Social Engineering Jobs with Work from Home Options

Social Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Social Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Engineering over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 646 811
Rank change year-on-year +87 +165 -250
Permanent jobs citing Social Engineering 27 21 28
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.080% 0.049% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.051% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 27 17 22
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,161 -
25th Percentile £50,686 £40,900 £36,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £40,113
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +24.65% -69.14%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,831 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £45,567 £63,000
% change year-on-year +53.62% -27.67% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Social Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,936 41,103 64,824
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.64% 96.07% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,504 28,573 41,309
10th Percentile £33,756 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Social Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Engineering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Engineering
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Engineering.

Social Engineering salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Engineering
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Engineering over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Social Engineering salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Engineering
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 (3.70%) IIS
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
1 13 (48.15%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
1 4 (14.81%) Maven
2 3 (11.11%) Burp Suite
2 3 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 15 (55.56%) Law
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Banking
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Lead
1 17 (62.96%) Team Leader
2 6 (22.22%) Penetration Tester
2 6 (22.22%) Tester
3 4 (14.81%) Backend Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Java Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) JSON
1 4 (14.81%) Kafka
1 4 (14.81%) REST
1 4 (14.81%) Spring
1 4 (14.81%) Spring Boot
1 4 (14.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Mobile App
2 4 (14.81%) IoT
2 4 (14.81%) Private Cloud
3 3 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Kali Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (48.15%) Cryptography
2 13 (48.15%) Incident Response
2 13 (48.15%) ISMS
2 13 (48.15%) Kalman Filter
2 13 (48.15%) Migration
2 13 (48.15%) Risk Analysis
2 13 (48.15%) SIEM
3 10 (37.04%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (33.33%) Red Team
5 8 (29.63%) Security Testing
6 7 (25.93%) Microservices
7 4 (14.81%) Agile
7 4 (14.81%) BDD
7 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
7 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.81%) TDD
7 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) Java
2 5 (18.52%) SQL
3 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 3 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) OSCP
2 7 (25.93%) CREST Certified
3 3 (11.11%) OSCE
3 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (3.70%) CHECK Team Member
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (11.11%) Nessus
2 3 (11.11%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Qualys
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco
2 1 (3.70%) Citrix
2 1 (3.70%) VMware