SAST jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, SAST appears in 1,132 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning SAST, with demand down 15% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is SAST in demand in 2026?
Yes. SAST appears in 1,132 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 15% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SAST (17.1% of all postings mentioning SAST).
+What jobs require SAST?
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 SAST are Application Security Engineer (49.5% of that role’s postings mention SAST), Application Security Analyst (40.0% of that role’s postings mention SAST), Software Security Engineer (28.1% of that role’s postings mention SAST).
+What skills are commonly paired with SAST?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), SAST most often appears alongside DAST, SCA, CI/CD, threat modeling, Python.
+Where is SAST most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SAST are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring SAST — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require SAST
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Application Security Engineer | 183 | 49.5% |
| Application Security Analyst | 10 | 40.0% |
| Software Security Engineer | 9 | 28.1% |
| Product Security Engineer | 84 | 26.4% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 81 | 25.4% |
| Vulnerability Management Engineer | 5 | 20.0% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 6 | 10.7% |
| Security Engineer | 194 | 9.6% |
| Technical Success Manager | 2 | 8.7% |
| Security Architect | 23 | 7.7% |
Roles with the most SAST postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 194 | 17.1% |
| Application Security Engineer | 183 | 16.2% |
| Product Security Engineer | 84 | 7.4% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 81 | 7.2% |
| Software Engineer | 51 | 4.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 37 | 3.3% |
| Security Architect | 23 | 2.0% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 14 | 1.2% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 13 | 1.1% |
| AI Security Engineer | 10 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for SAST
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 54 | 4.8% |
| New York City | 29 | 2.6% |
| San Francisco | 23 | 2.0% |
| Boston | 21 | 1.9% |
| Austin | 19 | 1.7% |
| Hyderabad | 16 | 1.4% |
| Chicago | 14 | 1.2% |
| London | 13 | 1.1% |
| Singapore | 13 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with SAST
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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 SAST by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SAST postings by all SAST 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-28
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- 90
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