Cloud Architect jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 164 job postings with the title “Cloud Architect” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is AWS, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Cloud Architect jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 164 job postings with the title “Cloud Architect” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Cloud Architect jobs require?
Across Cloud Architect postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are AWS, cloud architecture, Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure.
+Which cities are hiring the most Cloud Architect?
As of 2026-05-17, Cloud Architect postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Boston, Bucharest, Hereford, London.
+Is Cloud Architect a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 164 Cloud Architect postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Cloud Architect postings is AWS, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Cloud Architect postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Cloud Architect
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | 63 | 13.0% |
| cloud architecture | 58 | 11.9% |
| Kubernetes | 51 | 10.5% |
| Terraform | 44 | 9.1% |
| Azure | 38 | 7.8% |
| CI/CD | 37 | 7.6% |
| cost optimization | 30 | 6.2% |
| security | 24 | 4.9% |
| Microsoft Azure | 22 | 4.5% |
| DevOps | 22 | 4.5% |
| performance optimization | 21 | 4.3% |
| machine learning | 20 | 4.1% |
| infrastructure as code | 19 | 3.9% |
| CloudOps | 19 | 3.9% |
| Python | 18 | 3.7% |
Top metros hiring Cloud Architect
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 3 | 12.5% |
| Boston | 3 | 12.5% |
| Bucharest | 3 | 12.5% |
| Hereford | 3 | 12.5% |
| London | 3 | 12.5% |
| Reston | 3 | 12.5% |
| Annapolis | 2 | 8.3% |
| Brazil | 2 | 8.3% |
| Chantilly | 2 | 8.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Cloud Architect”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Cloud Architect
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-17
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- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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