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Network Security Engineer Career Market Report 2026

247 active jobs. 129 companies. Median salary $116K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

247
Active Job Openings
129
Companies Hiring
$116K
Median Salary (US)
81%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Network 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: 81% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $116K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $94K to $180K.

Remote roles pay 17% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 28%

Vendor Management demand rose +8.0pp — fastest-growing skill

Nttlimited leads hiring with 20 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$35K, +33%)

Salary increase: +$35K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 44% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior7$140K$142K$160K
Junior4$94K$94K$99K
Mid-Level3$6K$107K$180K
Staff3$93K$110K$200K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$35K (33%) — 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 States24$99KUSD
Remote3$116KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.6%
Remote4.9%
Hybrid0.8%

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

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
28%
CISSP
26%
Azure
22%
AWS
20%
Python
16%
ITIL
14%
Project Management
14%
Linux
13%
GCP
13%
Conservation
10%
Terraform
9%
ServiceNow
9%

Skills on the Rise

Vendor Management ↑+8.0ppQuality Assurance ↑+7.0pp

Declining in Demand

AI/LLM ↓-10.6ppAWS ↓-8.8ppAgile ↓-8.5ppAzure ↓-6.6ppGCP ↓-6.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Nttlimited208.1%
Procomconsultantsgroup114.5%
Usm62.4%
Globalhr52.0%
Hpe52.0%
Collabera41.6%
Sonicwall41.6%
Vams41.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States104
India21
Malaysia17
Remote11
Singapore6
United Kingdom5
Qatar4
Romania2

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree52.2%105
Bachelor's Degree23.9%48
Master's Degree12.9%26
PhD / Doctorate0.5%1

Certifications

CISSP (24%)ITIL (22%)CCNP (17%)CCNA (8%)CISA (6%)CEH (5%)CISM (4%)MBA (2%)AWS Certified (2%)CompTIA Security+ (2%)CompTIA (2%)PRINCE2 (1%)

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