Application security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, Application security appears in 1,492 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Application security, with demand share up 14.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about Application security
+Is Application security in demand in 2026?
Yes. Application security appears in 1,492 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Application security (18.6% of all postings mentioning Application security).
+What jobs require Application security?
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 Application security are Application Security Engineer (41.4% of that role’s postings mention Application security), Application Security Analyst (40.0% of that role’s postings mention Application security), Product Security Architect (35.0% of that role’s postings mention Application security).
+What skills are commonly paired with Application security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Application security most often appears alongside threat modeling, vulnerability management, Cloud Security, CI/CD, Python.
+Where is Application security most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Application security are San Francisco, Bengaluru, New York City, London, Tel Aviv, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Application security content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Application security alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Application security content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after Application security?
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 Application security — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around Application security
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before Application security
Skills after Application security
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: automation | 2 |
| Before: AWS | 2 |
| Before: Vulnerability Management | 1 |
| Before: pKi | 1 |
| Before: vendor risk program | 1 |
| Before: Test case design | 1 |
| Before: red team | 1 |
| Before: infrastructure | 1 |
| After: EDR policies | 1 |
| After: Securonix | 1 |
| After: Endpoint Security | 1 |
| After: product roadmap decisions | 1 |
| After: a/b testing | 1 |
| After: static code analysis | 1 |
| After: DLP | 1 |
| After: notification systems | 1 |
Roles most likely to require Application security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Application Security Engineer | 155 | 41.4% |
| Application Security Analyst | 10 | 40.0% |
| Product Security Architect | 7 | 35.0% |
| AI Security Architect | 7 | 29.2% |
| Product Security Engineer | 91 | 28.3% |
| Business Information Security Officer | 6 | 26.1% |
| Head of Information Security | 6 | 25.0% |
| Information Security Advisor | 5 | 22.7% |
| Security Consultant | 6 | 18.8% |
| Information Security Director | 7 | 17.5% |
Roles with the most Application security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 278 | 18.6% |
| Application Security Engineer | 155 | 10.4% |
| Software Engineer | 98 | 6.6% |
| Product Security Engineer | 91 | 6.1% |
| Security Architect | 29 | 1.9% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 25 | 1.7% |
| Engineering Manager | 24 | 1.6% |
| Product Manager | 23 | 1.5% |
| Information Security Engineer | 17 | 1.1% |
| AI Security Engineer | 16 | 1.1% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring Application security
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| EverAI | 26 |
| Stripe | 20 |
| Later | 16 |
| ServiceNow | 15 |
| Elevance Health | 13 |
| Flywire | 13 |
| Gitlab | 12 |
| Writer | 10 |
| Myriad360 | 10 |
| Agoda | 10 |
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 Application security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 55 | 3.7% |
| Bengaluru | 52 | 3.5% |
| New York City | 48 | 3.2% |
| London | 38 | 2.5% |
| Tel Aviv | 33 | 2.2% |
| Austin | 23 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 23 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 21 | 1.4% |
| Pune | 19 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with Application security
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Explore related pages
- Application Security Engineer
- Application Security Analyst
- Product Security Architect
- AI Security Architect
- Product Security Engineer
- Business Information Security Officer
- Head of Information Security
- Information Security Advisor
- threat modeling
- vulnerability management
- Cloud Security
- CI/CD
- Python
- penetration testing
- AWS
- SAST
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 Application security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Application security postings by all Application security 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: 0.5% to 0.6%. 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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