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IDS/IPS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-29, IDS/IPS appears in 436 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning IDS/IPS.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
436
Top role · 14.2% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about IDS/IPS

+Is IDS/IPS in demand in 2026?

Yes. IDS/IPS appears in 436 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning IDS/IPS (14.2% of all postings mentioning IDS/IPS).

+What jobs require IDS/IPS?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning IDS/IPS are Threat Analyst (25.0% of that role’s postings mention IDS/IPS), Network Security Engineer (19.1% of that role’s postings mention IDS/IPS), Network Security Architect (19.0% of that role’s postings mention IDS/IPS).

+What skills are commonly paired with IDS/IPS?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), IDS/IPS most often appears alongside SIEM, firewalls, incident response, EDR, vulnerability management.

+Where is IDS/IPS most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring IDS/IPS are Bengaluru, Long Beach, Columbus, Seoul, Dallas, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new IDS/IPS content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after IDS/IPS?

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 IDS/IPS — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around IDS/IPS

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before IDS/IPS

Before IDS/IPSincident response → IDS/IPS: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairNessus → IDS/IPS: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAccess controls → IDS/IPS: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → IDS/IPS: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairVulnerability assessments → IDS/IPS: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairISO 27001 → IDS/IPS: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairQualys → IDS/IPS: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairSplunk → IDS/IPS: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPSincident response: 5 movesincident response5 movesNessus: 4 movesNessus4 movesAccess controls: 3 movesAccess controls3 movespython: 3 movespython3 movesVulnerability assessments: 3 movesVulnerabilityassessments3 movesISO 27001: 3 movesISO 270013 movesQualys: 3 movesQualys3 movesSplunk: 3 movesSplunk3 moves

Skills after IDS/IPS

After IDS/IPSIDS/IPS → Vulnerability assessments: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → Splunk: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → incident response: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → NIST: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → ISO 27001: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → Vulnerability Management: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → Penetration Testing: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPS → SIEM: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS/IPSVulnerability assessments: 9 movesVulnerabilityassessments9 movesSplunk: 5 movesSplunk5 movesincident response: 4 movesincident response4 movesNIST: 4 movesNIST4 movesISO 27001: 4 movesISO 270014 movesVulnerability Management: 3 movesVulnerabilityManagement3 movesPenetration Testing: 3 movesPenetrationTesting3 movesSIEM: 3 movesSIEM3 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: incident response5
Before: Nessus4
Before: Access controls3
Before: python3
Before: Vulnerability assessments3
Before: ISO 270013
Before: Qualys3
Before: Splunk3
After: Vulnerability assessments9
After: Splunk5
After: incident response4
After: NIST4
After: ISO 270014
After: Vulnerability Management3
After: Penetration Testing3
After: SIEM3

Roles most likely to require IDS/IPS

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Threat Analyst525.0%
Network Security Engineer3419.1%
Network Security Architect419.0%
Enterprise Security Engineer414.8%
Security Research Engineer712.5%
Security Solutions Architect311.5%
Cybersecurity Lead210.0%
Cyber Security Engineer218.9%
Security Operations Engineer47.7%
Information Security Analyst206.7%

Roles with the most IDS/IPS postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer6214.2%
Network Security Engineer347.8%
Cybersecurity Engineer255.7%
Cyber Security Engineer214.8%
Information Security Analyst204.6%
Security Analyst184.1%
Information Security Engineer133.0%
Cybersecurity Analyst112.5%
Cloud Security Engineer81.8%
Software Engineer81.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring IDS/IPS

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring IDS/IPS
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Myriad3608
Tekion8
Cisco7
Northrop Grumman6
Apertium6
Reltio5
Apex-technology-inc5
True Anomaly5
NetLimiter5
Nimble Storage5

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 IDS/IPS

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru133.0%
Long Beach112.5%
Columbus71.6%
Seoul61.4%
Dallas51.1%
Houston51.1%
Los Angeles51.1%
New York City51.1%
Atlanta40.9%

Skills commonly paired with IDS/IPS

SIEM (264)firewalls (202)incident response (134)EDR (110)vulnerability management (104)Python (102)AWS (85)Azure (78)penetration testing (67)TCP/IP (66)

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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 2026-10-29. 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 IDS/IPS by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s IDS/IPS postings by all IDS/IPS 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
26f3b4fce8738aca
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index