data security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, data security appears in 887 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning data security, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is data security in demand in 2026?
Yes. data security appears in 887 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning data security (22.7% of all postings mentioning data security).
+What jobs require data security?
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 data security are Sales Systems Engineer (40.7% of that role’s postings mention data security), Sales Specialist (26.3% of that role’s postings mention data security), Information Security Architect (22.7% of that role’s postings mention data security).
+What skills are commonly paired with data security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), data security most often appears alongside data governance, SQL, Python, data quality, data modeling.
+Where is data security most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring data security are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring data security — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require data security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Sales Systems Engineer | 11 | 40.7% |
| Sales Specialist | 15 | 26.3% |
| Information Security Architect | 5 | 22.7% |
| Enterprise Data Architect | 3 | 15.0% |
| Information Security Consultant | 4 | 11.1% |
| AI Program Manager | 4 | 10.0% |
| Data Architect | 43 | 7.4% |
| Success Architect | 3 | 7.1% |
| Data Engineering Director | 5 | 7.0% |
| Cybersecurity Consultant | 6 | 6.1% |
Roles with the most data security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 201 | 22.7% |
| Software Engineer | 46 | 5.2% |
| Data Architect | 43 | 4.8% |
| Product Manager | 25 | 2.8% |
| Data Analyst | 15 | 1.7% |
| Sales Specialist | 15 | 1.7% |
| Data Scientist | 14 | 1.6% |
| Security Engineer | 12 | 1.4% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 11 | 1.2% |
| Security Client Solution Architect | 11 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for data security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 35 | 3.9% |
| San Francisco | 21 | 2.4% |
| London | 18 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 16 | 1.8% |
| Chicago | 10 | 1.1% |
| Hartford | 9 | 1.0% |
| Hyderabad | 9 | 1.0% |
| Mountain View | 9 | 1.0% |
| San Jose | 9 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with data security
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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 data security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s data security postings by all data 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).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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