Most In-Demand DevOps Skills
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, devops, ci-cd — ranked across 672325 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 47,320 | +10,557 |
| 2 | devops | 46,948 | +13,600 |
| 3 | ci-cd | 40,946 | +11,173 |
| 4 | kubernetes | 32,223 | +8,375 |
| 5 | automation | 30,593 | +5,846 |
| 6 | terraform | 29,167 | +8,232 |
| 7 | aws | 28,802 | +6,266 |
| 8 | infrastructure-as-code | 27,241 | +7,230 |
| 9 | azure | 26,837 | +7,788 |
| 10 | python | 26,432 | +5,735 |
| 11 | docker | 21,969 | +6,131 |
| 12 | linux | 21,679 | +5,130 |
| 13 | bash | 18,635 | +4,397 |
| 14 | ai | 18,554 | +3,138 |
| 15 | networking | 18,192 | +4,696 |
| 16 | ansible | 15,442 | +3,831 |
| 17 | observability | 15,133 | +3,457 |
| 18 | github | 13,259 | +3,425 |
| 19 | jenkins | 13,207 | +3,485 |
| 20 | gcp | 12,473 | +2,304 |
| 21 | grafana | 11,919 | +3,270 |
| 22 | agile | 11,291 | +2,719 |
| 23 | gitlab | 10,965 | +2,558 |
| 24 | prometheus | 10,836 | +2,773 |
| 25 | git | 10,804 | +3,257 |
| 26 | api | 10,005 | +2,427 |
| 27 | github-actions | 9,747 | +2,611 |
| 28 | powershell | 9,080 | +2,338 |
| 29 | azure-devops | 8,715 | +3,322 |
| 30 | cloud-native | 8,382 | +1,919 |
| 31 | sql | 8,230 | +1,326 |
| 32 | containerization | 7,553 | +1,392 |
| 33 | java | 7,118 | +1,511 |
| 34 | iam | 6,790 | +1,479 |
| 35 | helm | 6,766 | +1,947 |
| 36 | dns | 6,386 | +1,929 |
| 37 | firewall | 5,846 | +1,972 |
| 38 | gitops | 5,666 | +1,315 |
| 39 | cloudformation | 5,642 | +1,712 |
| 40 | eks | 5,532 | +1,650 |