The DevOps Engineer role today
This guide draws on 693 DevOps Engineer postings from 411 companies, published from March to September 2026.
In 1% of DevOps Engineer postings, building or applying AI is the job itself.
LLM Ops appears in 92% of DevOps Engineer postings, and AI Assisted Coding in 92%.
Automation exposure averages 50 out of 100 across these postings, which is moderate: parts of the routine work can be automated, which makes AI skills more valuable in the role.
Senior positions make up 45% of postings, mid-level 27%. The most common way of working is hybrid, in 55% of postings.
Common skill gaps
The AI skills our analysis of DevOps Engineer job descriptions most often flags as a gap, with the share of postings where each one comes up.
- AI Security Awareness50%
- MLOps Fundamentals37%
- AI Tool Integration31%
- AI Cost Optimization29%
- AI Model Deployment27%
- Prompt Engineering21%
DevOps Engineer salary
Pay comes only from postings that quote it: 61 of the 693 DevOps Engineer postings. Each country uses the pay period its employers quote most.
Netherlands
based on 61 postings quoting pay per month€6,000
median per month
The middle half of advertised salaries, with the line at the median.
Essential DevOps Engineer skills
The skills employers ask for in DevOps Engineer job descriptions, from the most requested down.
Core skills
- LLM Ops
- AI Assisted Coding
- Observability for AI Systems
- Prompt Engineering
Often requested
- AI Infrastructure Automation
- AI Infrastructure Management
Also valued
- Infrastructure As Code
- AI Tools Literacy
- Mlflow Basics
- Python
AI skills to learn next
The AI skills employers most often want to add to this role, beyond the ones above.
- MLOps
- AI Security Basics
- MLOps Basics
How the DevOps Engineer role is evolving
The directions employers are taking this role as they adopt AI, with the skills and responsibilities each one adds.
Most common direction
Toward AI engineering
Typical focus
AI infrastructure, AI platform and AI operations
Skills to add
- GPU Cluster Management
- AI Pipeline Orchestration
- Model Serving
New responsibilities
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for machine learning models and AI services
- Implement monitoring and observability for AI model performance and drift
- Implement monitoring and observability for AI systems to ensure reliability and performance
- Collaborate with data scientists to streamline model deployment and versioning
Other directions
Toward AI security
Typical focus
AI security & compliance
Skills to add
- Adversarial Testing
- AI Red Teaming
- Model Security
- AI Compliance
- AI Security
- AI Compliance Frameworks
New responsibilities
- Implement security controls for AI models and data pipelines
- Conduct adversarial testing and red-teaming of AI systems
- Conduct security assessments and red-teaming of AI models and pipelines
- Ensure compliance with AI security standards and best practices
Toward AI transformation
Typical focus
AI operations and AI platform enablement
Skills to add
- AI Tool Evaluation
- AI Change Management
- AI Adoption Strategy
New responsibilities
- Lead the adoption of AI-assisted tools for infrastructure automation and monitoring
- Advise clients on integrating AI tools into their DevOps workflows
- Lead the adoption of AI-assisted development tools across engineering teams
- Collaborate with data science teams to integrate AI models into production environments
DevOps Engineer FAQ
Will AI replace DevOps Engineer jobs?
Automation exposure averages 50 out of 100 across these postings, which is moderate: parts of the routine work can be automated, which makes AI skills more valuable in the role. Employers are mostly reshaping the role toward AI engineering, adding skills such as MLOps and LLM Ops.
What skills do DevOps Engineer roles require?
The skills employers ask for most are LLM Ops, AI Assisted Coding, Observability for AI Systems, Prompt Engineering and AI Infrastructure Automation.
Which AI skills should DevOps Engineer candidates learn next?
LLM Ops, AI Assisted Coding and Observability for AI Systems are the AI skills employers most often want to add. The most common skill gaps are AI Security Awareness and MLOps Fundamentals.
How is the DevOps Engineer role changing?
The most common direction is AI engineering. Other directions include AI security and AI transformation.
How much do DevOps Engineer roles pay in the Netherlands?
Advertised salaries typically range from €5,300 to €6,000 per month, with the median around €6,000, based on 61 postings that quote pay per month.
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This guide is built from public job descriptions for DevOps Engineer roles classified as Core AI or AI-enabled. Skills, automation exposure and career directions are extracted from each job description and compared across the market. Postings are deduplicated, so a job listed on several boards or by several agencies counts once. Salaries are advertised ranges from the Netherlands, taken only from the 61 postings that quote pay. How we collect and deduplicate postings.