Security
Threat modeling is in 24% of these roles, vs. 2% across tech.
The skills employers mention most in open security roles, and how each compares with tech as a whole.
- Open roles
- 297
- Companies hiring
- 33
- New in the last 7 days
- 28
- Listed as remote
- At least 27%
What sets this apart
- +21 Threat modeling 24% here, 2% overall
- +13 Go 40% here, 27% overall
- +12 SIEM 14% here, 2% overall
- +12 Vulnerability management 14% here, 2% overall
Percentage points above the share of all tech roles.
Most requested
- Share of these roles
- Furthest above tech overall
- Share across all tech roles
| Skill | Share of roles, as a bar | % of roles | % of companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 162 of 297 roles · 31 of 33 companies · 51% across all tech roles | 54% | 94% |
| Go | 120 of 297 roles · 28 of 33 companies · 27% across all tech roles | 40%+13 pts | 85% |
| AWS | 106 of 297 roles · 26 of 33 companies · 27% across all tech roles | 36% | 79% |
| Kubernetes | 87 of 297 roles · 24 of 33 companies · 21% across all tech roles | 29% | 73% |
| GCP | 79 of 297 roles · 23 of 33 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 27% | 70% |
| Azure | 72 of 297 roles · 18 of 33 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 24% | 54% |
| Threat modeling | 70 of 297 roles · 23 of 33 companies · 2% across all tech roles | 24%+21 pts | 70% |
| CI/CD | 62 of 297 roles · 24 of 33 companies · 17% across all tech roles | 21% | 73% |
| LLMs | 57 of 297 roles · 22 of 33 companies · 19% across all tech roles | 19% | 67% |
| Terraform | 55 of 297 roles · 20 of 33 companies · 10% across all tech roles | 18% | 61% |
| Rust | 52 of 297 roles · 10 of 33 companies · 14% across all tech roles | 18% | 30% |
| Linux | 50 of 297 roles · 20 of 33 companies · 10% across all tech roles | 17% | 61% |
| C++ | 48 of 297 roles · 14 of 33 companies · 24% across all tech roles | 16% | 42% |
| Java | 42 of 297 roles · 16 of 33 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 14% | 48% |
| SIEM | 42 of 297 roles · 16 of 33 companies · 2% across all tech roles | 14%+12 pts | 48% |
| SQL | 41 of 297 roles · 15 of 33 companies · 19% across all tech roles | 14% | 46% |
| Vulnerability management | 41 of 297 roles · 20 of 33 companies · 2% across all tech roles | 14%+12 pts | 61% |
| NIST | 40 of 297 roles · 15 of 33 companies · 2% across all tech roles | 14% | 46% |
| SOC 2 | 39 of 297 roles · 15 of 33 companies · 3% across all tech roles | 13% | 46% |
| Penetration testing | 36 of 297 roles · 19 of 33 companies · 1% across all tech roles | 12% | 58% |
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| Skill | Category | Roles | % of roles | Companies | % of companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Languages | 162 | 54.5% | 31 | 94% |
| Go | Languages | 120 | 40.4% | 28 | 85% |
| AWS | Cloud | 106 | 35.7% | 26 | 79% |
| Kubernetes | Infrastructure | 87 | 29.3% | 24 | 73% |
| GCP | Cloud | 79 | 26.6% | 23 | 70% |
| Azure | Cloud | 72 | 24.2% | 18 | 54% |
| Threat modeling | Security | 70 | 23.6% | 23 | 70% |
| CI/CD | Infrastructure | 62 | 20.9% | 24 | 73% |
| LLMs | AI/ML | 57 | 19.2% | 22 | 67% |
| Terraform | Infrastructure | 55 | 18.5% | 20 | 61% |
| Rust | Languages | 52 | 17.5% | 10 | 30% |
| Linux | Infrastructure | 50 | 16.8% | 20 | 61% |
| C++ | Languages | 48 | 16.2% | 14 | 42% |
| Java | Languages | 42 | 14.1% | 16 | 48% |
| SIEM | Security | 42 | 14.1% | 16 | 48% |
| SQL | Languages | 41 | 13.8% | 15 | 46% |
| Vulnerability management | Security | 41 | 13.8% | 20 | 61% |
| NIST | Security | 40 | 13.5% | 15 | 46% |
| SOC 2 | Security | 39 | 13.1% | 15 | 46% |
| Penetration testing | Security | 36 | 12.1% | 19 | 58% |
| FedRAMP | Security | 35 | 11.8% | 13 | 39% |
| ISO 27001 | Security | 29 | 9.8% | 12 | 36% |
| TypeScript | Languages | 28 | 9.4% | 13 | 39% |
| OAuth | Identity | 26 | 8.8% | 15 | 46% |
| Zero trust | Security | 25 | 8.4% | 13 | 39% |
| OWASP | Security | 23 | 7.7% | 12 | 36% |
| RBAC | Identity | 23 | 7.7% | 11 | 33% |
| SAML | Identity | 23 | 7.7% | 13 | 39% |
| OIDC | Identity | 19 | 6.4% | 12 | 36% |
| JavaScript | Languages | 18 | 6.1% | 13 | 39% |
| Bash | Languages | 16 | 5.4% | 12 | 36% |
| Kafka | Data | 13 | 4.4% | 5 | 15% |
| SCIM | Identity | 13 | 4.4% | 10 | 30% |
| Docker | Infrastructure | 12 | 4.0% | 8 | 24% |
| Ruby | Languages | 12 | 4.0% | 4 | 12% |
| React | Web | 11 | 3.7% | 7 | 21% |
| SSO | Identity | 11 | 3.7% | 8 | 24% |
| Ansible | Infrastructure | 10 | 3.4% | 5 | 15% |
| Spark | Data | 10 | 3.4% | 4 | 12% |
| Node.js | Web | 9 | 3.0% | 5 | 15% |
| PostgreSQL | Databases | 9 | 3.0% | 4 | 12% |
| Splunk | Observability | 9 | 3.0% | 7 | 21% |
| C# | Languages | 8 | 2.7% | 2 | 6% |
| Okta | Identity | 8 | 2.7% | 8 | 24% |
| PowerShell | Languages | 8 | 2.7% | 6 | 18% |
| Databricks | Data | 7 | 2.4% | 2 | 6% |
| Git | Infrastructure | 7 | 2.4% | 5 | 15% |
| gRPC | Web | 7 | 2.4% | 4 | 12% |
| CrowdStrike | Security | 6 | 2.0% | 6 | 18% |
| GitHub Actions | Infrastructure | 6 | 2.0% | 6 | 18% |
| R | Languages | 5 | 1.7% | 4 | 12% |
| Redis | Databases | 5 | 1.7% | 2 | 6% |
| Scala | Languages | 5 | 1.7% | 4 | 12% |
| Snowflake | Data | 5 | 1.7% | 3 | 9% |
| A/B testing | Analytics | 4 | 1.3% | 2 | 6% |
| Active Directory | Identity | 4 | 1.3% | 3 | 9% |
| ClickHouse | Databases | 4 | 1.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Elasticsearch | Databases | 4 | 1.3% | 4 | 12% |
| Grafana | Observability | 4 | 1.3% | 1 | 3% |
| RAG | AI/ML | 4 | 1.3% | 3 | 9% |
| .NET | Languages | 3 | 1.0% | 2 | 6% |
| Helm | Infrastructure | 3 | 1.0% | 2 | 6% |
| Jamf | Identity | 3 | 1.0% | 3 | 9% |
| Jenkins | Infrastructure | 3 | 1.0% | 3 | 9% |
| Prometheus | Observability | 3 | 1.0% | 1 | 3% |
| Argo | Infrastructure | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 6% |
| Data modeling | Data | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 3% |
| Entra ID | Identity | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 6% |
| Excel | Analytics | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 6% |
| Kotlin | Languages | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 3% |
| LangChain | AI/ML | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 3% |
| MySQL | Databases | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 6% |
| PyTorch | AI/ML | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 6% |
| TensorFlow | AI/ML | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 6% |
| Airflow | Data | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| BigQuery | Data | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| ETL/ELT | Data | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| GraphQL | Web | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Hugging Face | AI/ML | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Istio | Infrastructure | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| OpenTelemetry | Observability | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Pandas | Data | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Redshift | Data | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Swift | Languages | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
| Vue | Web | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 3% |
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