threat intelligence jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, threat intelligence appears in 797 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning threat intelligence, with demand up 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is threat intelligence in demand in 2026?
Yes. threat intelligence appears in 797 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand up 12% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning threat intelligence (16.1% of all postings mentioning threat intelligence).
+What jobs require threat intelligence?
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 threat intelligence are Safeguards Enforcement Analyst (48.1% of that role’s postings mention threat intelligence), SOC Analyst (37.5% of that role’s postings mention threat intelligence), Security Operations Analyst (28.6% of that role’s postings mention threat intelligence).
+What skills are commonly paired with threat intelligence?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), threat intelligence most often appears alongside incident response, SIEM, Threat hunting, Python, vulnerability management.
+Where is threat intelligence most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring threat intelligence are New York City, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Boston, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring threat intelligence — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require threat intelligence
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Safeguards Enforcement Analyst | 13 | 48.1% |
| SOC Analyst | 9 | 37.5% |
| Security Operations Analyst | 6 | 28.6% |
| Cybersecurity Advisor | 6 | 23.1% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 6 | 21.4% |
| Detection Engineer | 4 | 16.7% |
| Vulnerability Management Engineer | 3 | 12.0% |
| Security Analyst | 40 | 10.7% |
| Cybersecurity Director | 3 | 10.7% |
| Security Operations Engineer | 6 | 9.8% |
Roles with the most threat intelligence postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 128 | 16.1% |
| Security Analyst | 40 | 5.0% |
| Product Manager | 27 | 3.4% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 24 | 3.0% |
| Cyber Security Analyst | 17 | 2.1% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 16 | 2.0% |
| Software Engineer | 15 | 1.9% |
| Safeguards Enforcement Analyst | 13 | 1.6% |
| Engineering Manager | 12 | 1.5% |
| Information Security Engineer | 12 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for threat intelligence
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 34 | 4.3% |
| Dublin | 24 | 3.0% |
| Tel Aviv | 20 | 2.5% |
| Boston | 17 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 16 | 2.0% |
| San Francisco | 14 | 1.8% |
| Seattle | 14 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 12 | 1.5% |
| London | 10 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with threat intelligence
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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 threat intelligence by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s threat intelligence postings by all threat intelligence 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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