Geneos
4 6 (5.56%) Prometheus
4 6 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.78%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.78%) Iperf
6 2 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.85%) Nagios
6 2 (1.85%) Terraform
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.93%) FTK
7 1 (0.93%) Nessus
Vendors
1 47 (43.52%) F5
2 22 (20.37%) Blue Coat
2 22 (20.37%) McAfee
3 21 (19.44%) Cisco
3 21 (19.44%) Splunk
3 21 (19.44%) VMware
4 15 (13.89%) NetApp
5 14 (12.96%) Microsoft
5 14 (12.96%) Nokia
6 11 (10.19%) SolarWinds
7 10 (9.26%) Actix
7 10 (9.26%) Ericsson
8 8 (7.41%) CheckPoint
8 8 (7.41%) Fortinet
8 8 (7.41%) Juniper
9 7 (6.48%) Meraki
9 7 (6.48%) Palo Alto
10 6 (5.56%) Solace
11 5 (4.63%) TIBCO
12 4 (3.70%) Dell