vulnerability assessment jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, vulnerability assessment appears in 357 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessment, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is vulnerability assessment in demand in 2026?
Yes. vulnerability assessment appears in 357 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessment (11.2% of all postings mentioning vulnerability assessment).
+What jobs require vulnerability assessment?
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 vulnerability assessment are Penetration Tester (20.4% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment), Information Security Architect (9.1% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment), Application Security Analyst (8.0% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment).
+What skills are commonly paired with vulnerability assessment?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), vulnerability assessment most often appears alongside penetration testing, threat modeling, incident response, Python, Application security.
+Where is vulnerability assessment most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vulnerability assessment are Washington, Singapore, New York City, Arlington, Herndon, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring vulnerability assessment — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require vulnerability assessment
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Penetration Tester | 22 | 20.4% |
| Information Security Architect | 2 | 9.1% |
| Application Security Analyst | 2 | 8.0% |
| Vulnerability Management Engineer | 2 | 8.0% |
| Cyber Security Analyst | 13 | 7.0% |
| Systems Security Engineer | 5 | 6.9% |
| Platform Security Engineer | 3 | 6.2% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 13 | 5.7% |
| IT Security Specialist | 2 | 5.3% |
| Application Security Engineer | 17 | 4.6% |
Roles with the most vulnerability assessment postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 40 | 11.2% |
| Penetration Tester | 22 | 6.2% |
| Application Security Engineer | 17 | 4.8% |
| Cyber Security Analyst | 13 | 3.6% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 13 | 3.6% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 11 | 3.1% |
| Information Security Analyst | 10 | 2.8% |
| Product Security Engineer | 10 | 2.8% |
| Systems Engineer | 9 | 2.5% |
| Security Analyst | 8 | 2.2% |
Top metros hiring for vulnerability assessment
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 11 | 3.1% |
| Singapore | 8 | 2.2% |
| New York City | 7 | 2.0% |
| Arlington | 6 | 1.7% |
| Herndon | 6 | 1.7% |
| San Francisco | 6 | 1.7% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 1.4% |
| Fort Meade | 5 | 1.4% |
| Mumbai | 5 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with vulnerability assessment
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- Penetration Tester
- Information Security Architect
- Application Security Analyst
- Vulnerability Management Engineer
- Cyber Security Analyst
- Systems Security Engineer
- Platform Security Engineer
- Cybersecurity Specialist
- penetration testing
- threat modeling
- incident response
- Python
- Application security
- Linux
- AWS
- cybersecurity
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 vulnerability assessment by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s vulnerability assessment postings by all vulnerability assessment 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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