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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 740 808
Rank change year-on-year +123 +68 +133
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 66 91 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.95% 0.75% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 59 66 73
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +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 6,943 12,083 14,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.37% 14.09% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 8,546 7,282
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,012
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -4.76%

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 10 May 2025.

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 10 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 +124 38 £70,000 +64.71% 15
London +94 17 £75,000 +36.36% 20
East of England +43 4 £41,000 -8.89% 7
South West +107 3 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Midlands +47 1 - - 5
North of England +47 1 £42,500 -24.78% 5
West Midlands +42 1 - - 1
North West +10 1 £42,500 -26.09% 2
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 1 (1.52%) nginx
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) AWS
1 10 (15.15%) Azure
2 4 (6.06%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.55%) GCP
4 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.52%) 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
Communications & Networking
1 19 (28.79%) Firewall
2 14 (21.21%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (15.15%) VLAN
4 9 (13.64%) WAN
5 8 (12.12%) VoIP
6 7 (10.61%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (9.09%) DNS
7 6 (9.09%) Wireless
8 5 (7.58%) BGP
8 5 (7.58%) DHCP
8 5 (7.58%) LAN
8 5 (7.58%) SD-WAN
8 5 (7.58%) Spanning Tree
8 5 (7.58%) Unified Communications
9 4 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (6.06%) EIGRP
9 4 (6.06%) OSPF
10 3 (4.55%) IPsec
10 3 (4.55%) tcpdump
10 3 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.03%) Git
2 2 (3.03%) GitLab
2 2 (3.03%) IDA Disassembler
2 2 (3.03%) Postman
3 1 (1.52%) GDB
3 1 (1.52%) WinDbg
General
1 7 (10.61%) Banking
1 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (9.09%) Finance
3 4 (6.06%) Local Government
3 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) Principal Engineer
1 23 (34.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 23 (34.85%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (15.15%) Senior
3 9 (13.64%) Analyst
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%) NOC Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) Network Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) Node.js
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%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.52%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (1.52%) libvirt
3 1 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.58%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.52%) Clustering
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (59.09%) Linux
2 35 (53.03%) Windows
3 7 (10.61%) CentOS
3 7 (10.61%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) 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 17 (25.76%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (22.73%) Information Security
5 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (13.64%) SIEM
7 8 (12.12%) Incident Response
7 8 (12.12%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (10.61%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (10.61%) Information Security Management
8 7 (10.61%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (10.61%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (10.61%) Proactive Monitoring
8 7 (10.61%) Service Delivery
8 7 (10.61%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (10.61%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) Python
2 3 (4.55%) C#
2 3 (4.55%) C++
2 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.55%) PHP
3 2 (3.03%) Bash
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%) R
4 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (45.45%) Degree
2 24 (36.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (34.85%) Chartered Engineer
4 16 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (19.70%) CCNA
6 12 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (15.15%) CCNP
7 10 (15.15%) MCSA
8 7 (10.61%) GCFA
8 7 (10.61%) GCIA
8 7 (10.61%) GCIH
8 7 (10.61%) MCSE
8 7 (10.61%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (10.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
9 5 (7.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (6.06%) AWS Certification
11 3 (4.55%) MCP
12 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
13 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
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 5 (7.58%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.06%) Docker
3 4 (6.06%) Firmware
4 2 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.52%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) FortiGate
1 3 (4.55%) Grafana
1 3 (4.55%) Iperf
1 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.55%) Prometheus
2 2 (3.03%) Terraform
3 1 (1.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.52%) HAProxy
3 1 (1.52%) Istio
3 1 (1.52%) linkerd
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 27 (40.91%) Cisco
2 21 (31.82%) VMware
3 15 (22.73%) Fortinet
3 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
4 12 (18.18%) SolarWinds
5 9 (13.64%) Palo Alto
6 8 (12.12%) HP
6 8 (12.12%) Juniper
6 8 (12.12%) Meraki
7 7 (10.61%) Aruba
7 7 (10.61%) Red Hat
7 7 (10.61%) Ruckus Wireless
8 5 (7.58%) CheckPoint
9 4 (6.06%) Infoblox
10 3 (4.55%) Google
10 3 (4.55%) SonicWALL
11 2 (3.03%) F5
11 2 (3.03%) Mitel
11 2 (3.03%) Red Box
11 2 (3.03%) Zscaler