Hybrid/Remote Social Engineering Contract Job Trends

Social Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work 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 313 304 363
Rank change year-on-year -9 +59 +154
Contract jobs citing Social Engineering 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% 0.009% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.010% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £408 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - -
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £413 £540 £570
% change year-on-year -23.61% -5.26% -19.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,958 9,701 14,424
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.28% 89.47% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,878 6,084 9,779
10th Percentile £331 £325 £349
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 183 379
10th Percentile £15.55 £18.60 £16.53
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £24.13
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.89% -30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%

Social Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Engineering and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Social Engineering job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Social Engineering
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Engineering

Social Engineering
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Information Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Behavioural Change
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) OSINT
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) SANS
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus