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

As of 2026-09-30, security monitoring appears in 572 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning security monitoring, with demand share up 20.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
572
Demand vs prior month
up 20.9% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 15.0% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about security monitoring

+Is security monitoring in demand in 2026?

Yes. security monitoring appears in 572 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning security monitoring (15.0% of all postings mentioning security monitoring).

+What jobs require security monitoring?

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 monitoring are Security Operations Analyst (23.8% of that role’s postings mention security monitoring), Cloud Security Analyst (20.0% of that role’s postings mention security monitoring), Cybersecurity Intern (16.1% of that role’s postings mention security monitoring).

+What skills are commonly paired with security monitoring?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), security monitoring most often appears alongside incident response, SIEM, vulnerability management, Cloud Security, threat modeling.

+Where is security monitoring most in demand?

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

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+Which skills come before and after security monitoring?

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 monitoring — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around security monitoring

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before security monitoring

Before security monitoringrisk assessment → security monitoring: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocumentation → security monitoring: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → security monitoring: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairthreat detection → security monitoring: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairworkstation backups → security monitoring: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairserver backups → security monitoring: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmonitoring alerts → security monitoring: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEndpoint Security → security monitoring: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecuritymonitoringrisk assessment: 2 movesrisk assessment2 movesdocumentation: 2 movesdocumentation2 movesusability testing: 1 movesusability testing1 movesthreat detection: 1 movesthreat detection1 movesworkstation backups: 1 movesworkstationbackups1 movesserver backups: 1 movesserver backups1 movesmonitoring alerts: 1 movesmonitoring alerts1 movesEndpoint Security: 1 movesEndpoint Security1 moves

Skills after security monitoring

After security monitoringsecurity monitoring → penetration tests: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → security metrics: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → HIPAA: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → security assessments: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → encryption technologies: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → python: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → Network ACL: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity monitoring → loss prevention strategies: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecuritymonitoringpenetration tests: 3 movespenetration tests3 movessecurity metrics: 2 movessecurity metrics2 movesHIPAA: 2 movesHIPAA2 movessecurity assessments: 2 movessecurityassessments2 movesencryption technologies: 2 movesencryptiontechnologies2 movespython: 2 movespython2 movesNetwork ACL: 1 movesNetwork ACL1 movesloss prevention strategies: 1 movesloss preventionstrategies1 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: risk assessment2
Before: documentation2
Before: usability testing1
Before: threat detection1
Before: workstation backups1
Before: server backups1
Before: monitoring alerts1
Before: Endpoint Security1
After: penetration tests3
After: security metrics2
After: HIPAA2
After: security assessments2
After: encryption technologies2
After: python2
After: Network ACL1
After: loss prevention strategies1

Roles most likely to require security monitoring

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Security Operations Analyst523.8%
Cloud Security Analyst420.0%
Cybersecurity Intern916.1%
Security Consultant515.6%
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)413.8%
Information Security Intern412.9%
Security Operations Engineer812.7%
Information Security Director512.5%
Systems Security Engineer912.3%
IT Security Engineer711.9%

Roles with the most security monitoring postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer8615.0%
Information Security Engineer274.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer234.0%
Security Analyst234.0%
Cybersecurity Analyst162.8%
Cloud Security Engineer142.4%
Cyber Security Engineer142.4%
Network Security Engineer132.3%
Security Architect122.1%
Cyber Security Analyst111.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring security monitoring

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring security monitoring
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Vanta12
SNC8
PwC8
NetLimiter6
Fiserv5
JCI5
Airwallex5
DXC Technology5
Capco5
Anduril Industries5

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 monitoring

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru244.2%
Washington132.3%
London122.1%
San Francisco122.1%
New York City111.9%
Boston91.6%
Lone Tree71.2%
Austin61.0%
Brussels50.9%

Skills commonly paired with security monitoring

incident response (303)SIEM (195)vulnerability management (194)Cloud Security (120)threat modeling (95)AWS (91)Python (77)EDR (77)Threat hunting (72)Security controls (70)

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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 monitoring by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s security monitoring postings by all security monitoring 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 2,596 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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713827b53d88a650
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2026-09-30
window_days
90
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