Live job postings
1,442
as of 15 Aug 2026
Demand index
0.18%
% of all job postings
Median salary
$70k
$70,000
Salary range
$60k – $70k
$60,000 – $70,000
Salary distribution
Core skills employers ask for
CI/CD pipeline automation (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi)Monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)Scripting and automation (Python, Bash, Go)Security integration (DevSecOps, SAST/DAST, secrets management)Version control (Git, branching strategies)Incident response and site reliability (SRE practices)Networking and load balancingDatabase administration (SQL, NoSQL)
AI impact on this career
AI is reshaping DevOps primarily through intelligent automation: AI-driven CI/CD failure prediction (e.g., using anomaly detection on pipeline logs) reduces mean time to recovery by 20–40% in early adopter companies. Copilot-like tools speed up scripting and Terraform module generation, but human oversight remains critical for complex infrastructure decisions. AI is also used for automated incident triage and resource optimization (e.g., predicting EC2 instance right-sizing), lowering cloud costs by 10–15% on average. However, core DevOps skills like Kubernetes troubleshooting and cross-team collaboration are not yet automated, keeping the role resilient.
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