Containers jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Containers appears in 1,927 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Containers, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Containers in demand in 2026?
Yes. Containers appears in 1,927 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Containers (27.0% of all postings mentioning Containers).
+What jobs require Containers?
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 Containers are Solution Engineer (22.9% of that role’s postings mention Containers), Technical Success Manager (21.7% of that role’s postings mention Containers), CloudOps Engineer (19.4% of that role’s postings mention Containers).
+What skills are commonly paired with Containers?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Containers most often appears alongside Python, Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, Linux.
+Where is Containers most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Containers are San Francisco, London, New York City, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Containers — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Containers
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Solution Engineer | 56 | 22.9% |
| Technical Success Manager | 5 | 21.7% |
| CloudOps Engineer | 6 | 19.4% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 5 | 19.2% |
| Deployed Engineer | 4 | 19.0% |
| Forward Deployment Engineer | 6 | 15.4% |
| Embedded Security Engineer | 5 | 15.2% |
| Azure DevOps Engineer | 3 | 10.0% |
| AI Solution Engineer | 2 | 10.0% |
| Security Operations Analyst | 2 | 9.5% |
Roles with the most Containers postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 520 | 27.0% |
| DevOps Engineer | 92 | 4.8% |
| Solutions Architect | 63 | 3.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 56 | 2.9% |
| Solution Engineer | 56 | 2.9% |
| Backend Engineer | 37 | 1.9% |
| Platform Engineer | 36 | 1.9% |
| Security Engineer | 33 | 1.7% |
| AI Engineer | 32 | 1.7% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 32 | 1.7% |
Top metros hiring for Containers
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 93 | 4.8% |
| London | 76 | 3.9% |
| New York City | 56 | 2.9% |
| Bengaluru | 41 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 38 | 2.0% |
| Pune | 29 | 1.5% |
| San Jose | 27 | 1.4% |
| Tel Aviv | 24 | 1.2% |
| Boston | 20 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Containers
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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 Containers by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Containers postings by all Containers 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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