Reports · May 2026

Security postings by country

All countries combined, May 2026. Choose a country below for current postings.

4,616 postings reviewed · May 2026

1.6%Share of postings+0.1 pt vs July 2026
#21of 95 skills by shareMay 2026
3,638Open postings · all countries+1,386 postings vs July 2026
36%Remote · of open postings−3 pt vs July 2026
5,615Employers, everas written in postings

Postings by country

See current postings in your country

Pick a country. We only show postings from that country — never a worldwide figure dressed up as a national one.

These are the postings we have right now for that country. They are not a national total, a salary estimate or a hiring prediction.

Only postings with a clear country are counted, and the sample changes as we review more or fewer postings. Salaries appear once enough postings in a country state one.

01Demand, month by month

  1. 1.7% Jan
  2. 1.6% Feb
  3. 1.5% Mar
  4. 1.4% Apr
  5. 1.6% May

There is not enough comparable data to say whether that is rising or falling.

Share of all postings reviewed each month. Shares are comparable across months; raw counts are not, because the number of postings we review changes from month to month.

  1. 5,270 Jan
  2. 8,323 Feb
  3. 4,324 Mar
  4. 3,366 Apr
  5. 4,616 May

4,616 postings asked for Security in May 2026; the peak was 8,323 in February 2026.

Raw counts move with the number of postings we review each month. Read the share for direction.

02Where it stands

May 2026
#21of 95 skills

Ranked by share of postings in May 2026. Each square is one skill with a report — hover or tap to see which; Security is the orange one.

20 skills ahead · 74 behind

03The stack around it

share of open postings

04Requirement or keyword?

3,638 postings

In 18% it appears only in the title or tags.

How many times Security is mentioned in the body of each posting.

  1. Title or tags only18%
  2. Mentioned once17%
  3. Mentioned 2-5 times36%
  4. Mentioned 6-10 times17%
  5. Mentioned 11+ times12%

05Where the postings are

open postings
  • Germany 1,124
  • United States 1,016
  • France 195
  • India 161
  • United Kingdom 151
  • Canada 120
  • Spain 47
  • Australia 42

The postings we reviewed, not the size of each national market. Click a supported country to load its current postings.

Also asks for AI

of open postings
10%

Postings that also require a machine-learning or AI skill.

Contract

of postings that say
  • Permanent 98%
  • Contract 2%
  • Part-time 0%
  • Temporary 0%
  • Freelance 0%
  • Internship 0%

Seniority

of open postings
  • Junior / Entry 0%
  • Mid / unspecified 96%
  • Senior / Lead 4%

Work mode

of open postings
  • Onsite 48%
  • Remote 36%
  • Hybrid 16%

Job titles

  • DevOps Engineer 5
  • Security Engineer 3
  • Software Engineer 3
  • .NET Developer 2
  • Backend Engineer 2
  • Data Architect 1

Employers

most postings
  • Securitas 113
  • Waldensecurity 44
  • Accor Hotel 41
  • Sopra Steria 41
  • Inetum 31
  • Workato 29

Security, other months

Skills that appear alongside it

How we got these numbers

Every figure on this page comes from public job postings reviewed in May 2026, all countries combined. Shares compare a skill with all postings reviewed that month. Country figures appear only after you choose a country above, and come from the postings we have for that country. Read the full method.