Wireshark
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Wireshark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 582 782
Rank change year-on-year -65 +200 +39
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 72 56 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 0.99% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 48 45 69
10th Percentile £42,850 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,472 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £87,500 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +23.53% - -19.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,419 5,644 13,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.94% 13.49% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,092 3,776 9,544
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,360 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.28% +5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £66,313 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% -3.33%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Wireshark job vacancy trend in the UK

Wireshark
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Wireshark

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the UK

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Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the UK over the 6 months to 20 April 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
UK excluding London -58 66 £52,500 +23.53% 30
England -70 62 £50,472 +6.26% 27
Work from Home +17 25 £48,445 -19.26% 4
South East -32 25 £60,000 +41.18% 8
North of England -41 16 £48,445 +13.99% 4
Scotland - 8 £46,000 - 4
North West -19 7 £48,445 +13.99% 1
Midlands -30 7 £62,500 - 5
East of England -34 7 £80,000 +90.48% 3
West Midlands -26 6 £62,500 - 4
Yorkshire - 6 £48,445 - 3
North East - 3 £48,445 - 1
London -18 2 £75,000 - 3
South West -49 2 £62,500 +42.86% 4
East Midlands -52 1 £37,500 - 1
Wales - 1 - - 2

Wireshark
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.39%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.78%) Azure
2 18 (25.00%) AWS
3 15 (20.83%) OCI
4 8 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (9.72%) IaaS
6 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.17%) GitHub
6 3 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.78%) GCP
7 2 (2.78%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.78%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.39%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 41 (56.94%) Firewall
2 34 (47.22%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (41.67%) WAN
4 28 (38.89%) VPN
5 21 (29.17%) VLAN
6 18 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 18 (25.00%) Unified Communications
6 18 (25.00%) VoIP
7 15 (20.83%) NGFW
7 15 (20.83%) VXLAN
8 14 (19.44%) DNS
9 13 (18.06%) DECT
9 13 (18.06%) DSL
9 13 (18.06%) LAN
9 13 (18.06%) PBX
9 13 (18.06%) Wireless
10 12 (16.67%) OSPF
11 11 (15.28%) EIGRP
12 8 (11.11%) ATM
12 8 (11.11%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) MongoDB
1 3 (4.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Git
2 2 (2.78%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.78%) Metasploit
General
1 33 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
1 33 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 15 (20.83%) Telecoms
4 13 (18.06%) Marketing
5 8 (11.11%) Aerospace
6 7 (9.72%) Automotive
6 7 (9.72%) Law
7 6 (8.33%) Finance
7 6 (8.33%) Spanish Language
8 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.39%) Electronics
9 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Network Manager
1 15 (20.83%) Network Operations Manager
1 15 (20.83%) Operations Manager
2 11 (15.28%) 2nd Line Support
3 10 (13.89%) Network Engineer
4 7 (9.72%) Deployment Engineer
4 7 (9.72%) Integration Engineer
5 5 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (6.94%) Senior
5 5 (6.94%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Applications Architect
6 4 (5.56%) Architect
6 4 (5.56%) Threat Hunter
7 3 (4.17%) Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Python Developer
8 2 (2.78%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Presales Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) Django
1 3 (4.17%) Flask
1 3 (4.17%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (4.17%) Jinja
1 3 (4.17%) OAuth
1 3 (4.17%) OAuth2
1 3 (4.17%) pytest
1 3 (4.17%) REST
1 3 (4.17%) RFC 2833
1 3 (4.17%) SQLAlchemy
1 3 (4.17%) WebRTC
2 2 (2.78%) Regular Expression
2 2 (2.78%) XMPP
3 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (30.56%) PKI
2 15 (20.83%) Data Centre
3 13 (18.06%) Web Conferencing
4 7 (9.72%) Driving Licence
5 5 (6.94%) Security Posture
6 4 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.39%) CAN bus
9 1 (1.39%) CCTV
9 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.39%) FMCG
9 1 (1.39%) IoT
9 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.39%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (36.11%) Linux
2 18 (25.00%) Windows
3 13 (18.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (15.28%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.56%) Mac OS
5 4 (5.56%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.17%) Android
7 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.39%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.11%) Network Monitoring
2 25 (34.72%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (26.39%) Time Management
4 18 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 15 (20.83%) Coaching
5 15 (20.83%) Creative Thinking
5 15 (20.83%) ITSM
5 15 (20.83%) Load Balancing
6 14 (19.44%) Presales
7 13 (18.06%) Case Management
8 9 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (12.50%) SIEM
9 8 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (11.11%) Validation
10 6 (8.33%) Integration Testing
11 5 (6.94%) AI
11 5 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (6.94%) Strategic Thinking
12 4 (5.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 4 (5.56%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 38 (52.78%) Python
2 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.56%) C++
4 3 (4.17%) C
5 2 (2.78%) Bash
6 1 (1.39%) Java
6 1 (1.39%) R
6 1 (1.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (25.00%) Degree
2 14 (19.44%) CCNP
2 14 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 7 (9.72%) CCNA
5 6 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 5 (6.94%) DBS Check
6 5 (6.94%) OSCP
7 4 (5.56%) CEH
7 4 (5.56%) GIAC
7 4 (5.56%) GREM
8 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.39%) CCIE
9 1 (1.39%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (1.39%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.39%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.17%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.78%) NIST
4 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.39%) GDPR
4 1 (1.39%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.89%) Docker
3 9 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (9.72%) KVM
5 6 (8.33%) vSphere
6 3 (4.17%) Kamailio
7 2 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (31.94%) Ansible
2 15 (20.83%) Terraform
3 10 (13.89%) Kubernetes
4 7 (9.72%) Puppet
5 4 (5.56%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 4 (5.56%) QRadar
6 3 (4.17%) Argo
7 2 (2.78%) FortiGate
7 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (2.78%) Nessus
7 2 (2.78%) Nmap
8 1 (1.39%) OpenView
8 1 (1.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 17 (23.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.83%) Arista
2 15 (20.83%) Aruba
2 15 (20.83%) Cisco
2 15 (20.83%) NetScout
2 15 (20.83%) VMware
3 8 (11.11%) Meraki
4 7 (9.72%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (9.72%) NetApp
4 7 (9.72%) SolarWinds
5 6 (8.33%) Citrix
5 6 (8.33%) Splunk
6 3 (4.17%) BT
6 3 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.17%) Mitel
6 3 (4.17%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.78%) Netskope
8 1 (1.39%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.39%) ExtraHop
8 1 (1.39%) Qualtrics