Security controls jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-05-17, Security controls appears in 545 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Security Engineer roles, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17

Postings · last 90 days
545
Demand vs prior month
down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 14% require it
Top hiring metro
Sunnyvale

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Frequently asked questions about Security controls

+Is Security controls in demand in 2026?

Yes. Security controls appears in 545 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Security Engineer roles (14% of Security Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require Security controls?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require Security controls are Security Engineer (14% of postings list Security controls), Software Engineer (6% of postings list Security controls), Security Engineering Manager (4% of postings list Security controls).

+What skills are commonly paired with Security controls?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), Security controls most often appears alongside incident response, AWS, Terraform, threat modeling, vulnerability management.

+Where is Security controls most in demand?

As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Security controls are Sunnyvale, New York City, San Francisco, London, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Security controls — last 90 days

Job titles most likely to require Security controls

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Security Engineer7413.6%
Software Engineer356.4%
Security Engineering Manager234.2%
Cybersecurity Engineer224.0%
Cloud Security Engineer193.5%
Application Security Engineer183.3%
Staff Engineer132.4%
Information Security Engineer122.2%
Infrastructure Security Engineer112.0%
Product Security Engineer112.0%

Top metros hiring for Security controls

NamePostingsShare
Sunnyvale4427.3%
New York City2817.4%
San Francisco2716.8%
London169.9%
Seattle138.1%
Washington116.8%
Arlington85.0%
Bengaluru85.0%
Costa Mesa63.7%

Skills commonly paired with Security controls

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index