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

As of 2026-09-30, Security controls appears in 971 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Security controls, with demand share up 10.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
971
Demand vs prior month
up 10.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.2% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
Sunnyvale

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Frequently asked questions about Security controls

+Is Security controls in demand in 2026?

Yes. Security controls appears in 971 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Security controls (9.2% of all postings mentioning Security controls).

+What jobs require Security controls?

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 controls are Head of Information Security (25.0% of that role’s postings mention Security controls), Business Information Security Officer (21.7% of that role’s postings mention Security controls), Information Security Officer (20.0% of that role’s postings mention Security controls).

+What skills are commonly paired with Security controls?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Security controls most often appears alongside incident response, vulnerability management, AWS, Cloud Security, threat modeling.

+Where is Security controls most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Security controls are Sunnyvale, New York City, London, Washington, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Security controls content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after Security controls?

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 controls — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around Security controls

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Security controls

Before Security controlsQRadar → Security controls: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity policies → Security controls: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsecurity alerts → Security controls: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairincident response → Security controls: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAssessment → Security controls: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairvulnerabilities → Security controls: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairintrusion detection systems (IDS) → Security controls: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairthreat detection → Security controls: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecuritycontrolsQRadar: 2 movesQRadar2 movessecurity policies: 2 movessecurity policies2 movessecurity alerts: 2 movessecurity alerts2 movesincident response: 2 movesincident response2 movesAssessment: 2 movesAssessment2 movesvulnerabilities: 2 movesvulnerabilities2 movesintrusion detection systems (IDS): 1 movesintrusiondetection systems(IDS)1 movesthreat detection: 1 movesthreat detection1 moves

Skills after Security controls

After Security controlsSecurity controls → incident response: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → GDPR: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → NIST: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → security policies: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → SAP: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → security policies and procedures: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → reporting: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity controls → RMF: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecuritycontrolsincident response: 4 movesincident response4 movesGDPR: 3 movesGDPR3 movesNIST: 3 movesNIST3 movessecurity policies: 3 movessecurity policies3 movesSAP: 2 movesSAP2 movessecurity policies and procedures: 2 movessecurity policiesand procedures2 movesreporting: 2 movesreporting2 movesRMF: 2 movesRMF2 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: QRadar2
Before: security policies2
Before: security alerts2
Before: incident response2
Before: Assessment2
Before: vulnerabilities2
Before: intrusion detection systems (IDS)1
Before: threat detection1
After: incident response4
After: GDPR3
After: NIST3
After: security policies3
After: SAP2
After: security policies and procedures2
After: reporting2
After: RMF2

Roles most likely to require Security controls

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Head of Information Security625.0%
Business Information Security Officer521.7%
Information Security Officer1420.0%
Cybersecurity Analyst4817.3%
Information Security Specialist1416.7%
Information Security Manager1815.9%
Information Systems Security Engineer814.8%
Cyber Security Architect514.7%
AI Security Architect312.5%
Information Technology Specialist412.1%

Roles with the most Security controls postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer899.2%
Cybersecurity Analyst484.9%
Software Engineer464.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer363.7%
Security Architect313.2%
Cloud Security Engineer262.7%
Information Security Analyst252.6%
Cyber Security Engineer222.3%
Information Security Engineer192.0%
Cybersecurity Specialist181.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Security controls

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring Security controls
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Northrop Grumman33
Illumio26
Elastic10
Bah8
CORP-Corporate Office7
Stripe7
Vanguard7
MANTECH7
JPMorgan Chase & Co.7
General Dynamics Information Technology7

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 controls

NamePostingsShare
Sunnyvale272.8%
New York City262.7%
London212.2%
Washington192.0%
Bengaluru171.8%
San Francisco131.3%
Toronto131.3%
Arlington111.1%
Warsaw101.0%

Skills commonly paired with Security controls

incident response (232)vulnerability management (166)AWS (144)Cloud Security (131)threat modeling (126)Python (107)security architecture (105)Risk Management (102)information security (101)SIEM (95)

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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 controls by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Security controls postings by all Security controls 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: 0.3% 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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