What Senior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 4,945 open Senior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, ci-cd, automation.
Updated October 28, 2026
5,042 open Senior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 4,945 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 76% |
| ci-cd | 56% |
| automation | 56% |
| devops | 51% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 50% |
| kubernetes | 47% |
| terraform | 47% |
| aws | 46% |
| python | 46% |
| azure | 42% |
| ai | 40% |
| networking | 36% |
| linux | 35% |
| observability | 34% |
| bash | 29% |
| docker | 27% |
| gcp | 23% |
| ansible | 22% |
| github | 22% |
| api | 21% |
| iam | 18% |
| gitlab | 17% |
| grafana | 17% |
| powershell | 16% |
| github-actions | 16% |
| jenkins | 16% |
| agile | 16% |
| prometheus | 15% |
| git | 15% |
| sql | 15% |
| dns | 15% |
| cloud-native | 14% |
| disaster-recovery | 14% |
| firewall | 12% |
| java | 12% |
| machine-learning | 12% |
| gitops | 12% |
| distributed-systems | 12% |
| postgresql | 11% |
| analytics | 11% |
"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 5,042 open Senior 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