Wireshark Job Trends in the South East

Wireshark
England > South East

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 267 391
Rank change year-on-year -11 +124 -28
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 24 11 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.14% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 0.90% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 7
10th Percentile £51,250 £36,175 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £36,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.95% +15.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £44,375
90th Percentile - - £64,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% -13.04% +4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,222 1,220 2,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.34% 15.63% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 935 741 1,897
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in the South East

Wireshark
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in the South East over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the South East

Wireshark
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Berkshire - 15 £67,500 - 2
Thames Valley - 15 £67,500 - 2
Hampshire -36 6 £60,750 +35.00% 2
Surrey - 3 £60,000 - 1
Wireshark
England

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (16.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) GitHub
1 3 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (50.00%) Firewall
2 11 (45.83%) VoIP
3 10 (41.67%) Unified Communications
4 9 (37.50%) DNS
5 8 (33.33%) NAS
5 8 (33.33%) NetScaler
5 8 (33.33%) SAN
5 8 (33.33%) WAN
6 7 (29.17%) DECT
6 7 (29.17%) DSL
6 7 (29.17%) PBX
6 7 (29.17%) VLAN
6 7 (29.17%) VPN
6 7 (29.17%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
8 3 (12.50%) HTTP
8 3 (12.50%) RTP
9 1 (4.17%) Frame Relay
9 1 (4.17%) MPLS
9 1 (4.17%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 3 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Metasploit
2 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Marketing
2 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Aviation
5 1 (4.17%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (25.00%) Applications Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Lead
3 4 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Python Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) Django
2 4 (16.67%) AngularJS
2 4 (16.67%) CSS
2 4 (16.67%) HTML
2 4 (16.67%) JSON
2 4 (16.67%) Node.js
2 4 (16.67%) React
2 4 (16.67%) Regular Expression
2 4 (16.67%) WebSockets
2 4 (16.67%) XML
2 4 (16.67%) XMPP
3 3 (12.50%) Flask
3 3 (12.50%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (12.50%) Jinja
3 3 (12.50%) OAuth2
3 3 (12.50%) pytest
3 3 (12.50%) REST
3 3 (12.50%) RFC 2833
3 3 (12.50%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (12.50%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) PKI
2 7 (29.17%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (70.83%) Linux
2 14 (58.33%) Windows
3 8 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (12.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Presales
2 7 (29.17%) Case Management
2 7 (29.17%) Time Management
3 6 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (16.67%) AI
5 4 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
5 4 (16.67%) Code Quality
5 4 (16.67%) Pattern Matching
5 4 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) Software Architecture
5 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) Validation
6 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 3 (12.50%) OO
6 3 (12.50%) OOP
6 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Sentiment Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Speech Recognition
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C++
1 7 (29.17%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) CCIE
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 8 (33.33%) vSphere
2 7 (29.17%) Docker
3 3 (12.50%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Argo
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) OpenView
2 1 (4.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) Citrix
2 8 (33.33%) NetApp
2 8 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 3 (12.50%) BT
4 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (12.50%) Mitel
5 1 (4.17%) ArcSight
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco
5 1 (4.17%) EMC
5 1 (4.17%) ExtraHop
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) Okta
5 1 (4.17%) Radware
5 1 (4.17%) Riverbed
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce