IT Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-06, Skillenai has indexed 167 job postings with the title “IT Specialist” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Security clearance, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-06
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Frequently asked questions about IT Specialist jobs
+How many IT Specialist jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 167 job postings with the title “IT Specialist” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do IT Specialist jobs require?
Across IT Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, the skills mentioned most often are Security clearance, Information Technology Management (2210), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), information security, top secret.
+Which cities are hiring the most IT Specialist?
As of 2026-07-06, IT Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Fort Meade, Portsmouth, San Diego, Jacksonville, Kansas City.
+Is IT Specialist a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 167 IT Specialist postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in IT Specialist postings is Security clearance, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly IT Specialist postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for IT Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Security clearance | 97 | 58.1% |
| Information Technology Management (2210) | 38 | 22.8% |
| Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) | 29 | 17.4% |
| information security | 25 | 15.0% |
| top secret | 22 | 13.2% |
| Secret Clearance | 16 | 9.6% |
| network security | 13 | 7.8% |
| information technology infrastructure management | 12 | 7.2% |
| system administration | 11 | 6.6% |
| Security clearance (Top Secret) | 10 | 6.0% |
| InfoSec | 9 | 5.4% |
| security clearance (Secret) | 9 | 5.4% |
| information technology risk management | 8 | 4.8% |
| Information technology project management | 8 | 4.8% |
| IT Management | 8 | 4.8% |
Top metros hiring IT Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Meade | 6 | 3.6% |
| Portsmouth | 5 | 3.0% |
| San Diego | 5 | 3.0% |
| Jacksonville | 4 | 2.4% |
| Kansas City | 4 | 2.4% |
| Alexandria | 3 | 1.8% |
| Arlington | 3 | 1.8% |
| Charleston | 3 | 1.8% |
| Salt Lake City | 3 | 1.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, matching postings whose canonical role is “IT Specialist”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- IT Specialist
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-07-06
- window_days
- 90
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