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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 517 526
Rank change year-on-year +63 +9 +111
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 55 49 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.73% 0.99% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 21 28 45
10th Percentile £30,165 - £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -11.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -

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 7,571 4,931 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.85% 13.73% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,822 2,461 4,336
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
Scotland - 18 £72,500 - 1
South East +31 13 £45,000 - 26
Midlands +22 7 £62,500 +8.70% 12
East of England +25 6 £60,000 -14.29% 7
West Midlands +21 6 £62,500 +8.70% 6
South West +15 6 £31,330 -43.04% 6
Wales - 4 - - 3
North East +8 1 £48,445 - 2
North of England -6 1 £48,445 -3.11% 18
East Midlands -7 1 £37,500 - 5
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 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 21 (38.18%) Azure
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.27%) Google Workspace
3 4 (7.27%) SurveyMonkey
4 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.64%) AWS
6 1 (1.82%) GCP
6 1 (1.82%) IaaS
6 1 (1.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (74.55%) Firewall
2 35 (63.64%) WAN
3 29 (52.73%) Wireless
4 23 (41.82%) LAN
4 23 (41.82%) VPN
5 21 (38.18%) VLAN
6 19 (34.55%) SD-WAN
7 18 (32.73%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (23.64%) Network Security
9 12 (21.82%) TCP/IP
10 11 (20.00%) OSPF
11 9 (16.36%) BGP
11 9 (16.36%) DHCP
11 9 (16.36%) DNS
11 9 (16.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (14.55%) DECT
12 8 (14.55%) DSL
12 8 (14.55%) EIGRP
12 8 (14.55%) PBX
12 8 (14.55%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Burp Suite
1 5 (9.09%) Metasploit
General
1 37 (67.27%) Social Skills
2 24 (43.64%) Telecoms
3 19 (34.55%) Finance
4 16 (29.09%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (14.55%) Marketing
6 7 (12.73%) Law
7 6 (10.91%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (9.09%) Aerospace
8 5 (9.09%) Electronics
9 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.82%) Automotive
10 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (14.55%) Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (7.27%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Network Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Network Support
5 4 (7.27%) Network Support Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Threat Hunter
7 2 (3.64%) Presales Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Senior
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Support
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Support Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 23 (41.82%) Data Centre
2 16 (29.09%) Management Information System
3 8 (14.55%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (10.91%) Driving Licence
5 4 (7.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (7.27%) CAN bus
5 4 (7.27%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (7.27%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (7.27%) IoT
5 4 (7.27%) Operational Technology
5 4 (7.27%) SCADA
5 4 (7.27%) Security Posture
6 3 (5.45%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.64%) PKI
8 1 (1.82%) CCTV
8 1 (1.82%) FMCG
8 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) Linux
2 9 (16.36%) Windows
3 5 (9.09%) Android
3 5 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.27%) Kali Linux
4 4 (7.27%) Ubuntu
5 3 (5.45%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Network Monitoring
2 19 (34.55%) Network Virtualisation
3 17 (30.91%) Coaching
3 17 (30.91%) Load Balancing
4 16 (29.09%) Asset Management
4 16 (29.09%) Capacity Planning
4 16 (29.09%) Change Management
4 16 (29.09%) Customer Service
4 16 (29.09%) Network Planning
4 16 (29.09%) Problem Management
5 13 (23.64%) Time Management
6 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (14.55%) Case Management
7 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (14.55%) Presales
8 6 (10.91%) SIEM
9 5 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (9.09%) Security Architecture
9 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) Python
2 8 (14.55%) C++
3 4 (7.27%) C
3 4 (7.27%) Java
3 4 (7.27%) R
3 4 (7.27%) Rust
4 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) Degree
2 12 (21.82%) CCNP
2 12 (21.82%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
4 5 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (9.09%) CCNA
4 5 (9.09%) DBS Check
5 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (7.27%) DV Cleared
5 4 (7.27%) OSCP
6 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.45%) CEH
6 3 (5.45%) GIAC
6 3 (5.45%) GREM
7 1 (1.82%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (1.82%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.82%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (1.82%) GRC
1 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.45%) Firmware
4 1 (1.82%) Docker
4 1 (1.82%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) Nessus
1 5 (9.09%) Nmap
2 4 (7.27%) Terraform
3 3 (5.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 3 (5.45%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (5.45%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.45%) QRadar
4 2 (3.64%) Ansible
5 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (63.64%) Cisco
2 25 (45.45%) SolarWinds
3 23 (41.82%) Meraki
4 19 (34.55%) Palo Alto
5 16 (29.09%) CheckPoint
6 8 (14.55%) Splunk
7 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 4 (7.27%) Aruba
8 4 (7.27%) Google
8 4 (7.27%) Qualtrics
8 4 (7.27%) Red Hat
8 4 (7.27%) VMware
9 3 (5.45%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (5.45%) Dell
9 3 (5.45%) Fortinet
9 3 (5.45%) Juniper
9 3 (5.45%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.82%) NetApp
10 1 (1.82%) NetScout
10 1 (1.82%) Qualys