What Junior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,542 open Junior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, devops, ci-cd.
Updated November 4, 2026
1,664 open Junior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,542 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 59% |
| devops | 52% |
| ci-cd | 44% |
| linux | 41% |
| azure | 33% |
| aws | 32% |
| automation | 32% |
| kubernetes | 31% |
| docker | 30% |
| python | 29% |
| bash | 26% |
| networking | 26% |
| terraform | 22% |
| ai | 22% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 22% |
| git | 19% |
| github | 18% |
| jenkins | 17% |
| gcp | 17% |
| ansible | 16% |
| dns | 14% |
| grafana | 14% |
| agile | 13% |
| gitlab | 13% |
| powershell | 13% |
| github-actions | 12% |
| sql | 11% |
| prometheus | 11% |
| active-directory | 10% |
| tcp-ip | 10% |
| java | 9% |
| api | 9% |
| windows-server | 9% |
| observability | 8% |
| version-control | 8% |
| firewall | 8% |
| cybersecurity | 8% |
| iam | 8% |
| vmware | 7% |
| azure-devops | 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.
Browse 1,664 open Junior DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 49,792
- devops 44,056
- ci-cd 40,941
- automation 32,341
- kubernetes 31,398
- aws 30,311
- terraform 28,447
- azure 28,234
- python 27,936
- infrastructure-as-code 27,777
- linux 27,086
- docker 21,824