Key findings
- 1
309 employers listed the 714 open roles in Security Engineering; SpaceX held 34 of them (4.8%) and the three largest 89 (12.5%).
- 2
327 of the 714 open roles in Security Engineering (45.8%) stated pay, with a median of $205k/yr (typical pay $172k to $375k a year), 3% above the $200k/yr of all security roles.
- 3
30 of the 714 open roles in Security Engineering (4.2%) accepted applicants from any country, against 3.1% of all open security roles; of the 20 countries compared, residents of the United States (393), the United Kingdom (88) and India (84) could apply to the most, and residents of Italy, the Netherlands and Romania to the fewest (44 each).
- 4
The words used most in the titles of open roles in Security Engineering were Engineer or developer (654), Researcher (17) and Lead (15), of 714 open roles.
- 5
Of the 712 open roles in Security Engineering with a full description, 261 (36.7%) mention a degree, 46 (6.5%) mention a security clearance and 381 (53.5%) state years of experience, a median of 5 years.
- 6
111 of the 712 described roles in Security Engineering (15.6%) name a security certification; CISSP (73), GIAC certifications (GSEC, GCIH, GPEN and others, 41) and CompTIA Security+ (31) were named most.
- 7
Among the 26 employers with at least 3 distinct advertised salaries in Security Engineering, Anthropic advertised the highest median ($363k/yr) and Appian the lowest ($125k/yr).
Figure 1
Who hires for it
Which employers list security roles in Security Engineering, and what does each advertise?
The other 259 rows, in the same order (every value of every row is in the report's data, sent by email):
Flexport, Gruve, IonQ, Logicalis Spain, Mistral AI, Motive, Notion, Obsidian Security, Palantir, Ripple, Rocket Lab, Verkada, 7AI, Advens, Aikido Security, Air Apps, Anaconda, Arctic Wolf, Artemis, Axis Communications, Backblaze, Block, Box, Brain Co., Canonical, CertiK, Coalition, Cyberhaven, Deliveroo, depthfirst, Docker, Dropbox, Emergent, ESET, Figma, Figure AI, Firmus, Garner Health, Harvey, Horizon3.ai, Kapres Technology, Lovable, Menlo Security, Metropolis, Mirantis, MongoDB, Nebius, Neura Robotics, Nscale, OKX, Plaid, Qualys, Ramp, Robinhood, Scalian, Sezzle, Sierra, Skydio, SonicWall, Stellar Cyber, Superhuman, Tailscale, Tanium, team.blue, TENEX.AI, UltraViolet Cyber, Upstart, Vanta, Veeam, 10a Labs, 1Password, A-Gas, Abacus, Addepar, AIOS, Airlock Digital, Airtm, Aledade, Alpaca, Anchorage Digital, Apiiro, AppsFlyer, Aptible, Arctiq, Arionkoder, Assured, Asymmetric Research, Axios, Axonius, Aztec Foundation, Beast Industries, BibliU, Billigence, Bitdefender, Black Duck, Buffer, bunny.net, Canary Technologies, Canva, Cape, Carvana, Censys, Charlie Health, Chartis, Checkout.com, Clariness, ClickUp, CloudLinux, Cohesity, CyberOne, Dashlane, Dataflow Security, Deciphex, Deepgram, Deploy, DISCO, Ditto, Docplanner, DotWorld, DuckDuckGo, Duna, ElevenLabs, Endor Labs, Eneba, Ensono, Ent, Euna Solutions, European Dynamics, Exeon Analytics, ExtraHop, fal, Fastly, Federato, FireMon, Float, Flodesk, Flox, Fly.io, Form3, Forus, FP Digital Business Solutions, Fullscript, gaiia, Gcore, Gemini, Glean, GoDaddy, Gong, Google Fiber, Grafana Labs, Gurobi, Hadrian, Headway, HelloFresh, Hinge Health, Humanoid, iFood, Instructure, Integrity360, InterSystems, Intertek, Intuition Machines, Istari Digital, JumpCloud, Keeper Security, Klaviyo, knowmad mood, Kodex, Kraken, Latent Health, Legora, LemFi, Lightning Labs, Lila Sciences, Linear, Luxor, Mapbox, Material Security, Maze, Methods, MOXFIVE, Mozilla, Myriad360, Mysten Labs, n8n, NEC Software Solutions, Neo4j, NETGEAR, NinjaOne, Octus, Offchain Labs, Olo, OpenZeppelin, Partly, Perplexity, Pinterest, Pipe, Pliant, Pomelo Care, Positron AI, Prefect, Project Eleven, Proofpoint, PubMatic, Qoria, Quanata, Quora, Rain, Recare, Reddit, Reflection AI, RELEX Solutions, Reltio, Render, Resend, Riskified, Roboflow, Rubrik, Runway, SailPoint, Salesloft, Samsara, Saronic Technologies, Scopely, Sectigo, Shakepay, SimSpace, Solidgate, Spotify, SpyCloud, Starling Bank, Statewise, Stedi, Technosylva, The Mill Adventure, Thinking Machines Lab, Thunes, Toast, toogeza, Trace3, Trail of Bits, Trellix, Trolley, Turing, Turnkey, Twilio, Uvation, Valkai, Valon, VulnCheck, Vultr, Warp, Workstreet, Xsolla, Youtrust, Zapier, Zeely, Zencoder, Zocdoc
Sample. 714 roles in Security Engineering open at the end of 14 Nov 2026, by the employer that lists them: HHI 105 (unconcentrated), against 60 for all security roles.
HHI: the sum of every employer's squared percentage share of the open roles, 0 to 10,000; under 1,500 is unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately and above 2,500 highly concentrated (US merger-guideline thresholds).
Shares are of listings, not of people hired: an employer posting one role for each city or country it hires in weighs more here than its hiring may.
A median needs at least 3 distinct advertised salaries.
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 2
What it pays
What do security roles in Security Engineering advertise a year, against every security role on the board?
| Roles | Median pay a year | Typical pay from | Typical pay to | Stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering | $172,000 | $375,000 | 45.8% | |
| All security roles | $160,000 | $332,000 | 40.7% |
Sample. Roles open on 14 Nov 2026: 714 in Security Engineering, 327 of them stating pay; 3,041 across all security roles.
Pay is the year's pay a posting advertises (the middle of a stated range; an hourly rate counts as 2,080 hours), counted once per distinct salary as the job board counts it. The median and typical pay are the board's: typical pay is the span from the 25th percentile of range midpoints to the 90th percentile of range tops, every figure taken as a full-time year (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours), stated from 3 distinct salaries.
A role whose posting gives no salary or pay range counts as not stating pay.
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 3
How its pay is spread
How is the advertised pay of security roles in Security Engineering spread across salary bands?
| Advertised pay a year | Open roles | Share of roles stating pay | All security roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $75k a year | 0 | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| $75k to $100k | 5 | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| $100k to $125k | 6 | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| $125k to $150k | 34 | 10.4% | 10.4% |
| $150k to $175k | 42 | 12.8% | 14.0% |
| $175k to $200k | 54 | 16.5% | 16.3% |
| $200k to $250k | 108 | 33.0% | 28.9% |
| $250k to $300k | 43 | 13.1% | 13.0% |
| $300k a year or more | 35 | 10.7% | 8.5% |
Sample. 327 roles in Security Engineering open on 14 Nov 2026 that state pay, against 1,237 across all security roles.
Each role counts once, at the middle of its advertised range, on the board's one scale (a year's pay; an hourly rate counts as a full-time year). The bands are those of the salary-transparency report.
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 4
Who may apply: location rules
Can people apply to security roles in Security Engineering from anywhere, or are they based in some countries?
| Location rule | Open roles | Share of its open roles | All security roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open to applicants anywhere | 30 | 3.1% | |
| Anywhere except listed countries | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Based in or limited to listed countries | 684 | 96.7% | |
| No location rule stated | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Sample. 714 roles in Security Engineering open at the end of 14 Nov 2026, against 3,041 across all security roles.
The rule is read from each posting's location text, then, where that names no country, from what the posting's own description states, and where both are silent from what the employer states about where it hires.
Most security roles are based in one country, on site, hybrid or remote within it, and count as limited to that country; a role open to applicants anywhere is remote from any country.
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 5
Who may apply: roles open to each country
How many roles in Security Engineering can a resident of each country apply to?
Sample. 714 roles in Security Engineering open at the end of 14 Nov 2026, for residents of a fixed set of 20 countries.
A country's count is the roles open to applicants anywhere (including roles that state no rule, as on the job board), plus roles whose list names it, plus roles whose exclusion list does not.
The 20 countries are the same in every report of this series: those named most often by the location rules of open security roles on 14 Nov 2026, as the countries a role is based in or limited to or as excluded.
Median pay is over the roles open to that country that state pay (at least 3 distinct advertised salaries).
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 6
What the roles are called
Which words do the titles of security roles in Security Engineering use most?
| Title word | Open roles | Share of its open roles |
|---|---|---|
| Engineer or developer | 654 | 91.6% |
| Researcher | 17 | 2.4% |
| Lead | 15 | 2.1% |
| Specialist | 5 | 0.7% |
| Expert or SME | 4 | 0.6% |
| Penetration tester or red teamer | 3 | 0.4% |
| Administrator | 2 | 0.3% |
| Analyst | 2 | 0.3% |
| Manager | 2 | 0.3% |
| Architect | 1 | 0.1% |
| Consultant or advisor | 1 | 0.1% |
| Director, head or VP | 1 | 0.1% |
Sample. 685 of the 714 roles in Security Engineering open on 14 Nov 2026 use one of these words in their title (95.9%); 12 title words are used.
A title can use several of these words and counts for each. The vocabulary is the job-titles report's.
Median pay needs at least 3 distinct advertised salaries.
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 7
What the descriptions ask for
Do security roles in Security Engineering ask for a degree, a certification, a clearance, years of experience or a test?
| Requirement | Roles | Share of described roles |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions a PhD | 24 | 3.4% |
| Mentions a PhD or master's | 91 | 12.8% |
| Mentions any degree | 261 | 36.7% |
| Names a security certification | 111 | 15.6% |
| Mentions a security clearance | 46 | 6.5% |
| States years of experience | 381 | 53.5% |
| Asks for 5 years or more | 259 | 36.4% |
| States weekly hours | 7 | 1.0% |
| Mentions a technical assessment or test | 12 | 1.7% |
| Mentions a background check | 44 | 6.2% |
Sample. 712 roles in Security Engineering open on 14 Nov 2026 whose job board publishes a full description (at 308 employers), 99.7% of its open roles; 3,037 described roles across all security roles.
A mention can be a requirement or a preference ('a CISSP is a plus'): the figure counts both. The patterns are those of the requirements report, and a certification is one of the one list the certification pages count.
Only roles whose job board publishes a full description are read, so this figure describes those roles.
A specialty's figure is shown when its described roles outweigh the average of the specialties (93.3 described roles: the weight of every specialty's shares around the shares of all described roles, fitted on their own counts).
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
Figure 8
Certifications the postings name
Which security certifications do the postings for roles in Security Engineering name?
| Certification | Roles naming it | Share of described roles |
|---|---|---|
| CISSP | 73 | 10.3% |
| GIAC certifications (GSEC, GCIH, GPEN and others) | 41 | 5.8% |
| CompTIA Security+ | 31 | 4.4% |
| OSCP | 26 | 3.7% |
| CCSP | 20 | 2.8% |
| CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) | 19 | 2.7% |
| AWS certifications | 16 | 2.2% |
| Cisco CCNA or CCNP | 16 | 2.2% |
| CISM | 15 | 2.1% |
| CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) | 9 | 1.3% |
| CompTIA SecurityX (CASP+) | 5 | 0.7% |
| OffSec advanced (OSEP, OSWE, OSED, OSCE3) | 5 | 0.7% |
| Microsoft security certifications (AZ-500, SC-200, SC-100, SC-300) | 4 | 0.6% |
| CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist) | 4 | 0.6% |
| CompTIA CySA+ | 3 | 0.4% |
| CompTIA Network+ | 3 | 0.4% |
| CRISC | 2 | 0.3% |
| SSCP | 2 | 0.3% |
| Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer | 1 | 0.1% |
| CompTIA PenTest+ | 1 | 0.1% |
Sample. 111 of the 712 roles in Security Engineering open on 14 Nov 2026 with a full description name at least one security certification (15.6%); 20 certifications are named.
A certification counts where the description names it, required or preferred alike, by the rules of the certification pages (lib/certifications.ts): CISA, also a US government agency, counts only beside another certification's name. A description naming several counts for each.
A specialty's figure is shown when its described roles outweigh the average of the specialties (20.3 described roles: the weight of every specialty's shares of each certification, fitted on their own counts).
Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, The Security Engineering Job Market, live data.
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@misc{cyberjobscc_security_engineering_job_market_live,
author = {{CyberJobs.cc}},
title = {The Security Engineering Job Market (live data, 11 Nov 2026 to 14 Nov 2026)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://cyberjobs.cc/research/security-engineering-job-market}},
note = {Accessed 15 Nov 2026},
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