Social Engineering Jobs in England

Social Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Social Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 806 875
Rank change year-on-year +121 +69 +246
Permanent jobs citing Social Engineering 6 37 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.043% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.050% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 4 34 23
10th Percentile £78,000 £45,000 £41,849
25th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +47.37% -29.63%
75th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £65,625
90th Percentile - £75,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% +47.37% -22.13%

All Process and 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 46,314 73,328 84,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.13% 85.41% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,693 53,833 50,206
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Social Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Social Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Engineering in England

Social Engineering
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Engineering in England.

Salary trend for Social Engineering in England

Social Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Engineering in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Engineering in England

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 16 May 2025. 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
London +96 3 £90,000 +28.57% 9
East of England - 1 £75,000 -
Social Engineering
UK

Social Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Information Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cybercrime
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Red Team
3 3 (50.00%) Blue Team
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Gamification
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) OSCP
2 3 (50.00%) CCSAS
2 3 (50.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft