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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 439 490
Rank change year-on-year -118 +51 +89
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 82 81 80
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.75% 2.22% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 41 35
10th Percentile £263 - £304
25th Percentile £335 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -16.28% +7.50%
75th Percentile £495 £488 £581
90th Percentile £694 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £450 £515
% change year-on-year -7.22% -12.62% +28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - -

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 4,675 3,649 5,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.62% 12.66% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 2,259 3,221
10th Percentile £263 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -0.51% -5.41%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £464 £475
% change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 155 412
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.22 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.78 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.02 £28.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +39.36% -38.97% +154.89%

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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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -105 76 £425 -8.11% 36
UK excluding London -59 68 £418 -7.22% 30
North of England -42 36 £420 - 2
North West -10 31 £420 - 1
West Midlands -40 27 £320 +120.69% 9
Midlands -48 27 £320 +120.69% 9
South East -63 17 £430 -4.44% 10
Work from Home -44 13 £444 -15.48% 14
South West -26 7 £450 +23.29% 3
London -83 6 £464 -11.67% 11
Yorkshire - 4 - - 1
North East - 1 - - 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 6 (7.32%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.76%) Azure
2 5 (6.10%) AWS
3 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.44%) GCP
3 2 (2.44%) IBM Watson
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.44%) SaaS
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.22%) IaaS
4 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.22%) PaaS
4 1 (1.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 39 (47.56%) DNS
2 38 (46.34%) HTTP
3 36 (43.90%) BIG-IP
3 36 (43.90%) SSL
4 31 (37.80%) TCP/IP
5 23 (28.05%) Firewall
6 22 (26.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 22 (26.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 19 (23.17%) VPN
7 19 (23.17%) WAN
8 18 (21.95%) MPLS
9 16 (19.51%) LAN
10 15 (18.29%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (17.07%) 5G
11 14 (17.07%) BGP
11 14 (17.07%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (17.07%) IPsec
11 14 (17.07%) OSPF
11 14 (17.07%) Wireless
12 13 (15.85%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Power BI
1 2 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (34.15%) Fiddler
2 5 (6.10%) Git
2 5 (6.10%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.22%) Burp Suite
4 1 (1.22%) JIRA
4 1 (1.22%) Metasploit
4 1 (1.22%) MSI
4 1 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (25.61%) Banking
2 20 (24.39%) Investment Banking
3 16 (19.51%) Social Skills
4 9 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (7.32%) Aviation
6 6 (7.32%) Finance
7 5 (6.10%) Telecoms
8 4 (4.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (4.88%) Police
9 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.22%) Law
10 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (59.76%) Network Engineer
2 27 (32.93%) Web Engineer
3 21 (25.61%) IP Network Engineer
4 18 (21.95%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 10 (12.20%) Junior
6 9 (10.98%) Junior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Core Network Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) IP Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Software Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Security Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) IP Design Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Network Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Tester
10 2 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.44%) Technical Support
10 2 (2.44%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.98%) LDAP
1 9 (10.98%) SAML
2 6 (7.32%) .NET
3 5 (6.10%) .NET Core
4 3 (3.66%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.66%) REST
5 2 (2.44%) Django
5 2 (2.44%) SOAP
6 1 (1.22%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.22%) NETCONF
6 1 (1.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (24.39%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.88%) Robotics
3 3 (3.66%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.22%) IoT
5 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.22%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.29%) Linux
2 8 (9.76%) Unix
3 6 (7.32%) Windows
4 4 (4.88%) CatOS
5 1 (1.22%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (36.59%) Load Balancing
2 28 (34.15%) Data Loss Prevention
3 27 (32.93%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 8 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (9.76%) High Availability
5 7 (8.54%) Agile
5 7 (8.54%) Zero Trust
6 6 (7.32%) CI/CD
6 6 (7.32%) Network Design
6 6 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (7.32%) Service Delivery
6 6 (7.32%) Test Automation
6 6 (7.32%) Validation
7 5 (6.10%) BDD
7 5 (6.10%) DevOps
7 5 (6.10%) Multithreading
7 5 (6.10%) Software Engineering
7 5 (6.10%) TDD
8 4 (4.88%) AI
8 4 (4.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 29 (35.37%) Python
2 8 (9.76%) SQL
3 5 (6.10%) C#
4 4 (4.88%) Bash
5 2 (2.44%) C
5 2 (2.44%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (12.20%) CCNP
2 10 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.88%) CCIE
4 4 (4.88%) CCNA
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.88%) Degree
5 2 (2.44%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.22%) CCDA
6 1 (1.22%) CCDP
6 1 (1.22%) CCIP
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) GCFE
6 1 (1.22%) GPEN
6 1 (1.22%) GREM
6 1 (1.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) SLA
2 4 (4.88%) NIST
3 3 (3.66%) NCSC
4 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.44%) QA
5 1 (1.22%) GDPR
5 1 (1.22%) GRC
5 1 (1.22%) JTAG
5 1 (1.22%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (35.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (24.39%) Firmware
2 20 (24.39%) VMware NSX
3 10 (12.20%) Active Directory
4 6 (7.32%) Docker
5 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.22%) KVM
5 1 (1.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 18 (21.95%) Ansible
2 9 (10.98%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (8.54%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.88%) Nmap
5 3 (3.66%) Terraform
6 2 (2.44%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.44%) Iperf
6 2 (2.44%) Suricata
7 1 (1.22%) CASB
7 1 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.22%) FTK
7 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (52.44%) F5
2 41 (50.00%) VMware
3 30 (36.59%) Cisco
4 28 (34.15%) McAfee
5 27 (32.93%) Blue Coat
6 19 (23.17%) Palo Alto
7 18 (21.95%) NetApp
8 17 (20.73%) CheckPoint
9 12 (14.63%) Microsoft
10 11 (13.41%) Fortinet
11 9 (10.98%) Juniper
12 8 (9.76%) SolarWinds
13 7 (8.54%) Arista
14 6 (7.32%) BT
14 6 (7.32%) Ericsson
14 6 (7.32%) Huawei
14 6 (7.32%) Nokia
15 5 (6.10%) NetScout
16 4 (4.88%) Aruba
16 4 (4.88%) Tufin