Most In-Demand SRE Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, automation, python — ranked across 42640 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 2,610 | +946 |
| 2 | automation | 2,425 | +931 |
| 3 | python | 2,272 | +872 |
| 4 | observability | 2,131 | +843 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 2,086 | +699 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 1,850 | +725 |
| 7 | aws | 1,835 | +624 |
| 8 | terraform | 1,705 | +589 |
| 9 | ai | 1,551 | +576 |
| 10 | devops | 1,530 | +570 |
| 11 | infrastructure-as-code | 1,514 | +524 |
| 12 | linux | 1,403 | +533 |
| 13 | grafana | 1,386 | +562 |
| 14 | networking | 1,318 | +487 |
| 15 | prometheus | 1,288 | +487 |
| 16 | bash | 1,163 | +444 |
| 17 | azure | 1,161 | +456 |
| 18 | gcp | 1,147 | +405 |
| 19 | distributed-systems | 1,121 | +420 |
| 20 | docker | 977 | +364 |
| 21 | ansible | 882 | +316 |
| 22 | java | 811 | +370 |
| 23 | datadog | 694 | +258 |
| 24 | jenkins | 648 | +270 |
| 25 | cloud-native | 567 | +180 |
| 26 | github | 551 | +178 |
| 27 | elk | 520 | +178 |
| 28 | containerization | 499 | +179 |
| 29 | api | 496 | +171 |
| 30 | agile | 485 | +219 |
| 31 | gitlab | 476 | +183 |
| 32 | splunk | 432 | +209 |
| 33 | sql | 414 | +191 |
| 34 | gitops | 406 | +166 |
| 35 | machine-learning | 403 | +124 |
| 36 | eks | 387 | +113 |
| 37 | kafka | 386 | +147 |
| 38 | github-actions | 375 | +117 |
| 39 | opentelemetry | 369 | +117 |
| 40 | helm | 366 | +126 |