Social Engineering Jobs

Social Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Social Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 858 891 1185
Rank change year-on-year +33 +294 -236
Permanent jobs citing Social Engineering 46 28 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.030% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.032% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 40 17 47
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,355 £36,527
25th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £54,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -16.92% +36.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £77,625 £83,500 £81,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £52,000 £39,587
% change year-on-year +34.62% +31.36% -16.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Social Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90,810 88,242 165,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.65% 95.42% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,635 53,650 83,244
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,818 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%

Social Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Engineering in the UK

Social Engineering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Engineering.

Salary trend for Social Engineering in the UK

Social Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Engineering over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Engineering in the UK

Social Engineering
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +46 43 £70,000 +29.63% 8
Work from Home +50 33 £70,000 +40.00% 4
UK excluding London -35 28 £70,000 +34.62% 5
North of England +32 23 £70,000 +14.29% 4
Yorkshire +84 20 £70,000 +14.29% 3
London +98 17 £70,000 -3.45% 3
North West - 3 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -36 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £56,318 -
Wales - 1 £90,000 -

Social Engineering
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 2 (4.35%) IIS
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 25 (54.35%) Azure
2 5 (10.87%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) GCP
4 2 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (47.83%) Firewall
2 20 (43.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (21.74%) Wireless
4 3 (6.52%) HTTP
4 3 (6.52%) SSH
4 3 (6.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (21.74%) Burp Suite
1 10 (21.74%) Metasploit
2 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.35%) Maven
General
1 20 (43.48%) Law
2 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Marketing
4 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Games
6 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Finance
6 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.35%) Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (52.17%) Lead
1 24 (52.17%) Team Leader
2 11 (23.91%) Tester
3 10 (21.74%) Penetration Tester
4 8 (17.39%) Senior
5 5 (10.87%) Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Security Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Testing Consultant
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Tester
6 4 (8.70%) Test Team Leader
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Security Consultant
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Testing Consultant
8 2 (4.35%) Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Backend Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Java Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Security Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) JSON
1 2 (4.35%) Kafka
1 2 (4.35%) REST
1 2 (4.35%) Spring
1 2 (4.35%) Spring Boot
1 2 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Mobile App
2 10 (21.74%) IoT
3 4 (8.70%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.52%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Kali Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (73.91%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (52.17%) Penetration Testing
3 23 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 22 (47.83%) Kalman Filter
4 22 (47.83%) SIEM
5 21 (45.65%) ISMS
6 20 (43.48%) Cryptography
6 20 (43.48%) Migration
6 20 (43.48%) Risk Analysis
7 18 (39.13%) Red Team
8 13 (28.26%) Security Testing
9 10 (21.74%) OWASP
10 7 (15.22%) Black-Box Testing
10 7 (15.22%) Information Security
10 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.22%) Project Management
10 7 (15.22%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (15.22%) White-Box Testing
11 6 (13.04%) Cloud Security
11 6 (13.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) Java
2 4 (8.70%) SQL
3 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) CREST Certified
2 16 (34.78%) OSCP
3 10 (21.74%) OSCE
4 6 (13.04%) Degree
4 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.70%) CEH
6 2 (4.35%) CCNA
6 2 (4.35%) CISA
6 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.35%) CISM
6 2 (4.35%) CISSP
6 2 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.35%) CRISC
6 2 (4.35%) GIAC
6 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.35%) MCSE
6 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Docker
2 2 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (21.74%) Nessus
1 10 (21.74%) Nmap
2 2 (4.35%) CSIRT
2 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Qualys
2 3 (6.52%) Google
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Citrix
3 2 (4.35%) VMware