What Senior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 17,683 open Senior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, devops, ci-cd.
Updated October 10, 2026
18,509 open Senior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 17,683 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 70% |
| devops | 67% |
| ci-cd | 61% |
| automation | 51% |
| kubernetes | 48% |
| terraform | 45% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 45% |
| aws | 43% |
| azure | 39% |
| python | 38% |
| ai | 29% |
| observability | 29% |
| docker | 28% |
| networking | 28% |
| linux | 28% |
| bash | 26% |
| github | 21% |
| ansible | 21% |
| gcp | 18% |
| api | 17% |
| jenkins | 16% |
| grafana | 16% |
| github-actions | 16% |
| prometheus | 15% |
| agile | 14% |
| gitlab | 14% |
| powershell | 14% |
| git | 13% |
| sql | 12% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| azure-devops | 12% |
| iam | 11% |
| containerization | 11% |
| gitops | 11% |
| java | 10% |
| helm | 10% |
| dns | 9% |
| analytics | 9% |
| root-cause-analysis | 9% |
| postgresql | 9% |
"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 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