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

Postings · last 90 days
948
Demand vs prior month
down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.0% of skill postings
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 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.

+How can I keep up with new Security controls content and jobs?

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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.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Head of Information Security627.3%
Business Information Security Officer521.7%
Information Security Officer1420.0%
Cybersecurity Analyst4617.0%
Information Systems Security Engineer816.3%
Information Security Specialist1415.9%
Information Security Manager1715.6%
Cyber Security Architect514.7%
AI Security Architect312.5%
Information Technology Specialist412.1%

Roles with the most Security controls postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer859.0%
Software Engineer475.0%
Cybersecurity Analyst464.9%
Cybersecurity Engineer353.7%
Security Architect313.3%
Cloud Security Engineer252.6%
Information Security Analyst242.5%
Cyber Security Engineer222.3%
Cybersecurity Specialist181.9%
Information Security Engineer181.9%

Top metros hiring for Security controls

NamePostingsShare
Sunnyvale272.8%
New York City252.6%
London222.3%
Washington181.9%
Bengaluru171.8%
San Francisco131.4%
Toronto131.4%
Arlington111.2%
Warsaw101.1%

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 2026-09-28. 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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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index