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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-05, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) appears in 931 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Site Reliability Engineer has the most postings mentioning Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), with demand share down 22.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
931
Demand vs prior month
down 22.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 50.7% of skill postings
Site Reliability Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

+Is Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) in demand in 2026?

Yes. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) appears in 931 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Site Reliability Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) (50.7% of all postings mentioning Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)).

+What jobs require Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are Site Reliability Engineering Manager (57.6% of that role’s postings mention Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)), SRE Engineer (30.8% of that role’s postings mention Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)), Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (27.9% of that role’s postings mention Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)).

+What skills are commonly paired with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) most often appears alongside observability, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, Python.

+Where is Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New York City, Pune, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) content and jobs?

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

+Which skills come before and after Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)?

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 Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Before Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)agile methodologies → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairReact web apps/services → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairbackup → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill paircybersecurity requirements → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairreusability → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairplatform architecture → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairengineering strategy → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairWindows → Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSiteReliabilityEngineering(SRE)agile methodologies: 2 movesagilemethodologies2 movesReact web apps/services: 1 movesReact webapps/services1 movesbackup: 1 movesbackup1 movescybersecurity requirements: 1 movescybersecurityrequirements1 movesreusability: 1 movesreusability1 movesplatform architecture: 1 movesplatformarchitecture1 movesengineering strategy: 1 movesengineeringstrategy1 movesWindows: 1 movesWindows1 moves

Skills after Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

After Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) → Microservices: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → Compliance: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → CSIRT: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → corrective actions: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → reliability: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → incident management: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) → PowerShell: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSiteReliabilityEngineering(SRE)Microservices: 2 movesMicroservices2 movesCompliance: 2 movesCompliance2 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesCSIRT: 1 movesCSIRT1 movescorrective actions: 1 movescorrective actions1 movesreliability: 1 movesreliability1 movesincident management: 1 movesincidentmanagement1 movesPowerShell: 1 movesPowerShell1 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: agile methodologies2
Before: React web apps/services1
Before: backup1
Before: cybersecurity requirements1
Before: reusability1
Before: platform architecture1
Before: engineering strategy1
Before: Windows1
After: Microservices2
After: Compliance2
After: python1
After: CSIRT1
After: corrective actions1
After: reliability1
After: incident management1
After: PowerShell1

Roles most likely to require Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Site Reliability Engineering Manager3457.6%
SRE Engineer830.8%
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)2927.9%
Site Reliability Engineer47219.3%
Platform Engineering Manager38.3%
DevOps Platform Engineer28.0%
Tech Lead Manager14.0%
System Engineer23.7%
Cloud Systems Engineer13.2%
DevOps Manager13.1%

Roles with the most Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Site Reliability Engineer47250.7%
Software Engineer677.2%
DevOps Engineer414.4%
Site Reliability Engineering Manager343.7%
Engineering Manager293.1%
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)293.1%
Platform Engineer141.5%
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager101.1%
Site Reliability Engineering Lead101.1%
Infrastructure Engineer80.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cisco33
NVIDIA15
Mastercard14
Okta14
Doctolib14
Google13
Anduril Industries13
Elsevier10
General Motors10
Palo Alto Networks10

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 Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru313.3%
Hyderabad272.9%
New York City262.8%
Pune242.6%
Dublin212.3%
San Francisco171.8%
Toronto121.3%
Berlin111.2%
Chicago111.2%

Skills commonly paired with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

observability (469)Kubernetes (365)CI/CD (329)Terraform (320)Python (302)automation (277)AWS (275)DevOps (274)monitoring (256)incident response (240)

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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 2026-11-05. 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 (SRE) 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 (SRE) postings by all Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) 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: 0.6% to 0.5%. 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 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (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
815abc179312ba27
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index