EC2 jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-18, EC2 appears in 1,310 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-18
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Frequently asked questions about EC2
+Is EC2 in demand in 2026?
Yes. EC2 appears in 1,310 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (26% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require EC2?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18, the job titles most likely to require EC2 are Software Engineer (26% of postings list EC2), DevOps Engineer (16% of postings list EC2), Site Reliability Engineer (4% of postings list EC2).
+What skills are commonly paired with EC2?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-18), EC2 most often appears alongside AWS, S3, Terraform, Python, RDS.
+Where is EC2 most in demand?
As of 2026-08-18, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring EC2 are Bengaluru, New York City, Pune, Boston, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring EC2 — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require EC2
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 343 | 26.2% |
| DevOps Engineer | 208 | 15.9% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 55 | 4.2% |
| Cloud Engineer | 42 | 3.2% |
| Data Engineer | 32 | 2.4% |
| Platform Engineer | 31 | 2.4% |
| Backend Engineer | 26 | 2.0% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 24 | 1.8% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 21 | 1.6% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 17 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for EC2
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 31 | 2.4% |
| New York City | 25 | 1.9% |
| Pune | 20 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 19 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 18 | 1.4% |
| San Francisco | 18 | 1.4% |
| London | 16 | 1.2% |
| Toronto | 16 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 15 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with EC2
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. 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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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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