Amazon EKS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, Amazon EKS appears in 579 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — DevOps Engineer has the most postings mentioning Amazon EKS, with demand share up 8.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
579
Demand vs prior month
up 8.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 15.9% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about Amazon EKS

+Is Amazon EKS in demand in 2026?

Yes. Amazon EKS appears in 579 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. DevOps Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Amazon EKS (15.9% of all postings mentioning Amazon EKS).

+What jobs require Amazon EKS?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Amazon EKS are Information Security Advisor (22.7% of that role’s postings mention Amazon EKS), Lead Architect (7.7% of that role’s postings mention Amazon EKS), Cloud Platform Engineer (7.5% of that role’s postings mention Amazon EKS).

+What skills are commonly paired with Amazon EKS?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Amazon EKS most often appears alongside Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Python, CI/CD.

+Where is Amazon EKS most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Amazon EKS are Bengaluru, New York City, London, Pune, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Amazon EKS content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after Amazon EKS?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Amazon EKS — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Amazon EKS

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Amazon EKS

Before Amazon EKSdocker → Amazon EKS: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → Amazon EKS: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → Amazon EKS: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → Amazon EKS: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → Amazon EKS: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → Amazon EKS: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → Amazon EKS: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure → Amazon EKS: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKSdocker: 18 movesdocker18 movesterraform: 17 movesterraform17 moveskubernetes: 14 moveskubernetes14 movesJenkins: 14 movesJenkins14 movesAnsible: 13 movesAnsible13 movespython: 12 movespython12 movesAWS: 10 movesAWS10 movesAzure: 6 movesAzure6 moves

Skills after Amazon EKS

After Amazon EKSAmazon EKS → Jenkins: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → Prometheus: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → kubernetes: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → Grafana: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → GitHub Actions: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → Azure DevOps: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → terraform: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKS → docker: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAmazon EKSJenkins: 8 movesJenkins8 movesPrometheus: 6 movesPrometheus6 moveskubernetes: 5 moveskubernetes5 movesGrafana: 5 movesGrafana5 movesGitHub Actions: 4 movesGitHub Actions4 movesAzure DevOps: 4 movesAzure DevOps4 movesterraform: 4 movesterraform4 movesdocker: 4 movesdocker4 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: docker18
Before: terraform17
Before: kubernetes14
Before: Jenkins14
Before: Ansible13
Before: python12
Before: AWS10
Before: Azure6
After: Jenkins8
After: Prometheus6
After: kubernetes5
After: Grafana5
After: GitHub Actions4
After: Azure DevOps4
After: terraform4
After: docker4

Roles most likely to require Amazon EKS

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Information Security Advisor522.7%
Lead Architect27.7%
Cloud Platform Engineer117.5%
.NET Developer37.5%
AWS Cloud Engineer26.9%
DevOps Platform Engineer26.5%
Cloud Security Architect36.2%
Cloud Systems Engineer26.2%
Production Engineer35.9%
Cloud DevOps Engineer44.8%

Roles with the most Amazon EKS postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
DevOps Engineer9215.9%
Software Engineer9215.9%
Site Reliability Engineer427.3%
Platform Engineer376.4%
Data Engineer152.6%
Cloud Engineer142.4%
Solutions Architect122.1%
Cloud Platform Engineer111.9%
DevSecOps Engineer111.9%
Full Stack Engineer81.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Amazon EKS

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Amazon EKS
CompanyPostings · 90 days
JPMorgan Chase & Co.13
Barclays10
Celonis9
TDesign8
Cisco8
Elevance Health6
Twilio6
General Dynamics Information Technology6
Tide5
Whoop5

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Amazon EKS

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru223.8%
New York City183.1%
London172.9%
Pune152.6%
Toronto132.2%
Hyderabad111.9%
Boston101.7%
Austin91.6%
Tel Aviv71.2%

Skills commonly paired with Amazon EKS

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Amazon EKS by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Amazon EKS postings by all Amazon EKS postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index