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

As of 2026-09-30, vulnerability assessments appears in 319 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessments, with demand share up 9.7% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
319
Demand vs prior month
up 9.7% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.4% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
Chantilly

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Frequently asked questions about vulnerability assessments

+Is vulnerability assessments in demand in 2026?

Yes. vulnerability assessments appears in 319 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning vulnerability assessments (9.4% of all postings mentioning vulnerability assessments).

+What jobs require vulnerability assessments?

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 assessments are Information Systems Security Engineer (11.1% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessments), Offensive Security Engineer (9.2% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessments), Application Security Analyst (8.0% of that role’s postings mention vulnerability assessments).

+What skills are commonly paired with vulnerability assessments?

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

+Where is vulnerability assessments most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vulnerability assessments are Chantilly, St. Louis, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Washington, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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+Which skills come before and after vulnerability assessments?

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 assessments — last 90 days

Career paths around vulnerability assessments

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before vulnerability assessments

Before vulnerability assessmentsIDS/IPS → vulnerability assessments: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairFirewalls → vulnerability assessments: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairincident response → vulnerability assessments: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → vulnerability assessments: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairrisk assessments → vulnerability assessments: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairlog analysis → vulnerability assessments: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairPowerShell → vulnerability assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairGDPR → vulnerability assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilityassessmentsIDS/IPS: 9 movesIDS/IPS9 movesFirewalls: 7 movesFirewalls7 movesincident response: 7 movesincident response7 movespython: 5 movespython5 movesrisk assessments: 5 movesrisk assessments5 moveslog analysis: 5 moveslog analysis5 movesPowerShell: 4 movesPowerShell4 movesGDPR: 4 movesGDPR4 moves

Skills after vulnerability assessments

After vulnerability assessmentsvulnerability assessments → python: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → penetration tests: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → terraform: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → sql: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → JavaScript: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → Active Directory: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → Splunk: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerability assessments → Datadog: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilityassessmentspython: 8 movespython8 movespenetration tests: 7 movespenetration tests7 movesterraform: 6 movesterraform6 movessql: 5 movessql5 movesJavaScript: 5 movesJavaScript5 movesActive Directory: 4 movesActive Directory4 movesSplunk: 4 movesSplunk4 movesDatadog: 4 movesDatadog4 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: IDS/IPS9
Before: Firewalls7
Before: incident response7
Before: python5
Before: risk assessments5
Before: log analysis5
Before: PowerShell4
Before: GDPR4
After: python8
After: penetration tests7
After: terraform6
After: sql5
After: JavaScript5
After: Active Directory4
After: Splunk4
After: Datadog4

Roles most likely to require vulnerability assessments

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Information Systems Security Engineer611.1%
Offensive Security Engineer69.2%
Application Security Analyst28.0%
SQL Database Administrator28.0%
Cybersecurity Director27.4%
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)26.9%
Cybersecurity Architect56.8%
System Engineer46.8%
Cybersecurity Engineer285.8%
Cyber Security Engineer115.2%

Roles with the most vulnerability assessments postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer309.4%
Cybersecurity Engineer288.8%
Application Security Engineer123.8%
Cybersecurity Analyst123.8%
Information Security Analyst123.8%
Product Security Engineer123.8%
Cyber Security Engineer113.4%
Software Engineer113.4%
Cybersecurity Specialist92.8%
Information Security Engineer82.5%

Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessments

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring vulnerability assessments
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Later11
ClickHouse10
CACI6
General Dynamics Mission Systems6
Esri6
General Dynamics Information Technology6
ITProducts6
Northrop Grumman5
Gdit5
Betsson Group5

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 assessments

NamePostingsShare
Chantilly123.8%
St. Louis72.2%
Bengaluru61.9%
San Francisco61.9%
Washington61.9%
Colorado Springs51.6%
Malta51.6%
Warsaw51.6%
Bucharest41.3%

Skills commonly paired with vulnerability assessments

penetration testing (108)threat modeling (70)incident response (66)AWS (45)SIEM (43)Python (40)firewalls (39)CI/CD (35)Security controls (32)Security audits (31)

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