AKS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-06-11, AKS appears in 343 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for DevOps Engineer roles, with demand up 25% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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Frequently asked questions about AKS
+Is AKS in demand in 2026?
Yes. AKS appears in 343 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand up 25% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for DevOps Engineer roles (16% of DevOps Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require AKS?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the job titles most likely to require AKS are DevOps Engineer (16% of postings list AKS), Software Engineer (12% of postings list AKS), Site Reliability Engineer (7% of postings list AKS).
+What skills are commonly paired with AKS?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-06-11), AKS most often appears alongside Kubernetes, Terraform, EKS, Azure, CI/CD.
+Where is AKS most in demand?
As of 2026-06-11, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AKS are Bengaluru, Sunnyvale, New York City, Pune, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new AKS content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring AKS — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require AKS
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Engineer | 55 | 16.0% |
| Software Engineer | 41 | 12.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 24 | 7.0% |
| Platform Engineer | 13 | 3.8% |
| Cloud Engineer | 12 | 3.5% |
| Solutions Architect | 10 | 2.9% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 7 | 2.0% |
| Cloud Architect | 6 | 1.7% |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 6 | 1.7% |
| Staff Engineer | 5 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for AKS
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 21 | 6.1% |
| Sunnyvale | 12 | 3.5% |
| New York City | 11 | 3.2% |
| Pune | 6 | 1.7% |
| Austin | 5 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 5 | 1.5% |
| London | 5 | 1.5% |
| Singapore | 5 | 1.5% |
| Atlanta | 4 | 1.2% |
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 2026-06-11. 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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