CD jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-29, CD appears in 170 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning CD, with demand share down 5.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
170
Demand vs prior month
down 5.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 34.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about CD

+Is CD in demand in 2026?

Yes. CD appears in 170 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning CD (34.1% of all postings mentioning CD).

+What jobs require CD?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning CD are Mission Software Engineer (6.7% of that role’s postings mention CD), Back-end Developer (4.2% of that role’s postings mention CD), DevOps Platform Engineer (4.2% of that role’s postings mention CD).

+What skills are commonly paired with CD?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), CD most often appears alongside CI, CI/CD, Python, AWS, Kubernetes.

+Where is CD most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring CD are Bengaluru, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new CD content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning CD alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new CD content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after CD?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring CD — last 90 days

Career paths around CD

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before CD

Before CDkubernetes → CD: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairAgile → CD: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairPrometheus → CD: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → CD: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairC# → CD: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairautomation testing → CD: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → CD: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairThanos → CD: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCDkubernetes: 3 moveskubernetes3 movesAgile: 2 movesAgile2 movesPrometheus: 2 movesPrometheus2 movesJenkins: 2 movesJenkins2 movesC#: 1 movesC#1 movesautomation testing: 1 movesautomation testing1 movesAmazon EKS: 1 movesAmazon EKS1 movesThanos: 1 movesThanos1 moves

Skills after CD

After CDCD → RabbitMQ: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → Spring Security: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → responding: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → SDK: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → Spring Cloud Config: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → Redux: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCD → Crossplane: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCDRabbitMQ: 1 movesRabbitMQ1 movesSpring Security: 1 movesSpring Security1 movesresponding: 1 movesresponding1 movesSDK: 1 movesSDK1 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesSpring Cloud Config: 1 movesSpring CloudConfig1 movesRedux: 1 movesRedux1 movesCrossplane: 1 movesCrossplane1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: kubernetes3
Before: Agile2
Before: Prometheus2
Before: Jenkins2
Before: C#1
Before: automation testing1
Before: Amazon EKS1
Before: Thanos1
After: RabbitMQ1
After: Spring Security1
After: responding1
After: SDK1
After: python1
After: Spring Cloud Config1
After: Redux1
After: Crossplane1

Roles most likely to require CD

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Mission Software Engineer36.7%
Back-end Developer14.2%
DevOps Platform Engineer14.2%
AWS Cloud Engineer13.7%
Release Engineer13.7%
Java Backend Engineer13.6%
Java Backend Developer13.4%
AI Application Engineer13.1%
DevOps Architect13.1%
Full Stack AI Engineer12.4%

Roles with the most CD postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer5834.1%
DevOps Engineer148.2%
Data Engineer95.3%
QA Automation Engineer42.4%
QA Engineer42.4%
Engineering Manager31.8%
Mission Software Engineer31.8%
Platform Engineer31.8%
Site Reliability Engineer31.8%
Backend Software Engineer21.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring CD

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring CD
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Sopra Steria4
Renesas3
Uvmhealth3
CLERA3
Capco3
Anduril Industries3
Cisco3
Devoteam3
Version 12
Mastercard2

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for CD

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru42.4%
Berlin42.4%
London42.4%
San Francisco42.4%
Singapore42.4%
Dublin31.8%
Hyderabad31.8%
New York City31.8%
Ahmedabad21.2%

Skills commonly paired with CD

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning CD by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s CD postings by all CD postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
e8580ef4a1082ca8
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index