information security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, information security appears in 1,063 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Information Security Analyst has the most postings mentioning information security, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is information security in demand in 2026?
Yes. information security appears in 1,063 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks. Information Security Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning information security (5.4% of all postings mentioning information security).
+What jobs require information 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 information security are Head of Information Security (59.1% of that role’s postings mention information security), Information Security Director (53.8% of that role’s postings mention information security), Chief Information Security Officer (39.7% of that role’s postings mention information security).
+What skills are commonly paired with information security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), information security most often appears alongside Risk Management, incident response, ISO 27001, vulnerability management, CISSP.
+Where is information security most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring information security are New York City, Pune, Hyderabad, London, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring information security — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require information security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Head of Information Security | 13 | 59.1% |
| Information Security Director | 21 | 53.8% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 23 | 39.7% |
| Business Information Security Officer | 9 | 39.1% |
| Information Security Consultant | 14 | 38.9% |
| Cybersecurity Advisor | 10 | 38.5% |
| Information Security Architect | 8 | 36.4% |
| Information Security Manager | 38 | 34.9% |
| Information Security Intern | 10 | 33.3% |
| Information Security Specialist | 29 | 33.0% |
Roles with the most information security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Information Security Analyst | 57 | 5.4% |
| Security Engineer | 53 | 5.0% |
| Information Security Engineer | 51 | 4.8% |
| Information Security Manager | 38 | 3.6% |
| Technical Program Manager | 33 | 3.1% |
| Software Engineer | 31 | 2.9% |
| Information Security Specialist | 29 | 2.7% |
| Security Analyst | 25 | 2.4% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 23 | 2.2% |
| Product Manager | 23 | 2.2% |
Top metros hiring for information security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 35 | 3.3% |
| Pune | 22 | 2.1% |
| Hyderabad | 20 | 1.9% |
| London | 19 | 1.8% |
| Dublin | 13 | 1.2% |
| Washington | 13 | 1.2% |
| Chicago | 12 | 1.1% |
| San Francisco | 12 | 1.1% |
| Seoul | 12 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with information security
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- Head of Information Security
- Information Security Director
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Business Information Security Officer
- Information Security Consultant
- Cybersecurity Advisor
- Information Security Architect
- Information Security Manager
- Risk Management
- incident response
- ISO 27001
- vulnerability management
- CISSP
- cybersecurity
- Cloud Security
- security architecture
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 information security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s information security postings by all information 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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