Which roles ask for Networking at tech companies · 153 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
153 roles counted that list Networking, one per company, title and level; 470 postings in the window.
In short
Networking: listed in 153 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 129 and preferred in 24. The largest group is software engineer roles: 50 of 153 (33%).
- Required
- 129 of 153 (84%)
- Of the roles that list Networking
- Preferred
- 24 of 153 (16%)
- Of the roles that list Networking
- Largest group
- 50 of 153 (33%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Networking
Roles listing Networking, 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 | 50 | 50 of 719 (7%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 28 | 28 of 70 (40%) |
| Platform engineer | 19 | 19 of 57 (33%) |
| DevOps engineer | 14 | 14 of 58 (24%) |
| Security engineer | 12 | 12 of 126 (10%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 9 | 9 of 63 (14%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 5 | 5 of 79 (6%) |
| Data engineer | 3 | 3 of 99 (3%) |
| QA engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 (5%) |
| Software architect | 3 | 3 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Akamai Technologies6 roles
- Zscaler6 roles
- Cloudflare5 roles
- Okta4 roles
- Together AI4 roles
- Anyscale3 roles
- CoreWeave3 roles
- Crusoe3 roles
- Databricks3 roles
- Illumio3 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 153 Networking roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 78 of 153 (51%) |
| Kubernetes | 67 of 153 (44%) |
| AWS | 66 of 153 (43%) |
| Go | 62 of 153 (41%) |
| CI/CD | 58 of 153 (38%) |
| Distributed Systems | 56 of 153 (37%) |
| Terraform | 54 of 153 (35%) |
| Linux | 52 of 153 (34%) |
| GCP | 50 of 153 (33%) |
| Docker | 47 of 153 (31%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Terraform | 18 of 153 (12%) |
| Kubernetes | 17 of 153 (11%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 16 of 153 (10%) |
| Docker | 14 of 153 (9%) |
| Open Source | 14 of 153 (9%) |
| Cybersecurity | 12 of 153 (8%) |
| Ansible | 11 of 153 (7%) |
| CI/CD | 11 of 153 (7%) |
| Python | 11 of 153 (7%) |
| AI | 10 of 153 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 90 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 89 of 90 (99%)
- 2+ years
- 86 of 90 (96%)
- 3+ years
- 84 of 90 (93%)
- 5+ years
- 60 of 90 (67%)
- 8+ years
- 24 of 90 (27%)
- 10+ years
- 10 of 90 (11%)
Degree
Of the 118 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 6 of 118 (5%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 31 of 118 (26%)
- Preferred
- 8 of 118 (7%)
- Not mentioned
- 73 of 118 (62%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 153 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $184.2k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 67 of 153 (44%)
- Remote roles
- 92 of 153 (60%)
How we count: 153 roles from 106 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