Offensive Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 39 job postings with the title “Offensive Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is penetration testing, with demand down 77% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Offensive Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 39 job postings with the title “Offensive Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 77% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Offensive Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Offensive Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are penetration testing, Offensive Security, threat modeling, Red Teaming, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Offensive Security Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Offensive Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Menlo Park, Nottingham, Paris, Vienna.
+Is Offensive Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 39 Offensive Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 77% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Offensive Security Engineer postings is penetration testing, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Offensive Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Offensive Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| penetration testing | 31 | 16.8% |
| Offensive Security | 28 | 15.2% |
| threat modeling | 16 | 8.7% |
| Red Teaming | 14 | 7.6% |
| Python | 12 | 6.5% |
| Kubernetes | 11 | 6.0% |
| prompt injection | 11 | 6.0% |
| AWS | 11 | 6.0% |
| red team | 8 | 4.3% |
| Metasploit | 8 | 4.3% |
| Burp Suite | 8 | 4.3% |
| OWASP Top 10 | 7 | 3.8% |
| macOS | 7 | 3.8% |
| Linux | 6 | 3.3% |
| Nmap | 6 | 3.3% |
Top metros hiring Offensive Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 6 | 31.6% |
| Menlo Park | 3 | 15.8% |
| Nottingham | 2 | 10.5% |
| Paris | 2 | 10.5% |
| Vienna | 2 | 10.5% |
| Bordeaux | 1 | 5.3% |
| Costa Mesa | 1 | 5.3% |
| Foster City | 1 | 5.3% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 5.3% |
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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 “Offensive Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Offensive Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 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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