Social Engineering Contract Job Trends in the South East

Social Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Social Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 164 201
Rank change year-on-year -14 +37 -
Contract jobs citing Social Engineering 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.093% 0.060% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.067% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £630 £570
Median % change year-on-year -34.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £419 - £580
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £413 £540 £570
% change year-on-year -23.61% -5.26% -19.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,629 2,988 4,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.22% 88.98% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,383 1,848 2,840
10th Percentile £226 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 112 257
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Social Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Social Engineering job vacancy trend in the South East

Social Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Social Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Social Engineering

Social Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 4 £413 - 5
Thames Valley - 4 £413 - 5
Social Engineering
England

Social Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (50.00%) OSINT
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Red Team
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) OSCP
1 1 (25.00%) SANS
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Nessus
2 1 (25.00%) Nmap