Most In-Demand Security Skills
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are cloud, cybersecurity, ai — ranked across 260049 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 20,679 | +2,871 |
| 2 | cybersecurity | 19,634 | +2,762 |
| 3 | ai | 12,373 | +1,976 |
| 4 | automation | 12,035 | +2,199 |
| 5 | cissp | 10,305 | +1,834 |
| 6 | python | 9,499 | +1,787 |
| 7 | aws | 9,494 | +1,340 |
| 8 | azure | 8,941 | +1,268 |
| 9 | nist | 8,912 | +1,443 |
| 10 | cloud-security | 8,412 | +1,141 |
| 11 | siem | 7,861 | +1,372 |
| 12 | iam | 7,086 | +1,247 |
| 13 | iso-27001 | 6,569 | +1,128 |
| 14 | risk-assessment | 6,535 | +1,352 |
| 15 | ci-cd | 6,206 | +1,098 |
| 16 | networking | 6,005 | +979 |
| 17 | firewall | 5,989 | +1,152 |
| 18 | api | 5,819 | +1,071 |
| 19 | network-security | 5,505 | +841 |
| 20 | cism | 5,360 | +942 |
| 21 | linux | 5,277 | +828 |
| 22 | gcp | 5,126 | +697 |
| 23 | penetration-testing | 5,001 | +738 |
| 24 | devsecops | 4,607 | +441 |
| 25 | authentication | 4,542 | +819 |
| 26 | powershell | 4,185 | +866 |
| 27 | kubernetes | 4,070 | +543 |
| 28 | infrastructure-as-code | 3,967 | +722 |
| 29 | edr | 3,959 | +663 |
| 30 | devops | 3,573 | +416 |
| 31 | bash | 3,496 | +529 |
| 32 | zero-trust | 3,408 | +444 |
| 33 | saas | 3,370 | +450 |
| 34 | agile | 3,370 | +591 |
| 35 | analytics | 3,356 | +663 |
| 36 | terraform | 3,319 | +569 |
| 37 | owasp | 3,194 | +625 |
| 38 | cloud-native | 3,117 | +438 |
| 39 | machine-learning | 2,979 | +657 |
| 40 | soc-2 | 2,914 | +320 |