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Application Security Engineer Career Market Report 2026

379 active jobs. 226 companies. Median salary $150K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

379
Active Job Openings
226
Companies Hiring
$150K
Median Salary (US)
83%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Application Security Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 83% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $150K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $100K to $217K.

Remote roles pay 6% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 56%

Microservices demand rose +13.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 11 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Staff (+$66K, +44%)

Salary increase: +$66K · Sample: Senior → Staff

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 103% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior27$97K$151K$192K
Mid-Level13$87K$127K$200K
Staff7$195K$217K$250K
Junior5$90K$92K$100K
Manager5$175K$190K$248K
Lead4$128K$150K$225K

What jumps out

Senior → Staff: +$66K (44%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States44$160KUSD
Remote17$150KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.0%
Remote26.1%
Hybrid2.6%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
56%
Python
47%
CI/CD
40%
AWS
39%
Kubernetes
25%
Java
24%
JavaScript
23%
Azure
23%
GCP
20%
DevOps
19%
TypeScript
16%
Docker
15%

Skills on the Rise

Microservices ↑+13.1ppAI/LLM ↑+10.2ppBash ↑+9.6ppR ↑+9.6ppCI/CD ↑+8.6pp

Declining in Demand

Supply Chain ↓-12.1ppJournalism ↓-11.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon112.9%
Bah82.1%
Jobgether82.1%
brightvisiontechnologies71.8%
Brainrocket51.3%
Harness41.1%
Thumbtack41.1%
OpenAI30.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States123
Remote61
India26
United Kingdom12
Poland8
Canada6
Singapore5
Germany5

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree62.3%195
Bachelor's Degree12.5%39
Master's Degree10.9%34

Certifications

CISSP (10%)CEH (5%)CISM (3%)CISA (1%)Kubernetes Certified (1%)

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