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

As of 2026-07-07, security best practices appears in 506 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-07

Postings · last 90 days
506
Demand vs prior month
down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 19% require it
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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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 506 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (19% of Software Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require security best practices?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07, the job titles most likely to require security best practices are Software Engineer (19% of postings list security best practices), DevOps Engineer (6% of postings list security best practices), Security Engineer (4% of postings list security best practices).

+What skills are commonly paired with security best practices?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-07-07), security best practices most often appears alongside Python, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker.

+Where is security best practices most in demand?

As of 2026-07-07, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring security best practices are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, London, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring security best practices — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Job titles most likely to require security best practices

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Software Engineer9819.4%
DevOps Engineer326.3%
Security Engineer193.8%
Site Reliability Engineer163.2%
Backend Software Engineer153.0%
Backend Engineer142.8%
Engineering Manager122.4%
Platform Engineer102.0%
Java Developer91.8%
Data Engineer81.6%

Top metros hiring for security best practices

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco234.5%
New York City214.2%
Bengaluru112.2%
London102.0%
Hyderabad91.8%
Berlin61.2%
Washington61.2%
Los Angeles51.0%
Middle East51.0%

Skills commonly paired with security best practices

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07. 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index