Operations Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-01, Skillenai has indexed 81 job postings with the title “Operations Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-01
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+How many Operations Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 81 job postings with the title “Operations Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-01, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Operations Engineer jobs require?
Across Operations Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-01, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, automation, Excel, capacity planning.
+Which cities are hiring the most Operations Engineer?
As of 2026-09-01, Operations Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Redmond, Bastrop, Hawthorne, Cape Canaveral, Indianapolis.
+Is Operations Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 81 Operations Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-01, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Operations Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Operations Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Operations Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 48 | 59.3% |
| SQL | 39 | 48.1% |
| automation | 23 | 28.4% |
| Excel | 19 | 23.5% |
| capacity planning | 18 | 22.2% |
| Six Sigma | 17 | 21.0% |
| System design | 16 | 19.8% |
| data visualization | 16 | 19.8% |
| R | 16 | 19.8% |
| Grafana | 14 | 17.3% |
| DNS | 14 | 17.3% |
| Lean | 14 | 17.3% |
| Bash | 14 | 17.3% |
| Data analysis | 14 | 17.3% |
| MRP | 13 | 16.0% |
Top metros hiring Operations Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Redmond | 10 | 12.3% |
| Bastrop | 8 | 9.9% |
| Hawthorne | 5 | 6.2% |
| Cape Canaveral | 4 | 4.9% |
| Indianapolis | 4 | 4.9% |
| Memphis | 4 | 4.9% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 3.7% |
| Auckland | 2 | 2.5% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 2.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-01, matching postings whose canonical role is “Operations Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Operations Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-01
- window_days
- 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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