SLOs jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, SLOs appears in 909 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about SLOs
+Is SLOs in demand in 2026?
Yes. SLOs appears in 909 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles (18% of Site Reliability Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require SLOs?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require SLOs are Site Reliability Engineer (18% of postings list SLOs), Software Engineer (16% of postings list SLOs), Engineering Manager (7% of postings list SLOs).
+What skills are commonly paired with SLOs?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), SLOs most often appears alongside observability, SLIs, Kubernetes, incident response, Terraform.
+Where is SLOs most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SLOs are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new SLOs content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring SLOs — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require SLOs
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer | 163 | 17.9% |
| Software Engineer | 144 | 15.8% |
| Engineering Manager | 61 | 6.7% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 49 | 5.4% |
| Platform Engineer | 43 | 4.7% |
| DevOps Engineer | 27 | 3.0% |
| Backend Engineer | 18 | 2.0% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 14 | 1.5% |
| Data Engineer | 12 | 1.3% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 12 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for SLOs
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 64 | 25.5% |
| New York City | 51 | 20.3% |
| Bengaluru | 30 | 12.0% |
| London | 29 | 11.6% |
| Toronto | 23 | 9.2% |
| Palo Alto | 15 | 6.0% |
| Berlin | 14 | 5.6% |
| Sunnyvale | 13 | 5.2% |
| Seattle | 12 | 4.8% |
Skills commonly paired with SLOs
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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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