security monitoring jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-11-04, security monitoring appears in 625 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning security monitoring, with demand share down 0.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-04
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Frequently asked questions about security monitoring
+Is security monitoring in demand in 2026?
Yes. security monitoring appears in 625 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning security monitoring (16.8% of all postings mentioning security monitoring).
+What jobs require security monitoring?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning security monitoring are Security Operations Analyst (18.5% of that role’s postings mention security monitoring), Security Solutions Architect (16.7% of that role’s postings mention security monitoring), AI Security Consultant (15.0% of that role’s postings mention security monitoring).
+What skills are commonly paired with security monitoring?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-04), security monitoring most often appears alongside incident response, SIEM, vulnerability management, Cloud Security, EDR.
+Where is security monitoring most in demand?
As of 2026-11-04, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring security monitoring are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, London, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new security monitoring content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning security monitoring alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new security monitoring content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after security monitoring?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring security monitoring — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around security monitoring
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before security monitoring
Skills after security monitoring
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: risk assessment | 2 |
| Before: documentation | 2 |
| Before: usability testing | 1 |
| Before: threat detection | 1 |
| Before: workstation backups | 1 |
| Before: server backups | 1 |
| Before: monitoring alerts | 1 |
| Before: Endpoint Security | 1 |
| After: penetration tests | 3 |
| After: security metrics | 2 |
| After: HIPAA | 2 |
| After: python | 2 |
| After: encryption technologies | 2 |
| After: security assessments | 2 |
| After: Network ACL | 1 |
| After: loss prevention strategies | 1 |
Roles most likely to require security monitoring
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Security Operations Analyst | 5 | 18.5% |
| Security Solutions Architect | 4 | 16.7% |
| AI Security Consultant | 3 | 15.0% |
| Cybersecurity Intern | 12 | 14.5% |
| Security Operations Manager | 3 | 14.3% |
| Information Security Engineer | 31 | 13.1% |
| Information Security Director | 5 | 11.1% |
| Head of Information Security | 3 | 11.1% |
| Security Operations Engineer | 5 | 10.6% |
| SOC Analyst | 2 | 8.7% |
Roles with the most security monitoring postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 105 | 16.8% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 31 | 5.0% |
| Information Security Engineer | 31 | 5.0% |
| Security Analyst | 29 | 4.6% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 22 | 3.5% |
| Security Architect | 16 | 2.6% |
| Information Security Analyst | 14 | 2.2% |
| Network Security Engineer | 14 | 2.2% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 12 | 1.9% |
| Cybersecurity Intern | 12 | 1.9% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring security monitoring
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| PwC | 10 |
| SNC | 8 |
| Eurofins | 8 |
| NetLimiter | 8 |
| Smiths Group | 7 |
| Vanta | 7 |
| Kyndryl | 6 |
| Fiserv | 5 |
| JCI | 5 |
| ING | 5 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for security monitoring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 31 | 5.0% |
| New York City | 13 | 2.1% |
| San Francisco | 13 | 2.1% |
| London | 9 | 1.4% |
| Singapore | 9 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 9 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 8 | 1.3% |
| Toronto | 8 | 1.3% |
| Hyderabad | 7 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with security monitoring
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. 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 monitoring by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s security monitoring postings by all security monitoring 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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