What Senior DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 2,242 open Senior DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, ci-cd, devops.
Updated November 1, 2026
2,265 open Senior DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 2,242 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 74% |
| ci-cd | 65% |
| devops | 62% |
| terraform | 57% |
| kubernetes | 56% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 50% |
| aws | 49% |
| azure | 48% |
| python | 47% |
| automation | 46% |
| ai | 37% |
| observability | 32% |
| linux | 31% |
| networking | 31% |
| gcp | 30% |
| bash | 29% |
| docker | 28% |
| ansible | 24% |
| github | 24% |
| gitlab | 22% |
| grafana | 21% |
| jenkins | 21% |
| git | 18% |
| prometheus | 18% |
| api | 17% |
| github-actions | 17% |
| gitops | 17% |
| cloud-native | 16% |
| iam | 16% |
| powershell | 16% |
| azure-devops | 15% |
| helm | 15% |
| dns | 14% |
| java | 12% |
| agile | 12% |
| sql | 11% |
| machine-learning | 10% |
| eks | 10% |
| kafka | 9% |
| postgresql | 9% |
"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 2,265 open Senior DevOps jobs →
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