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Software & IT

security officer

Learned from 30 real résumés for this role.

Across 30 real U.S. résumés for a security officer, the most distinctive skills are Installshield, Build Management and Build Automation — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Installshield
10% have it · 1081.1× vs average
Build Management
10% have it · 1081.1× vs average
Build Automation
10% have it · 1081.1× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

installshield
1081.1×
10% · N=3
build management
1081.1×
10% · N=3
build automation
1081.1×
10% · N=3
security officer
810.8×
10% · N=3
opening and closing store
810.8×
10% · N=3
preparing reports
572.3×
10% · N=3
metrics analysis
405.4×
10% · N=3
patrolling
389.2×
10% · N=3
process streamlining
324.3×
10% · N=3
account provisioning
249.5×
10% · N=3
gui development
243.2×
10% · N=3
batch processing
226.3×
10% · N=3
forklift operation
221.1×
10% · N=3
research and development
221.1×
10% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Security Officer need?

In 30 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Installshield (10% have it), Build Management (10% have it), Build Automation (10% have it), Security Officer (10% have it), Opening And Closing Store (10% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Security Officer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Junior Database Developer (5% of moves, N=6), Service Desk Analyst (5% of moves, N=6), It Computer Clerk (5% of moves, N=6).

What roles lead into Security Officer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Driver (20% of arrivals, N=6), Help Desk Support (5% of arrivals, N=3), It Analyst Ii (17% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Security Officer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 30 of them are Security Officer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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