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Cloud Security Engineer Career Market Report 2026

336 active jobs. 183 companies. Median salary $136K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

336
Active Job Openings
183
Companies Hiring
$136K
Median Salary (US)
81%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Cloud Security Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 81% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $136K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $100K to $232K.

AWS is the most-demanded skill at 73%

Linux demand rose +14.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Bah leads hiring with 10 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Lead → Staff (+$72K, +48%)

Salary increase: +$72K · Sample: Lead → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 46% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior32$103K$130K$232K
Mid-Level11$87K$99K$200K
Staff7$163K$220K$250K
Lead4$119K$148K$150K
Director4$151K$160K$250K
Manager3$74K$128K$136K

What jumps out

Lead → Staff: +$72K (48%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States39$145KUSD
Remote10$152KUSD
Canada4$130KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site5.1%
Remote15.8%
Hybrid2.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AWS
73%
Azure
55%
Terraform
47%
AI/LLM
46%
GCP
43%
Kubernetes
42%
CI/CD
40%
Python
40%
DevOps
29%
CISSP
24%
Docker
22%
Linux
15%

Skills on the Rise

Linux ↑+14.7ppAWS Certified ↑+13.2ppGDPR ↑+9.9ppTypeScript ↑+9.9ppAWS ↑+9.7pp

Declining in Demand

Risk Management ↓-19.8ppAgile ↓-14.5ppJournalism ↓-10.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Bah103.0%
Illumio72.1%
brightvisiontechnologies72.1%
Bmo51.5%
Sentinellabs51.5%
Braze41.2%
Jobgether41.2%
Aurorainnovation41.2%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States107
Remote38
India21
United Kingdom10
Canada9
Portugal6
Spain5
Czech Republic5

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree70.0%191
Master's Degree9.9%27
Bachelor's Degree8.1%22
PhD / Doctorate1.1%3

Certifications

CISSP (18%)AWS Certified (12%)Azure Certified (6%)Kubernetes Certified (5%)CISM (4%)CISA (2%)CEH (2%)GCP Certified (1%)CCNA (1%)CompTIA Security+ (1%)CompTIA (1%)

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