secrets management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, secrets management appears in 1,368 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning secrets management, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about secrets management
+Is secrets management in demand in 2026?
Yes. secrets management appears in 1,368 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning secrets management (13.5% of all postings mentioning secrets management).
+What jobs require secrets management?
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 secrets management are Infrastructure Security Engineer (24.6% of that role’s postings mention secrets management), Platform Security Engineer (20.8% of that role’s postings mention secrets management), DevSecOps Engineer (15.7% of that role’s postings mention secrets management).
+What skills are commonly paired with secrets management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), secrets management most often appears alongside CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Python.
+Where is secrets management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring secrets management are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring secrets management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require secrets management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure Security Engineer | 16 | 24.6% |
| Platform Security Engineer | 10 | 20.8% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 50 | 15.7% |
| Embedded Security Engineer | 5 | 15.2% |
| Platform Engineering Director | 3 | 15.0% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 8 | 14.3% |
| Cloud Security Architect | 6 | 12.5% |
| Security Operations Engineer | 6 | 9.8% |
| AI Backend Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| Backend Java Developer | 2 | 9.5% |
Roles with the most secrets management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 184 | 13.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 130 | 9.5% |
| Security Engineer | 130 | 9.5% |
| Platform Engineer | 83 | 6.1% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 50 | 3.7% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 38 | 2.8% |
| Product Security Engineer | 30 | 2.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 27 | 2.0% |
| Application Security Engineer | 24 | 1.8% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 21 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for secrets management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 71 | 5.2% |
| New York City | 61 | 4.5% |
| London | 36 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 29 | 2.1% |
| Austin | 17 | 1.2% |
| Boston | 17 | 1.2% |
| Paris | 17 | 1.2% |
| Pune | 17 | 1.2% |
| Toronto | 17 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with secrets management
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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 secrets management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s secrets management postings by all secrets management 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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