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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 382 530
Rank change year-on-year +18 +148 +60
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 26 18 39
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.36% 1.09% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 26 16 37
10th Percentile - £39,250 £42,148
25th Percentile £46,446 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £96,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £48,445 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.99% -9.52% -4.55%

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 1,907 1,658 4,501
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.96% 12.70% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,209 3,470
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -6.86%

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 12 April 2026.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 17 (65.38%) Azure
2 16 (61.54%) AWS
3 15 (57.69%) OCI
4 3 (11.54%) GitHub
4 3 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (57.69%) Firewall
2 15 (57.69%) NGFW
2 15 (57.69%) VXLAN
3 5 (19.23%) VoIP
4 4 (15.38%) Unified Communications
5 3 (11.54%) HTTP
5 3 (11.54%) RTP
6 1 (3.85%) ATM
6 1 (3.85%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.85%) Frame Relay
6 1 (3.85%) LAN
6 1 (3.85%) MPLS
6 1 (3.85%) Skype
6 1 (3.85%) SNMP
6 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.85%) WAN
6 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) MongoDB
1 3 (11.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.85%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (61.54%) Public Sector
3 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Electronics
5 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Network Manager
1 15 (57.69%) Network Operations Manager
1 15 (57.69%) Operations Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Threat Hunter
3 3 (11.54%) Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Python Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Sales Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Django
1 3 (11.54%) Flask
1 3 (11.54%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (11.54%) Jinja
1 3 (11.54%) OAuth
1 3 (11.54%) OAuth2
1 3 (11.54%) pytest
1 3 (11.54%) REST
1 3 (11.54%) RFC 2833
1 3 (11.54%) SQLAlchemy
1 3 (11.54%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (57.69%) Data Centre
1 15 (57.69%) PKI
2 5 (19.23%) Security Posture
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Linux
2 6 (23.08%) Windows
3 4 (15.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (11.54%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.85%) Android
5 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (61.54%) Mentoring
3 15 (57.69%) Coaching
3 15 (57.69%) Creative Thinking
3 15 (57.69%) ITSM
3 15 (57.69%) Load Balancing
3 15 (57.69%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) Ethical Hacking
5 4 (15.38%) Forensic Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) Malware Reverse Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (15.38%) Offensive Security
5 4 (15.38%) Reverse Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 4 (15.38%) SIEM
5 4 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (88.46%) Python
2 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
3 4 (15.38%) C
3 4 (15.38%) C++
4 1 (3.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) OSCP
2 4 (15.38%) CEH
2 4 (15.38%) GIAC
2 4 (15.38%) GREM
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CCIE
4 1 (3.85%) CCNA
4 1 (3.85%) CCNP
4 1 (3.85%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) CREST Certified
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.85%) GRC
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Docker
1 3 (11.54%) Kamailio
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (57.69%) Ansible
1 15 (57.69%) Terraform
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 4 (15.38%) QRadar
3 3 (11.54%) Argo
3 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.85%) Nessus
4 1 (3.85%) Nmap
4 1 (3.85%) OpenView
4 1 (3.85%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 15 (57.69%) Arista
1 15 (57.69%) Aruba
1 15 (57.69%) NetScout
2 4 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Splunk
3 3 (11.54%) BT
3 3 (11.54%) Fortinet
3 3 (11.54%) Mitel
4 1 (3.85%) ArcSight
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) EMC
4 1 (3.85%) ExtraHop
4 1 (3.85%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) Qualys
4 1 (3.85%) Radware
4 1 (3.85%) Riverbed