What Staff Security Jobs Ask For
Across 507 open Staff Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, ai, automation.
Updated October 28, 2026
510 open Staff Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 507 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 78% |
| ai | 69% |
| automation | 53% |
| python | 52% |
| aws | 51% |
| threat-modeling | 37% |
| ci-cd | 37% |
| cloud-security | 34% |
| kubernetes | 33% |
| cybersecurity | 33% |
| api | 31% |
| gcp | 31% |
| iam | 30% |
| saas | 29% |
| agentic-ai | 28% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 27% |
| azure | 26% |
| authentication | 25% |
| llm | 23% |
| vulnerability-management | 23% |
| machine-learning | 21% |
| cissp | 21% |
| nist | 20% |
| terraform | 20% |
| cloud-native | 19% |
| penetration-testing | 19% |
| soc-2 | 19% |
| iso-27001 | 18% |
| siem | 17% |
| java | 17% |
| linux | 17% |
| networking | 17% |
| owasp | 16% |
| risk-assessment | 16% |
| sast | 15% |
| devsecops | 14% |
| distributed-systems | 14% |
| dast | 14% |
| typescript | 13% |
| network-security | 13% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cybersecurity 10,358
- cloud 9,552
- ai 6,997
- automation 5,504
- python 4,558
- cissp 4,452
- aws 4,437
- iam 4,252
- nist 4,106
- azure 3,871
- cloud-security 3,817
- siem 3,300