DevOps jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, DevOps appears in 8,930 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning DevOps, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about DevOps
+Is DevOps in demand in 2026?
Yes. DevOps appears in 8,930 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning DevOps (20.2% of all postings mentioning DevOps).
+What jobs require DevOps?
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 DevOps are DevOps Manager (64.3% of that role’s postings mention DevOps), Lead Developer (52.6% of that role’s postings mention DevOps), AI Tech Architect (45.9% of that role’s postings mention DevOps).
+What skills are commonly paired with DevOps?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), DevOps most often appears alongside CI/CD, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Java.
+Where is DevOps most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring DevOps are Bengaluru, Pune, London, New York City, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring DevOps — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require DevOps
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Manager | 18 | 64.3% |
| Lead Developer | 20 | 52.6% |
| AI Tech Architect | 17 | 45.9% |
| DevOps Consultant | 11 | 45.8% |
| DevOps Software Engineer | 11 | 44.0% |
| DevOps Platform Engineer | 13 | 43.3% |
| DevOps Architect | 10 | 40.0% |
| IT Consultant | 8 | 38.1% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,173 | 36.7% |
| Salesforce Technical Lead | 11 | 35.5% |
Roles with the most DevOps postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,807 | 20.2% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,173 | 13.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 369 | 4.1% |
| Data Engineer | 250 | 2.8% |
| Engineering Manager | 200 | 2.2% |
| Solutions Architect | 157 | 1.8% |
| Platform Engineer | 155 | 1.7% |
| Solution Architect | 105 | 1.2% |
| Cloud Engineer | 104 | 1.2% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 99 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for DevOps
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 243 | 2.7% |
| Pune | 172 | 1.9% |
| London | 170 | 1.9% |
| New York City | 157 | 1.8% |
| Hyderabad | 142 | 1.6% |
| San Francisco | 122 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 110 | 1.2% |
| Paris | 91 | 1.0% |
| Tel Aviv | 87 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with DevOps
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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 DevOps by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s DevOps postings by all DevOps 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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