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

As of 2026-11-06, vulnerability assessment appears in 555 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessment, with demand share up 19.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-06

Postings · last 90 days
555
Demand vs prior month
up 19.9% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 15.0% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
Washington

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Frequently asked questions about vulnerability assessment

+Is vulnerability assessment in demand in 2026?

Yes. vulnerability assessment appears in 555 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessment (15.0% of all postings mentioning vulnerability assessment).

+What jobs require vulnerability assessment?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning vulnerability assessment are Penetration Tester (26.6% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment), Security Operations Manager (19.0% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment), Information Security Architect (12.5% 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 2026-11-06), vulnerability assessment most often appears alongside penetration testing, threat modeling, Python, incident response, Application security.

+Where is vulnerability assessment most in demand?

As of 2026-11-06, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vulnerability assessment are Washington, New York City, Singapore, Mountain View, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

+Which skills come before and after vulnerability assessment?

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 vulnerability assessment — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around vulnerability assessment

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before vulnerability assessment

Before vulnerability assessmentincident response → vulnerability assessment: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairPenetration Testing → vulnerability assessment: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairWeb application security → vulnerability assessment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairForensic analysis → vulnerability assessment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → vulnerability assessment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircryptography → vulnerability assessment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlog analysis → vulnerability assessment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsystem administration → vulnerability assessment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilityassessmentincident response: 4 movesincident response4 movesPenetration Testing: 3 movesPenetrationTesting3 movesWeb application security: 2 movesWeb applicationsecurity2 movesForensic analysis: 2 movesForensic analysis2 movespython: 2 movespython2 movescryptography: 2 movescryptography2 moveslog analysis: 2 moveslog analysis2 movessystem administration: 2 movessystemadministration2 moves

Skills after vulnerability assessment

After vulnerability assessmentvulnerability assessment → incident response: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → Penetration Testing: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → risk management: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → Metasploit: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → NIST: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → Vulnerability Scanning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → Burp Suite: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → network security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilityassessmentincident response: 3 movesincident response3 movesPenetration Testing: 2 movesPenetrationTesting2 movesrisk management: 2 movesrisk management2 movesMetasploit: 2 movesMetasploit2 movesNIST: 2 movesNIST2 movesVulnerability Scanning: 2 movesVulnerabilityScanning2 movesBurp Suite: 2 movesBurp Suite2 movesnetwork security: 2 movesnetwork security2 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: incident response4
Before: Penetration Testing3
Before: Web application security2
Before: Forensic analysis2
Before: python2
Before: cryptography2
Before: log analysis2
Before: system administration2
After: incident response3
After: Penetration Testing2
After: risk management2
After: Metasploit2
After: NIST2
After: Vulnerability Scanning2
After: Burp Suite2
After: network security2

Roles most likely to require vulnerability assessment

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Penetration Tester4226.6%
Security Operations Manager419.0%
Information Security Architect312.5%
Information System Security Engineer311.5%
Vulnerability Management Engineer310.7%
Systems Security Engineer1010.3%
Security Researcher78.1%
Application Security Analyst27.7%
Information Security Specialist66.9%
IT Cybersecurity Specialist46.3%

Roles with the most vulnerability assessment postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer8315.0%
Penetration Tester427.6%
Cybersecurity Engineer305.4%
Application Security Engineer244.3%
Product Security Engineer213.8%
Systems Engineer132.3%
Security Analyst122.2%
Cyber Security Engineer112.0%
Cybersecurity Specialist112.0%
Information Security Analyst112.0%

Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessment

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessment
CompanyPostings · 90 days
SentinelOne15
General Dynamics Information Technology14
LinkedIn13
Northrop Grumman11
Spektrum8
Cisco8
CACI7
Bah7
Barclays6
Vanguard5

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 vulnerability assessment

NamePostingsShare
Washington152.7%
New York City132.3%
Singapore132.3%
Mountain View112.0%
San Francisco91.6%
Arlington71.3%
San Diego71.3%
Pune61.1%
Sunnyvale61.1%

Skills commonly paired with vulnerability assessment

penetration testing (240)threat modeling (147)Python (134)incident response (119)Application security (92)AWS (73)Linux (64)Cloud Security (61)risk assessment (54)Java (54)

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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 2026-11-06. 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. 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 2,471 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
ff37eba107bea9e8
data_as_of
2026-11-06
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index