Most In-Demand SRE Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for SRE roles right now are cloud, automation, python — ranked across 36902 open postings.
Updated July 16, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 2,286 | +1,614 |
| 2 | automation | 2,128 | +1,539 |
| 3 | python | 1,982 | +1,381 |
| 4 | observability | 1,857 | +1,354 |
| 5 | kubernetes | 1,817 | +1,222 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 1,595 | +1,133 |
| 7 | aws | 1,592 | +1,077 |
| 8 | terraform | 1,497 | +1,026 |
| 9 | ai | 1,341 | +886 |
| 10 | devops | 1,339 | +974 |
| 11 | infrastructure-as-code | 1,320 | +904 |
| 12 | linux | 1,257 | +895 |
| 13 | grafana | 1,167 | +858 |
| 14 | networking | 1,152 | +803 |
| 15 | prometheus | 1,103 | +810 |
| 16 | bash | 1,019 | +737 |
| 17 | gcp | 996 | +697 |
| 18 | azure | 973 | +702 |
| 19 | distributed-systems | 967 | +676 |
| 20 | docker | 812 | +545 |
| 21 | ansible | 769 | +529 |
| 22 | java | 683 | +519 |
| 23 | datadog | 599 | +419 |
| 24 | jenkins | 528 | +385 |
| 25 | cloud-native | 488 | +299 |
| 26 | github | 480 | +342 |
| 27 | api | 446 | +310 |
| 28 | elk | 434 | +300 |
| 29 | containerization | 430 | +269 |
| 30 | agile | 408 | +297 |
| 31 | gitlab | 391 | +277 |
| 32 | machine-learning | 372 | +256 |
| 33 | splunk | 372 | +294 |
| 34 | sql | 343 | +240 |
| 35 | kafka | 339 | +246 |
| 36 | gitops | 332 | +249 |
| 37 | github-actions | 329 | +236 |
| 38 | opentelemetry | 326 | +235 |
| 39 | dns | 317 | +219 |
| 40 | postgresql | 316 | +209 |