Wireshark Job Trends in Scotland

Wireshark
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Wireshark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 18 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.65% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.71% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £64,000 - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile £81,000 - -
UK median annual salary £66,250 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.42% +15.38% -5.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 315 344 520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.39% 10.41% 21.77%
Number of salaries quoted 192 152 455
10th Percentile - £28,500 -
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 £47,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.32% +69.64% -43.72%
75th Percentile £38,750 £67,563 £52,346
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £66,242
UK median annual salary £37,625 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.01% +6.00% -4.76%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Edinburgh - 17 £80,000 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £65,000 -
Wireshark
UK

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (88.89%) Firewall
1 16 (88.89%) LAN
1 16 (88.89%) SD-WAN
1 16 (88.89%) WAN
1 16 (88.89%) Wireless
2 1 (5.56%) ATM
2 1 (5.56%) Multicast
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.56%) tcpdump
General
1 17 (94.44%) Finance
1 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
2 16 (88.89%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Network Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Network Support
2 4 (22.22%) Network Support Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) Data Centre
1 16 (88.89%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Asset Management
1 16 (88.89%) Capacity Planning
1 16 (88.89%) Change Management
1 16 (88.89%) Coaching
1 16 (88.89%) Customer Service
1 16 (88.89%) Load Balancing
1 16 (88.89%) Network Monitoring
1 16 (88.89%) Network Planning
1 16 (88.89%) Network Virtualisation
1 16 (88.89%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (5.56%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (5.56%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 1 (5.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (5.56%) Offensive Security
2 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.56%) Security Operations
2 1 (5.56%) SIEM
2 1 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.56%) CEH
1 1 (5.56%) GIAC
1 1 (5.56%) GREM
1 1 (5.56%) OSCP
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
1 1 (5.56%) KVM
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Puppet
1 1 (5.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) CheckPoint
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
1 16 (88.89%) Meraki
1 16 (88.89%) Palo Alto
1 16 (88.89%) SolarWinds
2 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.56%) Splunk
2 1 (5.56%) VMware