What Senior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 20,175 open Senior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, devops, ci-cd.
Updated November 5, 2026
20,630 open Senior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 20,175 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 72% |
| devops | 65% |
| ci-cd | 61% |
| automation | 50% |
| kubernetes | 48% |
| terraform | 46% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 45% |
| aws | 45% |
| python | 39% |
| azure | 39% |
| linux | 31% |
| observability | 31% |
| docker | 30% |
| ai | 29% |
| networking | 29% |
| bash | 28% |
| ansible | 22% |
| github | 21% |
| gcp | 19% |
| jenkins | 18% |
| api | 17% |
| grafana | 17% |
| github-actions | 16% |
| prometheus | 15% |
| gitlab | 15% |
| git | 15% |
| agile | 14% |
| powershell | 14% |
| iam | 14% |
| sql | 14% |
| sre | 13% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| azure-devops | 12% |
| containerization | 12% |
| java | 11% |
| dns | 11% |
| gitops | 10% |
| eks | 10% |
| root-cause-analysis | 10% |
| helm | 10% |
"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 51,542
- devops 45,940
- ci-cd 42,673
- automation 33,566
- kubernetes 32,746
- aws 31,431
- terraform 29,481
- azure 29,099
- python 28,931
- infrastructure-as-code 28,850
- linux 27,851
- docker 22,758