Most In-Demand Network Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Network Engineering roles right now are networking, automation, firewall — ranked across 1294 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | networking | 79 | +79 |
| 2 | automation | 71 | +71 |
| 3 | firewall | 71 | +71 |
| 4 | cisco | 59 | +59 |
| 5 | bgp | 57 | +57 |
| 6 | cloud | 55 | +55 |
| 7 | ai | 50 | +50 |
| 8 | python | 47 | +47 |
| 9 | ospf | 40 | +40 |
| 10 | linux | 39 | +39 |
| 11 | wan | 38 | +38 |
| 12 | aws | 37 | +37 |
| 13 | ansible | 37 | +37 |
| 14 | vpn | 36 | +36 |
| 15 | network-security | 35 | +35 |
| 16 | vlan | 33 | +33 |
| 17 | tcp-ip | 32 | +32 |
| 18 | ccnp | 32 | +32 |
| 19 | dns | 27 | +27 |
| 20 | vxlan | 25 | +25 |
| 21 | terraform | 25 | +25 |
| 22 | infrastructure-as-code | 25 | +25 |
| 23 | evpn | 25 | +25 |
| 24 | observability | 24 | +24 |
| 25 | dhcp | 24 | +24 |
| 26 | arista | 22 | +22 |
| 27 | azure | 21 | +21 |
| 28 | ccna | 21 | +21 |
| 29 | api | 20 | +20 |
| 30 | typescript | 20 | +20 |
| 31 | ipsec | 20 | +20 |
| 32 | gpu | 19 | +19 |
| 33 | vpc | 18 | +18 |
| 34 | cybersecurity | 17 | +17 |
| 35 | vmware | 17 | +17 |
| 36 | hpc | 17 | +17 |
| 37 | fortinet | 16 | +16 |
| 38 | git | 15 | +15 |
| 39 | sd-wan | 14 | +14 |
| 40 | root-cause-analysis | 14 | +14 |