What Principal Security Jobs Ask For
Across 1,090 open Principal Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, cybersecurity, ai.
Updated October 9, 2026
1,137 open Principal Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,090 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 58% |
| cybersecurity | 55% |
| ai | 41% |
| automation | 36% |
| cissp | 36% |
| nist | 33% |
| aws | 28% |
| iam | 25% |
| cloud-security | 25% |
| python | 23% |
| azure | 23% |
| api | 21% |
| risk-assessment | 20% |
| networking | 20% |
| ci-cd | 19% |
| cism | 16% |
| linux | 15% |
| devsecops | 15% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 14% |
| siem | 14% |
| authentication | 14% |
| network-security | 14% |
| agile | 14% |
| machine-learning | 13% |
| gcp | 13% |
| llm | 13% |
| kubernetes | 13% |
| agentic-ai | 13% |
| iso-27001 | 12% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| zero-trust | 12% |
| firewall | 12% |
| splunk | 11% |
| penetration-testing | 10% |
| stakeholder-management | 10% |
| devops | 10% |
| owasp | 10% |
| terraform | 9% |
| powershell | 9% |
| saas | 9% |
"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 1,137 open Principal Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 19,180
- cybersecurity 18,126
- ai 11,330
- automation 10,883
- cissp 9,608
- aws 8,857
- python 8,596
- azure 8,403
- nist 8,267
- cloud-security 7,862
- siem 7,304
- iam 6,498