Security engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-14, Security engineering appears in 695 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Security Engineer roles, with demand up 9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-14
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Frequently asked questions about Security engineering
+Is Security engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Security engineering appears in 695 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14, with demand up 9% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Security Engineer roles (32% of Security Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require Security engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14, the job titles most likely to require Security engineering are Security Engineer (32% of postings list Security engineering), Software Engineer (7% of postings list Security engineering), Platform Security Engineer (7% of postings list Security engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Security engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-14), Security engineering most often appears alongside incident response, threat modeling, Cloud Security, Python, AWS.
+Where is Security engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-08-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Security engineering are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Seattle, 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
Job titles most likely to require Security engineering
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 222 | 31.9% |
| Software Engineer | 50 | 7.2% |
| Platform Security Engineer | 48 | 6.9% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 25 | 3.6% |
| Product Security Engineer | 19 | 2.7% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 17 | 2.4% |
| Application Security Engineer | 15 | 2.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 14 | 2.0% |
| AI Security Engineer | 13 | 1.9% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 10 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for Security engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 32 | 4.6% |
| San Francisco | 29 | 4.2% |
| London | 21 | 3.0% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 1.3% |
| Seattle | 9 | 1.3% |
| Boston | 8 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 8 | 1.2% |
| Dublin | 7 | 1.0% |
| Sydney | 7 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14. 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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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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