The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Wireshark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Wireshark falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
167
273
242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham
14.00%
12.05%
18.05%
Number of salaries quoted
133
110
197
10th Percentile
£29,150
£27,500
£26,500
25th Percentile
£38,000
£37,625
£39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£50,000
£54,000
£54,000
Median % change year-on-year
-7.41%
-
-6.09%
75th Percentile
£73,750
£68,000
£65,000
90th Percentile
-
£80,000
£81,000
West Midlands median annual salary
£39,000
£48,904
£43,250
% change year-on-year
-20.25%
+13.07%
-13.50%
Wireshark Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wireshark relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Wireshark Salary Trend in Birmingham
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Wireshark.
Wireshark Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, job vacancies citing Wireshark also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Wireshark.
Wireshark Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
