Site Reliability Engineer

Ensures production systems meet reliability and performance targets.

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Also known as:SRE

Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$174k

Mean

$181k

10th–90th pct

$132k–$240k

Observations

650

Confidence: 34% · based on 650 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

Site Reliability Engineering

Core

Kubernetes

Core

System Design

Common certifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator · 35% of postings

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

65% require · 24% prefer

Master's Degree

20% require · 25% prefer

No College

9% require · 13% prefer

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Common next roles

Infrastructure Manager+133.3%Platform Engineer-3.6%DevOps Engineer+2.6%Cloud Engineer+1.0%Systems Administrator-3.1%

Common previous roles

Platform Engineer-3.7%Systems Administrator-3.3%Infrastructure Manager+57.1%DevOps Engineer+2.5%Cloud Engineer+1.0%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)6,364

Posting growth-11.7%

Median days to fill56 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)205,064

Projected growth11.9%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness70%

Automation exposure25%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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