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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 460 479
Rank change year-on-year +85 +19 +248
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 46 35 43
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.55% 0.94% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 34
10th Percentile £42,600 £39,750 £36,975
25th Percentile £53,125 £44,875 £38,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £118,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £93,000 - £77,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% +9.38%

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 1,807 3,729 3,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 15.91% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,618 2,743
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% -0.50% -4.29%

Wireshark
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireshark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireshark trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Wireshark
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Wireshark

Wireshark
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Wireshark salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Wireshark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (76.09%) Firewall
2 26 (56.52%) Wireless
3 24 (52.17%) SD-WAN
3 24 (52.17%) WAN
4 22 (47.83%) LAN
5 15 (32.61%) VPN
6 10 (21.74%) BGP
7 7 (15.22%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (15.22%) OSPF
7 7 (15.22%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (13.04%) DHCP
8 6 (13.04%) DNS
9 5 (10.87%) BIG-IP
9 5 (10.87%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (10.87%) EIGRP
9 5 (10.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 5 (10.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 5 (10.87%) VLAN
9 5 (10.87%) WLAN
10 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Fiddler
General
1 32 (69.57%) Finance
2 25 (54.35%) Social Skills
3 20 (43.48%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.87%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.17%) Electronics
7 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Network Engineer
2 12 (26.09%) Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Network Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Network Support
3 8 (17.39%) Network Support Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Support Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Forensic Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Incident Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Information Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Information Security Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (6.52%) Products Support Technician
5 3 (6.52%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (6.52%) Node.js
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.17%) OAuth
2 1 (2.17%) OpenID
2 1 (2.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (45.65%) Data Centre
2 19 (41.30%) Management Information System
3 10 (21.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.17%) PKI
6 1 (2.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (30.43%) Windows
2 13 (28.26%) Linux
3 6 (13.04%) Unix
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Load Balancing
1 22 (47.83%) Network Monitoring
2 19 (41.30%) Network Virtualisation
3 18 (39.13%) Incident Response
4 17 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (34.78%) Asset Management
5 16 (34.78%) Capacity Planning
5 16 (34.78%) Change Management
5 16 (34.78%) Coaching
5 16 (34.78%) Customer Service
5 16 (34.78%) Network Planning
5 16 (34.78%) Problem Management
6 12 (26.09%) SIEM
7 11 (23.91%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (21.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 10 (21.74%) Security Monitoring
8 10 (21.74%) Threat Detection
8 10 (21.74%) Threat Intelligence
8 10 (21.74%) Use Case
8 10 (21.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) GCFA
1 10 (21.74%) GCIA
1 10 (21.74%) GCIH
2 6 (13.04%) Azure Certification
2 6 (13.04%) CCNP
2 6 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (8.70%) Degree
3 4 (8.70%) GIAC
4 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CCIE
5 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) NIST
2 2 (4.35%) COBIT
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (19.57%) Firmware
2 6 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Ansible
2 4 (8.70%) QRadar
3 3 (6.52%) FortiGate
3 3 (6.52%) Terraform
4 2 (4.35%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (4.35%) Suricata
5 1 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (67.39%) Cisco
2 28 (60.87%) SolarWinds
3 23 (50.00%) Meraki
3 23 (50.00%) Palo Alto
4 20 (43.48%) CheckPoint
5 9 (19.57%) Aruba
6 8 (17.39%) Fortinet
7 6 (13.04%) VMware
8 5 (10.87%) F5
9 4 (8.70%) Infoblox
9 4 (8.70%) Juniper
9 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.70%) Splunk
9 4 (8.70%) Zscaler
10 2 (4.35%) Dell
11 1 (2.17%) HP
11 1 (2.17%) Ruckus Wireless
11 1 (2.17%) SAP