Kubernetes jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Kubernetes appears in 24,313 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Kubernetes, with demand down 42% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Kubernetes in demand in 2026?
Yes. Kubernetes appears in 24,313 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 42% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Kubernetes (30.0% of all postings mentioning Kubernetes).
+What jobs require Kubernetes?
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 Kubernetes are CloudOps Engineer (80.6% of that role’s postings mention Kubernetes), Full-stack Software Engineer (78.6% of that role’s postings mention Kubernetes), Customer Reliability Engineer (76.9% of that role’s postings mention Kubernetes).
+What skills are commonly paired with Kubernetes?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Kubernetes most often appears alongside Python, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, Terraform.
+Where is Kubernetes most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Kubernetes are San Francisco, Bengaluru, New York City, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Kubernetes — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Kubernetes
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| CloudOps Engineer | 25 | 80.6% |
| Full-stack Software Engineer | 77 | 78.6% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 20 | 76.9% |
| DevOps Platform Engineer | 21 | 70.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | 76 | 60.3% |
| Observability Engineer | 18 | 60.0% |
| DevOps Software Engineer | 15 | 60.0% |
| Machine Learning Platform Engineer | 15 | 60.0% |
| MLOps Engineer | 100 | 58.8% |
| Lead Developer | 22 | 57.9% |
Roles with the most Kubernetes postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 7,296 | 30.0% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,745 | 7.2% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 1,152 | 4.7% |
| Backend Engineer | 752 | 3.1% |
| Platform Engineer | 722 | 3.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 484 | 2.0% |
| Data Engineer | 420 | 1.7% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 310 | 1.3% |
| Cloud Engineer | 292 | 1.2% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 292 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for Kubernetes
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 844 | 3.5% |
| Bengaluru | 772 | 3.2% |
| New York City | 642 | 2.6% |
| London | 592 | 2.4% |
| Toronto | 326 | 1.3% |
| Pune | 306 | 1.3% |
| San Jose | 261 | 1.1% |
| Singapore | 249 | 1.0% |
| Paris | 248 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Kubernetes
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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 Kubernetes by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Kubernetes postings by all Kubernetes 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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