What Junior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 118 open Junior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, devops, ci-cd.
Updated November 1, 2026
135 open Junior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 118 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 57% |
| devops | 53% |
| ci-cd | 48% |
| kubernetes | 47% |
| linux | 45% |
| docker | 41% |
| azure | 40% |
| python | 36% |
| aws | 36% |
| terraform | 36% |
| bash | 33% |
| automation | 32% |
| networking | 32% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 31% |
| github | 31% |
| grafana | 30% |
| prometheus | 30% |
| ai | 25% |
| gcp | 25% |
| github-actions | 25% |
| git | 23% |
| helm | 22% |
| postgresql | 20% |
| argocd | 19% |
| redis | 18% |
| gitops | 17% |
| secrets-management | 17% |
| ansible | 16% |
| gitlab | 16% |
| llm | 15% |
| qdrant | 14% |
| jenkins | 12% |
| active-directory | 10% |
| agile | 10% |
| observability | 10% |
| java | 9% |
| powershell | 9% |
| sql | 9% |
| azure-devops | 8% |
| iam | 8% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 3,871
- ci-cd 2,926
- devops 2,879
- kubernetes 2,524
- terraform 2,377
- aws 2,334
- python 2,281
- infrastructure-as-code 2,242
- azure 2,117
- automation 2,082
- linux 2,034
- ai 1,813