SIEM jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-05, SIEM appears in 3,096 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning SIEM, with demand share up 14.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
3,096
Demand vs prior month
up 14.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 21.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about SIEM

+Is SIEM in demand in 2026?

Yes. SIEM appears in 3,096 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SIEM (21.1% of all postings mentioning SIEM).

+What jobs require SIEM?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning SIEM are SOC Analyst (91.3% of that role’s postings mention SIEM), Security Operations Analyst (75.0% of that role’s postings mention SIEM), Security Operations Manager (52.4% of that role’s postings mention SIEM).

+What skills are commonly paired with SIEM?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), SIEM most often appears alongside incident response, Python, EDR, SOAR, AWS.

+Where is SIEM most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SIEM are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, London, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning SIEM alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new SIEM content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after SIEM?

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 SIEM — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around SIEM

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before SIEM

Before SIEMSplunk → SIEM: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → SIEM: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → SIEM: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → SIEM: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairGDPR → SIEM: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairincident response → SIEM: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairPenetration Testing → SIEM: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairVulnerability Management → SIEM: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEMSplunk: 11 movesSplunk11 movesAWS: 10 movesAWS10 movesterraform: 9 movesterraform9 movesActive Directory: 8 movesActive Directory8 movesGDPR: 7 movesGDPR7 movesincident response: 7 movesincident response7 movesPenetration Testing: 7 movesPenetrationTesting7 movesVulnerability Management: 6 movesVulnerabilityManagement6 moves

Skills after SIEM

After SIEMSIEM → ISO 27001: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → incident response: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → docker: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → NIST: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → EDR: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → GDPR: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → Vulnerability assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEM → Active Directory: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSIEMISO 27001: 8 movesISO 270018 movesincident response: 7 movesincident response7 movesdocker: 7 movesdocker7 movesNIST: 6 movesNIST6 movesEDR: 5 movesEDR5 movesGDPR: 4 movesGDPR4 movesVulnerability assessments: 4 movesVulnerabilityassessments4 movesActive Directory: 4 movesActive Directory4 moves
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.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Splunk11
Before: AWS10
Before: terraform9
Before: Active Directory8
Before: GDPR7
Before: incident response7
Before: Penetration Testing7
Before: Vulnerability Management6
After: ISO 270018
After: incident response7
After: docker7
After: NIST6
After: EDR5
After: GDPR4
After: Vulnerability assessments4
After: Active Directory4

Roles most likely to require SIEM

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
SOC Analyst2191.3%
Security Operations Analyst2175.0%
Security Operations Manager1152.4%
Detection Engineer2248.9%
Threat Analyst1248.0%
Incident Response Analyst945.0%
Security Operations Engineer2043.5%
Security Platform Engineer1341.9%
Cyber Security Analyst5437.8%
Security Analyst17636.7%

Roles with the most SIEM postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer65321.1%
Security Analyst1765.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer1484.8%
Software Engineer872.8%
Cybersecurity Analyst812.6%
Information Security Analyst802.6%
Product Manager652.1%
Information Security Engineer622.0%
Cloud Security Engineer591.9%
Cyber Security Analyst541.7%

Top companies posting jobs requiring SIEM

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring SIEM
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Elastic62
Cisco62
CrowdStrike55
NetLimiter30
Lacework28
Coupang26
Databricks20
Mozilla19
Bah19
Accenture Federal Services18

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 SIEM

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru772.5%
New York City612.0%
San Francisco531.7%
London481.6%
Hyderabad351.1%
Singapore341.1%
Seattle311.0%
Boston290.9%
Washington280.9%

Skills commonly paired with SIEM

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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 2026-11-05. 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 SIEM by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SIEM postings by all SIEM 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: 1.0% to 1.1%. 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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
67da8cda1bb684e4
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index