data security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, data security appears in 902 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning data security, with demand share up 4.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about data security
+Is data security in demand in 2026?
Yes. data security appears in 902 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning data security (22.8% of all postings mentioning data security).
+What jobs require data security?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning data security are Sales Systems Engineer (42.9% of that role’s postings mention data security), Sales Specialist (26.7% of that role’s postings mention data security), Information Security Architect (21.7% of that role’s postings mention data security).
+What skills are commonly paired with data security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), data security most often appears alongside data governance, SQL, Python, data quality, data modeling.
+Where is data security most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring data security are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new data security content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after data security?
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 data security — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around data security
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before data security
Skills after data security
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: python | 12 |
| Before: Tableau | 10 |
| Before: Power BI | 7 |
| Before: sql | 7 |
| Before: ETL | 6 |
| Before: snowflake | 5 |
| Before: GitHub | 4 |
| Before: data validation | 4 |
| After: sql | 6 |
| After: snowflake | 5 |
| After: docker | 5 |
| After: Power BI | 5 |
| After: kubernetes | 4 |
| After: Tableau | 4 |
| After: python | 4 |
| After: AWS | 4 |
Roles most likely to require data security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Sales Systems Engineer | 12 | 42.9% |
| Sales Specialist | 16 | 26.7% |
| Information Security Architect | 5 | 21.7% |
| Enterprise Data Architect | 3 | 15.0% |
| Information Security Consultant | 4 | 11.4% |
| AI Program Manager | 4 | 10.0% |
| Azure Data Engineer | 3 | 8.1% |
| Data Architect | 45 | 7.6% |
| Success Architect | 3 | 7.1% |
| Data Engineering Director | 5 | 7.0% |
Roles with the most data security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 206 | 22.8% |
| Software Engineer | 46 | 5.1% |
| Data Architect | 45 | 5.0% |
| Product Manager | 26 | 2.9% |
| Sales Specialist | 16 | 1.8% |
| Data Analyst | 15 | 1.7% |
| Data Scientist | 15 | 1.7% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 12 | 1.3% |
| Security Engineer | 12 | 1.3% |
| Security Client Solution Architect | 11 | 1.2% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring data security
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Veeam | 22 |
| Barclays | 18 |
| Databricks | 15 |
| Securiti | 15 |
| Ebury | 13 |
| Travelers | 12 |
| Capco | 12 |
| Myriad360 | 11 |
| Mastercard | 10 |
| PwC | 9 |
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 data security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 35 | 3.9% |
| San Francisco | 20 | 2.2% |
| London | 19 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 16 | 1.8% |
| Chicago | 10 | 1.1% |
| Paris | 10 | 1.1% |
| Hartford | 9 | 1.0% |
| Hyderabad | 9 | 1.0% |
| Mountain View | 9 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with data security
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 data security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s data security postings by all data security 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: 0.4% to 0.4%. 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 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-30
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