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security assessments jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-30, security assessments appears in 413 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning security assessments, with demand share down 10.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-30

Postings · last 90 days
413
Demand vs prior month
down 10.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 13.1% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about security assessments

+Is security assessments in demand in 2026?

Yes. security assessments appears in 413 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning security assessments (13.1% of all postings mentioning security assessments).

+What jobs require security assessments?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning security assessments are Enterprise Security Engineer (32.0% of that role’s postings mention security assessments), Application Security Analyst (24.0% of that role’s postings mention security assessments), IT Security Engineer (11.1% of that role’s postings mention security assessments).

+What skills are commonly paired with security assessments?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-30), security assessments most often appears alongside threat modeling, vulnerability management, penetration testing, incident response, Application security.

+Where is security assessments most in demand?

As of 2026-10-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring security assessments are New York City, Boston, Washington, London, Long Beach, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new security assessments content and jobs?

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

+Which skills come before and after security assessments?

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 security assessments — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around security assessments

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before security assessments

Before security assessmentsVulnerability assessments → security assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → security assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → security assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity policies → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairFirewalls → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairincident response → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurityassessmentsVulnerability assessments: 4 movesVulnerabilityassessments4 movesJenkins: 4 movesJenkins4 movesCI/CD pipelines: 4 movesCI/CD pipelines4 moveskubernetes: 3 moveskubernetes3 movessecurity policies: 3 movessecurity policies3 movesFirewalls: 3 movesFirewalls3 movesAWS: 3 movesAWS3 movesincident response: 3 movesincident response3 moves

Skills after security assessments

After security assessmentssecurity assessments → python: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → Jenkins: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → continuous monitoring: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → integration testing: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → SharePoint Online: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → AWS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → penetration tests: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → configuration management: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurityassessmentspython: 3 movespython3 movesJenkins: 2 movesJenkins2 movescontinuous monitoring: 2 movescontinuousmonitoring2 movesintegration testing: 2 movesintegrationtesting2 movesSharePoint Online: 2 movesSharePoint Online2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movespenetration tests: 2 movespenetration tests2 movesconfiguration management: 2 movesconfigurationmanagement2 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
Before: Vulnerability assessments4
Before: Jenkins4
Before: CI/CD pipelines4
Before: kubernetes3
Before: security policies3
Before: Firewalls3
Before: AWS3
Before: incident response3
After: python3
After: Jenkins2
After: continuous monitoring2
After: integration testing2
After: SharePoint Online2
After: AWS2
After: penetration tests2
After: configuration management2

Roles most likely to require security assessments

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Enterprise Security Engineer832.0%
Application Security Analyst624.0%
IT Security Engineer611.1%
Penetration Tester1410.1%
Product Security Architect29.5%
Information Security Consultant48.3%
Embedded Systems Security Engineer28.0%
Cloud Security Architect47.8%
Information Security Specialist67.1%
Cyber Security Architect37.1%

Roles with the most security assessments postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer5413.1%
Cybersecurity Engineer215.1%
Security Architect204.8%
Information Security Analyst184.4%
Product Security Engineer163.9%
Penetration Tester143.4%
Cybersecurity Analyst122.9%
Application Security Engineer112.7%
AI Security Engineer102.4%
Cybersecurity Consultant81.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring security assessments

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring security assessments
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Writer9
Northrop Grumman9
Twilio7
Bah7
Eurofins6
Divergeit5
ING4
Rocket Lab4
Cisco4
CACI3

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 security assessments

NamePostingsShare
New York City133.1%
Boston81.9%
Washington81.9%
London71.7%
Long Beach71.7%
Hyderabad51.2%
Torrance51.2%
Arlington41.0%
Framingham41.0%

Skills commonly paired with security assessments

threat modeling (110)vulnerability management (101)penetration testing (100)incident response (88)Application security (77)Cloud Security (74)Security controls (65)Python (53)AWS (51)security architecture (48)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. 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 security assessments by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s security assessments postings by all security assessments 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: 0.2% 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 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
4b834403f844b1ff
data_as_of
2026-10-30
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index