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vulnerability assessment jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, vulnerability assessment appears in 365 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessment, with demand share up 7.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
365
Demand vs prior month
up 7.0% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 11.2% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
Washington

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Frequently asked questions about vulnerability assessment

+Is vulnerability assessment in demand in 2026?

Yes. vulnerability assessment appears in 365 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessment (11.2% of all postings mentioning vulnerability assessment).

+What jobs require vulnerability assessment?

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 vulnerability assessment are Penetration Tester (20.4% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment), Information System Security Engineer (10.0% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment), Information Security Architect (8.7% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessment).

+What skills are commonly paired with vulnerability assessment?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), vulnerability assessment most often appears alongside penetration testing, threat modeling, incident response, Python, Application security.

+Where is vulnerability assessment most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vulnerability assessment are Washington, Singapore, New York City, Arlington, Herndon, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new vulnerability assessment content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after vulnerability assessment?

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 assessment — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around vulnerability assessment

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before vulnerability assessment

Before vulnerability assessmentpenetration tests → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairnetwork administration → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairtechnical issues → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairbrute force attacks with burpsuite → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecure software development life cycle (SSDLC) → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairidentity and access management controls → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation security principles and best practices → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCritical Infrastructure → vulnerability assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilityassessmentpenetration tests: 1 movespenetration tests1 movesnetwork administration: 1 movesnetworkadministration1 movestechnical issues: 1 movestechnical issues1 movesbrute force attacks with burpsuite: 1 movesbrute forceattacks withburpsuite1 movessecure software development life cycle (SSDLC): 1 movessecure softwaredevelopment lifecycle (SSDLC)1 movesidentity and access management controls: 1 movesidentity andaccess managementcontrols1 movesinformation security principles and best practices: 1 movesinformationsecurityprinciples and…1 movesCritical Infrastructure: 1 movesCriticalInfrastructure1 moves

Skills after vulnerability assessment

After vulnerability assessmentvulnerability assessment → incident response: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → network security: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → Continuous Monitoring Plan: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → security protocols: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → Forensic analysis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → device compliance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → risk assessment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessment → cyberbullying: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilityassessmentincident response: 2 movesincident response2 movesnetwork security: 2 movesnetwork security2 movesContinuous Monitoring Plan: 1 movesContinuousMonitoring Plan1 movessecurity protocols: 1 movessecurity protocols1 movesForensic analysis: 1 movesForensic analysis1 movesdevice compliance: 1 movesdevice compliance1 movesrisk assessment: 1 movesrisk assessment1 movescyberbullying: 1 movescyberbullying1 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: penetration tests1
Before: network administration1
Before: technical issues1
Before: brute force attacks with burpsuite1
Before: secure software development life cycle (SSDLC)1
Before: identity and access management controls1
Before: information security principles and best practices1
Before: Critical Infrastructure1
After: incident response2
After: network security2
After: Continuous Monitoring Plan1
After: security protocols1
After: Forensic analysis1
After: device compliance1
After: risk assessment1
After: cyberbullying1

Roles most likely to require vulnerability assessment

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Penetration Tester2320.4%
Information System Security Engineer210.0%
Information Security Architect28.7%
Application Security Analyst28.0%
Vulnerability Management Engineer27.7%
Cyber Security Analyst137.1%
Systems Security Engineer56.8%
Platform Security Engineer36.2%
Cybersecurity Specialist135.6%
IT Security Specialist25.3%

Roles with the most vulnerability assessment postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer4111.2%
Penetration Tester236.3%
Application Security Engineer174.7%
Cyber Security Analyst133.6%
Cybersecurity Specialist133.6%
Cybersecurity Engineer113.0%
Information Security Analyst113.0%
Product Security Engineer113.0%
Security Analyst92.5%
Systems Engineer92.5%

Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessment

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessment
CompanyPostings · 90 days
General Dynamics Information Technology17
SpaceX10
Decagon7
Barclays6
Cisco6
Sopra Steria5
Darkwolfsolutions5
OpenBrain5
CACI4
Alignerr4

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 assessment

NamePostingsShare
Washington123.3%
Singapore82.2%
New York City71.9%
Arlington61.6%
Herndon61.6%
San Francisco61.6%
Bengaluru51.4%
Fort Meade51.4%
Mumbai51.4%

Skills commonly paired with vulnerability assessment

penetration testing (132)threat modeling (92)incident response (75)Python (64)Application security (53)Linux (43)AWS (36)cybersecurity (36)network security (35)vulnerability management (33)

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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 vulnerability assessment by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s vulnerability assessment postings by all vulnerability assessment 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 2,595 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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