What Lead DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,307 open Lead DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, ci-cd.
Updated October 28, 2026
1,322 open Lead DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,307 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 79% |
| automation | 71% |
| ci-cd | 56% |
| python | 53% |
| ai | 49% |
| aws | 49% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 45% |
| terraform | 45% |
| devops | 44% |
| kubernetes | 43% |
| networking | 42% |
| azure | 35% |
| observability | 33% |
| agile | 25% |
| linux | 25% |
| bash | 23% |
| ansible | 23% |
| gcp | 23% |
| api | 22% |
| docker | 21% |
| cloud-native | 19% |
| github | 19% |
| grafana | 18% |
| jenkins | 17% |
| powershell | 16% |
| java | 16% |
| machine-learning | 15% |
| sql | 15% |
| iam | 15% |
| root-cause-analysis | 14% |
| prometheus | 14% |
| containerization | 13% |
| sre | 13% |
| eks | 13% |
| github-actions | 12% |
| gitlab | 12% |
| dns | 11% |
| cloud-security | 11% |
| helm | 11% |
| agentic-ai | 10% |
"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 1,322 open Lead DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 13,746
- ci-cd 8,986
- automation 8,904
- devops 8,271
- linux 8,120
- python 8,063
- aws 7,754
- kubernetes 7,726
- infrastructure-as-code 7,436
- azure 7,141
- terraform 7,130
- ai 6,963