Cloud Security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Cloud Security appears in 1,579 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Cloud Security, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Cloud Security in demand in 2026?
Yes. Cloud Security appears in 1,579 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Cloud Security (16.3% of all postings mentioning Cloud Security).
+What jobs require Cloud Security?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Cloud Security are AI Security Architect (41.7% of that role’s postings mention Cloud Security), Head of Information Security (40.9% of that role’s postings mention Cloud Security), Product Security Architect (35.0% of that role’s postings mention Cloud Security).
+What skills are commonly paired with Cloud Security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Cloud Security most often appears alongside AWS, incident response, Application security, vulnerability management, threat modeling.
+Where is Cloud Security most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Cloud Security are London, New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Cloud Security — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Cloud Security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Security Architect | 10 | 41.7% |
| Head of Information Security | 9 | 40.9% |
| Product Security Architect | 7 | 35.0% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 9 | 32.1% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 91 | 31.8% |
| Cloud Security Architect | 15 | 31.2% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 16 | 27.6% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 8 | 23.5% |
| Information Security Director | 8 | 20.5% |
| Cybersecurity Consultant | 20 | 20.2% |
Roles with the most Cloud Security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 258 | 16.3% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 91 | 5.8% |
| Security Architect | 48 | 3.0% |
| Information Security Engineer | 39 | 2.5% |
| Security Analyst | 37 | 2.3% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 36 | 2.3% |
| Product Manager | 34 | 2.2% |
| Software Engineer | 30 | 1.9% |
| DevOps Engineer | 27 | 1.7% |
| Cloud Engineer | 24 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for Cloud Security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 51 | 3.2% |
| New York City | 49 | 3.1% |
| Bengaluru | 36 | 2.3% |
| San Francisco | 36 | 2.3% |
| Tel Aviv | 26 | 1.6% |
| Boston | 21 | 1.3% |
| Singapore | 18 | 1.1% |
| Toronto | 18 | 1.1% |
| Berlin | 16 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Cloud Security
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- AI Security Architect
- Head of Information Security
- Product Security Architect
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- Cloud Security Engineer
- Cloud Security Architect
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Enterprise Security Engineer
- AWS
- incident response
- Application security
- vulnerability management
- threat modeling
- Python
- Azure
- network security
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Cloud Security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Cloud Security postings by all Cloud Security postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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