Most In-Demand DevOps Skills
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, devops, ci-cd — ranked across 652520 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 46,605 | -2,129 |
| 2 | devops | 43,869 | -4,027 |
| 3 | ci-cd | 39,237 | -2,660 |
| 4 | automation | 31,608 | +32 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 29,797 | -3,288 |
| 6 | aws | 28,060 | -1,586 |
| 7 | terraform | 27,183 | -2,765 |
| 8 | infrastructure-as-code | 26,733 | -1,289 |
| 9 | azure | 25,874 | -1,780 |
| 10 | python | 25,603 | -1,634 |
| 11 | linux | 22,766 | +287 |
| 12 | docker | 20,225 | -2,279 |
| 13 | networking | 19,256 | +408 |
| 14 | ai | 18,978 | -176 |
| 15 | bash | 17,994 | -1,203 |
| 16 | observability | 15,383 | -243 |
| 17 | ansible | 14,962 | -907 |
| 18 | github | 12,496 | -1,162 |
| 19 | gcp | 12,391 | -473 |
| 20 | jenkins | 11,959 | -1,565 |
| 21 | gitlab | 10,522 | -697 |
| 22 | grafana | 10,490 | -1,759 |
| 23 | agile | 10,359 | -1,242 |
| 24 | api | 10,204 | -82 |
| 25 | git | 9,876 | -1,161 |
| 26 | powershell | 9,660 | +245 |
| 27 | prometheus | 9,502 | -1,665 |
| 28 | github-actions | 8,936 | -1,094 |
| 29 | sql | 8,814 | +266 |
| 30 | cloud-native | 7,358 | -1,245 |
| 31 | containerization | 7,324 | -411 |
| 32 | azure-devops | 7,294 | -1,567 |
| 33 | dns | 7,211 | +520 |
| 34 | firewall | 7,007 | +746 |
| 35 | iam | 6,997 | -30 |
| 36 | java | 6,891 | -413 |
| 37 | vmware | 5,884 | +736 |
| 38 | helm | 5,842 | -1,078 |
| 39 | postgresql | 5,707 | +112 |
| 40 | gitops | 5,663 | -154 |