security best practices jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-29, security best practices appears in 383 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning security best practices, with demand share down 19.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29
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Frequently asked questions about security best practices
+Is security best practices in demand in 2026?
Yes. security best practices appears in 383 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning security best practices (18.5% of all postings mentioning security best practices).
+What jobs require security best practices?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning security best practices are Success Architect (12.3% of that role’s postings mention security best practices), Information Security Advisor (8.7% of that role’s postings mention security best practices), DevOps Manager (6.1% of that role’s postings mention security best practices).
+What skills are commonly paired with security best practices?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), security best practices most often appears alongside AWS, Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform.
+Where is security best practices most in demand?
As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring security best practices are London, Hyderabad, Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new security best practices content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning security best practices alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new security best practices content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after security best practices?
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 best practices — last 90 days
Career paths around security best practices
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before security best practices
Skills after security best practices
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: terraform | 6 |
| Before: kubernetes | 5 |
| Before: AWS | 5 |
| Before: Ansible | 4 |
| Before: python | 3 |
| Before: Grafana | 3 |
| Before: docker | 3 |
| Before: sql | 3 |
| After: python | 5 |
| After: terraform | 3 |
| After: sql | 3 |
| After: documentation | 2 |
| After: risk assessments | 2 |
| After: Excel | 2 |
| After: data governance | 2 |
| After: Jenkins | 2 |
Roles most likely to require security best practices
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Success Architect | 7 | 12.3% |
| Information Security Advisor | 2 | 8.7% |
| DevOps Manager | 2 | 6.1% |
| Oracle DBA | 1 | 5.0% |
| Cyber Security Architect | 2 | 4.8% |
| Infrastructure Engineering Manager | 1 | 4.8% |
| Fullstack Software Engineer | 4 | 4.5% |
| Back-end Developer | 1 | 4.2% |
| DevOps Platform Engineer | 1 | 4.2% |
| Chief Technology Officer | 2 | 4.0% |
Roles with the most security best practices postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 71 | 18.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 22 | 5.7% |
| Backend Engineer | 17 | 4.4% |
| Security Engineer | 16 | 4.2% |
| Platform Engineer | 15 | 3.9% |
| Systems Engineer | 9 | 2.3% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 7 | 1.8% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 7 | 1.8% |
| Success Architect | 7 | 1.8% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 6 | 1.6% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring security best practices
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Wise | 13 |
| Paypal | 8 |
| Simility, a Paypal Service | 7 |
| Salesforce | 6 |
| CLERA | 6 |
| Stripe | 5 |
| Fifth Third Bank | 5 |
| Pragmatike | 5 |
| ING | 5 |
| PAE | 4 |
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 best practices
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 15 | 3.9% |
| Hyderabad | 13 | 3.4% |
| Berlin | 12 | 3.1% |
| San Francisco | 12 | 3.1% |
| Singapore | 9 | 2.3% |
| New York City | 8 | 2.1% |
| Chicago | 7 | 1.8% |
| Toronto | 7 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 6 | 1.6% |
Skills commonly paired with security best practices
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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 2026-10-29. 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 best practices by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s security best practices postings by all security best practices 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 0.2%. 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.
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