Quarterly report · Q3 2026
State of cybersecurity hiring
What 228 cybersecurity companies were actually hiring for in Q3 2026 - by specialization, skill, certification, country and employer. Ingested directly from each company's applicant tracking system.
Data frozen as of 2026-07-10. These figures do not change, so they can be cited. Free to quote with attribution to infosecjobboard.com.
Open security roles
860
across 228 companies
Posted in 90 days
640
hiring velocity
Fully remote
30%
of tracked roles
Publish salary
14%
pay transparency
Key findings
- Security Engineering is the most-hired specialization (159 open roles).
- Python is the most-demanded skill, appearing in 231 roles - ahead of AWS and GCP.
- Only 14% of security roles publish a salary range, and 30% are fully remote.
- Anduril Industries is the single largest employer with 46 open security roles.
- CISSP is the most-requested certification (82 roles).
Demand by specialization
Measured in open roles.
Most in-demand skills and tools
Extracted from job descriptions across every tracked company.
Measured in open roles.
Most-requested certifications
Measured in open roles.
Where the roles are
A role open in several countries counts once per country.
Measured in open roles.
Demand by seniority
Measured in open roles.
Largest employers
Measured in open roles.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many cybersecurity jobs were open in Q3 2026?
- We tracked 860 open security roles across 228 cybersecurity companies as of 2026-07-10, 640 of them posted in the preceding 90 days.
- Which cybersecurity specialization is hiring most in Q3 2026?
- Security Engineering led with 159 open roles, followed by Threat Intelligence (109) and AppSec (102).
- Which skills are most in demand in cybersecurity in Q3 2026?
- Python appeared in 231 open security roles, ahead of AWS, GCP, Go.
- What share of cybersecurity jobs are remote, and how many publish salary?
- 30% of tracked security roles were fully remote in Q3 2026, and only 14% published a salary range.
- Which country and which company hired the most cybersecurity staff in Q3 2026?
- United States had the most open security roles (289), and Anduril Industries was the single largest employer with 46 open roles.
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