Network Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-23, Skillenai has indexed 144 job postings with the title “Network Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is firewalls, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-23
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+How many Network Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 144 job postings with the title “Network Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Network Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Network Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, the skills mentioned most often are firewalls, network security, TCP/IP, network segmentation, routing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Network Security Engineer?
As of 2026-09-23, Network Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Dallas, Singapore, San Jose, Seoul, Foster City.
+Is Network Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 144 Network Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Network Security Engineer postings is firewalls, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Network Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Network Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| firewalls | 44 | 30.6% |
| network security | 32 | 22.2% |
| TCP/IP | 31 | 21.5% |
| network segmentation | 29 | 20.1% |
| routing | 29 | 20.1% |
| Python | 26 | 18.1% |
| BGP | 25 | 17.4% |
| IDS/IPS | 24 | 16.7% |
| DNS | 24 | 16.7% |
| switching | 23 | 16.0% |
| automation | 22 | 15.3% |
| VPN | 20 | 13.9% |
| OSPF | 19 | 13.2% |
| VPNs | 19 | 13.2% |
| incident response | 19 | 13.2% |
Top metros hiring Network Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 6 | 4.2% |
| Singapore | 6 | 4.2% |
| San Jose | 4 | 2.8% |
| Seoul | 4 | 2.8% |
| Foster City | 3 | 2.1% |
| Mississauga | 3 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 1.4% |
| Budapest | 2 | 1.4% |
| Cairo | 2 | 1.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “Network Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Network Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-23
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- 90
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