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

As of 2026-09-30, NIST CSF appears in 293 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning NIST CSF, with demand share up 9.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
293
Demand vs prior month
up 9.0% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.9% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
London

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Frequently asked questions about NIST CSF

+Is NIST CSF in demand in 2026?

Yes. NIST CSF appears in 293 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning NIST CSF (9.9% of all postings mentioning NIST CSF).

+What jobs require NIST CSF?

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 NIST CSF are Security Solution Architect (38.1% of that role’s postings mention NIST CSF), Cybersecurity Manager (15.9% of that role’s postings mention NIST CSF), Cybersecurity Director (14.8% of that role’s postings mention NIST CSF).

+What skills are commonly paired with NIST CSF?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), NIST CSF most often appears alongside ISO 27001, SOC 2, CISSP, AWS, vulnerability management.

+Where is NIST CSF most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring NIST CSF are London, New York City, Bengaluru, Chicago, Dallas, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after NIST CSF?

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 NIST CSF — last 90 days

Career paths around NIST CSF

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before NIST CSF

Before NIST CSFISO 27001 → NIST CSF: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST → NIST CSF: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairGDPR → NIST CSF: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecrets management → NIST CSF: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairHIPAA → NIST CSF: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → NIST CSF: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairindustrial systems → NIST CSF: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOC 2 → NIST CSF: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSFISO 27001: 4 movesISO 270014 movesNIST: 3 movesNIST3 movesGDPR: 2 movesGDPR2 movessecrets management: 2 movessecrets management2 movesHIPAA: 2 movesHIPAA2 movesJira: 2 movesJira2 movesindustrial systems: 1 movesindustrial systems1 movesSOC 2: 1 movesSOC 21 moves

Skills after NIST CSF

After NIST CSFNIST CSF → ServiceNow GRC: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → GDPR: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → RSA Archer: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → SOC 2: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → machine learning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → CCPA: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → visualizations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSF → NIST-CSF: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairNIST CSFServiceNow GRC: 2 movesServiceNow GRC2 movesGDPR: 2 movesGDPR2 movesRSA Archer: 2 movesRSA Archer2 movesSOC 2: 2 movesSOC 22 movesmachine learning: 2 movesmachine learning2 movesCCPA: 2 movesCCPA2 movesvisualizations: 1 movesvisualizations1 movesNIST-CSF: 1 movesNIST-CSF1 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: ISO 270014
Before: NIST3
Before: GDPR2
Before: secrets management2
Before: HIPAA2
Before: Jira2
Before: industrial systems1
Before: SOC 21
After: ServiceNow GRC2
After: GDPR2
After: RSA Archer2
After: SOC 22
After: machine learning2
After: CCPA2
After: visualizations1
After: NIST-CSF1

Roles most likely to require NIST CSF

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Security Solution Architect838.1%
Cybersecurity Manager1115.9%
Cybersecurity Director414.8%
Information Security Consultant411.4%
Business Information Security Officer28.7%
Strategic Program Manager28.3%
Cloud Security Architect36.2%
Cybersecurity Consultant65.9%
Information Security Director25.0%
Security Operations Analyst14.8%

Roles with the most NIST CSF postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer299.9%
Security Analyst144.8%
Cybersecurity Manager113.8%
Cybersecurity Engineer82.7%
Information Security Analyst82.7%
Information Security Engineer82.7%
Security Solution Architect82.7%
Security Architect72.4%
Cybersecurity Analyst62.0%
Cybersecurity Consultant62.0%

Top companies posting jobs requiring NIST CSF

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring NIST CSF
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Stripe10
Devoteam8
SIA5
AbbVie5
Cisco5
Allianz4
Alpaca3
NetLimiter3
Coupang3
EY3

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 NIST CSF

NamePostingsShare
London113.8%
New York City113.8%
Bengaluru62.0%
Chicago62.0%
Dallas51.7%
Denver51.7%
Madrid51.7%
Barcelona41.4%
Boston41.4%

Skills commonly paired with NIST CSF

ISO 27001 (153)SOC 2 (87)CISSP (55)AWS (52)vulnerability management (49)SIEM (45)incident response (45)CIS Controls (44)CISM (42)Python (37)

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