Wireshark Job Trends in England

Wireshark
UK > England

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 696 582 662
Rank change year-on-year -114 +80 -51
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 68 51 76
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.065% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.97% 0.81% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 27 36 47
10th Percentile £27,600 £37,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £90,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +14.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,036 6,294 7,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.74% 14.68% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,446 3,539 3,849
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £29,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in England

Wireshark
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Wireshark in England

Wireshark
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
London -69 26 £72,500 -3.33% 33
South East -29 19 £43,750 -2.78% 19
West Midlands -29 10 £62,500 - 6
Midlands -44 10 £62,500 - 11
South West -60 9 £50,000 +59.59% 6
North West - 4 £45,250 - 3
North of England - 4 £45,250 - 4
Wireshark
UK

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 7 (10.29%) Apache
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (13.24%) Simulink
2 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.18%) AWS
2 10 (14.71%) Azure
3 5 (7.35%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.41%) SaaS
5 2 (2.94%) GCP
6 1 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.47%) IBM Watson
6 1 (1.47%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (35.29%) Firewall
2 20 (29.41%) DNS
3 19 (27.94%) TCP/IP
4 14 (20.59%) WAN
5 12 (17.65%) LAN
6 10 (14.71%) DHCP
6 10 (14.71%) OSPF
7 9 (13.24%) VPN
8 8 (11.76%) BGP
8 8 (11.76%) LTE
8 8 (11.76%) Network Security
8 8 (11.76%) Radio Access Network
8 8 (11.76%) VLAN
9 7 (10.29%) 3GPP
9 7 (10.29%) GSM
9 7 (10.29%) RANAP
9 7 (10.29%) SS7
9 7 (10.29%) UMTS
10 6 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (8.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 11 (16.18%) Burp Suite
2 10 (14.71%) Metasploit
3 9 (13.24%) Eclipse
4 7 (10.29%) GCC
4 7 (10.29%) GDB
4 7 (10.29%) Git
4 7 (10.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.94%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (42.65%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (17.65%) Finance
3 12 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 9 (13.24%) Electronics
5 8 (11.76%) Law
6 7 (10.29%) Legal
7 4 (5.88%) Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.94%) Aviation
9 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.94%) Military
9 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.47%) Retail
10 1 (1.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 19 (27.94%) Lead
2 14 (20.59%) Software Engineer
3 11 (16.18%) Network Engineer
4 10 (14.71%) Applications Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Analyst
6 7 (10.29%) Lead Software Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Penetration Tester
6 7 (10.29%) Tester
7 5 (7.35%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Architect
8 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Information Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) IT Support
8 4 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Senior
8 4 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.76%) Node.js
2 7 (10.29%) AngularJS
2 7 (10.29%) CSS
2 7 (10.29%) Django
2 7 (10.29%) HTML
2 7 (10.29%) JSON
2 7 (10.29%) React
2 7 (10.29%) STL
2 7 (10.29%) WebSockets
2 7 (10.29%) XML
3 3 (4.41%) Regular Expression
3 3 (4.41%) XMPP
4 2 (2.94%) .NET
4 2 (2.94%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.94%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (2.94%) Qt
4 2 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (2.94%) Rendezvous
4 2 (2.94%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (10.29%) Algorithms
2 7 (10.29%) Operational Technology
3 6 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.88%) PKI
5 3 (4.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.94%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Robotics
6 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.47%) Acoustics
7 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (54.41%) Linux
2 34 (50.00%) Windows
3 10 (14.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (10.29%) macOS
5 4 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.94%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (54.41%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (38.24%) Validation
3 15 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (22.06%) Software Engineering
4 13 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (17.65%) AI
5 12 (17.65%) Containerisation
5 12 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 11 (16.18%) Agile
6 11 (16.18%) Procure-to-Pay
7 10 (14.71%) Computer Science
8 9 (13.24%) Functional Testing
8 9 (13.24%) Low Latency
8 9 (13.24%) Product Requirements
8 9 (13.24%) Red Team
8 9 (13.24%) Regression Testing
8 9 (13.24%) Scrum
8 9 (13.24%) Software Testing
9 8 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
9 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (35.29%) Python
2 15 (22.06%) C++
3 10 (14.71%) C
3 10 (14.71%) Java
4 9 (13.24%) Embedded C
4 9 (13.24%) MATLAB
4 9 (13.24%) SQL
5 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.94%) Bash
8 1 (1.47%) Ada
8 1 (1.47%) Rust
8 1 (1.47%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 29 (42.65%) Degree
2 16 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (17.65%) CCNA
5 9 (13.24%) CCNP
6 8 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (10.29%) CHECK Team Member
7 7 (10.29%) CREST Certified
7 7 (10.29%) Cyber Scheme
7 7 (10.29%) OSCP
8 6 (8.82%) DV Cleared
9 4 (5.88%) AWS Certification
9 4 (5.88%) Azure Certification
9 4 (5.88%) GCFA
9 4 (5.88%) GCIA
9 4 (5.88%) GCIH
9 4 (5.88%) MCSA
9 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) QA
2 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.47%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) Docker
2 11 (16.18%) Active Directory
3 9 (13.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (13.24%) Firmware
4 8 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (8.82%) vSphere
6 4 (5.88%) Hyper-V
7 3 (4.41%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (2.94%) Snort
8 2 (2.94%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Kubernetes
1 7 (10.29%) Nessus
1 7 (10.29%) Nmap
2 4 (5.88%) Ansible
2 4 (5.88%) Iperf
3 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.47%) OpenView
3 1 (1.47%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 19 (27.94%) VMware
2 15 (22.06%) Cisco
3 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
4 8 (11.76%) Fortinet
5 5 (7.35%) SolarWinds
6 4 (5.88%) Citrix
6 4 (5.88%) Google
6 4 (5.88%) NetApp
6 4 (5.88%) Ruckus Wireless
6 4 (5.88%) SonicWALL
7 3 (4.41%) Arista
7 3 (4.41%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (4.41%) Meraki
7 3 (4.41%) Okta
7 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
7 3 (4.41%) Salesforce
7 3 (4.41%) Splunk
8 2 (2.94%) Carbon Black
8 2 (2.94%) Juniper
8 2 (2.94%) Veeam