AKS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-29, AKS appears in 560 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 131% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-29
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Frequently asked questions about AKS
+Is AKS in demand in 2026?
Yes. AKS appears in 560 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29, with demand up 131% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (16% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require AKS?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29, the job titles most likely to require AKS are Software Engineer (16% of postings list AKS), DevOps Engineer (15% of postings list AKS), Platform Engineer (7% of postings list AKS).
+What skills are commonly paired with AKS?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-29), AKS most often appears alongside Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure, CI/CD, EKS.
+Where is AKS most in demand?
As of 2026-08-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AKS are Bengaluru, London, Pune, Topeka, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring AKS — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require AKS
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 87 | 15.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 82 | 14.6% |
| Platform Engineer | 41 | 7.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 38 | 6.8% |
| Cloud Engineer | 25 | 4.5% |
| Cloud Architect | 9 | 1.6% |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 8 | 1.4% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 7 | 1.2% |
| Backend Engineer | 6 | 1.1% |
| Data Engineer | 6 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for AKS
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 25 | 4.5% |
| London | 13 | 2.3% |
| Pune | 13 | 2.3% |
| Topeka | 12 | 2.1% |
| Hyderabad | 9 | 1.6% |
| New York City | 9 | 1.6% |
| Boston | 8 | 1.4% |
| Atlanta | 7 | 1.3% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with AKS
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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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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