Most In-Demand Security Skills
The most in-demand skills for Security roles right now are ai, cloud, python — ranked across 757 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 72 | +72 |
| 2 | cloud | 48 | +48 |
| 3 | python | 41 | +41 |
| 4 | automation | 29 | +29 |
| 5 | aws | 24 | +24 |
| 6 | threat-intelligence | 24 | +24 |
| 7 | agentic-ai | 23 | +23 |
| 8 | api | 23 | +23 |
| 9 | authentication | 23 | +23 |
| 10 | gcp | 22 | +22 |
| 11 | iam | 22 | +22 |
| 12 | stripe | 21 | +21 |
| 13 | llm | 21 | +21 |
| 14 | distributed-systems | 21 | +21 |
| 15 | databricks | 20 | +20 |
| 16 | cybersecurity | 19 | +19 |
| 17 | saas | 18 | +18 |
| 18 | threat-modeling | 17 | +17 |
| 19 | sql | 17 | +17 |
| 20 | cloudflare | 16 | +16 |
| 21 | cloud-security | 16 | +16 |
| 22 | kubernetes | 16 | +16 |
| 23 | azure | 15 | +15 |
| 24 | vulnerability-management | 15 | +15 |
| 25 | dns | 14 | +14 |
| 26 | analytics | 13 | +13 |
| 27 | siem | 12 | +12 |
| 28 | observability | 12 | +12 |
| 29 | linux | 11 | +11 |
| 30 | penetration-testing | 11 | +11 |
| 31 | typescript | 11 | +11 |
| 32 | generative-ai | 11 | +11 |
| 33 | unity-catalog | 10 | +10 |
| 34 | cloud-native | 10 | +10 |
| 35 | unity | 10 | +10 |
| 36 | data-science | 10 | +10 |
| 37 | terraform | 10 | +10 |
| 38 | java | 10 | +10 |
| 39 | lakehouse | 10 | +10 |
| 40 | ci-cd | 9 | +9 |