Most In-Demand DevOps Skills
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, devops, ci-cd — ranked across 703161 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 49,601 | -2,452 |
| 2 | devops | 44,170 | -2,385 |
| 3 | ci-cd | 40,902 | -1,491 |
| 4 | automation | 32,250 | -2,394 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 31,161 | -1,489 |
| 6 | aws | 30,326 | -1,302 |
| 7 | terraform | 28,322 | -1,405 |
| 8 | azure | 28,086 | -1,215 |
| 9 | python | 27,736 | -921 |
| 10 | infrastructure-as-code | 27,726 | -1,554 |
| 11 | linux | 26,712 | +81 |
| 12 | docker | 21,675 | -855 |
| 13 | networking | 20,504 | -1,279 |
| 14 | bash | 19,896 | -447 |
| 15 | ai | 19,313 | -1,251 |
| 16 | observability | 17,213 | -1,137 |
| 17 | ansible | 16,448 | -379 |
| 18 | gcp | 13,461 | -706 |
| 19 | github | 13,036 | -928 |
| 20 | jenkins | 12,710 | -756 |
| 21 | grafana | 11,635 | -377 |
| 22 | gitlab | 11,277 | -466 |
| 23 | git | 11,002 | +16 |
| 24 | agile | 10,853 | -882 |
| 25 | powershell | 10,759 | -187 |
| 26 | api | 10,656 | -710 |
| 27 | sql | 10,376 | -229 |
| 28 | prometheus | 10,349 | -583 |
| 29 | github-actions | 9,306 | -555 |
| 30 | iam | 9,199 | -589 |
| 31 | dns | 8,739 | +141 |
| 32 | firewall | 8,532 | -66 |
| 33 | containerization | 8,292 | -439 |
| 34 | vmware | 7,801 | +2 |
| 35 | java | 7,628 | -232 |
| 36 | sre | 7,569 | -355 |
| 37 | azure-devops | 7,541 | -438 |
| 38 | cloud-native | 7,142 | -1,202 |
| 39 | cybersecurity | 6,783 | -38 |
| 40 | postgresql | 6,474 | -107 |