identity security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-30, identity security appears in 193 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning identity security, with demand share up 11.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-30
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Frequently asked questions about identity security
+Is identity security in demand in 2026?
Yes. identity security appears in 193 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning identity security (13.0% of all postings mentioning identity security).
+What jobs require identity security?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning identity security are Security Operations Engineer (9.6% of that role’s postings mention identity security), Security Solution Architect (7.4% of that role’s postings mention identity security), Chief Information Security Officer (4.9% of that role’s postings mention identity security).
+What skills are commonly paired with identity security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-30), identity security most often appears alongside Cloud Security, endpoint security, network security, incident response, SIEM.
+Where is identity security most in demand?
As of 2026-10-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring identity security are New York City, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, Sydney, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new identity security content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning identity security alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new identity security content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after identity security?
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 identity security — last 90 days
Career paths around identity security
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before identity security
No published incoming skill pairs yet.
Skills after identity security
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| After: scalable | 1 |
| After: database schemas | 1 |
| After: troubleshooting | 1 |
| After: estimation | 1 |
| After: software architecture | 1 |
| After: extensible | 1 |
| After: real-time APIs | 1 |
| After: APIs | 1 |
Roles most likely to require identity security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Security Operations Engineer | 5 | 9.6% |
| Security Solution Architect | 2 | 7.4% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 4 | 4.9% |
| Solution Engineering Manager | 1 | 4.5% |
| Information Security Advisor | 1 | 4.3% |
| Security Operations Analyst | 1 | 4.3% |
| Information Security Architect | 1 | 4.2% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 1 | 4.0% |
| Sales Manager | 1 | 3.8% |
| Security Solutions Architect | 1 | 3.8% |
Roles with the most identity security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 25 | 13.0% |
| Product Manager | 14 | 7.3% |
| Security Client Solution Architect | 10 | 5.2% |
| Software Engineer | 9 | 4.7% |
| Solution Architect | 9 | 4.7% |
| Security Analyst | 8 | 4.1% |
| Security Architect | 7 | 3.6% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 5 | 2.6% |
| Security Operations Engineer | 5 | 2.6% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 4 | 2.1% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring identity security
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Okta | 14 |
| Myriad360 | 12 |
| Palo Alto Networks | 10 |
| ServiceNow | 7 |
| Anthropic | 5 |
| CrowdStrike | 4 |
| GuidePoint Security | 3 |
| Delinea | 3 |
| Default Company for Singapore | 3 |
| SailPoint | 3 |
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 identity security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 8 | 4.1% |
| Tel Aviv | 5 | 2.6% |
| San Francisco | 4 | 2.1% |
| Sydney | 4 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 1.6% |
| Boston | 3 | 1.6% |
| Madrid | 3 | 1.6% |
| Santa Clara | 3 | 1.6% |
| Cambridge | 2 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with identity security
Explore related pages
- Security Operations Engineer
- Security Solution Architect
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Solution Engineering Manager
- Information Security Advisor
- Security Operations Analyst
- Information Security Architect
- Enterprise Security Engineer
- Cloud Security
- endpoint security
- network security
- incident response
- SIEM
- vulnerability management
- Application security
- security architecture
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 2026-10-30. 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 identity security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s identity security postings by all identity 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. 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 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (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.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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