Hey folks, beginning of 2024 I did some scraping for a pet project of mine, scraped around 700 Linkedin DevOps jobs data. Yesterday I did that again for March 2025 data and compared the two.
What I saw did NOT surprise me
Lot of competition on the market so more DevOps positions demands being proficient with coding
Golang went up +13% jump (from just 5% to 18% of job postings).
Terraform increased +9% increase
GitHub Actions (+6%) and Python (+8%) are also seeing significant growth.
Another sad and surprising trend is Jenkins is going up +6%
I attribute it to people not using it much anymore and shortage of people willing to work with it.
Table 1: Overall Technology Demand in DevOps Job Postings (2024 vs 2025)
| Tech | 2024 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraform | 79% | 88% | +9% |
| Python | 72% | 80% | +8% |
| Kubernetes | 70% | 76% | +6% |
| AWS | 75% | 72% | -3% |
| Jenkins | 68% | 74% | +6% |
| Docker | 65% | 68% | +3% |
| Azure | 54% | 60% | +6% |
| Git/GitHub | 58% | 60% | +2% |
| Ansible | 58% | 52% | -6% |
| Grafana | 50% | 54% | +4% |
| Prometheus | 42% | 48% | +6% |
| GitLab CI | 45% | 40% | -5% |
| GitHub Actions | 26% | 32% | +6% |
| ELK Stack | 30% | 32% | +2% |
| Bash/PowerShell | 36% | 32% | -4% |
| Helm | 26% | 32% | +6% |
| CodePipeline | 26% | 24% | -2% |
| CloudFormation | 28% | 24% | -4% |
| Golang | 5% | 18% | +13% |
| Pulumi | 18% | 16% | -2% |
| ArgoCD/FluxCD | 15% | 19% | +4% |
| Datadog | 20% | 16% | -4% |
| k3s | 10% | 15% | +5% |
| SonarQube | 10% | 8% | -2% |
| Artifactory | 12% | 8% | -4% |
| OpenShift | 10% | 8% | -2% |
| Istio | 6% | 8% | +2% |
| SQL Databases | 35% | 40% | +5% |
| MongoDB | 28% | 32% | +4% |
| GraphQL | 5% | 8% | +3% |
Table 2: CI/CD Tools Comparison in DevOps Job Postings (2024 vs 2025)
| Tech | 2024 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | 30% | 35% | +5% |
| GitLab CI | 38% | 34% | -4% |
| GitHub Actions | 14% | 14% | 0% |
| CodePipeline | 10% | 10% | 0% |
| ArgoCD | 5% | 5% | 0% |
| FluxCD | 3% | 2% | -1% |
Table 3: Certification Mentions in DevOps Job Postings (2024 vs 2025)
| Cert | 2024 (%) | 2025 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | Moderate (31%) | Low (17%) -14% |
| Azure | Moderate (27%) | Low (14%) -13% |
| GCP | NA | NA |
Cloud certifications appear to be losing their shine. AWS cert mentions dropped significantly from 31% to 17%, and Azure certs went from 27% to 14%. This is probably not surprising to many of you - the cert market is pretty saturated.
Good news
The overall tech job market is looking better than last year. Total layoffs year-to-date are around half of what was in 2024, and the hiring freeze seems to be thawing rapidly. Tech roles specifically have seen a 9.5% increase in job postings since Jan 2025.
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