Most In-Demand DevOps Skills
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, ci-cd, kubernetes — ranked across 1886 open postings.
Updated October 18, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 147 | +147 |
| 2 | ci-cd | 104 | +104 |
| 3 | kubernetes | 102 | +102 |
| 4 | terraform | 98 | +98 |
| 5 | infrastructure-as-code | 97 | +97 |
| 6 | python | 89 | +89 |
| 7 | devops | 86 | +86 |
| 8 | aws | 80 | +80 |
| 9 | ai | 76 | +76 |
| 10 | azure | 70 | +70 |
| 11 | linux | 70 | +70 |
| 12 | automation | 66 | +66 |
| 13 | observability | 65 | +65 |
| 14 | docker | 53 | +53 |
| 15 | bash | 42 | +42 |
| 16 | networking | 42 | +42 |
| 17 | ansible | 41 | +41 |
| 18 | gcp | 40 | +40 |
| 19 | github | 38 | +38 |
| 20 | api | 35 | +35 |
| 21 | github-actions | 29 | +29 |
| 22 | git | 28 | +28 |
| 23 | powershell | 27 | +27 |
| 24 | machine-learning | 26 | +26 |
| 25 | iam | 25 | +25 |
| 26 | postgresql | 25 | +25 |
| 27 | grafana | 23 | +23 |
| 28 | prometheus | 23 | +23 |
| 29 | agile | 22 | +22 |
| 30 | gitlab | 21 | +21 |
| 31 | agentic-ai | 21 | +21 |
| 32 | llm | 21 | +21 |
| 33 | helm | 21 | +21 |
| 34 | active-directory | 21 | +21 |
| 35 | cloud-native | 21 | +21 |
| 36 | sql | 20 | +20 |
| 37 | firewall | 19 | +19 |
| 38 | entra-id | 18 | +18 |
| 39 | gitops | 18 | +18 |
| 40 | saas | 16 | +16 |