Which roles ask for Kubernetes at tech companies · 395 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
395 roles counted that list Kubernetes, one per company, title and level; 1,061 postings in the window.
In short
Kubernetes: listed in 395 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 264 and preferred in 131. The largest group is software engineer roles: 176 of 395 (45%).
- Required
- 264 of 395 (67%)
- Of the roles that list Kubernetes
- Preferred
- 131 of 395 (33%)
- Of the roles that list Kubernetes
- Largest group
- 176 of 395 (45%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Kubernetes
Roles listing Kubernetes, 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 | 176 | 176 of 719 (24%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 43 | 43 of 70 (61%) |
| Security engineer | 42 | 42 of 126 (33%) |
| DevOps engineer | 36 | 36 of 58 (62%) |
| Platform engineer | 32 | 32 of 57 (56%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 14 | 14 of 63 (22%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 13 | 13 of 79 (16%) |
| AI engineer | 10 | 10 of 70 (14%) |
| Data engineer | 8 | 8 of 99 (8%) |
| QA engineer | 7 | 7 of 63 (11%) |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 395 Kubernetes roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 208 of 395 (53%) |
| CI/CD | 168 of 395 (43%) |
| AWS | 166 of 395 (42%) |
| Docker | 163 of 395 (41%) |
| Go | 150 of 395 (38%) |
| Terraform | 120 of 395 (30%) |
| Distributed Systems | 113 of 395 (29%) |
| GCP | 111 of 395 (28%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 102 of 395 (26%) |
| Azure | 97 of 395 (25%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Docker | 77 of 395 (19%) |
| AWS | 56 of 395 (14%) |
| CI/CD | 49 of 395 (12%) |
| Azure | 43 of 395 (11%) |
| GCP | 43 of 395 (11%) |
| Open Source | 40 of 395 (10%) |
| Terraform | 40 of 395 (10%) |
| AI | 30 of 395 (8%) |
| Observability | 30 of 395 (8%) |
| Python | 30 of 395 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 225 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 225 of 225 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 222 of 225 (99%)
- 3+ years
- 210 of 225 (93%)
- 5+ years
- 159 of 225 (71%)
- 8+ years
- 52 of 225 (23%)
- 10+ years
- 17 of 225 (8%)
Degree
Of the 297 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 27 of 297 (9%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 50 of 297 (17%)
- Preferred
- 11 of 297 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 209 of 297 (70%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 395 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $183.8k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 158 of 395 (40%)
- Remote roles
- 254 of 395 (64%)
How we count: 395 roles from 228 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