policy-as-code jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-17, policy-as-code appears in 396 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 27% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-17
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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 396 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, with demand up 27% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (13% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require policy-as-code?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, the job titles most likely to require policy-as-code are Software Engineer (13% of postings list policy-as-code), Security Engineer (12% of postings list policy-as-code), DevSecOps Engineer (6% of postings list policy-as-code).
+What skills are commonly paired with policy-as-code?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-17), policy-as-code most often appears alongside Terraform, CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, Python.
+Where is policy-as-code most in demand?
As of 2026-09-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring policy-as-code are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring policy-as-code — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require policy-as-code
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 50 | 12.6% |
| Security Engineer | 49 | 12.4% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 22 | 5.6% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 16 | 4.0% |
| DevOps Engineer | 13 | 3.3% |
| Infrastructure Security Engineer | 13 | 3.3% |
| Platform Engineer | 13 | 3.3% |
| Product Security Engineer | 9 | 2.3% |
| Application Security Engineer | 7 | 1.8% |
| Cloud Engineer | 7 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for policy-as-code
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 23 | 5.8% |
| San Francisco | 22 | 5.6% |
| London | 9 | 2.3% |
| Toronto | 8 | 2.0% |
| San Jose | 7 | 1.8% |
| Bengaluru | 6 | 1.5% |
| Valencia | 6 | 1.5% |
| Austin | 5 | 1.3% |
| Madrid | 5 | 1.3% |
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 2026-09-17. 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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