Wireshark Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wireshark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 542 620
Rank change year-on-year -63 +78 -115
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 41 16 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.046% 0.091%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.77% 0.28% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 26 9 32
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,700 £29,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £53,000 -
UK median annual salary £61,250 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.33% +25.00% +20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,337 5,793 6,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.89% 16.71% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,575 3,163 4,573
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% -17.78% -0.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the UK excluding London

Wireshark
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
South East -16 20 £67,500 +82.43% 7
North of England - 7 £45,250 - 1
South West -70 6 £50,000 +8.11% 3
North West - 6 £45,250 - 1
Scotland +7 4 £46,000 - 2
West Midlands - 4 £62,500 - 8
Midlands - 4 £62,500 - 8
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Wireshark
UK

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (14.63%) Apache
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Simulink
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) Entra ID
3 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (9.76%) IaaS
5 3 (7.32%) SaaS
6 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.44%) IBM Watson
7 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (51.22%) DNS
2 16 (39.02%) Firewall
3 15 (36.59%) TCP/IP
4 14 (34.15%) WAN
5 11 (26.83%) LAN
6 9 (21.95%) DHCP
7 8 (19.51%) NAS
7 8 (19.51%) NetScaler
7 8 (19.51%) SAN
7 8 (19.51%) VPN
8 7 (17.07%) OSPF
8 7 (17.07%) VLAN
9 6 (14.63%) Network Security
9 6 (14.63%) SD-WAN
9 6 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (14.63%) Wireless
10 5 (12.20%) ATM
10 5 (12.20%) BGP
11 4 (9.76%) DMZ
11 4 (9.76%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Metasploit
2 2 (4.88%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Aerospace
4 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Automotive
5 4 (9.76%) Finance
5 4 (9.76%) Spanish Language
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Electronics
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.88%) Law
6 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.88%) Social Housing
6 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.44%) Aviation
7 1 (2.44%) Military
7 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Lead
2 6 (14.63%) Applications Architect
2 6 (14.63%) Architect
2 6 (14.63%) Lead Software Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Software Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Network Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Deployment Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Integration Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) IT Support
4 4 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (4.88%) Network Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) Node.js
2 6 (14.63%) AngularJS
2 6 (14.63%) CSS
2 6 (14.63%) Django
2 6 (14.63%) HTML
2 6 (14.63%) JSON
2 6 (14.63%) React
2 6 (14.63%) WebSockets
2 6 (14.63%) XML
3 4 (9.76%) Regular Expression
3 4 (9.76%) XMPP
4 1 (2.44%) .NET
4 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.44%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (2.44%) Qt
4 1 (2.44%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (2.44%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) PKI
2 4 (9.76%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Robotics
5 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (60.98%) Windows
2 24 (58.54%) Linux
3 14 (34.15%) Windows Server
4 12 (29.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (9.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (9.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (9.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (29.27%) Validation
3 11 (26.83%) Project Delivery
4 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.63%) Code Quality
5 6 (14.63%) Network Management
5 6 (14.63%) Software Architecture
5 6 (14.63%) Software Engineering
6 5 (12.20%) Containerisation
6 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.20%) SIEM
7 4 (9.76%) Agile
7 4 (9.76%) Antivirus Management
7 4 (9.76%) Business Continuity
7 4 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.76%) Integration Testing
7 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
7 4 (9.76%) Pattern Matching
7 4 (9.76%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (9.76%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) C++
2 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
2 6 (14.63%) SQL
3 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.88%) C
4 2 (4.88%) Embedded C
4 2 (4.88%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
2 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
4 10 (24.39%) CCNA
4 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
5 6 (14.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (14.63%) CCNP
6 5 (12.20%) AWS Certification
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
7 4 (9.76%) MCSA
7 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.44%) CCIE
9 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.44%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.32%) QA
3 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.88%) NIST
4 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (39.02%) Active Directory
2 12 (29.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (24.39%) Docker
4 9 (21.95%) vSphere
5 4 (9.76%) Hyper-V
5 4 (9.76%) KVM
6 3 (7.32%) Firmware
7 2 (4.88%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Ansible
2 4 (9.76%) Iperf
2 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.76%) Puppet
3 2 (4.88%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.44%) OpenView
4 1 (2.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) VMware
2 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
3 11 (26.83%) Cisco
4 8 (19.51%) Citrix
4 8 (19.51%) NetApp
5 5 (12.20%) Fortinet
6 4 (9.76%) Red Hat
6 4 (9.76%) Ruckus Wireless
6 4 (9.76%) SonicWALL
7 3 (7.32%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (7.32%) Meraki
7 3 (7.32%) Okta
7 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
8 2 (4.88%) HP
8 2 (4.88%) Netskope
8 2 (4.88%) SolarWinds
8 2 (4.88%) Veeam
9 1 (2.44%) ArcSight
9 1 (2.44%) Aruba
9 1 (2.44%) Splunk