Wireshark Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Wireshark
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 549 538
Rank change year-on-year +107 -11 +220
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 15 26 74
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.073% 0.076% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.27% 0.51% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 36
10th Percentile £38,200 £39,750 £36,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,750 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +8.78% +6.77%
75th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £99,750 £118,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £53,250
% change year-on-year -11.50% +6.10% +6.50%

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 5,547 5,056 4,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.96% 14.82% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,983 3,127 3,239
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £54,213 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

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

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireshark.

Wireshark salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Wireshark salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) Firewall
2 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (46.67%) Wireless
4 6 (40.00%) Internet
4 6 (40.00%) VoIP
5 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (26.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (26.67%) LAN
6 3 (20.00%) DHCP
6 3 (20.00%) DNS
6 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
6 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (20.00%) VPN
6 3 (20.00%) WAN
7 2 (13.33%) BGP
7 2 (13.33%) BIG-IP
7 2 (13.33%) EIGRP
7 2 (13.33%) OSPF
7 2 (13.33%) STUN
7 2 (13.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Fiddler
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Network Operations Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Products Support Technician
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Operations Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Support Technician
5 1 (6.67%) Automation Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) FreeSWITCH
1 2 (13.33%) Node.js
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (6.67%) OpenID
2 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) PKI
2 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) Network Management
3 5 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (26.67%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (20.00%) Load Balancing
5 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
6 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (13.33%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (13.33%) Runbook
6 2 (13.33%) Server Management
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (20.00%) CCNP
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) CCIE
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Firmware
2 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) Fortinet
2 8 (53.33%) Meraki
3 7 (46.67%) SolarWinds
4 6 (40.00%) Aruba
5 4 (26.67%) CheckPoint
5 4 (26.67%) HP
5 4 (26.67%) Infoblox
5 4 (26.67%) Juniper
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (26.67%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (13.33%) F5
6 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
6 2 (13.33%) Zscaler
7 1 (6.67%) Ribbon
7 1 (6.67%) SAP
7 1 (6.67%) Verint
7 1 (6.67%) Yealink