Social Engineering Job Trends in England

Social Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Social Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 666 668
Rank change year-on-year +54 +2 +249
Permanent jobs citing Social Engineering 5 13 12
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.009% 0.027% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.030% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 11
10th Percentile - - £42,500
25th Percentile - £47,500 £46,754
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -16.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £62,234 £67,500
90th Percentile - £64,787 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,750 £52,500 £56,318
% change year-on-year +6.19% -6.78% +2.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Social Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Social Engineering job vacancy trend in England

Social Engineering
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Social Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Social Engineering

Social Engineering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +7 2 - -
Yorkshire -12 2 - -
London +49 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 2
South East - 1 - - 4
Social Engineering
UK

Social Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Public Speaking
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Red Team
3 2 (40.00%) Business Development
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 2 (40.00%) Presales
3 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Perl
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) OSCP
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft