Secure software development jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-14, Secure software development appears in 341 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Secure software development, with demand share up 4.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-14

Postings · last 90 days
341
Demand vs prior month
up 4.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 25.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
London

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Frequently asked questions about Secure software development

+Is Secure software development in demand in 2026?

Yes. Secure software development appears in 341 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Secure software development (25.8% of all postings mentioning Secure software development).

+What jobs require Secure software development?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Secure software development are Application Security Manager (10.0% of that role’s postings mention Secure software development), Product Security Architect (9.5% of that role’s postings mention Secure software development), Application Security Analyst (7.4% of that role’s postings mention Secure software development).

+What skills are commonly paired with Secure software development?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-14), Secure software development most often appears alongside CI/CD, Python, Java, threat modeling, DevSecOps.

+Where is Secure software development most in demand?

As of 2026-10-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Secure software development are London, San Francisco, Toronto, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Secure software development content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Secure software development alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Secure software development content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Secure software development?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Secure software development — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around Secure software development

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Secure software development

No published incoming skill pairs yet.

Skills after Secure software development

After Secure software developmentSecure software development → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → Analytics & Visualization: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → Generative AI systems: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → security sematic code analysis tool: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → log integration: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → SIEM: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → Firewall Reviews: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecure software development → machine learning: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecuresoftwaredevelopmentpython: 1 movespython1 movesAnalytics & Visualization: 1 movesAnalytics &Visualization1 movesGenerative AI systems: 1 movesGenerative AIsystems1 movessecurity sematic code analysis tool: 1 movessecurity sematiccode analysis tool1 moveslog integration: 1 moveslog integration1 movesSIEM: 1 movesSIEM1 movesFirewall Reviews: 1 movesFirewall Reviews1 movesmachine learning: 1 movesmachine learning1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
After: python1
After: Analytics & Visualization1
After: Generative AI systems1
After: security sematic code analysis tool1
After: log integration1
After: SIEM1
After: Firewall Reviews1
After: machine learning1

Roles most likely to require Secure software development

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Application Security Manager210.0%
Product Security Architect29.5%
Application Security Analyst27.4%
Security Engineering Manager46.9%
IT Product Manager15.0%
Back-End Developer14.5%
Software Security Engineer24.4%
Application Security Engineer204.4%
Solutions Architect Manager14.3%
Information Security Architect13.8%

Roles with the most Secure software development postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer8825.8%
Security Engineer226.5%
Application Security Engineer205.9%
Engineering Manager154.4%
Product Security Engineer123.5%
Embedded Software Engineer61.8%
Security Engineering Manager41.2%
Software Engineering Manager41.2%
Technical Lead41.2%
Application Security Architect30.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Secure software development

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Secure software development
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Globalpr8
LegalAndGeneral8
Barclays5
Decagon5
Capco5
LBG5
GlobaliD5
Staffbase4
CBA4
Vanguard4

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Secure software development

NamePostingsShare
London133.8%
San Francisco102.9%
Toronto92.6%
Bengaluru82.3%
Hyderabad82.3%
Cedar Rapids51.5%
Dublin51.5%
New York City51.5%
Pune51.5%

Skills commonly paired with Secure software development

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. 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 software development by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Secure software development postings by all Secure software development 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,614 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-16 to 2026-09-14 and 2026-07-14 to 2026-10-12 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index