Wireshark
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Wireshark skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireshark over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 644 822 888
Rank change year-on-year +178 +66 -251
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 97 255 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.20% 1.66% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 83 140 153
10th Percentile £38,329 £32,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +14.58% -12.73%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £93,750 £73,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wireshark is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,066 15,350 16,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 12.38% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 10,317 11,453
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -

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 4 December 2023.

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 4 December 2023. 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 +206 85 £52,250 -16.40% 60
UK excluding London +130 55 £50,000 +11.11% 36
Work from Home +201 38 £50,000 +17.65% 17
London +230 28 £52,500 -16.67% 25
South East +153 27 £47,500 +5.56% 9
North of England +145 16 £42,407 +24.73% 11
North West +99 12 £47,500 +39.71% 8
West Midlands +127 9 £57,500 +35.29% 8
Midlands +110 9 £57,500 +35.29% 9
South West +56 9 £55,000 -31.25% 6
Northern Ireland +33 6 £57,500 - 1
North East - 3 £39,500 -
Yorkshire +90 1 £56,500 -13.08% 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 5 (5.15%) Confluence
2 2 (2.06%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.03%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Windchill
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.84%) Azure
2 14 (14.43%) AWS
3 9 (9.28%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.12%) SaaS
7 2 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.06%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 55 (56.70%) Firewall
2 34 (35.05%) VPN
3 29 (29.90%) WAN
4 28 (28.87%) Wireless
5 26 (26.80%) TCP/IP
6 25 (25.77%) BGP
7 23 (23.71%) LAN
8 22 (22.68%) DNS
9 21 (21.65%) OSPF
10 16 (16.49%) DHCP
11 15 (15.46%) VLAN
12 14 (14.43%) Network Security
13 13 (13.40%) VoIP
14 10 (10.31%) MPLS
15 8 (8.25%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (8.25%) Internet
15 8 (8.25%) tcpdump
15 8 (8.25%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (7.22%) Multicast
16 7 (7.22%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 12 (12.37%) JIRA
2 8 (8.25%) AutoIt
2 8 (8.25%) eggPlant
3 7 (7.22%) Burp Suite
3 7 (7.22%) Metasploit
4 4 (4.12%) sqlmap
5 2 (2.06%) AppScan
5 2 (2.06%) Fiddler
5 2 (2.06%) GCC
5 2 (2.06%) Git
5 2 (2.06%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (2.06%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.03%) GDB
6 1 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 36 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.37%) Finance
4 8 (8.25%) Aerospace
4 8 (8.25%) Automotive
4 8 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.15%) Back Office
6 5 (5.15%) Banking
7 4 (4.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.09%) Retail
9 2 (2.06%) Law
9 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Advertising
10 1 (1.03%) Avionics
10 1 (1.03%) Electronics
10 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.03%) Marketing
10 1 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (38.14%) Network Engineer
2 15 (15.46%) Support Engineer
3 9 (9.28%) Security Engineer
3 9 (9.28%) Systems Engineer
4 8 (8.25%) Integration Engineer
4 8 (8.25%) IT Engineer
4 8 (8.25%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Penetration Tester
5 7 (7.22%) Principal Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Technical Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Technical Support
5 7 (7.22%) Technical Support Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Tester
6 6 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Information Security Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Senior
8 3 (3.09%) IP Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) IT Support
8 3 (3.09%) Lead
8 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (4.12%) 802.1X
3 3 (3.09%) .NET
3 3 (3.09%) REST
4 2 (2.06%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.06%) CSS
5 1 (1.03%) Akka
5 1 (1.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.68%) Data Centre
2 13 (13.40%) Onboarding
3 8 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.12%) Derivative
4 4 (4.12%) Replication
5 3 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.09%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.06%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.06%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.06%) Smart City
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.03%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.03%) CMDB
7 1 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.03%) PKI
7 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.40%) Windows
2 11 (11.34%) Linux
3 3 (3.09%) Android
3 3 (3.09%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.06%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.18%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (20.62%) Network Design
2 20 (20.62%) Network Monitoring
3 18 (18.56%) ITIL
4 17 (17.53%) Penetration Testing
5 16 (16.49%) Project Delivery
6 15 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (13.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (12.37%) Coaching
8 12 (12.37%) Software Engineering
9 11 (11.34%) OWASP
9 11 (11.34%) Regression Testing
9 11 (11.34%) Test Scripting
10 10 (10.31%) Customer Experience
10 10 (10.31%) Validation
11 9 (9.28%) SDLC
12 8 (8.25%) Mentoring
12 8 (8.25%) Project Management
12 8 (8.25%) Verification and Validation
13 7 (7.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.56%) Python
2 11 (11.34%) PowerShell
3 8 (8.25%) Bash
4 5 (5.15%) C++
5 4 (4.12%) Perl
6 2 (2.06%) C
6 2 (2.06%) SQL
7 1 (1.03%) C#
7 1 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (30.93%) Cisco Certification
1 30 (30.93%) Security Cleared
2 22 (22.68%) CCNP
3 20 (20.62%) CCNA
4 19 (19.59%) Degree
5 17 (17.53%) SC Cleared
6 8 (8.25%) CWNA
7 7 (7.22%) CCIE
7 7 (7.22%) CISSP
7 7 (7.22%) CWAP
8 5 (5.15%) CEH
8 5 (5.15%) OSCP
9 4 (4.12%) MCT
9 4 (4.12%) SSCP
10 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (3.09%) CISM
10 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (2.06%) DV Cleared
11 2 (2.06%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.34%) SLA
2 10 (10.31%) NIST
3 7 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.22%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.15%) QA
5 1 (1.03%) GDPR
5 1 (1.03%) JTAG
System Software
1 15 (15.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (10.31%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.31%) Hyper-V
3 5 (5.15%) Firmware
4 4 (4.12%) Docker
5 3 (3.09%) KVM
6 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.06%) Snort
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.03%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (13.40%) Icinga
1 13 (13.40%) Nmap
2 10 (10.31%) Nessus
3 7 (7.22%) Ansible
3 7 (7.22%) FortiGate
3 7 (7.22%) Grafana
4 6 (6.19%) Cacti
4 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (4.12%) Kubernetes
5 4 (4.12%) Puppet
6 3 (3.09%) Iperf
6 3 (3.09%) Progress Chef
6 3 (3.09%) SCCM
7 2 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.06%) WSUS
7 2 (2.06%) ZABBIX
8 1 (1.03%) Nagios
8 1 (1.03%) SCOM
8 1 (1.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 38 (39.18%) Cisco
2 21 (21.65%) SolarWinds
3 17 (17.53%) VMware
4 14 (14.43%) Fortinet
4 14 (14.43%) Microsoft
5 13 (13.40%) Juniper
6 11 (11.34%) Palo Alto
7 10 (10.31%) Aruba
8 9 (9.28%) F5
9 8 (8.25%) Meraki
10 6 (6.19%) Qualys
10 6 (6.19%) Salesforce
11 5 (5.15%) CheckPoint
11 5 (5.15%) Splunk
12 4 (4.12%) ServiceNow
12 4 (4.12%) Ubiquiti
13 2 (2.06%) Dynatrace
13 2 (2.06%) Ekahau
13 2 (2.06%) Mellanox
13 2 (2.06%) Thycotic