Most In-Demand DevOps Skills
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, automation, python — ranked across 10724 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 657 | +657 |
| 2 | automation | 532 | +532 |
| 3 | python | 528 | +528 |
| 4 | ci-cd | 513 | +513 |
| 5 | aws | 510 | +510 |
| 6 | ai | 495 | +495 |
| 7 | kubernetes | 492 | +492 |
| 8 | terraform | 464 | +464 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 439 | +439 |
| 10 | networking | 396 | +396 |
| 11 | devops | 380 | +380 |
| 12 | linux | 376 | +376 |
| 13 | observability | 347 | +347 |
| 14 | azure | 283 | +283 |
| 15 | bash | 281 | +281 |
| 16 | gcp | 272 | +272 |
| 17 | docker | 268 | +268 |
| 18 | github | 205 | +205 |
| 19 | grafana | 203 | +203 |
| 20 | iam | 201 | +201 |
| 21 | prometheus | 187 | +187 |
| 22 | api | 181 | +181 |
| 23 | ansible | 179 | +179 |
| 24 | dns | 177 | +177 |
| 25 | gitlab | 173 | +173 |
| 26 | github-actions | 172 | +172 |
| 27 | machine-learning | 166 | +166 |
| 28 | sre | 153 | +153 |
| 29 | postgresql | 148 | +148 |
| 30 | gitops | 144 | +144 |
| 31 | distributed-systems | 137 | +137 |
| 32 | eks | 130 | +130 |
| 33 | agentic-ai | 123 | +123 |
| 34 | helm | 121 | +121 |
| 35 | git | 119 | +119 |
| 36 | argocd | 118 | +118 |
| 37 | jenkins | 118 | +118 |
| 38 | cloud-native | 116 | +116 |
| 39 | typescript | 110 | +110 |
| 40 | sql | 110 | +110 |