Hybrid/Remote Wireshark Job Trends

Wireshark
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Wireshark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 418 435
Rank change year-on-year +104 +17 +212
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 56 31 44
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.14% 1.38% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 31 12 41
10th Percentile £30,165 £38,000 £38,644
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 - £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,354 2,241 2,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.90% 13.10% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 909 1,282 2,411
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,238 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,900 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Wireshark
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wireshark and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Wireshark job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Wireshark
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wireshark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Wireshark salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Wireshark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 31 (55.36%) Azure
2 4 (7.14%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (67.86%) Firewall
2 33 (58.93%) Wireless
3 32 (57.14%) SD-WAN
3 32 (57.14%) WAN
4 29 (51.79%) LAN
5 15 (26.79%) VPN
6 11 (19.64%) BGP
7 8 (14.29%) OSPF
8 7 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (10.71%) DHCP
9 6 (10.71%) DNS
9 6 (10.71%) VLAN
10 5 (8.93%) BIG-IP
10 5 (8.93%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (8.93%) EIGRP
10 5 (8.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (8.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (8.93%) WLAN
11 4 (7.14%) Ethernet
12 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.79%) Metasploit
General
1 38 (67.86%) Finance
2 34 (60.71%) Social Skills
3 27 (48.21%) Telecoms
4 10 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Electronics
7 2 (3.57%) Banking
7 2 (3.57%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 27 (48.21%) Network Engineer
2 16 (28.57%) Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Network Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Network Support
3 8 (14.29%) Network Support Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Data Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Forensic Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Incident Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Information Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (5.36%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Products Support Technician
5 3 (5.36%) Support Technician
5 3 (5.36%) Threat Hunter
6 2 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (5.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (53.57%) Data Centre
2 27 (48.21%) Management Information System
3 13 (23.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (10.71%) Security Posture
5 4 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (5.36%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.36%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (30.36%) Linux
1 17 (30.36%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) Unix
3 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.79%) Android
4 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (51.79%) Load Balancing
2 27 (48.21%) Network Monitoring
2 27 (48.21%) Network Virtualisation
3 24 (42.86%) Asset Management
3 24 (42.86%) Capacity Planning
3 24 (42.86%) Change Management
3 24 (42.86%) Coaching
3 24 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 24 (42.86%) Network Planning
3 24 (42.86%) Problem Management
4 18 (32.14%) Incident Response
5 16 (28.57%) SIEM
6 14 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (23.21%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 13 (23.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 13 (23.21%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (19.64%) Forensic Analysis
9 10 (17.86%) Security Monitoring
9 10 (17.86%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.43%) Python
2 4 (7.14%) C
2 4 (7.14%) C++
3 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (17.86%) GCFA
1 10 (17.86%) GCIA
1 10 (17.86%) GCIH
2 7 (12.50%) Degree
2 7 (12.50%) GIAC
3 6 (10.71%) Azure Certification
3 6 (10.71%) CCNP
3 6 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) OSCP
4 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) CEH
5 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.36%) GREM
5 3 (5.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.79%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (1.79%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.79%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) NIST
2 2 (3.57%) COBIT
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.79%) GRC
3 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.71%) Firmware
3 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) QRadar
2 5 (8.93%) Ansible
3 3 (5.36%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 3 (5.36%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (5.36%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.36%) Terraform
4 2 (3.57%) Suricata
5 1 (1.79%) Nessus
5 1 (1.79%) Nmap
Vendors
1 35 (62.50%) Cisco
2 32 (57.14%) Palo Alto
2 32 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 27 (48.21%) Meraki
4 24 (42.86%) CheckPoint
5 8 (14.29%) Aruba
6 7 (12.50%) Splunk
6 7 (12.50%) VMware
7 5 (8.93%) F5
8 3 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (5.36%) Dell
8 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
8 3 (5.36%) Juniper
8 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
8 3 (5.36%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.79%) Qualys