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

As of 2026-05-02, demand data for penetration testing is still being collected.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-02

Postings · last 90 days
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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-02. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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90
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