SCA jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, SCA appears in 664 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Application Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning SCA, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about SCA
+Is SCA in demand in 2026?
Yes. SCA appears in 664 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks. Application Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SCA (19.3% of all postings mentioning SCA).
+What jobs require SCA?
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 SCA are Application Security Engineer (34.6% of that role’s postings mention SCA), Application Security Analyst (32.0% of that role’s postings mention SCA), Software Security Engineer (21.9% of that role’s postings mention SCA).
+What skills are commonly paired with SCA?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), SCA most often appears alongside SAST, DAST, CI/CD, threat modeling, DevSecOps.
+Where is SCA most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SCA are Bengaluru, San Francisco, New York City, Austin, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring SCA — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require SCA
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Application Security Engineer | 128 | 34.6% |
| Application Security Analyst | 8 | 32.0% |
| Software Security Engineer | 7 | 21.9% |
| Vulnerability Management Engineer | 4 | 16.0% |
| Product Security Engineer | 43 | 13.5% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 43 | 13.5% |
| Technical Success Manager | 2 | 8.7% |
| Security Architect | 17 | 5.7% |
| Security Engineer | 110 | 5.5% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 3 | 5.4% |
Roles with the most SCA postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Application Security Engineer | 128 | 19.3% |
| Security Engineer | 110 | 16.6% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 43 | 6.5% |
| Product Security Engineer | 43 | 6.5% |
| Software Engineer | 28 | 4.2% |
| Security Architect | 17 | 2.6% |
| DevOps Engineer | 16 | 2.4% |
| Product Manager | 11 | 1.7% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 9 | 1.4% |
| Application Security Analyst | 8 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for SCA
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 33 | 5.0% |
| San Francisco | 17 | 2.6% |
| New York City | 14 | 2.1% |
| Austin | 13 | 2.0% |
| Boston | 12 | 1.8% |
| Chicago | 11 | 1.7% |
| Paris | 11 | 1.7% |
| Hyderabad | 10 | 1.5% |
| London | 8 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with SCA
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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 SCA by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SCA postings by all SCA 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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