What Lead Security Jobs Ask For
Across 2,320 open Lead Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, cybersecurity, automation.
Updated September 19, 2026
3,084 open Lead Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 2,320 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 59% |
| cybersecurity | 53% |
| automation | 32% |
| cissp | 32% |
| ai | 31% |
| cloud-security | 26% |
| nist | 26% |
| aws | 24% |
| azure | 22% |
| siem | 20% |
| ci-cd | 18% |
| iam | 18% |
| python | 18% |
| cism | 17% |
| iso-27001 | 16% |
| api | 15% |
| firewall | 13% |
| gcp | 13% |
| network-security | 13% |
| devsecops | 13% |
| penetration-testing | 12% |
| agile | 12% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 11% |
| edr | 11% |
| authentication | 11% |
| devops | 11% |
| networking | 11% |
| zero-trust | 10% |
| kubernetes | 10% |
| cloud-native | 10% |
| linux | 10% |
| saas | 9% |
| stakeholder-management | 9% |
| terraform | 9% |
| powershell | 9% |
| sdlc | 9% |
| machine-learning | 8% |
| analytics | 8% |
| soc-2 | 7% |
| owasp | 7% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 3,084 open Lead Security jobs →
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