Most In-Demand SRE Skills
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, automation, python — ranked across 62162 open postings.
Updated October 9, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 3,863 | -7 |
| 2 | automation | 3,470 | +58 |
| 3 | python | 3,136 | +92 |
| 4 | observability | 3,090 | +129 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 3,058 | +165 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 2,726 | +188 |
| 7 | aws | 2,631 | +189 |
| 8 | terraform | 2,565 | +237 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 2,389 | +231 |
| 10 | ai | 2,279 | +138 |
| 11 | devops | 2,251 | +130 |
| 12 | linux | 2,136 | +87 |
| 13 | networking | 1,999 | +101 |
| 14 | grafana | 1,872 | +55 |
| 15 | bash | 1,715 | +126 |
| 16 | prometheus | 1,701 | +5 |
| 17 | azure | 1,663 | +128 |
| 18 | gcp | 1,586 | +71 |
| 19 | distributed-systems | 1,422 | -57 |
| 20 | docker | 1,326 | +56 |
| 21 | ansible | 1,306 | +55 |
| 22 | root-cause-analysis | 1,115 | +211 |
| 23 | datadog | 1,085 | +170 |
| 24 | java | 1,067 | -14 |
| 25 | github | 967 | +195 |
| 26 | cloud-native | 874 | +30 |
| 27 | jenkins | 785 | +31 |
| 28 | api | 756 | +43 |
| 29 | github-actions | 654 | +145 |
| 30 | splunk | 646 | +50 |
| 31 | agile | 629 | +12 |
| 32 | elk | 627 | +32 |
| 33 | gitlab | 623 | +31 |
| 34 | containerization | 612 | +9 |
| 35 | saas | 599 | +91 |
| 36 | gitops | 596 | +56 |
| 37 | opentelemetry | 593 | -10 |
| 38 | dns | 585 | +18 |
| 39 | postgresql | 585 | +40 |
| 40 | sql | 580 | +32 |