Most In-Demand Security Skills
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are cloud, cybersecurity, ai — ranked across 259666 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 22,419 | -45 |
| 2 | cybersecurity | 20,477 | +373 |
| 3 | ai | 14,268 | -357 |
| 4 | automation | 11,822 | -296 |
| 5 | cissp | 10,024 | +761 |
| 6 | aws | 9,847 | -605 |
| 7 | azure | 9,016 | +150 |
| 8 | python | 8,958 | -112 |
| 9 | nist | 8,933 | +788 |
| 10 | cloud-security | 8,393 | +127 |
| 11 | siem | 7,355 | +553 |
| 12 | iam | 6,698 | -223 |
| 13 | networking | 6,451 | +305 |
| 14 | iso-27001 | 6,359 | +634 |
| 15 | ci-cd | 5,833 | -206 |
| 16 | api | 5,787 | -100 |
| 17 | firewall | 5,584 | +612 |
| 18 | linux | 5,417 | +301 |
| 19 | cism | 5,365 | +512 |
| 20 | network-security | 5,286 | +414 |
| 21 | gcp | 5,224 | -429 |
| 22 | penetration-testing | 4,730 | +473 |
| 23 | devsecops | 4,576 | -140 |
| 24 | authentication | 4,491 | +171 |
| 25 | typescript | 4,270 | -953 |
| 26 | kubernetes | 4,104 | -307 |
| 27 | analytics | 3,802 | +215 |
| 28 | agile | 3,667 | -146 |
| 29 | devops | 3,652 | -71 |
| 30 | saas | 3,645 | +9 |
| 31 | edr | 3,630 | +220 |
| 32 | infrastructure-as-code | 3,587 | -278 |
| 33 | powershell | 3,574 | +237 |
| 34 | zero-trust | 3,563 | +116 |
| 35 | machine-learning | 3,261 | -391 |
| 36 | cloud-native | 3,205 | -229 |
| 37 | bash | 3,203 | -20 |
| 38 | soc-2 | 3,117 | -47 |
| 39 | terraform | 3,059 | -240 |
| 40 | agentic-ai | 3,014 | -127 |