Most In-Demand SRE Skills
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, automation, sre — ranked across 35716 open postings.
Updated October 28, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 2,164 | +2,164 |
| 2 | automation | 1,904 | +1,904 |
| 3 | sre | 1,832 | +1,832 |
| 4 | python | 1,822 | +1,822 |
| 5 | observability | 1,772 | +1,772 |
| 6 | kubernetes | 1,693 | +1,693 |
| 7 | ci-cd | 1,491 | +1,491 |
| 8 | terraform | 1,488 | +1,488 |
| 9 | aws | 1,425 | +1,425 |
| 10 | ai | 1,399 | +1,399 |
| 11 | infrastructure-as-code | 1,317 | +1,317 |
| 12 | networking | 1,213 | +1,213 |
| 13 | linux | 1,141 | +1,141 |
| 14 | grafana | 1,028 | +1,028 |
| 15 | devops | 1,026 | +1,026 |
| 16 | prometheus | 932 | +932 |
| 17 | bash | 891 | +891 |
| 18 | gcp | 828 | +828 |
| 19 | distributed-systems | 817 | +817 |
| 20 | azure | 769 | +769 |
| 21 | docker | 760 | +760 |
| 22 | ansible | 702 | +702 |
| 23 | java | 652 | +652 |
| 24 | datadog | 615 | +615 |
| 25 | root-cause-analysis | 571 | +571 |
| 26 | github | 496 | +496 |
| 27 | cloud-native | 478 | +478 |
| 28 | jenkins | 470 | +470 |
| 29 | splunk | 396 | +396 |
| 30 | disaster-recovery | 367 | +367 |
| 31 | gitlab | 353 | +353 |
| 32 | github-actions | 348 | +348 |
| 33 | api | 344 | +344 |
| 34 | machine-learning | 339 | +339 |
| 35 | dns | 320 | +320 |
| 36 | containerization | 317 | +317 |
| 37 | postgresql | 314 | +314 |
| 38 | opentelemetry | 314 | +314 |
| 39 | agile | 305 | +305 |
| 40 | gitops | 303 | +303 |