secure SDLC jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, secure SDLC appears in 341 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning secure SDLC, with demand share up 27.7% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about secure SDLC
+Is secure SDLC in demand in 2026?
Yes. secure SDLC appears in 341 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning secure SDLC (19.4% of all postings mentioning secure SDLC).
+What jobs require secure SDLC?
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 secure SDLC are Business Information Security Officer (13.0% of that role’s postings mention secure SDLC), Application Security Engineer (12.0% of that role’s postings mention secure SDLC), Application Security Analyst (12.0% of that role’s postings mention secure SDLC).
+What skills are commonly paired with secure SDLC?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), secure SDLC most often appears alongside threat modeling, vulnerability management, SAST, CI/CD, Application security.
+Where is secure SDLC most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring secure SDLC are Boston, London, San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new secure SDLC content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning secure SDLC alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new secure SDLC content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after secure SDLC?
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 secure SDLC — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around secure SDLC
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before secure SDLC
Skills after secure SDLC
No published outgoing skill pairs yet.
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: JavaScript | 2 |
| Before: Java | 2 |
| Before: Fortran | 1 |
| Before: compliance policies | 1 |
| Before: C# | 1 |
| Before: SAST | 1 |
| Before: ServiceNow | 1 |
| Before: Microsoft 365 | 1 |
Roles most likely to require secure SDLC
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Business Information Security Officer | 3 | 13.0% |
| Application Security Engineer | 45 | 12.0% |
| Application Security Analyst | 3 | 12.0% |
| Software Security Engineer | 3 | 8.6% |
| Information Security Director | 3 | 7.5% |
| AI Security Specialist | 2 | 7.4% |
| Product Security Engineer | 18 | 5.6% |
| Security Architect | 17 | 5.5% |
| Head of Information Security | 1 | 4.2% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 2 | 3.4% |
Roles with the most secure SDLC postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 66 | 19.4% |
| Application Security Engineer | 45 | 13.2% |
| Software Engineer | 19 | 5.6% |
| Product Security Engineer | 18 | 5.3% |
| Security Architect | 17 | 5.0% |
| Technical Program Manager | 14 | 4.1% |
| AppSec Engineer | 5 | 1.5% |
| AI Security Engineer | 4 | 1.2% |
| Application Security Architect | 4 | 1.2% |
| Application Security Manager | 4 | 1.2% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring secure SDLC
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Cisco | 8 |
| Veeam | 6 |
| Flywire | 6 |
| SentinelOne | 6 |
| NiCE | 5 |
| ServiceNow | 5 |
| CACI | 4 |
| Suno | 4 |
| Freshworks | 4 |
| Medtronic | 4 |
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 secure SDLC
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | 19 | 5.6% |
| London | 10 | 2.9% |
| San Francisco | 10 | 2.9% |
| New York City | 9 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 2.3% |
| Hyderabad | 8 | 2.3% |
| Singapore | 6 | 1.8% |
| Warsaw | 6 | 1.8% |
| Lisbon | 5 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with secure SDLC
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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 secure SDLC by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s secure SDLC postings by all secure SDLC 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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