Operations Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-02, Skillenai has indexed 49 job postings with the title “Operations Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand up 100% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-02
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+How many Operations Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 49 job postings with the title “Operations Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, with demand up 100% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Operations Engineer jobs require?
Across Operations Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, automation, Excel, Power BI.
+Which cities are hiring the most Operations Engineer?
As of 2026-07-02, Operations Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bastrop, Seattle, Thonotosassa, Time, Toronto.
+Is Operations Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 49 Operations Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, with demand up 100% 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 | 33 | 67.3% |
| SQL | 21 | 42.9% |
| automation | 18 | 36.7% |
| Excel | 11 | 22.4% |
| Power BI | 10 | 20.4% |
| Data analysis | 10 | 20.4% |
| AWS | 9 | 18.4% |
| infrastructure as code | 8 | 16.3% |
| Tableau | 8 | 16.3% |
| R | 8 | 16.3% |
| configuration management | 8 | 16.3% |
| Capacity Planning | 8 | 16.3% |
| CI/CD | 7 | 14.3% |
| Linux | 7 | 14.3% |
| scripting | 7 | 14.3% |
Top metros hiring Operations Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bastrop | 2 | 4.1% |
| Seattle | 2 | 4.1% |
| Thonotosassa | 2 | 4.1% |
| Time | 2 | 4.1% |
| Toronto | 2 | 4.1% |
| Auckland | 1 | 2.0% |
| Cape Canaveral | 1 | 2.0% |
| Detroit | 1 | 2.0% |
| Hawthorne | 1 | 2.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, matching postings whose canonical role is “Operations Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Operations Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-07-02
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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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