According to CyberSN, cybersecurity job vacancies have fallen to their lowest level in four years. Only a few roles related to AI and data have bucked the trend, with demand for them soaring.
CyberSN's report on the US cybersecurity job market paints a mixed picture. Between January and September 2026, 235,786 job offers were recorded, compared to 320,210 over the same period in 2025: a decline of 26.4% that brings the market to its lowest level in four years. The data comes from JobSpikr, deduplicated and then classified according to a taxonomy of 45 functions divided into ten families, to judge the skills actually in demand rather than job titles.
AI, the only pocket of growth
Two professions are doing well: the demand for AI security engineers increased by 268.3% over one year, and that of data scientists specialising in cyber by 203.5%. Just under 15% of the ads mention AI, a share that was stable over one year but accelerated at the end of the period, with a peak of 20% in September. Research (32.7% of offers) and offensive (23.3%) are the ones that require the most AI skills.
The sharpest declines were for insider threat analysts (−55.6%), cyber risk analysts (−51.5%), penetration testers (−45.9%) and CISO positions (−38.9%), the latter of which was partly explained by an exceptionally strong 2025.
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