Wireshark Jobs

Wireshark
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Wireshark skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireshark over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 667 861
Rank change year-on-year -10 +194 +1
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 113 110 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 1.21% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 52 87 172
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £53,525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -1.91% +7.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £118,375 £89,250 £94,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £52,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.17% +15.56% -6.25%

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 10,947 9,082 18,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 15.00% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,304 6,742 10,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,505
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireshark.

Salary trend for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Top 13 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 11 October 2024. 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 -31 107 £60,000 +9.09% 33
UK excluding London -39 57 £56,250 +8.17% 30
London +31 49 £70,000 - 6
Work from Home +20 33 £55,000 +10.00% 61
North of England -4 17 £50,000 +11.11% 13
South West -15 16 £60,000 - 3
South East -63 15 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North West -29 13 £50,000 -6.98% 9
West Midlands -33 7 £62,500 +13.64% 7
Midlands -45 7 £62,500 +13.64% 8
North East -36 4 - -
East of England -40 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland +21 1 - - 3

Wireshark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (30.09%) Confluence
2 12 (10.62%) Apache
3 4 (3.54%) IIS
3 4 (3.54%) WebSphere
3 4 (3.54%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.88%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.50%) AWS
2 9 (7.96%) Azure
3 4 (3.54%) IaaS
3 4 (3.54%) PaaS
4 2 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (1.77%) GitHub
5 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.88%) GCP
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (30.09%) Broadband
2 30 (26.55%) Firewall
3 25 (22.12%) VXLAN
4 22 (19.47%) TCP/IP
5 16 (14.16%) NGFW
5 16 (14.16%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (13.27%) BGP
6 15 (13.27%) OSPF
7 14 (12.39%) SSL
8 10 (8.85%) DNS
8 10 (8.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 9 (7.96%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (7.96%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (7.96%) EIGRP
9 9 (7.96%) Ethernet
9 9 (7.96%) IPsec
9 9 (7.96%) Network Security
9 9 (7.96%) RIP
9 9 (7.96%) VLAN
9 9 (7.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (30.09%) Tableau
2 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (33.63%) Fiddler
2 10 (8.85%) IDA Disassembler
3 7 (6.19%) Burp Suite
3 7 (6.19%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.77%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.88%) GitLab
General
1 59 (52.21%) Social Skills
2 36 (31.86%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (30.09%) Advertising
3 34 (30.09%) Marketing
4 16 (14.16%) Public Sector
5 12 (10.62%) Finance
6 5 (4.42%) Aviation
7 3 (2.65%) Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 34 (30.09%) Service Delivery Executive
2 31 (27.43%) Network Engineer
3 19 (16.81%) Senior
4 18 (15.93%) Analyst
5 14 (12.39%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 12 (10.62%) Information Analyst
6 12 (10.62%) Information Security Analyst
6 12 (10.62%) Security Analyst
7 10 (8.85%) Network Support
7 10 (8.85%) Security Researcher
8 8 (7.08%) Security Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Network Security Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Senior Security Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Service Analyst
9 7 (6.19%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Senior Network Security Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (34.51%) CSS
1 39 (34.51%) HTML
1 39 (34.51%) XML
2 34 (30.09%) CSS3
3 14 (12.39%) 802.1X
4 6 (5.31%) Node.js
5 5 (4.42%) .NET
5 5 (4.42%) .NET Framework
5 5 (4.42%) ActiveMQ
5 5 (4.42%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.42%) Django
5 5 (4.42%) JSON
5 5 (4.42%) Qt
5 5 (4.42%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (4.42%) React
5 5 (4.42%) WebSockets
5 5 (4.42%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (2.65%) Keycloak
6 3 (2.65%) Middleware
7 2 (1.77%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (30.09%) Mobile App
1 34 (30.09%) Social Media
2 20 (17.70%) Data Centre
3 16 (14.16%) PKI
4 6 (5.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (4.42%) Robotics
6 4 (3.54%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.77%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.88%) CSOC
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.88%) SCADA
9 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.88%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.12%) Linux
2 17 (15.04%) Windows
3 10 (8.85%) Kali Linux
4 5 (4.42%) Unix
5 3 (2.65%) CentOS
5 3 (2.65%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.48%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (30.09%) Ad Operations
2 34 (30.09%) Service Delivery
2 34 (30.09%) Translating Business Requirements
3 24 (21.24%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (17.70%) Load Balancing
5 18 (15.93%) ITIL
6 17 (15.04%) Coaching
6 17 (15.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 17 (15.04%) Mentoring
6 17 (15.04%) Network Monitoring
7 16 (14.16%) ITSM
7 16 (14.16%) Service Management
8 13 (11.50%) Data Loss Prevention
8 13 (11.50%) SIEM
9 12 (10.62%) Incident Response
9 12 (10.62%) Information Security
9 12 (10.62%) Security Monitoring
9 12 (10.62%) Threat Modelling
9 12 (10.62%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (34.51%) JavaScript
2 34 (30.09%) R
3 31 (27.43%) Python
4 16 (14.16%) C
5 15 (13.27%) C++
6 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.42%) Bash
7 5 (4.42%) Go
7 5 (4.42%) SQL
8 4 (3.54%) Perl
9 3 (2.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (17.70%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.81%) DV Cleared
3 13 (11.50%) GCIA
3 13 (11.50%) GCIH
4 12 (10.62%) GCFA
5 9 (7.96%) CCNA
5 9 (7.96%) CCNP
5 9 (7.96%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (7.96%) Degree
5 9 (7.96%) JNCIA
6 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.65%) Linux+ Certification
7 3 (2.65%) RHCE
7 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.77%) CEH
8 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.77%) OSCP
9 1 (0.88%) CHFI
9 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.62%) NIST
2 5 (4.42%) COBIT
3 4 (3.54%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.88%) JTAG
4 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.31%) Docker
2 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.65%) KVM
3 3 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.88%) Firmware
4 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) Snort
Systems Management
1 20 (17.70%) Ansible
2 17 (15.04%) Terraform
3 7 (6.19%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.54%) CA Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.54%) Grafana
4 4 (3.54%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.54%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.65%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.65%) Puppet
6 1 (0.88%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.88%) Istio
6 1 (0.88%) linkerd
6 1 (0.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (30.97%) Google
2 16 (14.16%) Arista
2 16 (14.16%) Aruba
2 16 (14.16%) BMC
2 16 (14.16%) NetScout
2 16 (14.16%) VMware
3 14 (12.39%) Cisco
4 11 (9.73%) Fortinet
5 9 (7.96%) Juniper
6 6 (5.31%) F5
7 5 (4.42%) Microsoft
8 4 (3.54%) Dynatrace
8 4 (3.54%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.54%) Splunk
9 3 (2.65%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.65%) SaltStack