cloud infrastructure jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, cloud infrastructure appears in 2,544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning cloud infrastructure, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is cloud infrastructure in demand in 2026?
Yes. cloud infrastructure appears in 2,544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning cloud infrastructure (26.9% of all postings mentioning cloud infrastructure).
+What jobs require cloud infrastructure?
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 infrastructure are Forward Deployed Software Engineer (49.0% of that role’s postings mention cloud infrastructure), Lead Engineer (41.7% of that role’s postings mention cloud infrastructure), ML Platform Engineer (29.8% of that role’s postings mention cloud infrastructure).
+What skills are commonly paired with cloud infrastructure?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), cloud infrastructure most often appears alongside Distributed systems, Python, observability, APIs, AWS.
+Where is cloud infrastructure most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring cloud infrastructure are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring cloud infrastructure — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require cloud infrastructure
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer | 24 | 49.0% |
| Lead Engineer | 30 | 41.7% |
| ML Platform Engineer | 14 | 29.8% |
| Customer Engineer | 37 | 28.5% |
| Frontier Agents Engineer | 4 | 18.2% |
| Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 27 | 14.4% |
| VP of Engineering | 5 | 14.3% |
| Software Engineering Team Lead | 3 | 13.6% |
| Technical Services Engineer | 4 | 12.9% |
| Site Reliability Engineering Manager | 6 | 11.8% |
Roles with the most cloud infrastructure postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 684 | 26.9% |
| Engineering Manager | 193 | 7.6% |
| Product Manager | 75 | 2.9% |
| DevOps Engineer | 73 | 2.9% |
| Technical Program Manager | 67 | 2.6% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 62 | 2.4% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 53 | 2.1% |
| Platform Engineer | 50 | 2.0% |
| Backend Engineer | 41 | 1.6% |
| AI Engineer | 37 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for cloud infrastructure
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 153 | 6.0% |
| New York City | 132 | 5.2% |
| London | 59 | 2.3% |
| Bengaluru | 52 | 2.0% |
| Seattle | 40 | 1.6% |
| Singapore | 40 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 30 | 1.2% |
| Austin | 29 | 1.1% |
| Tokyo | 27 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with cloud infrastructure
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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 infrastructure by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s cloud infrastructure postings by all cloud infrastructure 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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