Social Engineering Jobs with Work from Home Options

Social Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Social Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Engineering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 622 843
Rank change year-on-year +58 +221 -252
Permanent jobs citing Social Engineering 29 16 43
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.083% 0.042% 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.043% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 29 12 29
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,310 -
25th Percentile £50,686 £45,000 £36,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -13.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £83,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +22.81% -9.52% +32.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Social Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Social Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Engineering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Engineering
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Engineering.

Social Engineering salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Engineering
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Engineering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Social Engineering salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (55.17%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (48.28%) Firewall
1 14 (48.28%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (10.34%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Burp Suite
1 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
1 3 (10.34%) Maven
1 3 (10.34%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (55.17%) Law
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Lead
1 18 (62.07%) Team Leader
2 7 (24.14%) Penetration Tester
2 7 (24.14%) Tester
3 4 (13.79%) Test Team Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Backend Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Java Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) JSON
1 3 (10.34%) Kafka
1 3 (10.34%) REST
1 3 (10.34%) Spring
1 3 (10.34%) Spring Boot
1 3 (10.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.34%) IoT
2 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.34%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (48.28%) Cryptography
2 14 (48.28%) Incident Response
2 14 (48.28%) ISMS
2 14 (48.28%) Kalman Filter
2 14 (48.28%) Migration
2 14 (48.28%) Risk Analysis
2 14 (48.28%) SIEM
3 12 (41.38%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (34.48%) Red Team
5 7 (24.14%) Security Testing
6 6 (20.69%) Microservices
7 4 (13.79%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (13.79%) Innovative Thinking
7 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
7 4 (13.79%) Project Management
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.34%) Cloud Security
8 3 (10.34%) Information Security
8 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Java
2 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.34%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) CREST Certified
2 7 (24.14%) OSCP
3 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) OSCE
5 1 (3.45%) CCSAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Kubernetes
1 3 (10.34%) Nessus
1 3 (10.34%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Qualys