What Junior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,243 open Junior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are devops, cloud, ci-cd.
Updated October 11, 2026
1,387 open Junior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,243 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| devops | 60% |
| cloud | 60% |
| ci-cd | 48% |
| azure | 41% |
| linux | 39% |
| kubernetes | 36% |
| automation | 33% |
| docker | 33% |
| terraform | 33% |
| aws | 32% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 30% |
| python | 30% |
| networking | 24% |
| bash | 24% |
| jenkins | 22% |
| gitlab | 21% |
| ansible | 20% |
| git | 19% |
| ai | 19% |
| gcp | 19% |
| api | 16% |
| github | 15% |
| agile | 14% |
| dns | 14% |
| grafana | 13% |
| powershell | 12% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| sql | 11% |
| java | 11% |
| prometheus | 11% |
| github-actions | 10% |
| observability | 9% |
| tcp-ip | 9% |
| active-directory | 9% |
| firewall | 8% |
| azure-devops | 8% |
| postgresql | 7% |
| version-control | 7% |
| cybersecurity | 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.
Browse 1,387 open Junior DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 44,513
- devops 42,487
- ci-cd 37,772
- automation 29,913
- kubernetes 28,771
- aws 26,799
- terraform 26,199
- infrastructure-as-code 25,733
- azure 24,954
- python 24,379
- linux 21,953
- docker 19,687