policy-as-code jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, policy-as-code appears in 190 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for DevSecOps Engineer roles, with demand down 25% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about policy-as-code
+Is policy-as-code in demand in 2026?
Yes. policy-as-code appears in 190 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 25% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for DevSecOps Engineer roles (10% of DevSecOps Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require policy-as-code?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require policy-as-code are DevSecOps Engineer (10% of postings list policy-as-code), Security Engineer (10% of postings list policy-as-code), Software Engineer (7% of postings list policy-as-code).
+What skills are commonly paired with policy-as-code?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), policy-as-code most often appears alongside Terraform, CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, Python.
+Where is policy-as-code most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring policy-as-code are New York City, Warsaw, London, San Francisco, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring policy-as-code — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require policy-as-code
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| DevSecOps Engineer | 19 | 10.0% |
| Security Engineer | 18 | 9.5% |
| Software Engineer | 14 | 7.4% |
| Platform Engineer | 10 | 5.3% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 9 | 4.7% |
| Infrastructure Security Engineer | 9 | 4.7% |
| DevSecOps Team Lead | 8 | 4.2% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 6 | 3.2% |
| DevOps Engineer | 5 | 2.6% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 5 | 2.6% |
Top metros hiring for policy-as-code
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 10 | 18.9% |
| Warsaw | 8 | 15.1% |
| London | 7 | 13.2% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 13.2% |
| Austin | 5 | 9.4% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 7.5% |
| Boston | 4 | 7.5% |
| Lisbon | 4 | 7.5% |
| Paris | 4 | 7.5% |
Skills commonly paired with policy-as-code
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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