Security controls jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Security controls appears in 948 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Security controls, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Security controls in demand in 2026?
Yes. Security controls appears in 948 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Security controls (9.0% of all postings mentioning Security controls).
+What jobs require Security controls?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Security controls are Head of Information Security (27.3% of that role’s postings mention Security controls), Business Information Security Officer (21.7% of that role’s postings mention Security controls), Information Security Officer (20.0% of that role’s postings mention Security controls).
+What skills are commonly paired with Security controls?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Security controls most often appears alongside incident response, vulnerability management, AWS, Cloud Security, threat modeling.
+Where is Security controls most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Security controls are Sunnyvale, New York City, London, Washington, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Security controls — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Security controls
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Head of Information Security | 6 | 27.3% |
| Business Information Security Officer | 5 | 21.7% |
| Information Security Officer | 14 | 20.0% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 46 | 17.0% |
| Information Systems Security Engineer | 8 | 16.3% |
| Information Security Specialist | 14 | 15.9% |
| Information Security Manager | 17 | 15.6% |
| Cyber Security Architect | 5 | 14.7% |
| AI Security Architect | 3 | 12.5% |
| Information Technology Specialist | 4 | 12.1% |
Roles with the most Security controls postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 85 | 9.0% |
| Software Engineer | 47 | 5.0% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 46 | 4.9% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 35 | 3.7% |
| Security Architect | 31 | 3.3% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 25 | 2.6% |
| Information Security Analyst | 24 | 2.5% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 22 | 2.3% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 18 | 1.9% |
| Information Security Engineer | 18 | 1.9% |
Top metros hiring for Security controls
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale | 27 | 2.8% |
| New York City | 25 | 2.6% |
| London | 22 | 2.3% |
| Washington | 18 | 1.9% |
| Bengaluru | 17 | 1.8% |
| San Francisco | 13 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 13 | 1.4% |
| Arlington | 11 | 1.2% |
| Warsaw | 10 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with Security controls
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- Head of Information Security
- Business Information Security Officer
- Information Security Officer
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Information Systems Security Engineer
- Information Security Specialist
- Information Security Manager
- Cyber Security Architect
- incident response
- vulnerability management
- AWS
- Cloud Security
- threat modeling
- Python
- security architecture
- Risk Management
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. 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 controls by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Security controls postings by all Security controls 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).
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