SLIs jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, SLIs appears in 368 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about SLIs
+Is SLIs in demand in 2026?
Yes. SLIs appears in 368 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles (30% of Site Reliability Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require SLIs?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require SLIs are Site Reliability Engineer (30% of postings list SLIs), Software Engineer (9% of postings list SLIs), Engineering Manager (5% of postings list SLIs).
+What skills are commonly paired with SLIs?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), SLIs most often appears alongside SLOs, observability, error budgets, incident response, Kubernetes.
+Where is SLIs most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SLIs are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, London, Pune, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new SLIs content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring SLIs — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require SLIs
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer | 111 | 30.2% |
| Software Engineer | 34 | 9.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 18 | 4.9% |
| DevOps Engineer | 16 | 4.3% |
| Platform Engineer | 13 | 3.5% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 13 | 3.5% |
| Backend Engineer | 6 | 1.6% |
| Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 6 | 1.6% |
| Network Engineer | 6 | 1.6% |
| Production Engineer | 6 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for SLIs
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 22 | 21.4% |
| New York City | 19 | 18.4% |
| Bengaluru | 17 | 16.5% |
| London | 10 | 9.7% |
| Pune | 9 | 8.7% |
| São Paulo | 7 | 6.8% |
| Toronto | 7 | 6.8% |
| Atlanta | 6 | 5.8% |
| Dublin | 6 | 5.8% |
Skills commonly paired with SLIs
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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