Cloud Engineer skills employers ask for

The most-asked skills

Share of Cloud Engineer postings that mention each skill.

1. AWSdistinctive68%
2. Sales64%
3. Leadership47%
4. Stakeholder managementdistinctive41%
5. Azuredistinctive36%
6. Pythondistinctive33%
7. Google Clouddistinctive27%
8. LLMsdistinctive26%
9. Customer successdistinctive26%
10. Training and coaching24%
11. Communication23%
12. Databricksdistinctive19%
13. SQLdistinctive18%
14. Kubernetesdistinctive16%
15. Javadistinctive15%

“Distinctive” means Cloud Engineer postings ask for it at least three times as often as jobs overall.

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Where Cloud Engineer skills carry over

Roles whose postings ask for the most similar skills. Overlap counts the skills that define each role most.

• Database Administrator69% overlapShared: AWS, Azure, Databricks, PythonHow to switch
• Systems Engineer69% overlapShared: Python, AWS, Stakeholder management, AzureHow to switch
• Software Engineer66% overlapShared: AWS, Python, LLMs, KubernetesHow to switch
• Information Security Analyst63% overlapShared: AWS, Python, Google Cloud, AzureHow to switch

Questions

What skills does a Cloud Engineer need?

In 671 current Cloud Engineer job postings, the skills asked for most often are AWS (68%), Sales (64%), Leadership (47%), Stakeholder management (41%), Azure (36%). Percentages are the share of postings that mention each skill.

What jobs can a Cloud Engineer move into?

Measured by shared skill demand, the closest roles are Database Administrator, Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, Information Security Analyst. Database Administrator shares skills such as AWS, Azure, Databricks.