Most In-Demand Security Skills
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are cybersecurity, cloud, ai — ranked across 305784 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cybersecurity | 27,323 | -724 |
| 2 | cloud | 23,118 | -1,114 |
| 3 | ai | 13,319 | -99 |
| 4 | automation | 12,072 | -926 |
| 5 | cissp | 11,530 | -763 |
| 6 | iam | 10,547 | -290 |
| 7 | aws | 10,359 | -609 |
| 8 | azure | 10,169 | -369 |
| 9 | nist | 10,109 | -637 |
| 10 | python | 10,097 | -433 |
| 11 | siem | 9,311 | -147 |
| 12 | cloud-security | 9,102 | -444 |
| 13 | iso-27001 | 8,419 | +305 |
| 14 | vulnerability-management | 8,138 | -476 |
| 15 | firewall | 7,499 | +121 |
| 16 | risk-assessment | 6,967 | -530 |
| 17 | api | 6,708 | +39 |
| 18 | linux | 6,630 | +104 |
| 19 | ci-cd | 6,579 | -422 |
| 20 | networking | 6,576 | -281 |
| 21 | penetration-testing | 6,299 | +183 |
| 22 | cism | 6,085 | -430 |
| 23 | network-security | 6,081 | -178 |
| 24 | gcp | 5,769 | -283 |
| 25 | devsecops | 5,070 | -362 |
| 26 | edr | 4,993 | +92 |
| 27 | authentication | 4,877 | -209 |
| 28 | powershell | 4,652 | -77 |
| 29 | threat-modeling | 4,486 | -367 |
| 30 | kubernetes | 4,480 | -187 |
| 31 | infrastructure-as-code | 4,239 | -185 |
| 32 | threat-intelligence | 4,219 | -324 |
| 33 | devops | 4,133 | -168 |
| 34 | bash | 3,940 | -111 |
| 35 | zero-trust | 3,893 | -50 |
| 36 | owasp | 3,767 | -82 |
| 37 | saas | 3,662 | -186 |
| 38 | agile | 3,607 | -428 |
| 39 | terraform | 3,588 | -120 |
| 40 | analytics | 3,372 | -297 |