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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Career Market Report 2026

1,778 active jobs. 732 companies. Median salary $140K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,778
Active Job Openings
732
Companies Hiring
$140K
Median Salary (US)
83%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 83% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $140K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $106K to $202K.

Remote roles pay 7% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Python is the most-demanded skill at 62%

Elasticsearch demand rose +18.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Lseg leads hiring with 40 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$40K, +45%)

Salary increase: +$40K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 62% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior119$100K$140K$191K
Mid-Level33$94K$130K$162K
Staff33$160K$180K$252K
Lead17$120K$125K$200K
Manager15$148K$170K$212K
Junior10$8K$90K$224K
Director8$144K$164K$300K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$40K (45%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States172$140KUSD
Remote26$150KUSD
Canada10$110KUSD
United Kingdom5$82KUSD
India3$15KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.7%
Remote17.8%
Hybrid3.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Python
62%
Kubernetes
58%
Terraform
53%
AWS
53%
CI/CD
49%
AI/LLM
49%
DevOps
42%
Docker
35%
Linux
35%
Grafana
35%
Prometheus
34%
GCP
31%

Skills on the Rise

Elasticsearch ↑+18.1ppGo ↑+16.4ppJenkins ↑+16.4ppAI/LLM ↑+8.5ppKubernetes ↑+8.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Lseg402.2%
Jobgether271.5%
Mastercard251.4%
Barclays251.4%
MongoDB181.0%
Okta171.0%
Andurilindustries150.8%
Doctolib140.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States464
India210
Remote161
United Kingdom67
Canada50
France48
Singapore37
Ireland26

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree63.3%932
Master's Degree10.5%154
Bachelor's Degree10.3%152
PhD / Doctorate0.6%9
MBA0.1%1

Certifications

Kubernetes Certified (5%)ITIL (4%)AWS Certified (2%)Azure Certified (1%)

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