What Junior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,249 open Junior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, devops, ci-cd.
Updated October 17, 2026
1,401 open Junior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,249 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 62% |
| devops | 59% |
| ci-cd | 49% |
| azure | 40% |
| linux | 39% |
| kubernetes | 37% |
| automation | 35% |
| docker | 33% |
| terraform | 31% |
| aws | 31% |
| python | 30% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 29% |
| bash | 25% |
| networking | 25% |
| jenkins | 23% |
| gitlab | 21% |
| ai | 20% |
| ansible | 20% |
| git | 20% |
| gcp | 19% |
| github | 16% |
| api | 15% |
| dns | 14% |
| agile | 13% |
| powershell | 13% |
| grafana | 13% |
| sql | 12% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| java | 11% |
| prometheus | 11% |
| github-actions | 11% |
| observability | 9% |
| active-directory | 9% |
| tcp-ip | 9% |
| firewall | 8% |
| version-control | 8% |
| cybersecurity | 7% |
| postgresql | 7% |
| azure-devops | 7% |
| windows-server | 7% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,401 open Junior DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 46,605
- devops 43,869
- ci-cd 39,237
- automation 31,608
- kubernetes 29,797
- aws 28,060
- terraform 27,183
- infrastructure-as-code 26,733
- azure 25,874
- python 25,603
- linux 22,766
- docker 20,225