Security engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Security engineering appears in 862 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Security engineering, with demand down 8% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about Security engineering
+Is Security engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Security engineering appears in 862 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 8% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Security engineering (32.5% of all postings mentioning Security engineering).
+What jobs require Security engineering?
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 engineering are Security Engineering Manager (41.1% of that role’s postings mention Security engineering), Security Program Manager (24.0% of that role’s postings mention Security engineering), Enterprise Security Engineer (23.5% of that role’s postings mention Security engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Security engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Security engineering most often appears alongside threat modeling, incident response, Cloud Security, Python, vulnerability management.
+Where is Security engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Security engineering are New York City, San Francisco, London, Seattle, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Security engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Security engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering Manager | 23 | 41.1% |
| Security Program Manager | 6 | 24.0% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 8 | 23.5% |
| AI Security Architect | 5 | 20.8% |
| Cyber Security Architect | 5 | 14.7% |
| Security Engineer | 280 | 13.9% |
| AI Security Engineer | 18 | 13.0% |
| Information Security Director | 5 | 12.8% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 3 | 10.7% |
| Embedded Security Engineer | 3 | 9.1% |
Roles with the most Security engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 280 | 32.5% |
| Software Engineer | 68 | 7.9% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 23 | 2.7% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 21 | 2.4% |
| Engineering Manager | 21 | 2.4% |
| AI Security Engineer | 18 | 2.1% |
| Product Security Engineer | 17 | 2.0% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 16 | 1.9% |
| Information Security Engineer | 15 | 1.7% |
| Application Security Engineer | 12 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for Security engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 54 | 6.3% |
| San Francisco | 35 | 4.1% |
| London | 22 | 2.6% |
| Seattle | 15 | 1.7% |
| Dublin | 13 | 1.5% |
| Bengaluru | 12 | 1.4% |
| Singapore | 11 | 1.3% |
| Boston | 10 | 1.2% |
| Auckland | 9 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Security engineering
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- Security Engineering Manager
- Security Program Manager
- Enterprise Security Engineer
- AI Security Architect
- Cyber Security Architect
- Security Engineer
- AI Security Engineer
- Information Security Director
- threat modeling
- incident response
- Cloud Security
- Python
- vulnerability management
- Application security
- AWS
- security architecture
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 engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Security engineering postings by all Security engineering 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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