What Junior Security Jobs Ask For
Across 618 open Junior Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cybersecurity, cloud, python.
Updated September 18, 2026
948 open Junior Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 618 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cybersecurity | 58% |
| cloud | 36% |
| python | 24% |
| networking | 21% |
| siem | 20% |
| ai | 20% |
| automation | 19% |
| linux | 19% |
| nist | 18% |
| aws | 15% |
| firewall | 14% |
| azure | 14% |
| cloud-security | 13% |
| penetration-testing | 13% |
| bash | 11% |
| network-security | 11% |
| powershell | 11% |
| iso-27001 | 11% |
| tcp-ip | 9% |
| ci-cd | 8% |
| devsecops | 8% |
| iam | 8% |
| edr | 8% |
| api | 7% |
| agile | 7% |
| dns | 7% |
| splunk | 6% |
| threat-hunting | 6% |
| owasp | 6% |
| gcp | 6% |
| authentication | 6% |
| cissp | 6% |
| typescript | 6% |
| active-directory | 6% |
| intrusion-detection | 6% |
| kubernetes | 6% |
| vulnerability-scanning | 6% |
| cpp | 5% |
| analytics | 5% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 5% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 18,816
- cybersecurity 17,800
- ai 11,102
- automation 10,435
- cissp 9,039
- aws 8,609
- azure 8,100
- python 8,091
- nist 7,911
- cloud-security 7,597
- siem 6,816
- iam 6,077