Detection engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Detection engineering appears in 488 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Detection engineering, with demand down 29% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Detection engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Detection engineering appears in 488 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 29% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Detection engineering (27.3% of all postings mentioning Detection engineering).
+What jobs require Detection engineering?
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 Detection engineering are Security Operations Analyst (57.1% of that role’s postings mention Detection engineering), Detection Engineer (41.7% of that role’s postings mention Detection engineering), AI Security Researcher (20.0% of that role’s postings mention Detection engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Detection engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Detection engineering most often appears alongside incident response, SIEM, Threat hunting, Python, EDR.
+Where is Detection engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Detection engineering are New York City, London, San Francisco, Sydney, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Detection engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Detection engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Security Operations Analyst | 12 | 57.1% |
| Detection Engineer | 10 | 41.7% |
| AI Security Researcher | 4 | 20.0% |
| SOC Analyst | 3 | 12.5% |
| Security Platform Engineer | 3 | 12.5% |
| Information Security Director | 3 | 7.7% |
| Security Research Engineer | 4 | 7.1% |
| Security Engineer | 133 | 6.6% |
| Security Operations Engineer | 4 | 6.6% |
| Security Consultant | 2 | 6.5% |
Roles with the most Detection engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 133 | 27.3% |
| Product Manager | 21 | 4.3% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 16 | 3.3% |
| Information Security Engineer | 14 | 2.9% |
| Security Analyst | 12 | 2.5% |
| Security Operations Analyst | 12 | 2.5% |
| Detection Engineer | 10 | 2.0% |
| Software Engineer | 9 | 1.8% |
| Engineering Manager | 8 | 1.6% |
| Threat Hunter | 8 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for Detection engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 21 | 4.3% |
| London | 18 | 3.7% |
| San Francisco | 17 | 3.5% |
| Sydney | 9 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 8 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 8 | 1.6% |
| Boston | 7 | 1.4% |
| Seattle | 7 | 1.4% |
| Bengaluru | 6 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with Detection engineering
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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 Detection engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Detection engineering postings by all Detection engineering 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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