site reliability engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, site reliability engineering appears in 662 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Site Reliability Engineer has the most postings mentioning site reliability engineering, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about site reliability engineering
+Is site reliability engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. site reliability engineering appears in 662 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks. Site Reliability Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning site reliability engineering (55.3% of all postings mentioning site reliability engineering).
+What jobs require site reliability engineering?
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 site reliability engineering are Customer Reliability Engineer (23.1% of that role’s postings mention site reliability engineering), Site Reliability Engineering Manager (21.6% of that role’s postings mention site reliability engineering), Security Program Manager (20.0% of that role’s postings mention site reliability engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with site reliability engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), site reliability engineering most often appears alongside Kubernetes, DevOps, Terraform, observability, CI/CD.
+Where is site reliability engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring site reliability engineering are San Francisco, New York City, Paris, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring site reliability engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require site reliability engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 6 | 23.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineering Manager | 11 | 21.6% |
| Security Program Manager | 5 | 20.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 366 | 17.5% |
| Platform Engineering Director | 1 | 5.0% |
| Software Engineering Director | 4 | 4.9% |
| DevOps Developer | 1 | 4.8% |
| SRE Engineer | 1 | 4.0% |
| Observability Engineer | 1 | 3.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | 4 | 3.2% |
Roles with the most site reliability engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer | 366 | 55.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 65 | 9.8% |
| Software Engineer | 42 | 6.3% |
| Platform Engineer | 14 | 2.1% |
| Engineering Manager | 11 | 1.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineering Manager | 11 | 1.7% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 6 | 0.9% |
| Security Program Manager | 5 | 0.8% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 5 | 0.8% |
| Systems Engineer | 5 | 0.8% |
Top metros hiring for site reliability engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 33 | 5.0% |
| New York City | 25 | 3.8% |
| Paris | 13 | 2.0% |
| Toronto | 13 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 11 | 1.7% |
| Berlin | 11 | 1.7% |
| Hyderabad | 11 | 1.7% |
| Redmond | 11 | 1.7% |
| London | 10 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with site reliability engineering
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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 site reliability engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s site reliability engineering postings by all site reliability engineering 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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