Most In-Demand Security Skills
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are cloud, cybersecurity, ai — ranked across 240718 open postings.
Updated October 10, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 19,192 | +1,487 |
| 2 | cybersecurity | 18,121 | +1,216 |
| 3 | ai | 11,359 | +878 |
| 4 | automation | 10,921 | +1,079 |
| 5 | cissp | 9,716 | +1,341 |
| 6 | aws | 8,821 | +673 |
| 7 | python | 8,597 | +856 |
| 8 | azure | 8,402 | +810 |
| 9 | nist | 8,358 | +979 |
| 10 | cloud-security | 7,847 | +599 |
| 11 | siem | 7,399 | +977 |
| 12 | iam | 6,543 | +727 |
| 13 | iso-27001 | 6,213 | +856 |
| 14 | risk-assessment | 6,055 | +1,224 |
| 15 | networking | 5,610 | +660 |
| 16 | firewall | 5,588 | +864 |
| 17 | ci-cd | 5,570 | +471 |
| 18 | api | 5,332 | +617 |
| 19 | cism | 5,104 | +760 |
| 20 | network-security | 5,076 | +411 |
| 21 | linux | 4,990 | +560 |
| 22 | gcp | 4,757 | +335 |
| 23 | penetration-testing | 4,702 | +455 |
| 24 | devsecops | 4,232 | +55 |
| 25 | authentication | 4,192 | +553 |
| 26 | powershell | 3,866 | +595 |
| 27 | kubernetes | 3,776 | +188 |
| 28 | edr | 3,737 | +489 |
| 29 | infrastructure-as-code | 3,649 | +396 |
| 30 | devops | 3,335 | +193 |
| 31 | bash | 3,266 | +320 |
| 32 | zero-trust | 3,205 | +291 |
| 33 | saas | 3,199 | +280 |
| 34 | terraform | 3,035 | +286 |
| 35 | agile | 2,994 | +224 |
| 36 | owasp | 2,983 | +405 |
| 37 | analytics | 2,979 | +336 |
| 38 | cloud-native | 2,817 | +97 |
| 39 | soc-2 | 2,749 | +142 |
| 40 | machine-learning | 2,431 | +87 |