Which Top Cybersecurity Role of 2024 Was Featured in 64,000+ Job Postings?

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Security engineer was the most common title in cybersecurity job listings in 2024, according to security and IT workforce management platform provider CyberSN. Its report “U.S. Cybersecurity Job Posting Data” was created by pulling together job postings from 30 major job boards and Fortune 500 companies’ job boards between January 2022 and December 2024. The report shows which roles are growing, which are decreasing in demand, and other hiring trends.

Security engineer and security analyst job-seekers have a lot of options

The top 10 most in-demand roles posted in 2024 were:

1. Security engineer (64,300 posted jobs)
2. Security analyst (45,496 posted jobs)
3. DevSecOps (36,020 posted jobs)
4. Cybersecurity/Privacy Attorney (22,456 posted jobs)
5. Security Architect ...