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Cybersecurity: a person in this job defends systems against attackers: finds weak points, watches for break-ins, responds to incidents. SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Samsara and Chainguard have the most open roles with “Cybersecurity” or a close variant in the title right now.

899 open roles · 77 posted in the last 7 days · 28% remote · 268 companies hiring · $212K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay450 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The orange column holds the median, $212K.
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$75K to $100K5
$100K to $125K17
$125K to $150K34
$150K to $175K52
$175K to $200K75
$200K to $250K140
$250K to $300K62
$300K and more65
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Can be done from home28%253 of 899 jobs
State the pay59%530 of 899 jobs
Are for beginners2%20 of 899 jobs
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Skills asked for in cybersecurity roles

Python523 · 58%AWS390 · 43%GCP302 · 34%Go286 · 32%CI/CD278 · 31%Kubernetes266 · 30%Azure220 · 24%

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Where cybersecurity roles are

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What cybersecurity roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$200K183
Senior$198K148
Lead$250K119

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about cybersecurity jobs

What is a cybersecurity job?
In a cybersecurity job, a person defends systems against attackers: finds weak points, watches for break-ins, responds to incidents. 899 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many cybersecurity jobs are open right now?
There are 899 open cybersecurity jobs at 268 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 77 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most cybersecurity jobs?
Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (63), OpenAI (35), Anthropic (31), Samsara (20) and Chainguard (16). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote cybersecurity jobs?
253 of the 899 open cybersecurity jobs (28%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do cybersecurity jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $212K, based on 450 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $175K and $256K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for cybersecurity jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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