§ 01 · Hiring trends

Cybersecurity

Security product companies and the network-defense stack.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, Cybersecurity carried 2273 postings from 212 unique companies, with the verdict steady at growth of ~+15% between halves. Many postings carry both constituent tags, so the constituent shares above sum to ~115% rather than 100%.

Constituent tags
#TagPostingsShare
01Cybersecurity1783
02Network Security Infrastructure838
OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings2,273
Unique companies212
Track summary
First-half count1,056
Second-half count1,217
Growth~+15%
Peak weekApr 26 · 191
Verdictsteady
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=2,273
Jan 04Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25Feb 01Feb 08Feb 15Feb 22Mar 01Mar 08Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29Apr 05Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 03May 10May 17
Peak week highlighted in accent. Weekly posting counts, ranked by week.
Key takeaway

Hiring is steady at ~+15% between halves, peaking at Apr 26.

§ 02

Cybersecurity

Systems & Embedded Engineering leads at ~22%, followed by Backend Development at ~19% and QA & Testing at ~13%. Others account for ~15%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 7 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Systems & Embedded Engineering498~22%
2Backend Development441~19%
3QA & Testing286~13%
4DevOps & Platform Engineering241~11%
5Security Engineering212~9%
6Fullstack Development158~7%
7Enterprise Platforms88~4%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)348~15%
Key takeaway

Systems & Embedded Engineering is the dominant profile at ~22% of Cybersecurity postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

Cybersecurity

Commentary

Cybersecurity runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 8% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.

Key takeaway

Roughly in line with the market at about 8% entry or junior postings.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~75% and Unicorns at ~13% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
~1%16 cos.DMARC Analyzer (Mimecast) · Joblet-AI · GlobalGuard
02Early-Stage Startups
negligible6 cos.AiStrike · RapidFort · Unosecur
03Funded Startups
~1%13 cos.CloudSEK · RedSeal Inc. · Astra Security
04Soonicorns
~8%31 cos.Infoblox · DigiCert · Nasuni
05Unicorns
~13%23 cos.Cohesity · Ivanti · JumpCloud
06More Established
~75%114 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~75% of Cybersecurity postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity hiring is led by Bangalore at ~64% of postings. Delhi-NCR under-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~4% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~64%, with Delhi-NCR notably under-indexing.