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

As of 2026-09-28, CISSP appears in 1,139 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning CISSP, with demand down 58% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
1,139
Demand vs prior month
down 58% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 8.7% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Washington

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Frequently asked questions about CISSP

+Is CISSP in demand in 2026?

Yes. CISSP appears in 1,139 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 58% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning CISSP (8.7% of all postings mentioning CISSP).

+What jobs require CISSP?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning CISSP are Information Security Officer (40.0% of that role’s postings mention CISSP), Product Security Architect (35.0% of that role’s postings mention CISSP), Cybersecurity Advisor (34.6% of that role’s postings mention CISSP).

+What skills are commonly paired with CISSP?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), CISSP most often appears alongside CISM, CISA, ISO 27001, AWS, incident response.

+Where is CISSP most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring CISSP are Washington, New York City, London, Toronto, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring CISSP — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Roles most likely to require CISSP

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Information Security Officer2840.0%
Product Security Architect735.0%
Cybersecurity Advisor934.6%
Information Security Consultant1027.8%
Information Security Advisor627.3%
Cyber Security Architect926.5%
Systems Security Engineer1926.4%
Information Security Director923.1%
AI Security Architect520.8%
Chief Information Security Officer1220.7%

Roles with the most CISSP postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer998.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer373.2%
Systems Engineer373.2%
Information Security Officer282.5%
Cybersecurity Analyst242.1%
Security Architect242.1%
Information Security Engineer232.0%
Information Security Analyst221.9%
Program Manager221.9%
Security Analyst191.7%

Top metros hiring for CISSP

NamePostingsShare
Washington242.1%
New York City201.8%
London181.6%
Toronto181.6%
Singapore141.2%
Tokyo141.2%
Arlington131.1%
Seoul131.1%
Boston111.0%

Skills commonly paired with CISSP

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. 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 CISSP by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s CISSP postings by all CISSP 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).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
27b33e8ff2e505cb
data_as_of
2026-09-28
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index