Offensive Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-13, Skillenai has indexed 67 job postings with the title “Offensive Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is penetration testing, with demand up 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-13
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+How many Offensive Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 67 job postings with the title “Offensive Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, with demand up 13% 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 2026-08-13, the skills mentioned most often are penetration testing, Offensive Security, Red Teaming, threat modeling, vulnerability assessment.
+Which cities are hiring the most Offensive Security Engineer?
As of 2026-08-13, Offensive Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, New York City, Pune, Austin, Bordeaux.
+Is Offensive Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 67 Offensive Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, with demand up 13% 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 | 47 | 70.1% |
| Offensive Security | 41 | 61.2% |
| Red Teaming | 35 | 52.2% |
| threat modeling | 23 | 34.3% |
| vulnerability assessment | 16 | 23.9% |
| Python | 12 | 17.9% |
| OWASP Top 10 | 12 | 17.9% |
| vulnerability research | 12 | 17.9% |
| adversary emulation | 12 | 17.9% |
| exploit development | 11 | 16.4% |
| MITRE ATT&CK | 10 | 14.9% |
| automation | 9 | 13.4% |
| AWS | 9 | 13.4% |
| Reconnaissance | 9 | 13.4% |
| adversary simulation | 9 | 13.4% |
Top metros hiring Offensive Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 2 | 3.0% |
| New York City | 2 | 3.0% |
| Pune | 2 | 3.0% |
| Austin | 1 | 1.5% |
| Bordeaux | 1 | 1.5% |
| Brasil Novo | 1 | 1.5% |
| Foster City | 1 | 1.5% |
| Harrow | 1 | 1.5% |
| Leça do Bailio | 1 | 1.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, matching postings whose canonical role is “Offensive Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Offensive Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-08-13
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