secure coding jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, secure coding appears in 773 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning secure coding, with demand up 17% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about secure coding
+Is secure coding in demand in 2026?
Yes. secure coding appears in 773 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand up 17% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning secure coding (37.9% of all postings mentioning secure coding).
+What jobs require secure coding?
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 secure coding are Application Security Analyst (20.0% of that role’s postings mention secure coding), Application Security Engineer (17.0% of that role’s postings mention secure coding), Head of Information Security (13.6% of that role’s postings mention secure coding).
+What skills are commonly paired with secure coding?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), secure coding most often appears alongside CI/CD, Java, Python, AWS, threat modeling.
+Where is secure coding most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring secure coding are Jersey City, London, Pune, Bengaluru, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring secure coding — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require secure coding
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Application Security Analyst | 5 | 20.0% |
| Application Security Engineer | 63 | 17.0% |
| Head of Information Security | 3 | 13.6% |
| Software Engineering Technical Leader | 4 | 8.3% |
| Embedded Security Engineer | 2 | 6.1% |
| Information Security Consultant | 2 | 5.6% |
| Lead Software Engineer | 4 | 5.3% |
| Front-End Software Engineer | 2 | 5.3% |
| Product Security Engineer | 16 | 5.0% |
| AI Security Researcher | 1 | 5.0% |
Roles with the most secure coding postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 293 | 37.9% |
| Application Security Engineer | 63 | 8.2% |
| Security Engineer | 48 | 6.2% |
| Product Security Engineer | 16 | 2.1% |
| Backend Engineer | 14 | 1.8% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 10 | 1.3% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 10 | 1.3% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 8 | 1.0% |
| Software Developer | 8 | 1.0% |
| Application Security Architect | 7 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for secure coding
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jersey City | 21 | 2.7% |
| London | 20 | 2.6% |
| Pune | 19 | 2.5% |
| Bengaluru | 16 | 2.1% |
| Austin | 11 | 1.4% |
| Cambridge | 9 | 1.2% |
| Hyderabad | 9 | 1.2% |
| Berlin | 8 | 1.0% |
| Dublin | 8 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with secure coding
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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 secure coding by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s secure coding postings by all secure coding 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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