Most In-Demand Network Engineering Skills

Name: In-demand Network Engineering skills
Creator: Findyet

The most in-demand skills for Network Engineering roles right now are firewall, networking, cisco — ranked across 4526 open postings.

Updated November 1, 2026

#	Skill	Open postings	30-day growth
1	firewall	290	+290
2	networking	288	+288
3	cisco	256	+256
4	cloud	241	+241
5	wan	201	+201
6	bgp	190	+190
7	automation	188	+188
8	vpn	182	+182
9	python	181	+181
10	linux	140	+140
11	dns	136	+136
12	ospf	131	+131
13	network-security	124	+124
14	tcp-ip	123	+123
15	ansible	123	+123
16	ai	122	+122
17	aws	114	+114
18	vlan	113	+113
19	terraform	97	+97
20	ccna	96	+96
21	dhcp	89	+89
22	azure	88	+88
23	fortinet	80	+80
24	infrastructure-as-code	79	+79
25	vxlan	71	+71
26	mpls	70	+70
27	ipsec	67	+67
28	bash	66	+66
29	sd-wan	64	+64
30	cybersecurity	58	+58
31	ethernet	58	+58
32	kubernetes	52	+52
33	fiber	52	+52
34	root-cause-analysis	47	+47
35	gcp	46	+46
36	observability	44	+44
37	api	41	+41
38	qos	40	+40
39	itar	40	+40
40	vmware	38	+38