Wireshark Job Trends in the East of England

Wireshark
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Wireshark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 178 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 6 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.14% 0.17% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% 0.92% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 -
25th Percentile £49,375 £49,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £71,875 - -
90th Percentile £78,250 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.93% -2.27% -12.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 731 653 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.48% 18.51% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 281 329 321
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wireshark relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Wireshark job vacancy trend in the East of England

Wireshark
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the East of England

Wireshark
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Norfolk - 5 £40,000 - 1
Cambridgeshire - 1 £80,000 - 2
Wireshark
England

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DHCP
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) EIGRP
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) IMAP
1 5 (83.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
1 5 (83.33%) Network Security
1 5 (83.33%) OSPF
1 5 (83.33%) POP3
1 5 (83.33%) SMTP
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
1 5 (83.33%) VLAN
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (83.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (16.67%) Offensive Security
3 1 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CCNA
1 5 (83.33%) CCNP
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (83.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) GREM
2 1 (16.67%) OSCP
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk