Wireshark Jobs in England

Wireshark
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Wireshark skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireshark over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 613 753 791
Rank change year-on-year +140 +38 +166
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 66 97 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.74% 0.80% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59 71 66
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £39,750 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% +3.67% +9.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £68,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.89% +7.62% +9.38%

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 8,896 12,155 13,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 13.53% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 8,542 7,007
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark in England

Wireshark
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireshark in England.

Salary trend for Wireshark in England

Wireshark
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in England

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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 31 May 2025. 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
South East +103 37 £70,000 +69.70% 11
London +88 19 £78,750 +26.00% 21
East of England +50 4 £41,000 -8.89% 3
South West +106 3 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Midlands +43 1 - - 3
West Midlands +42 1 - - 1
Wireshark
UK

Wireshark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.03%) nginx
3 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.67%) AWS
1 11 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (6.06%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.06%) GCP
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.52%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (30.30%) Firewall
2 13 (19.70%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (15.15%) VLAN
4 9 (13.64%) VoIP
4 9 (13.64%) WAN
5 7 (10.61%) DNS
6 6 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (9.09%) DHCP
6 6 (9.09%) Wireless
7 5 (7.58%) LAN
8 4 (6.06%) BGP
8 4 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (6.06%) Internet
8 4 (6.06%) OSPF
8 4 (6.06%) SD-WAN
8 4 (6.06%) Spanning Tree
8 4 (6.06%) Unified Communications
9 3 (4.55%) DMZ
9 3 (4.55%) SAN
9 3 (4.55%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.52%) MySQL
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Burp Suite
2 3 (4.55%) Git
2 3 (4.55%) GitLab
3 2 (3.03%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (3.03%) Postman
4 1 (1.52%) GDB
4 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.52%) JIRA
4 1 (1.52%) WinDbg
General
1 8 (12.12%) Finance
2 7 (10.61%) Banking
2 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.55%) Local Government
5 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) Principal Engineer
1 23 (34.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 23 (34.85%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (18.18%) Senior
3 9 (13.64%) Analyst
3 9 (13.64%) Network Engineer
4 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Security Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Information Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Information Security Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) NOC Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) Node.js
2 2 (3.03%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.03%) CSS
2 2 (3.03%) CSS3
2 2 (3.03%) HTML
2 2 (3.03%) HTML5
2 2 (3.03%) RESTful
3 1 (1.52%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (1.52%) libvirt
3 1 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.58%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.52%) Clustering
4 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.52%) PKI
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.52%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (59.09%) Linux
2 36 (54.55%) Windows
3 7 (10.61%) Ubuntu
4 6 (9.09%) CentOS
5 4 (6.06%) Windows Server
6 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) Containerisation
2 23 (34.85%) Data Analysis
2 23 (34.85%) OO
2 23 (34.85%) OOP
2 23 (34.85%) Roadmaps
2 23 (34.85%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (21.21%) Information Security
5 10 (15.15%) SIEM
6 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (12.12%) Incident Response
7 8 (12.12%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (10.61%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (10.61%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (10.61%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (10.61%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (9.09%) Information Security Management
9 6 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (9.09%) Security Management
9 6 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) Python
2 3 (4.55%) Bash
2 3 (4.55%) C#
2 3 (4.55%) C++
2 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.55%) PHP
3 2 (3.03%) Java
3 2 (3.03%) Kotlin
3 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.03%) SQL
3 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.52%) C
4 1 (1.52%) CodeQL
4 1 (1.52%) Go
4 1 (1.52%) R
4 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (43.94%) Degree
2 24 (36.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (34.85%) Chartered Engineer
4 16 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (18.18%) CCNA
6 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (15.15%) CCNP
8 9 (13.64%) MCSA
9 7 (10.61%) GCFA
9 7 (10.61%) GCIA
9 7 (10.61%) GCIH
10 6 (9.09%) MCSE
10 6 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
12 4 (6.06%) AWS Certification
12 4 (6.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (4.55%) MCP
13 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
14 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.52%) COBIT
1 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.61%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.58%) Docker
4 4 (6.06%) Firmware
5 2 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.52%) vSphere
6 1 (1.52%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Grafana
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
1 4 (6.06%) Prometheus
1 4 (6.06%) Terraform
2 3 (4.55%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.55%) Iperf
3 2 (3.03%) Ansible
3 2 (3.03%) HAProxy
3 2 (3.03%) Istio
3 2 (3.03%) linkerd
4 1 (1.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.52%) Nessus
4 1 (1.52%) WMI
4 1 (1.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (40.91%) Cisco
2 21 (31.82%) VMware
3 15 (22.73%) Fortinet
4 14 (21.21%) Microsoft
5 9 (13.64%) Meraki
5 9 (13.64%) SolarWinds
6 8 (12.12%) HP
6 8 (12.12%) Ruckus Wireless
7 7 (10.61%) Aruba
7 7 (10.61%) Juniper
7 7 (10.61%) Palo Alto
8 6 (9.09%) Red Hat
9 5 (7.58%) CheckPoint
10 4 (6.06%) Google
10 4 (6.06%) Infoblox
11 3 (4.55%) F5
11 3 (4.55%) SonicWALL
12 2 (3.03%) Splunk
12 2 (3.03%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.52%) Yealink