What Lead DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 4,292 open Lead DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, devops, ci-cd.
Updated October 17, 2026
4,484 open Lead DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 4,292 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 69% |
| devops | 65% |
| ci-cd | 58% |
| automation | 56% |
| aws | 42% |
| terraform | 39% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 39% |
| python | 38% |
| kubernetes | 38% |
| azure | 35% |
| ai | 32% |
| observability | 29% |
| networking | 25% |
| bash | 20% |
| linux | 20% |
| docker | 20% |
| ansible | 19% |
| agile | 19% |
| gcp | 18% |
| api | 17% |
| github | 17% |
| jenkins | 15% |
| cloud-native | 15% |
| grafana | 13% |
| gitlab | 12% |
| prometheus | 11% |
| github-actions | 11% |
| java | 11% |
| azure-devops | 11% |
| containerization | 10% |
| machine-learning | 10% |
| powershell | 10% |
| gitops | 10% |
| root-cause-analysis | 10% |
| eks | 10% |
| sql | 9% |
| git | 9% |
| iam | 9% |
| analytics | 8% |
| devsecops | 8% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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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