cybersecurity jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-05, cybersecurity appears in 1,579 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 131% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-05
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Frequently asked questions about cybersecurity
+Is cybersecurity in demand in 2026?
Yes. cybersecurity appears in 1,579 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-05, with demand up 131% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (6% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require cybersecurity?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-05, the job titles most likely to require cybersecurity are Software Engineer (6% of postings list cybersecurity), Product Manager (4% of postings list cybersecurity), Cybersecurity Engineer (3% of postings list cybersecurity).
+What skills are commonly paired with cybersecurity?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-05), cybersecurity most often appears alongside Risk Management, incident response, Python, AWS, vulnerability management.
+Where is cybersecurity most in demand?
As of 2026-09-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring cybersecurity are New York City, Washington, San Francisco, Boston, Singapore, 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
Job titles most likely to require cybersecurity
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 103 | 6.5% |
| Product Manager | 64 | 4.1% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 54 | 3.4% |
| Systems Engineer | 51 | 3.2% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 47 | 3.0% |
| Solutions Architect | 42 | 2.7% |
| Program Manager | 38 | 2.4% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 32 | 2.0% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 29 | 1.8% |
| Security Engineer | 29 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for cybersecurity
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 40 | 2.5% |
| Washington | 27 | 1.7% |
| San Francisco | 25 | 1.6% |
| Boston | 19 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 19 | 1.2% |
| Tel Aviv | 19 | 1.2% |
| Arlington | 18 | 1.1% |
| Chantilly | 16 | 1.0% |
| Dallas | 16 | 1.0% |
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 2026-09-05. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. 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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- 2026-09-05
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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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