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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 778 854
Rank change year-on-year +135 +76 +138
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 69 100 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 0.74% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59 69 72
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £31,625
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.17%

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 9,239 13,484 15,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.77% 13.62% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,292 9,395 8,040
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,925 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,875 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% -2.50% -3.23%

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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the UK

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Top 12 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 14 May 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 +117 66 £70,000 +27.27% 61
UK excluding London +165 50 £50,000 +11.11% 45
South East +126 38 £70,000 +64.71% 17
London +101 17 £75,000 +36.36% 24
Work from Home +94 10 £50,000 -11.50% 50
East of England +46 4 £41,000 -8.89% 8
South West +103 3 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Northern Ireland +40 3 - - 3
West Midlands +40 1 - -
North of England +40 1 £42,500 -24.78% 8
Midlands +39 1 - - 2
North West +3 1 £42,500 -26.09% 5

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 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) nginx
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.49%) AWS
1 10 (14.49%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) Entra ID
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.35%) GCP
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (2.90%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.45%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.54%) Firewall
2 14 (20.29%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (14.49%) VLAN
4 9 (13.04%) WAN
5 8 (11.59%) VoIP
6 7 (10.14%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (8.70%) DNS
7 6 (8.70%) Wireless
8 5 (7.25%) BGP
8 5 (7.25%) DHCP
8 5 (7.25%) LAN
8 5 (7.25%) SD-WAN
8 5 (7.25%) Spanning Tree
8 5 (7.25%) Unified Communications
9 4 (5.80%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (5.80%) EIGRP
9 4 (5.80%) OSPF
10 3 (4.35%) DMZ
10 3 (4.35%) Internet
10 3 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Burp Suite
2 3 (4.35%) AppScan
2 3 (4.35%) Metasploit
3 2 (2.90%) Git
3 2 (2.90%) GitLab
3 2 (2.90%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (2.90%) Postman
4 1 (1.45%) GDB
4 1 (1.45%) WinDbg
General
1 7 (10.14%) Banking
1 7 (10.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (8.70%) Finance
3 4 (5.80%) Local Government
3 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 23 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 23 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (14.49%) Senior
3 9 (13.04%) Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Security Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Information Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Information Security Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) NOC Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Network Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Developer
7 2 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (2.90%) Principal Developer
7 2 (2.90%) Senior Developer
7 2 (2.90%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (2.90%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) Node.js
2 2 (2.90%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.90%) CSS
2 2 (2.90%) CSS3
2 2 (2.90%) HTML
2 2 (2.90%) HTML5
2 2 (2.90%) RESTful
3 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.45%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (1.45%) libvirt
3 1 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.45%) Clustering
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (56.52%) Linux
2 35 (50.72%) Windows
3 7 (10.14%) CentOS
3 7 (10.14%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.35%) Kali Linux
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.68%) Containerisation
2 23 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 23 (33.33%) OO
2 23 (33.33%) OOP
2 23 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 23 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 17 (24.64%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (21.74%) Information Security
5 10 (14.49%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (13.04%) SIEM
7 8 (11.59%) Incident Response
7 8 (11.59%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (10.14%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (10.14%) Information Security Management
8 7 (10.14%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (10.14%) Proactive Monitoring
8 7 (10.14%) Security Management
8 7 (10.14%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (10.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.25%) Python
2 3 (4.35%) C#
2 3 (4.35%) C++
2 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.35%) PHP
3 2 (2.90%) Bash
3 2 (2.90%) Java
3 2 (2.90%) Kotlin
3 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.90%) SQL
3 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.45%) C
4 1 (1.45%) CodeQL
4 1 (1.45%) R
4 1 (1.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (47.83%) Degree
2 24 (34.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 16 (23.19%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (18.84%) CCNA
6 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (14.49%) CCNP
7 10 (14.49%) MCSA
8 7 (10.14%) GCFA
8 7 (10.14%) GCIA
8 7 (10.14%) GCIH
8 7 (10.14%) MCSE
8 7 (10.14%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (10.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (7.25%) Azure Certification
9 5 (7.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (5.80%) AWS Certification
10 4 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (4.35%) GPEN
11 3 (4.35%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.45%) COBIT
1 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (20.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.25%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.80%) Docker
3 4 (5.80%) Firmware
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) FortiGate
1 3 (4.35%) Grafana
1 3 (4.35%) Iperf
1 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.35%) Nessus
1 3 (4.35%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.90%) Terraform
3 1 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.45%) HAProxy
3 1 (1.45%) Istio
3 1 (1.45%) linkerd
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.45%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 27 (39.13%) Cisco
2 21 (30.43%) VMware
3 15 (21.74%) Fortinet
3 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 12 (17.39%) SolarWinds
5 9 (13.04%) Palo Alto
6 8 (11.59%) HP
6 8 (11.59%) Juniper
6 8 (11.59%) Meraki
7 7 (10.14%) Aruba
7 7 (10.14%) Red Hat
7 7 (10.14%) Ruckus Wireless
8 5 (7.25%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.80%) Infoblox
10 3 (4.35%) Google
10 3 (4.35%) SonicWALL
10 3 (4.35%) Trustwave
11 2 (2.90%) F5
11 2 (2.90%) Mitel
11 2 (2.90%) Red Box