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

As of 2026-09-28, cloud appears in 1,323 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning cloud, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
1,323
Demand vs prior month
down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 13.6% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about cloud

+Is cloud in demand in 2026?

Yes. cloud appears in 1,323 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning cloud (13.6% of all postings mentioning cloud).

+What jobs require cloud?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning cloud are Field Engineering Manager (28.6% of that role’s postings mention cloud), Developer Relations Manager (20.0% of that role’s postings mention cloud), Technical Success Manager (17.4% of that role’s postings mention cloud).

+What skills are commonly paired with cloud?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), cloud most often appears alongside Python, DevOps, Java, Kubernetes, CI/CD.

+Where is cloud most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring cloud are New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, London, Paris, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring cloud — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Roles most likely to require cloud

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Field Engineering Manager1028.6%
Developer Relations Manager720.0%
Technical Success Manager417.4%
Detection Engineer416.7%
Lead Architect415.4%
Solutions Engineering Manager715.2%
IT Consultant314.3%
AI Tech Consultant412.5%
Software Integration Engineer511.6%
Spacecraft Operations Engineer311.1%

Roles with the most cloud postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer18013.6%
Solutions Architect1319.9%
Product Manager503.8%
Solution Architect483.6%
DevOps Engineer362.7%
Business Analyst352.6%
Data Engineer231.7%
Engineering Manager231.7%
Backend Engineer221.7%
AI Engineer201.5%

Top metros hiring for cloud

NamePostingsShare
New York City332.5%
San Francisco322.4%
Bengaluru241.8%
London241.8%
Paris221.7%
Puteaux211.6%
Pune181.4%
Toronto181.4%
Dublin151.1%

Skills commonly paired with cloud

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. 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 cloud by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s cloud postings by all cloud 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).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
2026-09-28
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index