Security Analyst jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-26, Skillenai has indexed 372 job postings with the title “Security Analyst” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SIEM, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-26
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+How many Security Analyst jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 372 job postings with the title “Security Analyst” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-26, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Security Analyst jobs require?
Across Security Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-26, the skills mentioned most often are SIEM, incident response, vulnerability management, EDR, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Security Analyst?
As of 2026-09-26, Security Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Pune, Bengaluru, Hawthorne, Kuala Lumpur, Boston.
+Is Security Analyst a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 372 Security Analyst postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-26, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Security Analyst postings is SIEM, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Security Analyst postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for Security Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SIEM | 118 | 31.7% |
| incident response | 110 | 29.6% |
| vulnerability management | 68 | 18.3% |
| EDR | 59 | 15.9% |
| Python | 57 | 15.3% |
| Windows | 55 | 14.8% |
| Linux | 55 | 14.8% |
| AWS | 54 | 14.5% |
| Splunk | 48 | 12.9% |
| Threat hunting | 46 | 12.4% |
| ISO 27001 | 41 | 11.0% |
| threat intelligence | 40 | 10.8% |
| MITRE ATT&CK | 39 | 10.5% |
| Cloud Security | 37 | 9.9% |
| SOAR | 35 | 9.4% |
Top metros hiring Security Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pune | 12 | 3.2% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 2.2% |
| Hawthorne | 8 | 2.2% |
| Kuala Lumpur | 7 | 1.9% |
| Boston | 6 | 1.6% |
| London | 6 | 1.6% |
| Raleigh | 6 | 1.6% |
| Sofia | 6 | 1.6% |
| Tel Aviv | 6 | 1.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-26, matching postings whose canonical role is “Security Analyst”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Security Analyst
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-26
- window_days
- 90
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