vulnerability assessments jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-30, vulnerability assessments appears in 308 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Cybersecurity Engineer has the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessments, with demand share down 2.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-30
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Frequently asked questions about vulnerability assessments
+Is vulnerability assessments in demand in 2026?
Yes. vulnerability assessments appears in 308 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Cybersecurity Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessments (9.4% of all postings mentioning vulnerability assessments).
+What jobs require vulnerability assessments?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning vulnerability assessments are Application Security Analyst (12.0% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessments), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (10.0% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessments), SQL Database Administrator (9.1% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessments).
+What skills are commonly paired with vulnerability assessments?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-30), vulnerability assessments most often appears alongside penetration testing, incident response, threat modeling, AWS, SIEM.
+Where is vulnerability assessments most in demand?
As of 2026-10-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vulnerability assessments are Chantilly, Bengaluru, Lisbon, Washington, St. Louis, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new vulnerability assessments content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning vulnerability assessments alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new vulnerability assessments content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after vulnerability assessments?
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 assessments — last 90 days
Career paths around vulnerability assessments
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before vulnerability assessments
Skills after vulnerability assessments
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: IDS/IPS | 9 |
| Before: Firewalls | 7 |
| Before: incident response | 7 |
| Before: risk assessments | 6 |
| Before: python | 5 |
| Before: PowerShell | 5 |
| Before: Penetration Testing | 5 |
| Before: log analysis | 5 |
| After: python | 8 |
| After: penetration tests | 7 |
| After: terraform | 6 |
| After: sql | 5 |
| After: JavaScript | 5 |
| After: Datadog | 4 |
| After: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) | 4 |
| After: PowerShell | 4 |
Roles most likely to require vulnerability assessments
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Application Security Analyst | 3 | 12.0% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 2 | 10.0% |
| SQL Database Administrator | 2 | 9.1% |
| Offensive Security Engineer | 6 | 8.5% |
| Information Systems Security Engineer | 6 | 7.9% |
| IT Security Analyst | 4 | 7.8% |
| Cybersecurity Director | 2 | 6.2% |
| System Engineer | 3 | 6.0% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 29 | 5.2% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 12 | 5.2% |
Roles with the most vulnerability assessments postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 29 | 9.4% |
| Security Engineer | 29 | 9.4% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 14 | 4.5% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 12 | 3.9% |
| Information Security Analyst | 12 | 3.9% |
| Application Security Engineer | 11 | 3.6% |
| Software Engineer | 10 | 3.2% |
| Security Analyst | 9 | 2.9% |
| Cybersecurity Specialist | 7 | 2.3% |
| Product Security Engineer | 7 | 2.3% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessments
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| CACI | 7 |
| General Dynamics Mission Systems | 6 |
| Later | 6 |
| ITProducts | 6 |
| Esri | 5 |
| Northrop Grumman | 5 |
| Gdit | 5 |
| ClickHouse | 5 |
| Thought Machine | 4 |
| Medtronic | 4 |
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 assessments
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chantilly | 12 | 3.9% |
| Bengaluru | 6 | 1.9% |
| Lisbon | 6 | 1.9% |
| Washington | 6 | 1.9% |
| St. Louis | 5 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 5 | 1.6% |
| Atlanta | 4 | 1.3% |
| Colorado Springs | 4 | 1.3% |
| Dallas | 4 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with vulnerability assessments
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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 2026-10-30. 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 assessments by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s vulnerability assessments postings by all vulnerability assessments 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: 0.1% to 0.1%. 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 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (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.
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