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Application security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-05, Application security appears in 1,958 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Application security, with demand share up 8.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
1,958
Demand vs prior month
up 8.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 20.5% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Application security

+Is Application security in demand in 2026?

Yes. Application security appears in 1,958 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Application security (20.5% of all postings mentioning Application security).

+What jobs require Application security?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Application security are Application Security Engineer (42.0% of that role’s postings mention Application security), Security Solutions Architect (41.7% of that role’s postings mention Application security), Application Security Architect (40.0% of that role’s postings mention Application security).

+What skills are commonly paired with Application security?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), Application security most often appears alongside threat modeling, vulnerability management, Cloud Security, CI/CD, Python.

+Where is Application security most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Application security are New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, London, Tel Aviv, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Application security content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Application security alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Application security content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Application security?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Application security — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Application security

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Application security

Before Application securityautomation → Application security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → Application security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairInformation Security → Application security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairVulnerability Management → Application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairpKi → Application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvendor risk program → Application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairTest case design → Application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairred team → Application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplicationsecurityautomation: 2 movesautomation2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesInformation Security: 2 movesInformationSecurity2 movesVulnerability Management: 1 movesVulnerabilityManagement1 movespKi: 1 movespKi1 movesvendor risk program: 1 movesvendor riskprogram1 movesTest case design: 1 movesTest case design1 movesred team: 1 movesred team1 moves

Skills after Application security

After Application securityApplication security → EDR policies: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → Securonix: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → Endpoint Security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → product roadmap decisions: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → web services security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → a/b testing: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → static code analysis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplication security → Data quality: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApplicationsecurityEDR policies: 1 movesEDR policies1 movesSecuronix: 1 movesSecuronix1 movesEndpoint Security: 1 movesEndpoint Security1 movesproduct roadmap decisions: 1 movesproduct roadmapdecisions1 movesweb services security: 1 movesweb servicessecurity1 movesa/b testing: 1 movesa/b testing1 movesstatic code analysis: 1 movesstatic codeanalysis1 movesData quality: 1 movesData quality1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: automation2
Before: AWS2
Before: Information Security2
Before: Vulnerability Management1
Before: pKi1
Before: vendor risk program1
Before: Test case design1
Before: red team1
After: EDR policies1
After: Securonix1
After: Endpoint Security1
After: product roadmap decisions1
After: web services security1
After: a/b testing1
After: static code analysis1
After: Data quality1

Roles most likely to require Application security

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Application Security Engineer23942.0%
Security Solutions Architect1041.7%
Application Security Architect1040.0%
Application Security Analyst1038.5%
Product Security Architect838.1%
AI Security Architect829.6%
Head of Information Security728.0%
Product Security Engineer9125.0%
Cybersecurity Advisor725.0%
Security Operations Manager523.8%

Roles with the most Application security postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer40120.5%
Application Security Engineer23912.2%
Software Engineer1206.1%
Product Security Engineer914.6%
Security Architect572.9%
Product Manager331.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer301.5%
AI Security Engineer271.4%
Engineering Manager241.2%
Information Security Engineer211.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Application security

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Application security
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Lacework25
ServiceNow20
Stripe18
Cisco17
Elevance Health15
Myriad36015
Bugcrowd14
Samsara13
Anthropic12
LinkedIn12

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Application security

NamePostingsShare
New York City794.0%
Bengaluru502.6%
San Francisco472.4%
London381.9%
Tel Aviv281.4%
Hyderabad271.4%
Austin211.1%
Boston211.1%
Mountain View211.1%

Skills commonly paired with Application security

threat modeling (715)vulnerability management (548)Cloud Security (526)CI/CD (503)Python (469)penetration testing (454)AWS (444)SAST (383)incident response (347)DAST (330)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Application security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Application security postings by all Application security postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.7% to 0.7%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
cf75228beea26cc6
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index