Most In-Demand Security Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are cloud, cybersecurity, ai — ranked across 132056 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 11,708 | +4,592 |
| 2 | cybersecurity | 10,008 | +4,337 |
| 3 | ai | 7,881 | +2,963 |
| 4 | automation | 6,502 | +2,421 |
| 5 | aws | 5,650 | +1,975 |
| 6 | python | 5,095 | +1,775 |
| 7 | azure | 4,937 | +2,085 |
| 8 | cloud-security | 4,728 | +1,939 |
| 9 | siem | 4,216 | +1,760 |
| 10 | networking | 3,725 | +1,483 |
| 11 | iso-27001 | 3,548 | +1,292 |
| 12 | gcp | 3,368 | +1,205 |
| 13 | iam | 3,295 | +1,261 |
| 14 | firewall | 3,292 | +1,331 |
| 15 | api | 3,186 | +1,229 |
| 16 | ci-cd | 3,174 | +1,216 |
| 17 | network-security | 3,174 | +1,290 |
| 18 | linux | 2,775 | +1,062 |
| 19 | penetration-testing | 2,471 | +955 |
| 20 | kubernetes | 2,249 | +808 |
| 21 | authentication | 2,229 | +804 |
| 22 | saas | 2,185 | +738 |
| 23 | machine-learning | 2,127 | +804 |
| 24 | zero-trust | 2,120 | +871 |
| 25 | devsecops | 2,105 | +912 |
| 26 | edr | 2,026 | +753 |
| 27 | cloud-native | 2,008 | +683 |
| 28 | agile | 1,910 | +844 |
| 29 | infrastructure-as-code | 1,876 | +637 |
| 30 | analytics | 1,841 | +737 |
| 31 | devops | 1,784 | +635 |
| 32 | powershell | 1,762 | +706 |
| 33 | owasp | 1,712 | +601 |
| 34 | agentic-ai | 1,664 | +610 |
| 35 | bash | 1,652 | +643 |
| 36 | sdlc | 1,644 | +723 |
| 37 | typescript | 1,641 | +678 |
| 38 | terraform | 1,616 | +512 |
| 39 | soc-2 | 1,597 | +494 |
| 40 | llm | 1,575 | +614 |