What Middle SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 218 open Middle SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, ci-cd, observability.
Updated November 5, 2026
219 open Middle SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 218 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 78% |
| ci-cd | 74% |
| observability | 71% |
| sre | 70% |
| automation | 67% |
| python | 67% |
| kubernetes | 62% |
| terraform | 57% |
| grafana | 55% |
| ai | 53% |
| prometheus | 51% |
| linux | 46% |
| aws | 45% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 43% |
| bash | 41% |
| devops | 40% |
| networking | 37% |
| docker | 31% |
| jenkins | 30% |
| java | 28% |
| splunk | 28% |
| datadog | 27% |
| azure | 24% |
| root-cause-analysis | 24% |
| gcp | 22% |
| dynatrace | 21% |
| ansible | 21% |
| agile | 20% |
| distributed-systems | 19% |
| gitlab | 17% |
| github | 17% |
| dns | 15% |
| microservices | 15% |
| cloud-native | 14% |
| git | 13% |
| containerization | 13% |
| github-actions | 12% |
| kafka | 12% |
| gitops | 11% |
| opentelemetry | 11% |
"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 219 open Middle SRE jobs →
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 4,654
- sre 4,220
- automation 4,160
- python 3,976
- observability 3,913
- kubernetes 3,774
- ci-cd 3,457
- terraform 3,152
- aws 3,084
- infrastructure-as-code 2,831
- ai 2,779
- linux 2,571