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web application security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, web application security appears in 187 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning web application security.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
187
Top role · 11.8% of skill postings
Security Engineer
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about web application security

+Is web application security in demand in 2026?

Yes. web application security appears in 187 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning web application security (11.8% of all postings mentioning web application security).

+What jobs require web 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 web application security are Penetration Tester (12.3% of that role’s postings mention web application security), Offensive Security Engineer (10.8% of that role’s postings mention web application security), Security Consultant (6.2% of that role’s postings mention web application security).

+What skills are commonly paired with web application security?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), web application security most often appears alongside penetration testing, threat modeling, API security, Python, OWASP Top 10.

+Where is web application security most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring web application security are San Francisco, Hyderabad, New York City, Lisbon, Tel Aviv, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new web application security content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning web application security alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new web application security content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after web 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 web application security — last 90 days

Career paths around web application security

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before web application security

Before web application securityOverTheWire → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairHackTheBox → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairNmap → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCTF challenges → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairMetasploit → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairhardware/software troubleshooting → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairTryHackMe → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOWASP → web application security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairwebapplicationsecurityOverTheWire: 1 movesOverTheWire1 movesHackTheBox: 1 movesHackTheBox1 movesNmap: 1 movesNmap1 movesCTF challenges: 1 movesCTF challenges1 movesMetasploit: 1 movesMetasploit1 moveshardware/software troubleshooting: 1 moveshardware/softwaretroubleshooting1 movesTryHackMe: 1 movesTryHackMe1 movesOWASP: 1 movesOWASP1 moves

Skills after web application security

After web application securityweb application security → Vulnerability Management: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairweb application security → GDPR: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairweb application security → PCI: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairweb application security → NIST: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairweb application security → Penetration Testing: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairweb application security → OWASP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairweb application security → Automated vulnerability management: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairwebapplicationsecurityVulnerability Management: 1 movesVulnerabilityManagement1 movesGDPR: 1 movesGDPR1 movesPCI: 1 movesPCI1 movesNIST: 1 movesNIST1 movesPenetration Testing: 1 movesPenetrationTesting1 movesOWASP: 1 movesOWASP1 movesAutomated vulnerability management: 1 movesAutomatedvulnerabilitymanagement1 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: OverTheWire1
Before: HackTheBox1
Before: Nmap1
Before: CTF challenges1
Before: Metasploit1
Before: hardware/software troubleshooting1
Before: TryHackMe1
Before: OWASP1
After: Vulnerability Management1
After: GDPR1
After: PCI1
After: NIST1
After: Penetration Testing1
After: OWASP1
After: Automated vulnerability management1

Roles most likely to require web application security

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Penetration Tester1412.3%
Offensive Security Engineer710.8%
Security Consultant26.2%
Application Security Engineer215.6%
Information System Security Engineer15.0%
Product Security Architect15.0%
Product Security Engineer165.0%
Application Security Analyst14.0%
Front End Developer23.8%
Information Security Consultant12.6%

Roles with the most web application security postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer2211.8%
Application Security Engineer2111.2%
Product Security Engineer168.6%
Penetration Tester147.5%
Software Engineer126.4%
Offensive Security Engineer73.7%
Information Security Analyst42.1%
Information Security Engineer42.1%
Security Architect42.1%
Cyber Security Analyst31.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring web application security

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring web application security
CompanyPostings · 90 days
OpenAI3
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.3
Zscaler3
Inetum3
Modern Health3
CONSENSYS3
Tenable3
Thales DIS USA, Inc.2
HackerOne2
Abridge2

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 web application security

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco63.2%
Hyderabad52.7%
New York City42.1%
Lisbon31.6%
Tel Aviv31.6%
Bangkok21.1%
Bengaluru21.1%
Berlin21.1%
Boston21.1%

Skills commonly paired with web application security

penetration testing (72)threat modeling (55)API security (50)Python (49)OWASP Top 10 (43)Application security (42)Cloud Security (39)JavaScript (34)authentication (29)AWS (28)

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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 web 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 web application security postings by all web 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index