Job market reports · Skill · October 2026
security+
153 live US technical postings name security+ in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 153 postings naming security+ that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Security Engineer39.9%
- 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer28.8%
- 3Software Engineer24.8%
- 4Full-Stack Engineer5.2%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Washington, DC13.7%
- 2San Diego, CA4.6%
- 3Denver, CO2.6%
- 4Florida metro2.6%
- 5Atlanta, GA1.3%
- 6New York, NY1.3%
- 7Remote1.3%
- 8Seattle, WA1.3%
How we counted
967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.