Wireshark
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Wireshark skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireshark over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 862 997
Rank change year-on-year +73 +135 -255
Permanent jobs citing Wireshark 101 115 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 0.74% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 70 69 172
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,063 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +12.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £66,875 £71,250 £62,625
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wireshark is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

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

Wireshark
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireshark over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireshark in the UK

Wireshark
Top 15 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 18 May 2024. 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 +67 92 £55,000 +0.92% 27
UK excluding London -42 69 £45,000 -11.76% 24
Work from Home +35 35 £56,500 +7.62% 13
London +109 31 £57,500 +4.55% 13
Midlands -3 23 £37,500 +22.95% 2
West Midlands +18 15 £30,500 - 2
North of England +47 13 £56,500 +18.95% 4
South East +3 12 £41,250 -17.50% 4
Yorkshire - 9 £56,500 - 2
East Midlands -8 8 £37,500 -
South West -36 8 £60,000 -20.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 £57,500 -
North West -4 4 £57,500 +15.00% 2
East of England -10 4 £45,000 -31.82% 1
Wales - 2 £27,500 - 1

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 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.94%) Apache
3 1 (0.99%) CMS
3 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (37.62%) Azure
2 34 (33.66%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (13.86%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (13.86%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (13.86%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Purview
4 9 (8.91%) AWS
4 9 (8.91%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (1.98%) GitHub
6 1 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.99%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 48 (47.52%) TCP/IP
2 34 (33.66%) Firewall
3 31 (30.69%) LAN
3 31 (30.69%) WAN
4 22 (21.78%) Network Security
5 21 (20.79%) DNS
6 17 (16.83%) VLAN
6 17 (16.83%) VoIP
7 15 (14.85%) DHCP
8 13 (12.87%) BGP
8 13 (12.87%) OSPF
9 12 (11.88%) VPN
10 11 (10.89%) MPLS
10 11 (10.89%) SD-WAN
10 11 (10.89%) tcpdump
10 11 (10.89%) Wireless
11 8 (7.92%) 802.11
12 7 (6.93%) EIGRP
12 7 (6.93%) VRRP
12 7 (6.93%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.94%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Visual Studio
2 7 (6.93%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.95%) IDA Disassembler
4 4 (3.96%) Charles Proxy
4 4 (3.96%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.98%) JIRA
6 1 (0.99%) AppScan
6 1 (0.99%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.99%) GCC
6 1 (0.99%) Git
6 1 (0.99%) Selenium
6 1 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.81%) Finance
3 11 (10.89%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.91%) Retail
5 6 (5.94%) Electronics
6 5 (4.95%) Law
7 4 (3.96%) Aviation
8 3 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.98%) Legal
10 1 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (19.80%) Senior
2 18 (17.82%) Analyst
3 16 (15.84%) Security Engineer
4 15 (14.85%) Lead
5 11 (10.89%) Information Security Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Software Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Team Leader
6 10 (9.90%) Administrator
6 10 (9.90%) Network Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Systems Administrator
7 9 (8.91%) Network Administrator
8 8 (7.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (7.92%) IT Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Security Analyst
9 7 (6.93%) Network Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.90%) Node.js
2 8 (7.92%) 802.1X
3 4 (3.96%) .NET
3 4 (3.96%) .NET Framework
3 4 (3.96%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (3.96%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.96%) CSS
3 4 (3.96%) Django
3 4 (3.96%) HTML
3 4 (3.96%) JSON
3 4 (3.96%) Qt
3 4 (3.96%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (3.96%) React
3 4 (3.96%) WebSockets
3 4 (3.96%) XML
3 4 (3.96%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.98%) Keycloak
4 2 (1.98%) Middleware
4 2 (1.98%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.99%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (21.78%) Management Information System
2 15 (14.85%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (10.89%) Data Centre
4 8 (7.92%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (6.93%) FMCG
6 6 (5.94%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (3.96%) Client/Server
7 4 (3.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (3.96%) Robotics
8 3 (2.97%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.98%) CCTV
9 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.99%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.99%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.99%) iPhone
10 1 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.99%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.99%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 36 (35.64%) Linux
1 36 (35.64%) Windows
2 15 (14.85%) Android
3 14 (13.86%) Apple iOS
4 6 (5.94%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (5.94%) Kali Linux
5 4 (3.96%) Unix
6 3 (2.97%) CentOS
6 3 (2.97%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (44.55%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (28.71%) Agile
3 28 (27.72%) SIEM
4 25 (24.75%) Vulnerability Management
5 24 (23.76%) Information Security
6 23 (22.77%) Security Operations
7 19 (18.81%) Cryptography
7 19 (18.81%) Ethical Hacking
8 18 (17.82%) Validation
9 17 (16.83%) Data Loss Prevention
9 17 (16.83%) Information Security Management
9 17 (16.83%) Security Management
10 16 (15.84%) Cloud Security
10 16 (15.84%) Identity Access Management
10 16 (15.84%) Network Design
11 14 (13.86%) Incident Response
11 14 (13.86%) Privileged Access Management
11 14 (13.86%) Regulatory Compliance
11 14 (13.86%) Roadmaps
11 14 (13.86%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 36 (35.64%) Python
2 29 (28.71%) PowerShell
3 15 (14.85%) C
4 14 (13.86%) Bash
5 11 (10.89%) C++
6 8 (7.92%) Perl
7 4 (3.96%) Go
7 4 (3.96%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.96%) R
7 4 (3.96%) SQL
8 2 (1.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (38.61%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (24.75%) Degree
3 20 (19.80%) CEH
4 19 (18.81%) CCNP
5 18 (17.82%) CCNA
6 17 (16.83%) CISSP
7 16 (15.84%) SANS
8 15 (14.85%) Security Cleared
8 15 (14.85%) SSCP
9 14 (13.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (13.86%) CCSP
10 11 (10.89%) DV Cleared
11 8 (7.92%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (7.92%) OSCP
12 7 (6.93%) CCDP
12 7 (6.93%) CCIE
12 7 (6.93%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 7 (6.93%) MCSE
12 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (5.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (25.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (20.79%) PCI DSS
3 20 (19.80%) NIST
4 10 (9.90%) QA
5 6 (5.94%) GDPR
5 6 (5.94%) GRC
5 6 (5.94%) JTAG
5 6 (5.94%) NCSC
6 4 (3.96%) SLA
7 2 (1.98%) COBIT
System Software
1 15 (14.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (13.86%) Active Directory
3 13 (12.87%) Firmware
4 10 (9.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (5.94%) Docker
6 3 (2.97%) KVM
7 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.98%) vSphere
8 1 (0.99%) Snort
8 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (15.84%) Nmap
2 15 (14.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (7.92%) CSIRT
4 4 (3.96%) Ansible
4 4 (3.96%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.96%) Nessus
5 3 (2.97%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.97%) Puppet
6 2 (1.98%) Grafana
6 2 (1.98%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.98%) Nagios
6 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.99%) Iperf
7 1 (0.99%) OpenNMS
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.99%) Sysdig
7 1 (0.99%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (30.69%) Microsoft
2 25 (24.75%) Cisco
3 20 (19.80%) Qualys
4 18 (17.82%) Splunk
5 14 (13.86%) Rapid7
5 14 (13.86%) Thycotic
6 13 (12.87%) VMware
7 9 (8.91%) Veeam
8 7 (6.93%) Ekahau
8 7 (6.93%) Red Hat
9 6 (5.94%) F5
10 4 (3.96%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.98%) Juniper
11 2 (1.98%) Riverbed
11 2 (1.98%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (1.98%) SaltStack
12 1 (0.99%) Meraki
12 1 (0.99%) Netskope
12 1 (0.99%) Supermicro
12 1 (0.99%) Trustwave