SOC 2 jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, SOC 2 appears in 1,064 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning SOC 2, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about SOC 2
+Is SOC 2 in demand in 2026?
Yes. SOC 2 appears in 1,064 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SOC 2 (11.4% of all postings mentioning SOC 2).
+What jobs require SOC 2?
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 SOC 2 are GRC Engineer (68.2% of that role’s postings mention SOC 2), Frontier Agents Engineer (31.8% of that role’s postings mention SOC 2), Head of Information Security (31.8% 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 2026-09-28), SOC 2 most often appears alongside ISO 27001, AWS, HIPAA, Python, GDPR.
+Where is SOC 2 most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SOC 2 are New York City, San Francisco, Boston, London, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring SOC 2 — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require SOC 2
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| GRC Engineer | 15 | 68.2% |
| Frontier Agents Engineer | 7 | 31.8% |
| Head of Information Security | 7 | 31.8% |
| Information Security Manager | 23 | 21.1% |
| Security Program Manager | 5 | 20.0% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 5 | 18.5% |
| Information Security Director | 6 | 15.4% |
| IT Security Engineer | 9 | 15.0% |
| Compliance Program Manager | 4 | 14.8% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 4 | 14.3% |
Roles with the most SOC 2 postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 121 | 11.4% |
| Software Engineer | 68 | 6.4% |
| Security Analyst | 31 | 2.9% |
| Engineering Manager | 26 | 2.4% |
| Product Manager | 26 | 2.4% |
| DevOps Engineer | 23 | 2.2% |
| Information Security Manager | 23 | 2.2% |
| Information Security Analyst | 22 | 2.1% |
| Technical Program Manager | 22 | 2.1% |
| Platform Engineer | 20 | 1.9% |
Top metros hiring for SOC 2
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 76 | 7.1% |
| San Francisco | 76 | 7.1% |
| Boston | 25 | 2.3% |
| London | 21 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 14 | 1.3% |
| Toronto | 14 | 1.3% |
| Berlin | 12 | 1.1% |
| Amsterdam | 9 | 0.8% |
| Pune | 9 | 0.8% |
Skills commonly paired with SOC 2
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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 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).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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