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information security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, information security appears in 1,090 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Information Security Analyst has the most postings mentioning information security, with demand share up 10.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
1,090
Demand vs prior month
up 10.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 5.1% of skill postings
Information Security Analyst
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about information security

+Is information security in demand in 2026?

Yes. information security appears in 1,090 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Information Security Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning information security (5.1% of all postings mentioning information security).

+What jobs require information 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 information security are Head of Information Security (62.5% of that role’s postings mention information security), Information Security Director (55.0% of that role’s postings mention information security), Business Information Security Officer (39.1% of that role’s postings mention information security).

+What skills are commonly paired with information security?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), information security most often appears alongside Risk Management, incident response, ISO 27001, vulnerability management, CISSP.

+Where is information security most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring information security are New York City, Pune, Hyderabad, London, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new information security content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after information 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 information security — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around information security

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before information security

Before information securityQuality Assurance → information security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairWindows → information security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairC++ → information security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity tools → information security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → information security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis of variable factors → information security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinnovation → information security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmiddleware support → information security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformationsecurityQuality Assurance: 2 movesQuality Assurance2 movesWindows: 2 movesWindows2 movesC++: 2 movesC++2 movessecurity tools: 2 movessecurity tools2 movesJava: 2 movesJava2 movesanalysis of variable factors: 1 movesanalysis ofvariable factors1 movesinnovation: 1 movesinnovation1 movesmiddleware support: 1 movesmiddleware support1 moves

Skills after information security

After information securityinformation security → Java: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → CSS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → risk management: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → penetration tests: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → compliance program: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → procedures: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → standards: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security → PHP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformationsecurityJava: 2 movesJava2 movesCSS: 2 movesCSS2 movesrisk management: 2 movesrisk management2 movespenetration tests: 1 movespenetration tests1 movescompliance program: 1 movescompliance program1 movesprocedures: 1 movesprocedures1 movesstandards: 1 movesstandards1 movesPHP: 1 movesPHP1 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: Quality Assurance2
Before: Windows2
Before: C++2
Before: security tools2
Before: Java2
Before: analysis of variable factors1
Before: innovation1
Before: middleware support1
After: Java2
After: CSS2
After: risk management2
After: penetration tests1
After: compliance program1
After: procedures1
After: standards1
After: PHP1

Roles most likely to require information security

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Head of Information Security1562.5%
Information Security Director2255.0%
Business Information Security Officer939.1%
Information Security Consultant1337.1%
Cybersecurity Advisor1037.0%
Chief Information Security Officer2236.7%
Information Security Manager4035.4%
Information Security Architect834.8%
Information Security Specialist2934.5%
Information Security Intern1032.3%

Roles with the most information security postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Information Security Analyst565.1%
Security Engineer555.0%
Information Security Engineer524.8%
Information Security Manager403.7%
Technical Program Manager333.0%
Software Engineer302.8%
Information Security Specialist292.7%
Security Analyst252.3%
Product Manager242.2%
Chief Information Security Officer222.0%

Top companies posting jobs requiring information security

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring information security
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Mastercard54
Allianz19
Capco16
Optiv12
Cohere Health9
PwC8
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)8
Cisco8
Coupanginternal7
360 IT Professionals6

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 information security

NamePostingsShare
New York City373.4%
Pune242.2%
Hyderabad222.0%
London181.7%
San Francisco141.3%
Dublin131.2%
Washington131.2%
Boston121.1%
Chicago121.1%

Skills commonly paired with information security

Risk Management (226)incident response (219)ISO 27001 (200)vulnerability management (166)CISSP (136)cybersecurity (132)Cloud Security (125)security architecture (119)AWS (109)Python (103)

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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 information security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s information security postings by all information 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: 0.3% 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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