Cyber Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-01, Skillenai has indexed 161 job postings with the title “Cyber Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is cybersecurity, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-01
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+How many Cyber Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 161 job postings with the title “Cyber Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Cyber Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Cyber Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, the skills mentioned most often are cybersecurity, vulnerability management, incident response, SIEM, network security.
+Which cities are hiring the most Cyber Security Engineer?
As of 2026-07-01, Cyber Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Chantilly, Christchurch, Colorado Springs, Bethesda, Cimarron Hills.
+Is Cyber Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 161 Cyber Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Cyber Security Engineer postings is cybersecurity, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Cyber Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Cyber Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| cybersecurity | 34 | 21.1% |
| vulnerability management | 24 | 14.9% |
| incident response | 24 | 14.9% |
| SIEM | 16 | 9.9% |
| network security | 14 | 8.7% |
| Cloud Security | 13 | 8.1% |
| Python | 12 | 7.5% |
| AWS | 12 | 7.5% |
| Splunk | 12 | 7.5% |
| firewalls | 11 | 6.8% |
| security clearance | 10 | 6.2% |
| penetration testing | 9 | 5.6% |
| EDR | 9 | 5.6% |
| Security audits | 8 | 5.0% |
| CISSP | 8 | 5.0% |
Top metros hiring Cyber Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chantilly | 12 | 7.5% |
| Christchurch | 8 | 5.0% |
| Colorado Springs | 8 | 5.0% |
| Bethesda | 6 | 3.7% |
| Cimarron Hills | 4 | 2.5% |
| Baltimore | 3 | 1.9% |
| East London | 3 | 1.9% |
| Huntingdon | 3 | 1.9% |
| London | 3 | 1.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, matching postings whose canonical role is “Cyber Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Cyber Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-07-01
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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