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DevOps Engineer Job Market Trends
Avg Jobs Analyzed (2025)
34,288
Salary Range
$29,400 - $245,000
Rising Skill
CI
Top Hiring Major
Computer Science
Top Hard Skills
Devops
70%
CI
66%
Ci/Cd
61%
AWS
60%
Python
59%
Kubernetes
57%
Terraform
54%
Docker
49%
Jenkins
39%
Azure
39%
Top Soft Skills
networking
25%
communication
18%
collaboration
14%
problem-solving
11%
problem-solving skills
11%
collaborative
8%
innovative
6%
proactive
6%
collaboration skills
5%
attention to detail
5%
Hard Skill Trends for DevOps Engineer
Compare 2024 and 2025 hard skill rankings for DevOps Engineer based on job description demand.
| Devops | #1 | #1 | No Change |
| CI | #3 | #2 | 1 spot |
| Ci/Cd | #6 | #3 | 3 spots |
| AWS | #2 | #4 | 2 spots |
| Python | #5 | #5 | No Change |
| Kubernetes | #4 | #6 | 2 spots |
| Terraform | #7 | #7 | No Change |
| Docker | #8 | #8 | No Change |
| Jenkins | #9 | #9 | No Change |
| Azure | #11 | #10 | 1 spot |
| Ansible | #10 | #11 | 1 spot |
| Bash | #13 | #12 | 1 spot |
| Computer Science | #12 | #13 | 1 spot |
| Infrastructure As Code | #15 | #14 | 1 spot |
| Linux | #14 | #15 | 1 spot |
| Containerization | #20 | #16 | 4 spots |
| Agile | #16 | #17 | 1 spot |
| Git | #17 | #18 | 1 spot |
| Troubleshooting | #18 | #19 | 1 spot |
| Cloud Infrastructure | #25 | #20 | 5 spots |
| Grafana | #31 | #21 | 10 spots |
| Prometheus | #30 | #22 | 8 spots |
| Software Development | #19 | #23 | 4 spots |
| Powershell | #24 | #24 | No Change |
| GCP | #26 | #25 | 1 spot |
| Configuration Management | #22 | #26 | 4 spots |
| Github Actions | #45 | #27 | 18 spots |
| Java | #23 | #28 | 5 spots |
| Cloudformation | #34 | #29 | 5 spots |
| Continuous Integration | #21 | #30 | 9 spots |
| Gitlab | #29 | #31 | 2 spots |
| Version Control | #38 | #32 | 6 spots |
| SQL | #28 | #33 | 5 spots |
| S3 | #35 | #34 | 1 spot |
| Container Orchestration | #46 | #35 | 11 spots |
| Helm | #39 | #36 | 3 spots |
| Ec2 | #36 | #37 | 1 spot |
| Puppet | #27 | #38 | 11 spots |
| EKS | #42 | #39 | 3 spots |
| Shell | #33 | #40 | 7 spots |
| Windows | #32 | #41 | 9 spots |
| Datadog | #64 | #42 | 22 spots |
| Jira | #37 | #43 | 6 spots |
| Database | #41 | #44 | 3 spots |
| System Administration | #49 | #45 | 4 spots |
| Lambda | #51 | #46 | 5 spots |
| ECS | #63 | #47 | 16 spots |
| Microservices | #50 | #48 | 2 spots |
| Information Technology | #43 | #49 | 6 spots |
| PostgreSQL | #54 | #50 | 4 spots |
| Cloudwatch | #65 | #51 | 14 spots |
| SRE | #79 | #52 | 27 spots |
| Automation Tools | #44 | #53 | 9 spots |
| AI | #123 | #54 | 69 spots |
| C | #48 | #55 | 7 spots |
| Strong Communication | #56 | #56 | No Change |
| Infrastructure Provisioning | #95 | #57 | 38 spots |
| Cloud Services | #55 | #58 | 3 spots |
| Devsecops | #67 | #59 | 8 spots |
| Javascript | #40 | #60 | 20 spots |
| Elk Stack | #74 | #61 | 13 spots |
| Splunk | #57 | #62 | 5 spots |
| Bitbucket | #52 | #63 | 11 spots |
| Incident Response | #143 | #64 | 79 spots |
| Elk | #127 | #65 | 62 spots |
| DNS | #66 | #66 | No Change |
| Ruby | #47 | #67 | 20 spots |
| Scrum | #58 | #68 | 10 spots |
| Openshift | #60 | #69 | 9 spots |
| Continuous Deployment | #53 | #70 | 17 spots |
| Circleci | #84 | #71 | 13 spots |
| Serverless | #87 | #72 | 15 spots |
| Mysql | #62 | #73 | 11 spots |
| Gitops | #112 | #74 | 38 spots |
| Google Cloud | #68 | #75 | 7 spots |
| SCI | #73 | #76 | 3 spots |
| Resolve Issue | #61 | #77 | 16 spots |
| APIs | #71 | #78 | 7 spots |
| C# | #72 | #79 | 7 spots |
| Root Cause Analysis | #86 | #80 | 6 spots |
| Confluence | #59 | #81 | 22 spots |
| Kafka | #77 | #82 | 5 spots |
| Elasticsearch | #82 | #83 | 1 spot |
| Go | #102 | #84 | 18 spots |
| Groovy | #69 | #85 | 16 spots |
| Saas | #91 | #86 | 5 spots |
| Oracle | #83 | #87 | 4 spots |
| Site Reliability Engineering | #188 | #88 | 100 spots |
| Unix | #81 | #89 | 8 spots |
| Infrastructure Management | #110 | #90 | 20 spots |
| Google Cloud Platform | #100 | #91 | 9 spots |
| Automated Testing | #97 | #92 | 5 spots |
| Cloud Security | #140 | #93 | 47 spots |
| Cloud Computing | #76 | #94 | 18 spots |
| Maven | #70 | #95 | 25 spots |
| SDLC | #89 | #96 | 7 spots |
| Load Balancing | #103 | #97 | 6 spots |
| YAML | #98 | #98 | No Change |
| Nosql | #90 | #99 | 9 spots |
| Vault | #130 | #100 | 30 spots |
| Vmware | #92 | #101 | 9 spots |
| Amazon Web | #78 | #102 | 24 spots |
| Backend | #107 | #103 | 4 spots |
| Mongodb | #80 | #104 | 24 spots |
| Deployment Pipelines | #116 | #105 | 11 spots |
| Node.Js | #117 | #106 | 11 spots |
| Golang | #99 | #107 | 8 spots |
| Paas | #104 | #108 | 4 spots |
| Redis | #113 | #109 | 4 spots |
| Perl | #75 | #110 | 35 spots |
| ARM | #114 | #111 | 3 spots |
| TCP | #111 | #112 | 1 spot |
| Operating Systems | #96 | #113 | 17 spots |
| Cloud Architecture | #156 | #114 | 42 spots |
| Scripting Language | #122 | #115 | 7 spots |
| REST | #93 | #116 | 23 spots |
| Nginx | #108 | #117 | 9 spots |
| Cloud Engineering | #191 | #118 | 73 spots |
| Typescript | #115 | #119 | 4 spots |
| Nexus | #106 | #120 | 14 spots |
| PHP | #129 | #121 | 8 spots |
| GIT | #88 | #122 | 34 spots |
| CICD | #105 | #123 | 18 spots |
| Tcp/Ip | #121 | #124 | 3 spots |
| Technical Documentation | #146 | #125 | 21 spots |
| Machine Learning | #173 | #126 | 47 spots |
| CKA | #192 | #127 | 65 spots |
| It Operations | #157 | #128 | 29 spots |
| Kibana | #138 | #129 | 9 spots |
| Codepipeline | #198 | #130 | 68 spots |
| Technical Support | #128 | #131 | 3 spots |
| Seamless Integration | #148 | #132 | 16 spots |
| Network Security | #179 | #133 | 46 spots |
| C++ | #118 | #134 | 16 spots |
| Access Control | #193 | #135 | 58 spots |
| CLI | #137 | #136 | 1 spot |
| Dynatrace | #124 | #137 | 13 spots |
| Test Automation | #132 | #138 | 6 spots |
| Ubuntu | #152 | #139 | 13 spots |
| GKE | #182 | #140 | 42 spots |
| Bachelors Degree | #161 | #141 | 20 spots |
| React | #134 | #142 | 8 spots |
| K8s | #135 | #143 | 8 spots |
| Atlassian | #120 | #144 | 24 spots |
| Deployment Automation | #159 | #145 | 14 spots |
| Automated Deployment | #141 | #146 | 5 spots |
| Linux/Unix | #136 | #147 | 11 spots |
| Cd Pipelines | #185 | #148 | 37 spots |
| Gradle | #125 | #149 | 24 spots |
| SSL | #149 | #150 | 1 spot |
| Active Directory | #145 | #151 | 6 spots |
| Linux Operating | #167 | #152 | 15 spots |
| Api Gateway | #151 | #153 | 2 spots |
| Centos | #133 | #154 | 21 spots |
| Databricks | #194 | #155 | 39 spots |
| SOC | #207 | #156 | 51 spots |
| Servicenow | #202 | #157 | 45 spots |
| Dynamodb | #147 | #158 | 11 spots |
| Flux | #196 | #159 | 37 spots |
| CI/CD | #203 | #160 | 43 spots |
| Production Support | #169 | #161 | 8 spots |
| SQS | #160 | #162 | 2 spots |
| NIST | #206 | #163 | 43 spots |
| Spark | #175 | #164 | 11 spots |
| Hybrid Cloud | #189 | #165 | 24 spots |
| Cloud Formation | #126 | #166 | 40 spots |
| Firewall | #170 | #167 | 3 spots |
| Cloud Solutions | #183 | #168 | 15 spots |
| Tomcat | #131 | #169 | 38 spots |
| Packaging | #158 | #170 | 12 spots |
| Cloud Automation | #200 | #171 | 29 spots |
| DevOps | #172 | #172 | No Change |
| Build Automation | #168 | #173 | 5 spots |
| Cloud-Based Infrastructure | #142 | #174 | 32 spots |
| Scalable Infrastructure | #205 | #175 | 30 spots |
| Information Security | #176 | #176 | No Change |
| ETL | #204 | #177 | 27 spots |
| Open Source | #153 | #178 | 25 spots |
| Maintain Documentation | #186 | #179 | 7 spots |
| Data Engineering | #201 | #180 | 21 spots |
| Linux Administration | #154 | #181 | 27 spots |
| Software Deployment | #197 | #182 | 15 spots |
| Angular | #85 | #183 | 98 spots |
| Cloudfront | #165 | #184 | 19 spots |
| Automated Build | #180 | #185 | 5 spots |
| Mathematics | #181 | #186 | 5 spots |
| Application Security | #195 | #187 | 8 spots |
| Cloud Native | #171 | #188 | 17 spots |
| SVN | #166 | #189 | 23 spots |
| Bash Scripting | #163 | #190 | 27 spots |
| Nagios | #139 | #191 | 52 spots |
| Algorithms | #199 | #192 | 7 spots |
| Automation Solutions | #155 | #193 | 38 spots |
| Selenium | #178 | #194 | 16 spots |
| Web Services | #164 | #195 | 31 spots |
| Devops Tools | #190 | #196 | 6 spots |
| Hadoop | #177 | #197 | 20 spots |
| Spring Boot | #184 | #198 | 14 spots |
| Kanban | #150 | #199 | 49 spots |
| Source Code Management | #174 | #200 | 26 spots |
| HTML | #94 | #201 | 107 spots |
| XML | #144 | #202 | 58 spots |
| Continuous Integration And Deployment | #187 | #203 | 16 spots |
| Openstack | #162 | #204 | 42 spots |
| CSS | #101 | #205 | 104 spots |
| Web Development | #109 | #206 | 97 spots |
| Content Management | #119 | #207 | 88 spots |
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Soft Skill Trends for DevOps Engineer
Compare 2024 and 2025 soft skill rankings for DevOps Engineer based on job description demand.
| networking | #1 | #1 | No Change |
| communication | #2 | #2 | No Change |
| collaboration | #3 | #3 | No Change |
| problem-solving | #5 | #4 | 1 spot |
| problem-solving skills | #4 | #5 | 1 spot |
| collaborative | #6 | #6 | No Change |
| innovative | #7 | #7 | No Change |
| proactive | #10 | #8 | 2 spots |
| collaboration skills | #8 | #9 | 1 spot |
| attention to detail | #9 | #10 | 1 spot |
| ability to work independently | #12 | #11 | 1 spot |
| communication skills | #16 | #12 | 4 spots |
| passionate | #11 | #13 | 2 spots |
| collaborating | #13 | #14 | 1 spot |
| organizational | #18 | #15 | 3 spots |
| work effectively | #14 | #16 | 2 spots |
| consistent | #19 | #17 | 2 spots |
| teamwork | #20 | #18 | 2 spots |
| team player | #15 | #19 | 4 spots |
| written and verbal communication skills | #17 | #20 | 3 spots |
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