What Lead DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 3,730 open Lead DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are devops, cloud, ci-cd.
Updated October 9, 2026
3,893 open Lead DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 3,730 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| devops | 69% |
| cloud | 69% |
| ci-cd | 60% |
| automation | 54% |
| aws | 42% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 40% |
| terraform | 40% |
| kubernetes | 39% |
| azure | 38% |
| python | 35% |
| ai | 31% |
| observability | 29% |
| networking | 23% |
| linux | 21% |
| docker | 21% |
| bash | 21% |
| ansible | 19% |
| gcp | 19% |
| github | 19% |
| api | 17% |
| agile | 17% |
| jenkins | 16% |
| cloud-native | 14% |
| gitlab | 13% |
| grafana | 13% |
| github-actions | 12% |
| azure-devops | 12% |
| prometheus | 12% |
| gitops | 11% |
| containerization | 10% |
| powershell | 10% |
| git | 10% |
| java | 10% |
| eks | 10% |
| sql | 9% |
| root-cause-analysis | 9% |
| iam | 9% |
| helm | 9% |
| machine-learning | 9% |
| devsecops | 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.
Browse 3,893 open Lead DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 44,350
- devops 42,340
- ci-cd 37,600
- automation 29,766
- kubernetes 28,746
- aws 26,766
- terraform 26,155
- infrastructure-as-code 25,639
- azure 24,949
- python 24,370
- linux 22,011
- docker 19,604