What Junior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,549 open Junior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are devops, cloud, ci-cd.
Updated September 18, 2026
1,745 open Junior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,549 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| devops | 66% |
| cloud | 63% |
| ci-cd | 55% |
| azure | 44% |
| kubernetes | 43% |
| docker | 39% |
| terraform | 38% |
| aws | 36% |
| linux | 35% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 34% |
| automation | 29% |
| python | 29% |
| gcp | 24% |
| bash | 22% |
| networking | 21% |
| jenkins | 21% |
| gitlab | 20% |
| grafana | 19% |
| git | 19% |
| ai | 18% |
| ansible | 17% |
| api | 16% |
| azure-devops | 15% |
| github | 13% |
| jira | 13% |
| dns | 12% |
| agile | 11% |
| cloud-native | 11% |
| powershell | 11% |
| sql | 10% |
| prometheus | 10% |
| java | 10% |
| github-actions | 9% |
| bigquery | 8% |
| clickhouse | 8% |
| snowflake | 8% |
| firewall | 8% |
| version-control | 8% |
| observability | 7% |
| containerization | 7% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 49,070
- devops 48,232
- ci-cd 42,011
- kubernetes 32,866
- automation 31,739
- aws 30,244
- terraform 29,959
- infrastructure-as-code 28,330
- azure 27,735
- python 27,279
- linux 23,193
- docker 22,642