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SOC 2 jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-05, SOC 2 appears in 1,740 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning SOC 2.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
1,740
Top role · 13.8% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about SOC 2

+Is SOC 2 in demand in 2026?

Yes. SOC 2 appears in 1,740 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SOC 2 (13.8% of all postings mentioning SOC 2).

+What jobs require SOC 2?

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 SOC 2 are GRC Engineer (83.3% of that role’s postings mention SOC 2), Head of Information Security (36.0% of that role’s postings mention SOC 2), IT Manager (27.3% of that role’s postings mention SOC 2).

+What skills are commonly paired with SOC 2?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), SOC 2 most often appears alongside ISO 27001, AWS, Python, CI/CD, HIPAA.

+Where is SOC 2 most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SOC 2 are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new SOC 2 content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning SOC 2 alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new SOC 2 content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after SOC 2?

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 SOC 2 — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around SOC 2

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before SOC 2

Before SOC 2AWS → SOC 2: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → SOC 2: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → SOC 2: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → SOC 2: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairHIPAA → SOC 2: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → SOC 2: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → SOC 2: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairISO 27001 → SOC 2: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2AWS: 9 movesAWS9 movesterraform: 9 movesterraform9 movespython: 8 movespython8 movessql: 7 movessql7 movesHIPAA: 7 movesHIPAA7 movesJenkins: 7 movesJenkins7 moveskubernetes: 6 moveskubernetes6 movesISO 27001: 6 movesISO 270016 moves

Skills after SOC 2

After SOC 2SOC 2 → AWS: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → python: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → Splunk: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → kubernetes: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → IAM: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → Zero Trust: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → risk assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → NIST: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2AWS: 6 movesAWS6 movespython: 6 movespython6 movesSplunk: 6 movesSplunk6 moveskubernetes: 5 moveskubernetes5 movesIAM: 5 movesIAM5 movesZero Trust: 4 movesZero Trust4 movesrisk assessments: 4 movesrisk assessments4 movesNIST: 3 movesNIST3 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: AWS9
Before: terraform9
Before: python8
Before: sql7
Before: HIPAA7
Before: Jenkins7
Before: kubernetes6
Before: ISO 270016
After: AWS6
After: python6
After: Splunk6
After: kubernetes5
After: IAM5
After: Zero Trust4
After: risk assessments4
After: NIST3

Roles most likely to require SOC 2

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
GRC Engineer2083.3%
Head of Information Security936.0%
IT Manager627.3%
Compliance Program Manager821.6%
Security Program Manager520.8%
Information Security Director919.6%
Security Operations Engineer919.6%
Information Security Officer1718.5%
VP of Engineering816.0%
IT Security Engineer815.4%

Roles with the most SOC 2 postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer24013.8%
Software Engineer1729.9%
Product Manager563.2%
Platform Engineer492.8%
Engineering Manager432.5%
DevOps Engineer412.4%
Security Analyst342.0%
Technical Program Manager291.7%
Information Security Analyst281.6%
Cloud Security Engineer241.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring SOC 2

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring SOC 2
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Anthropic22
Vanta21
CLERA20
Cisco19
Grafana Labs12
Chainguard12
Stripe11
Vercel11
Elastic10
Smartsheet9

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 SOC 2

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1247.1%
New York City1076.1%
London291.7%
Bengaluru281.6%
Boston231.3%
Amsterdam191.1%
Pune171.0%
Seattle171.0%
Toronto171.0%

Skills commonly paired with SOC 2

ISO 27001 (875)AWS (628)Python (515)CI/CD (459)HIPAA (383)Terraform (379)Kubernetes (377)incident response (336)GDPR (317)vulnerability management (307)

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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 SOC 2 by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SOC 2 postings by all SOC 2 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

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