Market Pulse · Market Report

What skills does the market require for Cloud Engineer?

This analysis shows which skills are most frequently required in current job postings for Cloud Engineer — evaluated from 9 postings (nationwide), source: Federal Employment Agency.

9
Postings evaluated · nationwide
10
Skills identified
88,9%
Peak demand
Demand · nationwide

Most in-demand skills

Share of nationwide evaluated postings that explicitly mention the skill.

1
Terraform 88,9%
2
Kubernetes 88,9%
3
AWS 77,8%
4
Docker 66,7%
5
Ansible 55,6%
6
Azure 55,6%
7
Linux 44,4%
8
Git 44,4%
9
DevOps 44,4%
10
CI/CD 33,3%
Technical core Tools / Software
Trend

Where demand is heading

Trend analysis from Q4 2026
We are still gathering the necessary history — trend data will appear automatically once sufficient time series are available.
Salary

Median salary nationwide

Median for occupation family IT & Data

6.062 € / month
Q25 5.498 €
Q75 6.583 €
Source: Entgeltatlas of the Federal Employment Agency
Common gaps

These skills are missing from many profiles

Highly in demand — and rarely evidenced in most CVs for Cloud Engineer.

Terraform 88,9% in demand
Frequently required, rarely evidenced in CVs.
Kubernetes 88,9% in demand
Frequently required, rarely evidenced in CVs.
AWS 77,8% in demand
Frequently required, rarely evidenced in CVs.
Docker 66,7% in demand
Frequently required, rarely evidenced in CVs.
Ansible 55,6% in demand
Frequently required, rarely evidenced in CVs.

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