Which roles ask for AWS at tech companies · 539 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
539 roles counted that list AWS, one per company, title and level; 1,200 postings in the window.
In short
AWS: listed in 539 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 394 and preferred in 145. The largest group is software engineer roles: 221 of 539 (41%).
- Required
- 394 of 539 (73%)
- Of the roles that list AWS
- Preferred
- 145 of 539 (27%)
- Of the roles that list AWS
- Largest group
- 221 of 539 (41%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for AWS
Roles listing AWS, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 221 | 221 of 719 (31%) |
| Security engineer | 56 | 56 of 126 (44%) |
| Data engineer | 41 | 41 of 99 (41%) |
| DevOps engineer | 38 | 38 of 58 (66%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 36 | 36 of 70 (51%) |
| Platform engineer | 29 | 29 of 57 (51%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 24 | 24 of 63 (38%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 22 | 22 of 79 (28%) |
| AI engineer | 19 | 19 of 70 (27%) |
| Software architect | 16 | 16 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Black Financial Consult10 roles
- Databricks10 roles
- Okta9 roles
- Scale AI9 roles
- Zscaler9 roles
- Stripe7 roles
- Abnormal6 roles
- JumpCloud6 roles
- Peraton6 roles
- Netskope5 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 539 AWS roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 281 of 539 (52%) |
| GCP | 206 of 539 (38%) |
| CI/CD | 198 of 539 (37%) |
| Azure | 192 of 539 (36%) |
| Kubernetes | 151 of 539 (28%) |
| Docker | 134 of 539 (25%) |
| Terraform | 128 of 539 (24%) |
| Distributed Systems | 120 of 539 (22%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 117 of 539 (22%) |
| SQL | 115 of 539 (21%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Azure | 78 of 539 (14%) |
| GCP | 75 of 539 (14%) |
| CI/CD | 73 of 539 (14%) |
| Kubernetes | 71 of 539 (13%) |
| Docker | 65 of 539 (12%) |
| Terraform | 55 of 539 (10%) |
| AI | 46 of 539 (9%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 45 of 539 (8%) |
| Cybersecurity | 40 of 539 (7%) |
| LLMs | 40 of 539 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 301 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 300 of 301 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 295 of 301 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 282 of 301 (94%)
- 5+ years
- 218 of 301 (72%)
- 8+ years
- 66 of 301 (22%)
- 10+ years
- 22 of 301 (7%)
Degree
Of the 378 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 40 of 378 (11%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 76 of 378 (20%)
- Preferred
- 19 of 378 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 243 of 378 (64%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 539 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $160.5k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 210 of 539 (39%)
- Remote roles
- 402 of 539 (75%)
How we count: 539 roles from 329 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology