Cloud Security: market
A Cloud Security Engineer protects cloud infrastructure: access and IAM, network isolation, encryption, configuration control, threat detection and response in the cloud. We currently track 392 open positions for this role, 365 of them fresh. Postings expect deep knowledge of one cloud, IAM and networking, CSPM and CNAPP tools, Kubernetes security, infrastructure as code and Python automation. By co-occurrence in requirements, AWS, Azure, Python and Kubernetes appear most often. 36% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Cloud Security Engineer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Cloud Security market currently has 392 open roles, 365 of them freshly observed. Median salary $11,750/mo.
36% of Cloud Security Engineer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 40 of 392 jobs; remote share from 314 with a stated format; 365 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Cloud Security postings appeared each week since May 11, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 82
New sources connected: May 18 +3 · May 25 +1 · Jun 1 +3 · Jun 15 +1 · Jun 22 +4 · Jun 29 +4 · Jul 6 +7 · Jul 13 +11 · Jul 20 +5 · Jul 27 +6 · Aug 3 +1 · Aug 10 +2 · Aug 17 +1 · Aug 24 +2 · Aug 31 +2 · Sep 7 +1 · Sep 14 +4 · Sep 21 +6 · Sep 28 +4 · Oct 5 +1 · Oct 12 +4 · Oct 19 +4
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of Cloud Security postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Cloud Security postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on Aug 10: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Cloud Security postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Cloud Security
| Open demand | 392 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Cloud Security
One in ten earns under $7,087, one in ten over $16,583. Half the market falls between $8,750 and $13,922. Sample: 40.
The range histogram for Cloud Security Engineer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: Cloud Security
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 119 |
| PL | 41 |
| GB | 24 |
| IN | 20 |
| CZ | 15 |
| ES | 13 |
| CA | 7 |
| DE | 7 |
| UA | 7 |
| IL | 5 |
The top country for Cloud Security Engineer demand is the US (119 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Cloud Security Engineer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are AWS, Azure, Python and Kubernetes.
Demand by grade: Cloud Security
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 144 |
| principal | 42 |
| lead | 17 |
| junior | 13 |
| middle | 11 |
Senior-and-above is about 89% of 227 Cloud Security Engineer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Cloud Security
Demand is spread across 255 employers. The largest accounts for 5.6%, the top ten for 22.5%; the remaining 77.5% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 5.6% |
| top-3 | 13.1% |
| top-10 | 22.5% |
| long tail | 77.5% |
Cloud Security Engineer openings come from 255 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 5.6% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 48 sources; the largest accounts for 18.6% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Cloud Security Engineer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Cloud Security
- Intermediate Cloud Security Engineer · HU
- Cloud Security Engineer 🇦🇷 · AR
- Cloud Security Analyst II (5768) · US
- Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Security · IL
- Principal Cloud Security Engineer · US · $13,923
- Cloud Security Architect Lead · $12,500
- Cloud Security Engineer · RO
- Senior Manager, Product & Cloud Security · NO
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-27
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Cloud Security Engineer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Cloud Security Engineer do?
A Cloud Security Engineer protects cloud infrastructure: access and IAM, network isolation, encryption, configuration control, threat detection and response in the cloud.
Which skills do Cloud Security Engineer postings require?
Postings expect deep knowledge of one cloud, IAM and networking, CSPM and CNAPP tools, Kubernetes security, infrastructure as code and Python automation. In the current slice, AWS, Azure, Python and Kubernetes appear in requirements most often.
Where does cloud security start?
With access: most cloud incidents come from excessive permissions and misconfiguration, so IAM and configuration control are the core of the role.
How remote-friendly are Cloud Security Engineer jobs?
36% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 392 open positions.
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