Most In-Demand SRE Skills
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, automation, python — ranked across 55881 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 3,657 | -694 |
| 2 | automation | 3,228 | -502 |
| 3 | python | 2,900 | -408 |
| 4 | observability | 2,818 | -500 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 2,783 | -433 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 2,434 | -203 |
| 7 | aws | 2,341 | -327 |
| 8 | terraform | 2,261 | -278 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 2,105 | -237 |
| 10 | ai | 2,081 | -509 |
| 11 | devops | 2,033 | -135 |
| 12 | linux | 1,970 | -175 |
| 13 | networking | 1,806 | -239 |
| 14 | grafana | 1,712 | -230 |
| 15 | prometheus | 1,586 | -212 |
| 16 | bash | 1,531 | -191 |
| 17 | azure | 1,475 | -190 |
| 18 | gcp | 1,431 | -232 |
| 19 | distributed-systems | 1,391 | -237 |
| 20 | docker | 1,217 | -162 |
| 21 | ansible | 1,202 | -124 |
| 22 | java | 1,023 | -135 |
| 23 | datadog | 872 | -77 |
| 24 | cloud-native | 782 | -198 |
| 25 | github | 755 | -68 |
| 26 | jenkins | 722 | -104 |
| 27 | api | 683 | -9 |
| 28 | opentelemetry | 582 | -107 |
| 29 | agile | 576 | 0 |
| 30 | containerization | 564 | -62 |
| 31 | dns | 563 | -6 |
| 32 | splunk | 562 | -79 |
| 33 | gitlab | 562 | -93 |
| 34 | elk | 550 | -104 |
| 35 | postgresql | 533 | -33 |
| 36 | gitops | 529 | -38 |
| 37 | sql | 523 | -83 |
| 38 | machine-learning | 520 | -196 |
| 39 | analytics | 514 | -120 |
| 40 | git | 504 | +18 |