Skills employers ask for most in Security
6,386 open jobs in Security name at least one skill. These are the skills they name most.
Most-asked skills in Security
Share of the 6,386 jobs in Security that name the skill.
| # | Skill | Share of jobs | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Risk management | 29% | 1,883 |
| 2 | AWS | 29% | 1,883 |
| 3 | Python | 28% | 1,799 |
| 4 | Audit | 24% | 1,536 |
| 5 | Azure | 20% | 1,292 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 16% | 1,002 |
| 7 | Linux | 13% | 854 |
| 8 | Onboarding | 13% | 811 |
| 9 | GCP | 12% | 777 |
| 10 | Kubernetes | 12% | 762 |
| 11 | Terraform | 8.9% | 570 |
| 12 | Supply chain | 8.6% | 547 |
| 13 | Project management | 8.2% | 523 |
| 14 | Agile | 8.2% | 523 |
| 15 | Java | 7.3% | 464 |
| 16 | C++ | 7.2% | 459 |
| 17 | Powershell | 7% | 444 |
| 18 | DevOps | 6.7% | 431 |
| 19 | HIPAA | 6.6% | 420 |
| 20 | Machine learning | 6.3% | 404 |
| 21 | Excel | 6.1% | 392 |
| 22 | Regulatory compliance | 5.6% | 355 |
| 23 | GDPR | 5.2% | 333 |
| 24 | SAP | 5.1% | 324 |
| 25 | Bash | 4.8% | 304 |
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