Social Engineering Job Trends in Cardiff

Social Engineering
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Social Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Social Engineering 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.12% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 - £90,000
75th Percentile £78,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £60,500 - £90,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 637 226 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 76.47% 90.04% 72.09%
Number of salaries quoted 494 162 396
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,926 £76,250
South Wales median annual salary £53,171 £50,393 £47,264
% change year-on-year +5.51% +6.62% -5.47%

Social Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Social Engineering job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Social Engineering
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Social Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Social Engineering

Social Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management