Career Atlas

Software & IT

devops

Learned from 234 real résumés for this role.

Across 234 real U.S. résumés for a devops, the most distinctive skills are Cluster, Deployment and Costs — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Cluster
2% have it · 38.7× vs average
Deployment
38% have it · 12.1× vs average
Costs
9% have it · 17.1× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

cluster
38.7×
2% · N=4
deployment
12.1×
38% · N=89
costs
17.1×
9% · N=22
devops
16.9×
9% · N=20
cicd
36.7×
1% · N=3
engineer
10.7×
48% · N=113
cloud
15.3×
11% · N=26
infrastructure
12.0×
20% · N=47
scripts
14.1×
10% · N=24
vulnerabilities
23.6×
2% · N=5
developers
11.8×
14% · N=34
continuous integration
16.2×
4% · N=10
code
8.3×
40% · N=93
classes
12.3×
7% · N=16
build
7.3×
41% · N=95

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

senior devops33% · N=3python developer33% · N=3devops engineer33% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

build and release engineer20% · N=3devops engineer8% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Devops need?

In 234 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Cluster (2% have it), Deployment (38% have it), Costs (9% have it), Devops (9% have it), Cicd (1% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Devops roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Senior Devops (33% of moves, N=3), Python Developer (33% of moves, N=3), Devops Engineer (33% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Devops?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Build And Release Engineer (20% of arrivals, N=3), Devops Engineer (8% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Devops salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 234 of them are Devops résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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