What Lead DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 4,204 open Lead DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are devops, cloud, ci-cd.
Updated September 18, 2026
4,532 open Lead DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 4,204 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| devops | 69% |
| cloud | 69% |
| ci-cd | 59% |
| automation | 49% |
| aws | 42% |
| kubernetes | 41% |
| terraform | 40% |
| azure | 38% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 36% |
| python | 35% |
| ai | 32% |
| observability | 26% |
| docker | 22% |
| bash | 21% |
| networking | 21% |
| github | 21% |
| linux | 21% |
| jenkins | 20% |
| ansible | 18% |
| agile | 17% |
| gcp | 17% |
| api | 15% |
| github-actions | 15% |
| gitlab | 14% |
| cloud-native | 14% |
| grafana | 13% |
| azure-devops | 12% |
| eks | 12% |
| prometheus | 12% |
| gitops | 12% |
| powershell | 11% |
| git | 11% |
| helm | 10% |
| java | 10% |
| sql | 10% |
| containerization | 9% |
| iam | 9% |
| machine-learning | 9% |
| argocd | 8% |
| agentic-ai | 8% |
"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