Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-28, Skillenai has indexed 2,016 job postings with the title “Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+How many Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 2,016 job postings with the title “Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, the skills mentioned most often are Python, AWS, incident response, threat modeling, SIEM.
+Which cities are hiring the most Security Engineer?
As of 2026-09-28, Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, London, Seattle.
+Is Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 2,016 Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Security Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 689 | 34.2% |
| AWS | 516 | 25.6% |
| incident response | 508 | 25.2% |
| threat modeling | 483 | 24.0% |
| SIEM | 409 | 20.3% |
| vulnerability management | 389 | 19.3% |
| CI/CD | 325 | 16.1% |
| Security engineering | 280 | 13.9% |
| Application security | 276 | 13.7% |
| Go | 270 | 13.4% |
| penetration testing | 263 | 13.0% |
| Cloud Security | 259 | 12.8% |
| GCP | 254 | 12.6% |
| Terraform | 254 | 12.6% |
| Kubernetes | 253 | 12.5% |
Top metros hiring Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 93 | 4.6% |
| San Francisco | 75 | 3.7% |
| Bengaluru | 46 | 2.3% |
| London | 43 | 2.1% |
| Seattle | 37 | 1.8% |
| Boston | 33 | 1.6% |
| Seoul | 32 | 1.6% |
| Dublin | 27 | 1.3% |
| Chicago | 26 | 1.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-28
- 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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