secure coding practices jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-17, secure coding practices appears in 543 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-17

Postings · last 90 days
543
Demand vs prior month
up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 33% require it
Top hiring metro
Pune

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Frequently asked questions about secure coding practices

+Is secure coding practices in demand in 2026?

Yes. secure coding practices appears in 543 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (33% of Software Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require secure coding practices?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, the job titles most likely to require secure coding practices are Software Engineer (33% of postings list secure coding practices), Application Security Engineer (6% of postings list secure coding practices), Security Engineer (5% of postings list secure coding practices).

+What skills are commonly paired with secure coding practices?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-17), secure coding practices most often appears alongside unit testing, CI/CD, Java, Python, code reviews.

+Where is secure coding practices most in demand?

As of 2026-09-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring secure coding practices are Pune, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Glasgow, Nashville, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring secure coding practices — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Job titles most likely to require secure coding practices

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Software Engineer18033.1%
Application Security Engineer315.7%
Security Engineer285.2%
Platform Software Engineer152.8%
AI Trainer122.2%
Full Stack Engineer112.0%
Product Security Engineer101.8%
Frontend Engineer81.5%
Full Stack Developer81.5%
Web Developer71.3%

Top metros hiring for secure coding practices

NamePostingsShare
Pune448.1%
Bengaluru142.6%
San Francisco142.6%
Glasgow132.4%
Nashville112.0%
New York City101.8%
Chicago81.5%
London81.5%
Austin61.1%

Skills commonly paired with secure coding practices

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17. 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index