4,599 companies in our data use OpenVAS, and 1,159 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Its share of job posts held steady in the three months to August 2026; 734 job posts named it from October 2025 to August 2026. Security Engineer is the role that names it most often.
Which companies name OpenVAS in the most job posts?
Palo Alto Networks, Arctic Wolf and Booz Allen Hamilton mention OpenVAS in the most job posts. Three of these five companies are in Professional Services.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
Palo Alto NetworksScientific and Technical Services · first seen Aug 20221157
"Vulnerability Expertise: Enhance scanner intelligence by developing features like path/CPE surfacing for findings and ensuring compatibility with industry-standard detection tools (OpenVAS, Nuclei)."Sr Staff Software Engineer (Xpanse), Aug 25, 2026
Arctic WolfProfessional Services · first seen Oct 2022675
"Vulnerability Assessment: Experience using tools like Nmap, Nessus, or OpenVAS."Cybersecurity Consultant / Concierge Security Engineer 2 - Danish Proficient, Aug 19, 2026
Booz Allen HamiltonProfessional Services · first seen Oct 2023486
"Experience with vulnerability scanning tools such as Nessus, OpenVAS, and remediation processes"Consolidated Data Analytics Platform Systems Administrator, May 7, 2026
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42Professional Services · first seen Dec 2023325
"Experience with industry standard tools, including Nessus, OpenVAS, Mythic, Metasploit, Burp Suite Pro, Cobalt Strike, and Bloodhound"Principal Consultant, Offensive Security, Proactive Services (Unit 42)- Remote, Oct 30, 2024
AlstomManufacturing · first seen Jul 2023321
"Knowledge of tools of tools such as Wireshark, Nmap, OpenVAS, Nexpose, Metasploit, nessus, BURP"Cybersecurity Engineer, Nov 7, 2026
Hiring for OpenVAS barely changed, at 0.33 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026 against 0.35 from March to May. Its busiest month was December 2025, at 0.53.
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Month
Job posts naming OpenVAS
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
67
1,413,673
0.47
Nov 2025
84
1,822,119
0.46
Dec 2025
65
1,236,103
0.53
Jan 2026
84
1,828,002
0.46
Feb 2026
62
1,856,647
0.33
Mar 2026
67
1,850,711
0.36
Apr 2026
63
1,728,886
0.36
May 2026
59
1,821,509
0.32
Jun 2026
67
1,909,496
0.35
Jul 2026
58
1,815,180
0.32
Aug 2026
58
1,835,698
0.32
How many companies named OpenVAS in a job post for the first time in recent months?
In the three months to August 2026, 67 companies posted about OpenVAS for the first time. From March to May, 62 did. That brings the companies naming it for the first time since October 2025 to 237, through August 2026.
March to May 202662
June to August 202667
October 2025 to August 2026237
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use OpenVAS?
Most of these companies come from employees' profiles: 75% have no job post naming OpenVAS. 185 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name OpenVAS
1,15925%
Employees' profiles list OpenVAS
3,44075%
4,599 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use OpenVAS?
OpenVAS's users look like the average tech page by size. The largest group is companies with 50 to 999 employees, at 42%. 864 of its companies have fewer than 50 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
19%22%
50 to 999
42%38%
1,000 to 5,000
19%17%
Over 5,000
20%23%
Where are OpenVAS companies based?
The United States has the most OpenVAS companies (38%), but Brazil stands out: 5.2% of them, against 2.8% on the typical tech page. India is second, at 6.3%.
ShareTypical
United States
38%43%
India
6.3%6.9%
United Kingdom
5.5%6.4%
France
5.5%4.6%
Brazil
5.2%2.8%
Canada
4%3.6%
Companies in 121 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
1,680
38%
43%
India
280
6.3%
6.9%
United Kingdom
242
5.5%
6.4%
France
241
5.5%
4.6%
Brazil
229
5.2%
2.8%
Canada
175
4%
3.6%
Which teams work with OpenVAS?
Job posts for OpenVAS point to cybersecurity teams far more than any other, at 48 companies. Information security teams are second, at 23 companies, and SOC teams third, at 13.
TeamCompanies
Cybersecurity
48
Information security
23
SOC
13
IT
11
Security
11
Red team
6
What else do OpenVAS companies use?
Nikto and sqlmap are the tools most closely tied to OpenVAS. Tenable Nessus is 32 times as common as usual, at 79%.
Share of the 778 OpenVAS companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming OpenVAS in job posts recently?
86 companies with 50 or more employees picked up OpenVAS in their job posts from April to August 2026. Northrop Grumman leads the new enterprise companies, with 4 job posts from April to August.
Companies that named OpenVAS in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention OpenVAS most?
Security Engineer and Security Analyst roles account for 28% of the job posts that name OpenVAS. Security Engineer posts naming it numbered 29 from March to May 2026 and 25 from June to August.
RoleSharePosts
Security Engineer
16%114
Security Analyst
13%93
Compliance
9.4%69
Information Security Engineer
7.4%54
Product Security
6.1%45
Penetration Tester
4.6%34
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Security Engineer
16%
114
29
25
Security Analyst
13%
93
19
25
Compliance
9.4%
69
24
13
Information Security Engineer
7.4%
54
5
16
Product Security
6.1%
45
8
6
Penetration Tester
4.6%
34
14
9
Which project themes come up in OpenVAS job posts?
After broad digital transformation work, teams hiring for OpenVAS most often mention Data Infrastructure Migration, in 12 job posts. Cloud Migration is next, in 9 job posts.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation46
Data Infrastructure Migration12
Cloud Migration9
Security Infrastructure Modernization8
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Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
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