Which roles ask for Penetration Testing at tech companies · 25 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
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25 roles counted that list Penetration Testing, one per company, title and level; 79 postings in the window.
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In short
Penetration Testing: listed in 25 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 16 and preferred in 9. The largest group is security engineer roles: 19 of 25.
- Required
- 16 of 25
- Of the roles that list Penetration Testing
- Preferred
- 9 of 25
- Of the roles that list Penetration Testing
- Largest group
- 19 of 25
- Security engineer
Roles that ask for Penetration Testing
Roles listing Penetration Testing, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Security engineer | 19 | 19 of 126 |
| Software engineer | 3 | 3 of 719 |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 |
| Site reliability engineer | 1 | 1 of 70 |
Companies that ask for it most
- GitLab2 roles
- abridge2 roles
- A-LIGN1 role
- Crusoe1 role
- Eclypsium1 role
- Harvey1 role
- Lumen Technologies1 role
- Nylon Technology1 role
- Okta1 role
- Stripe1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 25 Penetration Testing roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 17 of 25 |
| Go | 13 of 25 |
| Docker | 11 of 25 |
| Scripting | 11 of 25 |
| CI/CD | 10 of 25 |
| Kubernetes | 10 of 25 |
| Cybersecurity | 9 of 25 |
| AI | 7 of 25 |
| Identity and Access Management | 7 of 25 |
| Infrastructure as Code | 7 of 25 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Open Source | 5 of 25 |
| AWS | 4 of 25 |
| GCP | 4 of 25 |
| AI | 3 of 25 |
| Azure | 3 of 25 |
| CI/CD | 3 of 25 |
| Detection Engineering | 3 of 25 |
| ISO 27001 | 3 of 25 |
| Python | 3 of 25 |
| SOC 2 | 3 of 25 |
Experience
Of the 15 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 15 of 15
- 2+ years
- 15 of 15
- 3+ years
- 15 of 15
- 5+ years
- 11 of 15
- 8+ years
- 3 of 15
- 10+ years
- 3 of 15
Degree
Of the 21 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 1 of 21
- Required, or experience instead
- 3 of 21
- Preferred
- 0 of 21
- Not mentioned
- 17 of 21
Pay and remote work
Of the 25 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 15 of 25
- Remote roles
- 14 of 25
How we count: 25 roles from 23 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology