SLOs jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-26, SLOs appears in 167 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 30% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-26
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Frequently asked questions about SLOs
+Is SLOs in demand in 2026?
Yes. SLOs appears in 167 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-26, with demand up 30% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (29% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require SLOs?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-26, the job titles most likely to require SLOs are Software Engineer (29% of postings list SLOs), Site Reliability Engineer (25% of postings list SLOs), Backend Engineer (6% of postings list SLOs).
+What skills are commonly paired with SLOs?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-26), SLOs most often appears alongside observability, SLIs, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Python.
+Where is SLOs most in demand?
As of 2026-08-26, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SLOs are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, Republic, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring SLOs — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require SLOs
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 48 | 28.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 41 | 24.6% |
| Backend Engineer | 10 | 6.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 10 | 6.0% |
| Platform Engineer | 6 | 3.6% |
| DevOps Engineer | 5 | 3.0% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 5 | 3.0% |
| Platform Reliability Engineer | 3 | 1.8% |
| Product Manager | 3 | 1.8% |
| Cloud Engineer | 2 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for SLOs
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 13 | 7.8% |
| New York City | 8 | 4.8% |
| Bengaluru | 7 | 4.2% |
| Republic | 6 | 3.6% |
| Dublin | 5 | 3.0% |
| London | 5 | 3.0% |
| Washington | 3 | 1.8% |
| Baden-Baden | 2 | 1.2% |
| Bellevue | 2 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with SLOs
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-26. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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