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

As of 2026-09-30, security assessments appears in 424 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning security assessments, with demand share down 1.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
424
Demand vs prior month
down 1.9% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 12.0% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about security assessments

+Is security assessments in demand in 2026?

Yes. security assessments appears in 424 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning security assessments (12.0% of all postings mentioning security assessments).

+What jobs require security 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 security assessments are Application Security Analyst (24.0% of that role’s postings mention security assessments), Enterprise Security Engineer (20.6% of that role’s postings mention security assessments), Cyber Security Architect (11.8% of that role’s postings mention security assessments).

+What skills are commonly paired with security assessments?

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

+Where is security assessments most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring security assessments are New York City, Boston, Washington, London, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around security assessments

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before security assessments

Before security assessmentsVulnerability assessments → security assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → security assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → security assessments: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity policies → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairFirewalls → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairincident response → security assessments: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurityassessmentsVulnerability assessments: 4 movesVulnerabilityassessments4 movesJenkins: 4 movesJenkins4 movesCI/CD pipelines: 4 movesCI/CD pipelines4 moveskubernetes: 3 moveskubernetes3 movessecurity policies: 3 movessecurity policies3 movesFirewalls: 3 movesFirewalls3 movesAWS: 3 movesAWS3 movesincident response: 3 movesincident response3 moves

Skills after security assessments

After security assessmentssecurity assessments → python: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → Policies: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → configuration management: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → security policies: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → Git: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → AWS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → Infrastructure as Code (IaC): 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity assessments → SDLC: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurityassessmentspython: 3 movespython3 movesPolicies: 2 movesPolicies2 movesconfiguration management: 2 movesconfigurationmanagement2 movessecurity policies: 2 movessecurity policies2 movesGit: 2 movesGit2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesInfrastructure as Code (IaC): 2 movesInfrastructure asCode (IaC)2 movesSDLC: 2 movesSDLC2 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: Vulnerability assessments4
Before: Jenkins4
Before: CI/CD pipelines4
Before: kubernetes3
Before: security policies3
Before: Firewalls3
Before: AWS3
Before: incident response3
After: python3
After: Policies2
After: configuration management2
After: security policies2
After: Git2
After: AWS2
After: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)2
After: SDLC2

Roles most likely to require security assessments

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Application Security Analyst624.0%
Enterprise Security Engineer720.6%
Cyber Security Architect411.8%
Penetration Tester1210.6%
Product Security Architect210.0%
Information Security Consultant38.6%
IT Security Engineer58.5%
Cloud Security Architect48.3%
Embedded Systems Security Engineer28.0%
Security Architect247.8%

Roles with the most security assessments postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer5112.0%
Security Architect245.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer215.0%
Product Security Engineer215.0%
Information Security Analyst153.5%
Application Security Engineer133.1%
Penetration Tester122.8%
Cybersecurity Analyst102.4%
Cyber Security Engineer92.1%
Security Analyst92.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring security assessments

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring security assessments
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Writer9
Google9
Eurofins9
Northrop Grumman8
MongoDB5
Divergeit5
Scale AI5
Bah5
Twilio4
Rocket Lab4

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 assessments

NamePostingsShare
New York City102.4%
Boston81.9%
Washington81.9%
London71.7%
Dublin61.4%
Long Beach51.2%
Seattle51.2%
Torrance51.2%
Arlington40.9%

Skills commonly paired with security assessments

threat modeling (115)vulnerability management (111)penetration testing (102)incident response (86)Application security (81)Cloud Security (68)Security controls (65)Python (59)AWS (54)network security (50)

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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 assessments by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s security assessments postings by all security 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: 0.2% 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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