Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-04, Skillenai has indexed 374 job postings with the title “Cybersecurity Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SIEM, with demand up 89% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-04
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+How many Cybersecurity Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 374 job postings with the title “Cybersecurity Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, with demand up 89% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Cybersecurity Engineer jobs require?
Across Cybersecurity Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, the skills mentioned most often are SIEM, incident response, vulnerability management, AWS, firewalls.
+Which cities are hiring the most Cybersecurity Engineer?
As of 2026-09-04, Cybersecurity Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, Arlington, Columbus, Fort Belvoir, Huntsville.
+Is Cybersecurity Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 374 Cybersecurity Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, with demand up 89% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Cybersecurity Engineer postings is SIEM, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Cybersecurity Engineer postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for Cybersecurity Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SIEM | 99 | 26.5% |
| incident response | 84 | 22.5% |
| vulnerability management | 70 | 18.7% |
| AWS | 57 | 15.2% |
| firewalls | 54 | 14.4% |
| cybersecurity | 54 | 14.4% |
| threat modeling | 50 | 13.4% |
| Python | 49 | 13.1% |
| network security | 42 | 11.2% |
| SOAR | 42 | 11.2% |
| Azure | 40 | 10.7% |
| penetration testing | 35 | 9.4% |
| Linux | 34 | 9.1% |
| EDR | 33 | 8.8% |
| CISSP | 30 | 8.0% |
Top metros hiring Cybersecurity Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 9 | 2.4% |
| Arlington | 7 | 1.9% |
| Columbus | 7 | 1.9% |
| Fort Belvoir | 7 | 1.9% |
| Huntsville | 7 | 1.9% |
| Kettering | 7 | 1.9% |
| San Diego | 7 | 1.9% |
| Washington | 7 | 1.9% |
| Austin | 6 | 1.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, matching postings whose canonical role is “Cybersecurity Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Cybersecurity Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-04
- window_days
- 90
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