Most In-Demand SRE Skills
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, automation, python — ranked across 70245 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 4,378 | +534 |
| 2 | automation | 3,921 | +527 |
| 3 | python | 3,559 | +524 |
| 4 | observability | 3,532 | +562 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 3,427 | +487 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 3,142 | +578 |
| 7 | terraform | 2,905 | +535 |
| 8 | aws | 2,901 | +445 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 2,574 | +364 |
| 10 | ai | 2,553 | +378 |
| 11 | devops | 2,435 | +284 |
| 12 | linux | 2,334 | +258 |
| 13 | networking | 2,316 | +413 |
| 14 | grafana | 2,166 | +366 |
| 15 | prometheus | 1,986 | +310 |
| 16 | bash | 1,866 | +239 |
| 17 | azure | 1,826 | +267 |
| 18 | gcp | 1,720 | +215 |
| 19 | distributed-systems | 1,565 | +89 |
| 20 | docker | 1,563 | +275 |
| 21 | ansible | 1,440 | +168 |
| 22 | java | 1,316 | +250 |
| 23 | datadog | 1,276 | +357 |
| 24 | root-cause-analysis | 1,249 | +267 |
| 25 | github | 1,044 | +252 |
| 26 | jenkins | 1,029 | +267 |
| 27 | cloud-native | 952 | +140 |
| 28 | api | 863 | +139 |
| 29 | splunk | 857 | +258 |
| 30 | gitlab | 798 | +200 |
| 31 | agile | 734 | +128 |
| 32 | analytics | 706 | +180 |
| 33 | github-actions | 689 | +166 |
| 34 | elk | 673 | +71 |
| 35 | sql | 668 | +117 |
| 36 | opentelemetry | 665 | +67 |
| 37 | dns | 663 | +61 |
| 38 | containerization | 663 | +65 |
| 39 | gitops | 650 | +84 |
| 40 | postgresql | 641 | +86 |