Most In-Demand DevOps Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for DevOps roles right now are cloud, ci-cd, devops — ranked across 160405 open postings.
Updated July 16, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 10,378 | +8,061 |
| 2 | ci-cd | 8,647 | +6,686 |
| 3 | devops | 8,175 | +6,388 |
| 4 | automation | 7,934 | +6,231 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 7,510 | +5,724 |
| 6 | terraform | 7,169 | +5,524 |
| 7 | aws | 7,118 | +5,390 |
| 8 | python | 6,971 | +5,350 |
| 9 | infrastructure-as-code | 6,703 | +5,235 |
| 10 | azure | 5,717 | +4,549 |
| 11 | linux | 4,915 | +3,850 |
| 12 | ai | 4,902 | +3,671 |
| 13 | docker | 4,897 | +3,841 |
| 14 | networking | 4,875 | +3,832 |
| 15 | bash | 4,560 | +3,563 |
| 16 | observability | 4,383 | +3,357 |
| 17 | ansible | 3,805 | +2,889 |
| 18 | gcp | 3,584 | +2,685 |
| 19 | github | 3,518 | +2,793 |
| 20 | jenkins | 3,151 | +2,341 |
| 21 | grafana | 2,847 | +2,209 |
| 22 | gitlab | 2,830 | +2,158 |
| 23 | agile | 2,799 | +2,162 |
| 24 | api | 2,586 | +2,018 |
| 25 | prometheus | 2,574 | +1,994 |
| 26 | github-actions | 2,480 | +1,967 |
| 27 | git | 2,368 | +1,849 |
| 28 | powershell | 2,217 | +1,796 |
| 29 | containerization | 2,167 | +1,664 |
| 30 | cloud-native | 2,103 | +1,610 |
| 31 | iam | 2,005 | +1,574 |
| 32 | helm | 1,833 | +1,307 |
| 33 | sql | 1,776 | +1,421 |
| 34 | machine-learning | 1,684 | +1,247 |
| 35 | azure-devops | 1,642 | +1,362 |
| 36 | java | 1,641 | +1,292 |
| 37 | cloudformation | 1,561 | +1,181 |
| 38 | dns | 1,495 | +1,158 |
| 39 | analytics | 1,462 | +1,133 |
| 40 | eks | 1,423 | +1,083 |