Which roles ask for Cybersecurity at tech companies · 276 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
276 roles counted that list Cybersecurity, one per company, title and level; 767 postings in the window.
In short
Cybersecurity: listed in 276 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 192 and preferred in 84. The largest group is software engineer roles: 97 of 276 (35%).
- Required
- 192 of 276 (70%)
- Of the roles that list Cybersecurity
- Preferred
- 84 of 276 (30%)
- Of the roles that list Cybersecurity
- Largest group
- 97 of 276 (35%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Cybersecurity
Roles listing Cybersecurity, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 97 | 97 of 719 (13%) |
| Security engineer | 48 | 48 of 126 (38%) |
| DevOps engineer | 24 | 24 of 58 (41%) |
| Platform engineer | 19 | 19 of 57 (33%) |
| Data engineer | 15 | 15 of 99 (15%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 14 | 14 of 70 (20%) |
| Software architect | 14 | 14 of 32 |
| AI engineer | 10 | 10 of 70 (14%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 10 | 10 of 63 (16%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 7 | 7 of 79 (9%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- GitLab8 roles
- Okta8 roles
- OpenAI7 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.5 roles
- Stripe5 roles
- Zscaler5 roles
- Cloudflare4 roles
- Coalition, Inc.4 roles
- Glean4 roles
- Lumen Technologies4 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 276 Cybersecurity roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 118 of 276 (43%) |
| AWS | 97 of 276 (35%) |
| CI/CD | 94 of 276 (34%) |
| Kubernetes | 78 of 276 (28%) |
| Terraform | 70 of 276 (25%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 65 of 276 (24%) |
| GCP | 63 of 276 (23%) |
| Go | 63 of 276 (23%) |
| Azure | 61 of 276 (22%) |
| Docker | 59 of 276 (21%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 42 of 276 (15%) |
| AWS | 32 of 276 (12%) |
| GCP | 24 of 276 (9%) |
| Azure | 23 of 276 (8%) |
| Kubernetes | 22 of 276 (8%) |
| Observability | 22 of 276 (8%) |
| Open Source | 21 of 276 (8%) |
| AI | 20 of 276 (7%) |
| Docker | 20 of 276 (7%) |
| Incident Response | 19 of 276 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 151 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 150 of 151 (99%)
- 2+ years
- 150 of 151 (99%)
- 3+ years
- 143 of 151 (95%)
- 5+ years
- 111 of 151 (74%)
- 8+ years
- 35 of 151 (23%)
- 10+ years
- 15 of 151 (10%)
Degree
Of the 203 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 22 of 203 (11%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 49 of 203 (24%)
- Preferred
- 8 of 203 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 124 of 203 (61%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 276 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $169.9k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 118 of 276 (43%)
- Remote roles
- 180 of 276 (65%)
How we count: 276 roles from 187 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology