Most In-Demand SRE Skills
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, kubernetes, automation — ranked across 11900 open postings.
Updated September 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 722 | +722 |
| 2 | kubernetes | 686 | +686 |
| 3 | automation | 637 | +637 |
| 4 | observability | 633 | +633 |
| 5 | python | 621 | +621 |
| 6 | ai | 591 | +591 |
| 7 | aws | 524 | +524 |
| 8 | terraform | 502 | +502 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 478 | +478 |
| 10 | networking | 451 | +451 |
| 11 | ci-cd | 433 | +433 |
| 12 | devops | 377 | +377 |
| 13 | linux | 356 | +356 |
| 14 | grafana | 344 | +344 |
| 15 | distributed-systems | 336 | +336 |
| 16 | prometheus | 334 | +334 |
| 17 | gcp | 310 | +310 |
| 18 | bash | 273 | +273 |
| 19 | datadog | 255 | +255 |
| 20 | azure | 251 | +251 |
| 21 | docker | 207 | +207 |
| 22 | ansible | 181 | +181 |
| 23 | cloud-native | 176 | +176 |
| 24 | containerization | 172 | +172 |
| 25 | java | 150 | +150 |
| 26 | github | 148 | +148 |
| 27 | opentelemetry | 145 | +145 |
| 28 | saas | 144 | +144 |
| 29 | postgresql | 139 | +139 |
| 30 | eks | 137 | +137 |
| 31 | dns | 135 | +135 |
| 32 | api | 128 | +128 |
| 33 | agentic-ai | 124 | +124 |
| 34 | helm | 124 | +124 |
| 35 | machine-learning | 123 | +123 |
| 36 | gitops | 121 | +121 |
| 37 | github-actions | 114 | +114 |
| 38 | elk | 108 | +108 |
| 39 | argocd | 107 | +107 |
| 40 | typescript | 103 | +103 |