Puppet jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-29, Puppet appears in 955 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — DevOps Engineer has the most postings mentioning Puppet, with demand share up 1.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
955
Demand vs prior month
up 1.0% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 17.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about Puppet

+Is Puppet in demand in 2026?

Yes. Puppet appears in 955 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. DevOps Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Puppet (17.8% of all postings mentioning Puppet).

+What jobs require Puppet?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Puppet are CloudOps Engineer (45.8% of that role’s postings mention Puppet), Professional Services Engineer (27.3% of that role’s postings mention Puppet), Professional Services Consultant (24.0% of that role’s postings mention Puppet).

+What skills are commonly paired with Puppet?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), Puppet most often appears alongside Ansible, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, Chef.

+Where is Puppet most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Puppet are Bengaluru, Amsterdam, New York City, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Puppet content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Puppet alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Puppet content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Puppet?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Puppet — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Puppet

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Puppet

Before PuppetJenkins → Puppet: 32 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → Puppet: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → Puppet: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairLinux → Puppet: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairMaven → Puppet: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → Puppet: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairGit → Puppet: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → Puppet: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppetJenkins: 32 movesJenkins32 movespython: 23 movespython23 movesAWS: 19 movesAWS19 movesLinux: 18 movesLinux18 movesMaven: 18 movesMaven18 movesterraform: 17 movesterraform17 movesGit: 16 movesGit16 movesAnsible: 16 movesAnsible16 moves

Skills after Puppet

After PuppetPuppet → docker: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → terraform: 30 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → Ansible: 29 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → AWS: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → python: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → kubernetes: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → Chef: 22 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppet → EC2: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairPuppetdocker: 31 movesdocker31 movesterraform: 30 movesterraform30 movesAnsible: 29 movesAnsible29 movesAWS: 28 movesAWS28 movespython: 28 movespython28 moveskubernetes: 25 moveskubernetes25 movesChef: 22 movesChef22 movesEC2: 20 movesEC220 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Jenkins32
Before: python23
Before: AWS19
Before: Linux18
Before: Maven18
Before: terraform17
Before: Git16
Before: Ansible16
After: docker31
After: terraform30
After: Ansible29
After: AWS28
After: python28
After: kubernetes25
After: Chef22
After: EC220

Roles most likely to require Puppet

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
CloudOps Engineer1145.8%
Professional Services Engineer1527.3%
Professional Services Consultant624.0%
IT Systems Administrator516.7%
Systems Development Engineer315.0%
DevOps Software Engineer313.0%
Infrastructure Automation Engineer312.5%
Linux Systems Engineer311.1%
Storage Engineer310.7%
Technical Support Engineer210.0%

Roles with the most Puppet postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
DevOps Engineer17017.8%
Site Reliability Engineer11011.5%
Software Engineer9910.4%
Platform Engineer404.2%
Cloud Engineer323.4%
Systems Engineer282.9%
Professional Services Engineer151.6%
Infrastructure Engineer141.5%
Solutions Architect121.3%
CloudOps Engineer111.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Puppet

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Puppet
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cisco35
SpaceX23
Anduril Industries20
CrowdStrike17
Gitlab17
Accenture Federal Services15
Adyen14
Devoteam14
NVIDIA12
Wrike11

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Puppet

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru262.7%
Amsterdam222.3%
New York City151.6%
San Francisco141.5%
Sunnyvale141.5%
Hawthorne121.3%
Herndon121.3%
Singapore111.2%
Toronto111.2%

Skills commonly paired with Puppet

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. 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 Puppet by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Puppet postings by all Puppet 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.4%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
de2fda0a685e0228
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index