Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-24, Skillenai has indexed 250 job postings with the title “Cybersecurity Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SIEM, with demand up 22% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-24
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+How many Cybersecurity Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 250 job postings with the title “Cybersecurity Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, with demand up 22% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Cybersecurity Engineer jobs require?
Across Cybersecurity Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, the skills mentioned most often are SIEM, cybersecurity, incident response, threat modeling, vulnerability management.
+Which cities are hiring the most Cybersecurity Engineer?
As of 2026-07-24, Cybersecurity Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Arlington, Kettering, Washington, Long Beach, McGuire AFB.
+Is Cybersecurity Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 250 Cybersecurity Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, with demand up 22% 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
Skills most often required for Cybersecurity Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SIEM | 53 | 21.2% |
| cybersecurity | 52 | 20.8% |
| incident response | 48 | 19.2% |
| threat modeling | 33 | 13.2% |
| vulnerability management | 32 | 12.8% |
| firewalls | 29 | 11.6% |
| penetration testing | 28 | 11.2% |
| network security | 26 | 10.4% |
| AWS | 26 | 10.4% |
| Python | 22 | 8.8% |
| DevSecOps | 22 | 8.8% |
| Cloud Security | 17 | 6.8% |
| Azure | 16 | 6.4% |
| IDS/IPS | 15 | 6.0% |
| vulnerability scanning | 15 | 6.0% |
Top metros hiring Cybersecurity Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 14 | 5.6% |
| Kettering | 10 | 4.0% |
| Washington | 5 | 2.0% |
| Long Beach | 4 | 1.6% |
| McGuire AFB | 4 | 1.6% |
| New York City | 4 | 1.6% |
| San Diego | 4 | 1.6% |
| Richmond | 3 | 1.2% |
| Atlanta | 2 | 0.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, matching postings whose canonical role is “Cybersecurity Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Cybersecurity Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-07-24
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- 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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