Site Reliability Engineer Jobs

Which levels are hiring

• Junior 4% · 51
• Middle 4% · 52
• Senior 61% · 809
• Lead+ 31% · 404

Few Junior roles — 4%; the usual way in is an adjacent role

Of 1 316 postings that name a level, Junior — 4%, Middle — 4%, Senior — 61%, Lead+ — 31%.

What postings ask for

• ✔ SRE36%
• ✔ AWS31%
• ○ Kubernetes20%
• ○ Python13%
• ○ Azure11%
• ○ Grafana11%
• ○ DevSecOps9%
• ○ GCP9%

Share of postings that mention the skill. ✔ — 25%+, ○ — fewer; whether it is required is in the posting itself

Share of open postings that mention each skill: SRE — 36%, AWS — 31%, Kubernetes — 20%, Python — 13%, Azure — 11%, Grafana — 11%.

Where the openings are

• 🇺🇸 the US711
• 🇬🇧 the UK205
• 🇮🇳 India176
• 🇵🇱 Poland159
• 🇸🇬 Singapore104
• 🇩🇪 Germany72

Open positions by employer country; remote roles are often open to other countries too.

Where to apply

• Company career sites — your application goes straight to the team68%
• Job boards — aggregators and job sites28%
• Telegram channels — job channels3%

Where the openings come from: 68% from company career sites (direct apply), 28% from job boards, 3% from Telegram channels.