IT Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 24 job postings with the title “IT Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is endpoint security, with demand down 59% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many IT Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 24 job postings with the title “IT Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 59% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do IT Security Engineer jobs require?
Across IT Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are endpoint security, incident response, SIEM, vulnerability management, PKI.
+Which cities are hiring the most IT Security Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, IT Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Singapore, San Francisco, Alsip, Arlington, Durham.
+Is IT Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 24 IT Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 59% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in IT Security Engineer postings is endpoint security, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly IT Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for IT Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| endpoint security | 7 | 14.9% |
| incident response | 7 | 14.9% |
| SIEM | 5 | 10.6% |
| vulnerability management | 3 | 6.4% |
| PKI | 3 | 6.4% |
| SSO | 3 | 6.4% |
| IT Security | 3 | 6.4% |
| Security audits | 2 | 4.3% |
| SOC 2 | 2 | 4.3% |
| network security | 2 | 4.3% |
| Windows | 2 | 4.3% |
| threat tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) | 2 | 4.3% |
| anti-malware | 2 | 4.3% |
| Google Workspace | 2 | 4.3% |
| IT operations | 2 | 4.3% |
Top metros hiring IT Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 4 | 28.6% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 21.4% |
| Alsip | 1 | 7.1% |
| Arlington | 1 | 7.1% |
| Durham | 1 | 7.1% |
| East London | 1 | 7.1% |
| Franklin | 1 | 7.1% |
| Gurugram | 1 | 7.1% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 7.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “IT Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- IT Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-17
- 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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