Network Packet Capture Job Trends

Network Packet Capture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Network Packet Capture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 649 - 711
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Network Packet Capture 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61,625
25th Percentile £66,750 - £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 - £63,750
75th Percentile £70,250 - £64,688
90th Percentile - - £64,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 - £63,750

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Packet Capture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,214 55,881 49,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 83.44% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,281 28,909 37,851
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

Network Packet Capture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Packet Capture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Packet Capture job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Packet Capture
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Packet Capture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Packet Capture within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England - 1 £68,500 - 2
East of England - 1 £68,500 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £68,500 - 2

Network Packet Capture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA