Top skills for Security Analyst jobs
Based on 128 active Security Analyst postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Security Analyst postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Cybersecurity39%
- Information Security35%
- Computer Science29%
- Automation28%
- Remediation25%
- Scripting21%
- Linux20%
- Innovation19%
- Vulnerability Management19%
- Cloud Security17%
- Firewalls16%
- Mitigation13%
- Intrusion Detection12%
- Log Analysis12%
- Telemetry12%
- Use Cases12%
- Consulting11%
- Network Traffic11%
- Computing9%
- Data Protection9%
- Networks9%
- Hiring Process8%
- Malware8%
- Malware Analysis8%
- Network Protocols8%
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