Security engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, Security engineering appears in 882 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Security engineering, with demand share up 9.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+Is Security engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Security engineering appears in 882 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Security engineering (32.4% of all postings mentioning Security engineering).
+What jobs require Security engineering?
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 Security engineering are Security Engineering Manager (39.7% of that role’s postings mention Security engineering), Security Program Manager (24.0% of that role’s postings mention Security engineering), Enterprise Security Engineer (23.5% of that role’s postings mention Security engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Security engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Security engineering most often appears alongside threat modeling, incident response, Cloud Security, Python, vulnerability management.
+Where is Security engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Security engineering are New York City, San Francisco, London, Seattle, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Security engineering content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after Security engineering?
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 Security engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around Security engineering
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before Security engineering
No published incoming skill pairs yet.
Skills after Security engineering
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 |
|---|---|
| After: clinical and consumer commercial Partners | 1 |
| After: accreditation | 1 |
| After: SDK (Software Development Kit) | 1 |
| After: risk and opportunity management | 1 |
| After: Earned Value Management System | 1 |
| After: information assurance | 1 |
| After: certification and accreditation documentation | 1 |
| After: DoDAF | 1 |
Roles most likely to require Security engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering Manager | 23 | 39.7% |
| Security Program Manager | 6 | 24.0% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 8 | 23.5% |
| AI Security Architect | 5 | 20.8% |
| Cyber Security Architect | 5 | 14.7% |
| AI Security Engineer | 20 | 14.2% |
| Security Engineer | 286 | 13.9% |
| Information Security Director | 5 | 12.5% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 3 | 10.3% |
| Corporate Security Engineer | 2 | 10.0% |
Roles with the most Security engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 286 | 32.4% |
| Software Engineer | 69 | 7.8% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 23 | 2.6% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 22 | 2.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 21 | 2.4% |
| AI Security Engineer | 20 | 2.3% |
| Product Security Engineer | 18 | 2.0% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 15 | 1.7% |
| Information Security Engineer | 15 | 1.7% |
| Application Security Engineer | 13 | 1.5% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring Security engineering
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Stripe | 26 |
| Okta | 21 |
| Leidos | 14 |
| Anthropic | 14 |
| Twilio | 9 |
| 9 | |
| Truist | 9 |
| MongoDB | 8 |
| Reuters | 8 |
| Mastercard | 7 |
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 Security engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 55 | 6.2% |
| San Francisco | 36 | 4.1% |
| London | 22 | 2.5% |
| Seattle | 15 | 1.7% |
| Dublin | 14 | 1.6% |
| Bengaluru | 12 | 1.4% |
| Singapore | 11 | 1.2% |
| Boston | 10 | 1.1% |
| Auckland | 9 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Security engineering
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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 Security engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Security engineering postings by all Security engineering 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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