OpenTelemetry jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, OpenTelemetry appears in 1,506 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning OpenTelemetry, with demand down 34% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is OpenTelemetry in demand in 2026?
Yes. OpenTelemetry appears in 1,506 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 34% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning OpenTelemetry (25.7% of all postings mentioning OpenTelemetry).
+What jobs require OpenTelemetry?
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 OpenTelemetry are Observability Engineer (53.3% of that role’s postings mention OpenTelemetry), Production Engineer (13.7% of that role’s postings mention OpenTelemetry), Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (12.7% of that role’s postings mention OpenTelemetry).
+What skills are commonly paired with OpenTelemetry?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), OpenTelemetry most often appears alongside Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, Python, Terraform.
+Where is OpenTelemetry most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring OpenTelemetry are San Francisco, Bengaluru, New York City, London, Berlin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring OpenTelemetry — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require OpenTelemetry
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Observability Engineer | 16 | 53.3% |
| Production Engineer | 7 | 13.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | 16 | 12.7% |
| Data Infrastructure Engineer | 3 | 10.3% |
| AI Backend Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| Reliability Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 194 | 9.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineering Manager | 4 | 7.8% |
| Platform Engineering Manager | 3 | 7.5% |
| ML Ops Engineer | 3 | 7.3% |
Roles with the most OpenTelemetry postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 387 | 25.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 194 | 12.9% |
| Platform Engineer | 68 | 4.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 65 | 4.3% |
| Backend Engineer | 52 | 3.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 50 | 3.3% |
| Product Manager | 38 | 2.5% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 23 | 1.5% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 23 | 1.5% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 21 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for OpenTelemetry
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 54 | 3.6% |
| Bengaluru | 44 | 2.9% |
| New York City | 43 | 2.9% |
| London | 31 | 2.1% |
| Berlin | 24 | 1.6% |
| San Jose | 22 | 1.5% |
| Amsterdam | 20 | 1.3% |
| Toronto | 18 | 1.2% |
| Dublin | 16 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with OpenTelemetry
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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 OpenTelemetry by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s OpenTelemetry postings by all OpenTelemetry 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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