cybersecurity jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, cybersecurity appears in 1,824 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning cybersecurity, with demand down 19% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is cybersecurity in demand in 2026?
Yes. cybersecurity appears in 1,824 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 19% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning cybersecurity (6.0% of all postings mentioning cybersecurity).
+What jobs require cybersecurity?
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 cybersecurity are Cybersecurity Intern (42.6% of that role’s postings mention cybersecurity), Cybersecurity Manager (29.4% of that role’s postings mention cybersecurity), Cyber Systems Engineer (27.4% of that role’s postings mention cybersecurity).
+What skills are commonly paired with cybersecurity?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), cybersecurity most often appears alongside Risk Management, incident response, Python, vulnerability management, AWS.
+Where is cybersecurity most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring cybersecurity are New York City, Washington, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring cybersecurity — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require cybersecurity
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity Intern | 23 | 42.6% |
| Cybersecurity Manager | 20 | 29.4% |
| Cyber Systems Engineer | 23 | 27.4% |
| Cybersecurity Consultant | 26 | 26.3% |
| Sales Specialist | 13 | 22.8% |
| Head of Information Security | 5 | 22.7% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 51 | 22.2% |
| AI Tech Consultant | 7 | 21.9% |
| Cybersecurity Director | 6 | 21.4% |
| Information Technology Specialist | 7 | 21.2% |
Roles with the most cybersecurity postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 110 | 6.0% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 70 | 3.8% |
| Product Manager | 63 | 3.5% |
| Systems Engineer | 61 | 3.3% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 51 | 2.8% |
| Program Manager | 50 | 2.7% |
| Solutions Architect | 43 | 2.4% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 33 | 1.8% |
| Security Engineer | 32 | 1.8% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 27 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for cybersecurity
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 39 | 2.1% |
| Washington | 39 | 2.1% |
| San Francisco | 24 | 1.3% |
| Tel Aviv | 24 | 1.3% |
| Boston | 21 | 1.2% |
| Bengaluru | 20 | 1.1% |
| Arlington | 19 | 1.0% |
| Colorado Springs | 18 | 1.0% |
| Chantilly | 16 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with cybersecurity
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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 cybersecurity by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s cybersecurity postings by all cybersecurity 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
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