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

As of 2026-11-05, EDR appears in 1,414 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning EDR, with demand share up 13.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
1,414
Demand vs prior month
up 13.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 24.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about EDR

+Is EDR in demand in 2026?

Yes. EDR appears in 1,414 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning EDR (24.8% of all postings mentioning EDR).

+What jobs require EDR?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning EDR are SOC Analyst (54.5% of that role’s postings mention EDR), Incident Response Analyst (40.0% of that role’s postings mention EDR), Threat Analyst (39.1% of that role’s postings mention EDR).

+What skills are commonly paired with EDR?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), EDR most often appears alongside SIEM, incident response, Python, SOAR, AWS.

+Where is EDR most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring EDR are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, Hyderabad, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new EDR content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning EDR alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new EDR content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after EDR?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring EDR — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around EDR

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before EDR

Before EDRSIEM → EDR: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairServiceNow → EDR: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSplunk → EDR: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → EDR: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairPowerShell → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDRSIEM: 5 movesSIEM5 movesServiceNow: 4 movesServiceNow4 movesSplunk: 4 movesSplunk4 movesActive Directory: 4 movesActive Directory4 movesPowerShell: 3 movesPowerShell3 movesIDS: 3 movesIDS3 movesdisaster recovery: 3 movesdisaster recovery3 movesNIST: 3 movesNIST3 moves

Skills after EDR

After EDREDR → Active Directory: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → ci/cd: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → SAST: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → Windows: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → Windows DNS Server: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → Microsoft 365: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → Microsoft Intune: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDRActive Directory: 2 movesActive Directory2 movesci/cd: 1 movesci/cd1 movesSAST: 1 movesSAST1 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesWindows: 1 movesWindows1 movesWindows DNS Server: 1 movesWindows DNS Server1 movesMicrosoft 365: 1 movesMicrosoft 3651 movesMicrosoft Intune: 1 movesMicrosoft Intune1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: SIEM5
Before: ServiceNow4
Before: Splunk4
Before: Active Directory4
Before: PowerShell3
Before: IDS3
Before: disaster recovery3
Before: NIST3
After: Active Directory2
After: ci/cd1
After: SAST1
After: python1
After: Windows1
After: Windows DNS Server1
After: Microsoft 3651
After: Microsoft Intune1

Roles most likely to require EDR

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
SOC Analyst1254.5%
Incident Response Analyst840.0%
Threat Analyst939.1%
Security Operations Manager838.1%
Security Operations Analyst1037.0%
Security Platform Engineer1135.5%
Security Operations Engineer1532.6%
Detection Engineer1431.1%
Security Analyst10221.3%
Endpoint Security Engineer420.0%

Roles with the most EDR postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer35124.8%
Security Analyst1027.2%
Cybersecurity Engineer402.8%
Information Security Engineer372.6%
Cybersecurity Analyst352.5%
Product Manager352.5%
Information Security Analyst322.3%
Software Engineer282.0%
Systems Engineer282.0%
Cyber Security Analyst181.3%

Top companies posting jobs requiring EDR

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring EDR
CompanyPostings · 90 days
NetLimiter25
Elastic24
SentinelOne20
Mozilla18
CrowdStrike17
Coupang16
Cisco16
Lacework14
Samsara14
Sophos12

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for EDR

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru453.2%
New York City423.0%
San Francisco352.5%
Hyderabad211.5%
Seattle201.4%
Austin191.3%
Seoul161.1%
Singapore151.1%
Tel Aviv151.1%

Skills commonly paired with EDR

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. 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 EDR by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s EDR postings by all EDR 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.5%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
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data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index