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

As of 2026-09-30, OpenSearch appears in 834 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning OpenSearch, with demand share down 2.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
834
Demand vs prior month
down 2.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 32.5% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about OpenSearch

+Is OpenSearch in demand in 2026?

Yes. OpenSearch appears in 834 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning OpenSearch (32.5% of all postings mentioning OpenSearch).

+What jobs require OpenSearch?

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 OpenSearch are DevOps Architect (7.7% of that role’s postings mention OpenSearch), Security Platform Engineer (7.7% of that role’s postings mention OpenSearch), AI / ML Engineer (5.9% of that role’s postings mention OpenSearch).

+What skills are commonly paired with OpenSearch?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), OpenSearch most often appears alongside Python, AWS, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, Terraform.

+Where is OpenSearch most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring OpenSearch are New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Berlin, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning OpenSearch alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new OpenSearch content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after OpenSearch?

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 OpenSearch — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around OpenSearch

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before OpenSearch

Before OpenSearchpython → OpenSearch: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → OpenSearch: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → OpenSearch: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairPostgreSQL → OpenSearch: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → OpenSearch: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → OpenSearch: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → OpenSearch: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairReact → OpenSearch: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearchpython: 10 movespython10 movesdocker: 7 movesdocker7 moveskubernetes: 7 moveskubernetes7 movesPostgreSQL: 5 movesPostgreSQL5 movesAWS: 5 movesAWS5 movesJenkins: 5 movesJenkins5 movesterraform: 5 movesterraform5 movesReact: 5 movesReact5 moves

Skills after OpenSearch

After OpenSearchOpenSearch → kubernetes: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → SignalR: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → RESTful APIs: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → Azure AKS: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → Azure AD B2C: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → Grafana: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → Bootstrap: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearch → Cosmos DB: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenSearchkubernetes: 2 moveskubernetes2 movesSignalR: 2 movesSignalR2 movesRESTful APIs: 2 movesRESTful APIs2 movesAzure AKS: 1 movesAzure AKS1 movesAzure AD B2C: 1 movesAzure AD B2C1 movesGrafana: 1 movesGrafana1 movesBootstrap: 1 movesBootstrap1 movesCosmos DB: 1 movesCosmos DB1 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: python10
Before: docker7
Before: kubernetes7
Before: PostgreSQL5
Before: AWS5
Before: Jenkins5
Before: terraform5
Before: React5
After: kubernetes2
After: SignalR2
After: RESTful APIs2
After: Azure AKS1
After: Azure AD B2C1
After: Grafana1
After: Bootstrap1
After: Cosmos DB1

Roles most likely to require OpenSearch

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
DevOps Architect27.7%
Security Platform Engineer27.7%
AI / ML Engineer35.9%
Front-End Engineer35.7%
Full-Stack AI Engineer14.8%
Database Engineer44.4%
DevOps Consultant14.3%
ML Infrastructure Engineer24.2%
SRE Engineer14.0%
Scrum Master13.8%

Roles with the most OpenSearch postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer27132.5%
Backend Engineer597.1%
Site Reliability Engineer435.2%
DevOps Engineer384.6%
Data Engineer283.4%
Engineering Manager253.0%
AI Engineer172.0%
Full Stack Engineer172.0%
Machine Learning Engineer172.0%
Data Scientist151.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring OpenSearch

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring OpenSearch
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cisco28
ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG21
CrowdStrike18
Renesas15
General Dynamics Information Technology13
Adyen11
Elsevier11
Asana10
Nord Security9
Omnissa9

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 OpenSearch

NamePostingsShare
New York City334.0%
Bengaluru313.7%
San Francisco263.1%
Berlin202.4%
Hyderabad172.0%
London161.9%
Annapolis141.7%
Toronto141.7%
Amsterdam131.6%

Skills commonly paired with OpenSearch

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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 OpenSearch by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s OpenSearch postings by all OpenSearch 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: 0.4% to 0.3%. 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