Most In-Demand DevOps Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, ci-cd, devops — ranked across 197605 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 12,673 | +5,532 |
| 2 | ci-cd | 10,858 | +4,788 |
| 3 | devops | 10,380 | +4,695 |
| 4 | automation | 9,682 | +4,304 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 9,198 | +3,892 |
| 6 | terraform | 8,820 | +3,724 |
| 7 | aws | 8,639 | +3,567 |
| 8 | python | 8,477 | +3,584 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 8,327 | +3,714 |
| 10 | azure | 6,962 | +3,090 |
| 11 | linux | 6,183 | +2,813 |
| 12 | ai | 6,175 | +2,708 |
| 13 | docker | 5,956 | +2,610 |
| 14 | networking | 5,905 | +2,552 |
| 15 | bash | 5,625 | +2,423 |
| 16 | observability | 5,257 | +2,194 |
| 17 | ansible | 4,715 | +2,114 |
| 18 | gcp | 4,356 | +1,784 |
| 19 | github | 4,329 | +1,913 |
| 20 | jenkins | 3,943 | +1,714 |
| 21 | grafana | 3,652 | +1,609 |
| 22 | gitlab | 3,456 | +1,542 |
| 23 | agile | 3,316 | +1,494 |
| 24 | prometheus | 3,289 | +1,409 |
| 25 | api | 3,127 | +1,338 |
| 26 | github-actions | 3,055 | +1,310 |
| 27 | git | 2,970 | +1,443 |
| 28 | powershell | 2,685 | +1,169 |
| 29 | cloud-native | 2,608 | +1,196 |
| 30 | containerization | 2,582 | +1,011 |
| 31 | iam | 2,547 | +1,111 |
| 32 | helm | 2,232 | +933 |
| 33 | java | 2,208 | +1,113 |
| 34 | sql | 2,159 | +948 |
| 35 | azure-devops | 1,987 | +908 |
| 36 | machine-learning | 1,924 | +726 |
| 37 | dns | 1,903 | +834 |
| 38 | cloudformation | 1,856 | +753 |
| 39 | gitops | 1,843 | +876 |
| 40 | analytics | 1,746 | +730 |