Most In-Demand Security Skills
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are cloud, ai, iso-27001 — ranked across 889 open postings.
Updated October 18, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 66 | +66 |
| 2 | ai | 61 | +61 |
| 3 | iso-27001 | 47 | +47 |
| 4 | aws | 36 | +36 |
| 5 | automation | 34 | +34 |
| 6 | cybersecurity | 34 | +34 |
| 7 | python | 33 | +33 |
| 8 | gcp | 29 | +29 |
| 9 | siem | 26 | +26 |
| 10 | infrastructure-as-code | 25 | +25 |
| 11 | iam | 25 | +25 |
| 12 | azure | 24 | +24 |
| 13 | penetration-testing | 24 | +24 |
| 14 | api | 23 | +23 |
| 15 | linux | 23 | +23 |
| 16 | cloud-security | 21 | +21 |
| 17 | ci-cd | 21 | +21 |
| 18 | cissp | 20 | +20 |
| 19 | authentication | 20 | +20 |
| 20 | agentic-ai | 19 | +19 |
| 21 | soc-2 | 19 | +19 |
| 22 | terraform | 18 | +18 |
| 23 | gdpr | 18 | +18 |
| 24 | saas | 18 | +18 |
| 25 | kubernetes | 17 | +17 |
| 26 | networking | 16 | +16 |
| 27 | llm | 16 | +16 |
| 28 | zero-trust | 14 | +14 |
| 29 | nist | 14 | +14 |
| 30 | firewall | 13 | +13 |
| 31 | edr | 13 | +13 |
| 32 | cism | 13 | +13 |
| 33 | owasp | 12 | +12 |
| 34 | typescript | 12 | +12 |
| 35 | pre-sales | 12 | +12 |
| 36 | bash | 11 | +11 |
| 37 | okta | 11 | +11 |
| 38 | network-security | 11 | +11 |
| 39 | sast | 10 | +10 |
| 40 | openid | 10 | +10 |