Most In-Demand SRE Skills
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, kubernetes, automation — ranked across 6601 open postings.
Updated November 1, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 422 | +422 |
| 2 | kubernetes | 365 | +365 |
| 3 | automation | 358 | +358 |
| 4 | observability | 346 | +346 |
| 5 | python | 341 | +341 |
| 6 | aws | 296 | +296 |
| 7 | ci-cd | 277 | +277 |
| 8 | ai | 271 | +271 |
| 9 | terraform | 263 | +263 |
| 10 | devops | 259 | +259 |
| 11 | infrastructure-as-code | 248 | +248 |
| 12 | grafana | 226 | +226 |
| 13 | linux | 204 | +204 |
| 14 | networking | 201 | +201 |
| 15 | prometheus | 196 | +196 |
| 16 | gcp | 170 | +170 |
| 17 | distributed-systems | 162 | +162 |
| 18 | bash | 144 | +144 |
| 19 | azure | 138 | +138 |
| 20 | ansible | 126 | +126 |
| 21 | datadog | 110 | +110 |
| 22 | docker | 108 | +108 |
| 23 | github | 103 | +103 |
| 24 | java | 101 | +101 |
| 25 | cloud-native | 91 | +91 |
| 26 | postgresql | 90 | +90 |
| 27 | gitops | 82 | +82 |
| 28 | argocd | 82 | +82 |
| 29 | jenkins | 76 | +76 |
| 30 | agile | 75 | +75 |
| 31 | github-actions | 74 | +74 |
| 32 | eks | 73 | +73 |
| 33 | gitlab | 73 | +73 |
| 34 | microservices | 72 | +72 |
| 35 | root-cause-analysis | 72 | +72 |
| 36 | saas | 63 | +63 |
| 37 | machine-learning | 63 | +63 |
| 38 | api | 61 | +61 |
| 39 | sql | 60 | +60 |
| 40 | containerization | 59 | +59 |