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

As of 2026-10-07, cloud platforms appears in 1,305 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning cloud platforms, with demand share down 0.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-07

Postings · last 90 days
1,305
Demand vs prior month
down 0.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 19.9% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
London

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Frequently asked questions about cloud platforms

+Is cloud platforms in demand in 2026?

Yes. cloud platforms appears in 1,305 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning cloud platforms (19.9% of all postings mentioning cloud platforms).

+What jobs require cloud platforms?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning cloud platforms are GRC Engineer (13.6% of that role’s postings mention cloud platforms), Solutions Engineer (12.9% of that role’s postings mention cloud platforms), AI / ML Engineer (11.3% of that role’s postings mention cloud platforms).

+What skills are commonly paired with cloud platforms?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-07), cloud platforms most often appears alongside Python, AWS, Azure, APIs, Distributed systems.

+Where is cloud platforms most in demand?

As of 2026-10-07, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring cloud platforms are London, San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

+Which skills come before and after cloud platforms?

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 cloud platforms — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around cloud platforms

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before cloud platforms

Before cloud platformspython → cloud platforms: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → cloud platforms: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → cloud platforms: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → cloud platforms: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → cloud platforms: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → cloud platforms: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure → cloud platforms: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → cloud platforms: 3 observed employer moves with this skill paircloudplatformspython: 5 movespython5 movesTableau: 5 movesTableau5 movessql: 4 movessql4 movesAWS: 4 movesAWS4 movesPower BI: 3 movesPower BI3 moveskubernetes: 3 moveskubernetes3 movesAzure: 3 movesAzure3 movesJira: 3 movesJira3 moves

Skills after cloud platforms

After cloud platformscloud platforms → databricks: 3 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → airflow: 3 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → data governance: 3 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → sql: 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → Jest: 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → Azure: 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → AWS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud platforms → Kafka: 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircloudplatformsdatabricks: 3 movesdatabricks3 movesairflow: 3 movesairflow3 movesdata governance: 3 movesdata governance3 movessql: 2 movessql2 movesJest: 2 movesJest2 movesAzure: 2 movesAzure2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesKafka: 2 movesKafka2 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: python5
Before: Tableau5
Before: sql4
Before: AWS4
Before: Power BI3
Before: kubernetes3
Before: Azure3
Before: Jira3
After: databricks3
After: airflow3
After: data governance3
After: sql2
After: Jest2
After: Azure2
After: AWS2
After: Kafka2

Roles most likely to require cloud platforms

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
GRC Engineer313.6%
Solutions Engineer412.9%
AI / ML Engineer611.3%
AI Engineering Director611.1%
People Analytics Manager310.3%
Machine Learning Platform Engineer29.1%
AI Lead28.7%
Business Information Security Officer28.3%
Sales Systems Engineer28.0%
Software Engineer, Backend28.0%

Roles with the most cloud platforms postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer26019.9%
AI Engineer513.9%
Solution Architect403.1%
Product Manager393.0%
Data Scientist372.8%
Data Engineer342.6%
Solutions Architect282.1%
Site Reliability Engineer241.8%
Enterprise Architect231.8%
Engineering Manager221.7%

Top companies posting jobs requiring cloud platforms

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring cloud platforms
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cisco29
Accenture19
Capco13
Webroot12
Mastercard11
Bet36510
Anthropic10
NiCE10
Adobe10
Equinix9

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 cloud platforms

NamePostingsShare
London403.1%
San Francisco403.1%
New York City393.0%
Bengaluru332.5%
Toronto241.8%
Chicago161.2%
Pune161.2%
Singapore161.2%
Hyderabad141.1%

Skills commonly paired with cloud platforms

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07. 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 platforms by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s cloud platforms postings by all cloud platforms 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: 0.6% to 0.6%. 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 2,617 identified employers and covers 70% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-09 to 2026-09-07 and 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 (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.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index