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

As of 2026-09-30, EDR appears in 1,072 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning EDR, with demand share up 15.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
1,072
Demand vs prior month
up 15.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 21.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about EDR

+Is EDR in demand in 2026?

Yes. EDR appears in 1,072 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning EDR (21.1% of all postings mentioning EDR).

+What jobs require EDR?

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 EDR are SOC Analyst (53.8% of that role’s postings mention EDR), Corporate Security Engineer (45.0% of that role’s postings mention EDR), Detection Engineer (32.1% of that role’s postings mention EDR).

+What skills are commonly paired with EDR?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), EDR most often appears alongside SIEM, incident response, Python, SOAR, AWS.

+Where is EDR most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring EDR are New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after EDR?

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 EDR — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around EDR

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before EDR

Before EDRSIEM → EDR: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairServiceNow → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairPowerShell → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairIDS → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairincident response → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairSplunk → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairPCI-DSS → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → EDR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDRSIEM: 5 movesSIEM5 movesServiceNow: 3 movesServiceNow3 movesPowerShell: 3 movesPowerShell3 movesIDS: 3 movesIDS3 movesincident response: 3 movesincident response3 movesSplunk: 3 movesSplunk3 movesPCI-DSS: 3 movesPCI-DSS3 movesActive Directory: 3 movesActive Directory3 moves

Skills after EDR

After EDREDR → Windows DNS Server: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → SSO: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → Purple Knight: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → public key infrastructure (PKI): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → IBM QRadar: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → PowerShell scripts: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → AD: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDR → Active Directory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairEDRWindows DNS Server: 1 movesWindows DNS Server1 movesSSO: 1 movesSSO1 movesPurple Knight: 1 movesPurple Knight1 movespublic key infrastructure (PKI): 1 movespublic keyinfrastructure(PKI)1 movesIBM QRadar: 1 movesIBM QRadar1 movesPowerShell scripts: 1 movesPowerShell scripts1 movesAD: 1 movesAD1 movesActive Directory: 1 movesActive Directory1 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: SIEM5
Before: ServiceNow3
Before: PowerShell3
Before: IDS3
Before: incident response3
Before: Splunk3
Before: PCI-DSS3
Before: Active Directory3
After: Windows DNS Server1
After: SSO1
After: Purple Knight1
After: public key infrastructure (PKI)1
After: IBM QRadar1
After: PowerShell scripts1
After: AD1
After: Active Directory1

Roles most likely to require EDR

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
SOC Analyst1453.8%
Corporate Security Engineer945.0%
Detection Engineer932.1%
Security Platform Engineer830.8%
Endpoint Security Engineer627.3%
IT Security Engineer1525.4%
Security Operations Engineer1625.4%
Enterprise Security Engineer720.6%
Security Automation Engineer1017.2%
Security Analyst6116.0%

Roles with the most EDR postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer22621.1%
Security Analyst615.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer343.2%
Information Security Engineer343.2%
Information Security Analyst272.5%
Cybersecurity Analyst242.2%
Product Manager242.2%
Software Engineer181.7%
Security Operations Engineer161.5%
IT Security Engineer151.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring EDR

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring EDR
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Elastic17
Coupang15
NetLimiter14
Braze12
Nebius11
CrowdStrike10
LinkedIn9
Sophos9
Cisco9
Lacework8

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 EDR

NamePostingsShare
New York City373.5%
Bengaluru222.1%
San Francisco222.1%
Tel Aviv212.0%
Austin191.8%
Pune171.6%
Toronto151.4%
Seoul121.1%
Warsaw121.1%

Skills commonly paired with EDR

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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 EDR by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s EDR postings by all EDR 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: 0.4% to 0.4%. 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index