Cloud hiring report: May 2026

Summary

2,990

Distinct cloud and DevOps postings this month

Postings dated within May.

Brazil holds 43.7% of the postings and remains the largest market by a wide margin.

43.7% · n=1,307

Cloud Engineering postings grew +23.1% vs. April.

+23.1% · n=629

Among postings that name a provider, 45.5% mention more than one cloud, up from 38.6% in April.

45.5% · n=2,224

The senior share edged down to 23.7% from 24.4%, so the pool did not tilt more senior this month.

23.7% · n=2,990

Volume

May had 2,990 distinct postings.

Postings by month

Distinct postings: a role posted on two sites counts once

Distinct postings by month (April vs. May 2026)
Category	Value
Apr	2611
May	2990

Countries

Brazil accounts for 43.7% of postings, 2.6 points more than in April, followed by Mexico (21.0%) and Colombia (11.7%).

Postings by country

% of May 2026 postings; ▲▼ change in points from April

Share of postings by country, May 2026 (% of distinct postings)
Category	Value	n	Previous	Change
Brazil	43.7%	1,307	41.1%	+2.6 pp
Mexico	21.0%	627	25.8%	-4.8 pp
Colombia	11.7%	349	10.6%	+1.1 pp
Argentina	7.0%	208	8.1%	-1.1 pp
Chile	3.9%	118	4.3%	-0.4 pp
Peru	3.4%	102	3.2%	+0.2 pp
Costa Rica	3.1%	92	2.6%	+0.5 pp

Brazil rose vs. April to 43.7% of the postings (1,307), while Mexico fell to 21.0% (627). Colombia is the clearest mover among mid-size markets, at 11.7% (349). Costa Rica grew to 92 postings, but on a smaller base, so read it as directional.

Separately, 88 remote roles list no country and are kept here as their own bucket rather than dropped.

These markets rest on small counts or a limited sample.

Uruguay n=20 · 1 source Ecuador n=20 · 2 sources Guatemala n=15 · 1 source Venezuela n=10 · 1 source Bolivia n=10 · 2 sources Panama n=8 · 1 source Dominican Republic n=6 · 2 sources Honduras n=6 · 1 source Puerto Rico n=3 · 1 source Nicaragua n=1 · 1 source

Work arrangement

% of the 2,294 postings that state a work arrangement

Work modality mix, May 2026 (% of postings that state one)
Category	Value	Change
Remote	34.5%	-3.0 pp
Hybrid	32.0%	+0.8 pp
Onsite	33.5%	+2.3 pp

n=2,294

vs. last month: Remote ▼3.0 pp · Hybrid ▲0.8 pp · Onsite ▲2.3 pp

Among the 2,294 postings that state a modality, the three options sit close together: remote at 34.5%, onsite at 33.5%, and hybrid at 32.0%. Remote's share edged down vs. April. The remaining 696 postings say nothing about where the work happens.

Roles

DevOps is still the most posted role, at 31.4% (−2.6 points from April). Cloud Engineering rose 1.4 points, to 21.0%.

Postings by role

% of postings, April and May

Role share of postings, April to May 2026 (% of distinct postings)
Category	Previous	Current	Change
DevOps	34.0%	31.4%	-2.6 pp
Cloud Engineering	19.6%	21.0%	+1.4 pp
Solutions Architect	19.3%	20.2%	+0.9 pp
SRE	12.3%	11.3%	-1.0 pp
Security	7.5%	8.3%	+0.8 pp
Platform Engineering	4.8%	5.5%	+0.7 pp

Two months of data: this is a comparison between April and May, not a trend.

DevOps remains the largest role at 31.4% (938), though its share of the pool slipped from 34.0%. The growth came elsewhere: Cloud Engineering rose +23.1% to 629 postings, Security rose +27.7% to 249, and Platform Engineering rose +31.2% to 164. MLOps stayed small at 67 postings and is read directionally.

Myth and reality

With more postings this month, the pool tilted toward senior roles.

It did not. The senior share edged down to 23.7% from 24.4%. Growth was broad across seniority, not concentrated at the top.

24.4%→23.7%

Skills

Postings that mention it, April and May

Skill mentions in postings, April to May 2026 (count, risers)
Category	Previous	Current	Change
Kafka	39	111	+184.6%
Cloud Security	65	116	+78.5%
OpenShift	35	92	+162.9%
Serverless	27	76	+181.5%
Bicep	33	64	+93.9%

Two months of data, counted over all postings that list skills. Read as a comparison, not a trend.

Among skills that cleared the count gate, Serverless rose to 76 mentions from 27, Kafka to 111 from 39, and OpenShift to 92 from 35. On the other side, CloudWatch fell -6.6% to 113 and Technical Leadership fell -12.8% to 41. GCP, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Prometheus, Bash and CloudFormation stayed in the stable core.

Employer	Postings
EPAM Systems (staffing)	81
CI&T	43
Capgemini	29
Jobgether	29
GFT Technologies SE	27
Compass UOL	26

Employers

By employer type, Consulting (43.5%) leads; by seniority, Mid (65.1%).

Employer type

% by employer type, May 2026

Who employs cloud talent
Category	Value	n
Consulting	43.5%	1,298
Other	22.9%	683
Fintech	11.1%	330
Enterprise SaaS	10.3%	308
Staffing	4.7%	139
Healthtech	2.0%	59
Telecom	1.8%	54

Contract type

% of May 2026 postings

How roles are contracted
Category	Value	n
Full-time	91.7%	2,742
Internship	4.5%	136
Contract	2.9%	87
Freelance	0.4%	13
Part-time	0.4%	12

Remote work

% of May 2026 postings

How far “remote” reaches
Category	Value	n
Remote within-country	69.5%	2,053
On-site	26.6%	785
Global remote	2.6%	77
LATAM-wide remote	1.3%	38

Seniority

% of May 2026 postings

Seniority mix
Category	Value	n
Mid	65.1%	1,945
Senior	23.7%	709
Lead	4.2%	127
Management	4.1%	123
Junior	1.9%	58
Staff	0.9%	28

Cloud providers

AWS appears in 72.1% of postings that name a cloud, Azure in 61.0% and GCP in 37.5%. Azure rose the most from April (+5.3 points).

Provider mentions

% of postings that name a cloud; a posting can name several

Provider mentions among postings that name one, May 2026 (% of provider-naming postings)
Category	Value	n	Previous	Change
AWS	72.1%	2,224	68.3%	+3.8 pp
Azure	61.0%	2,224	55.7%	+5.3 pp
GCP	37.5%	2,224	37.4%	+0.1 pp

Across the 2,224 postings that name a provider, AWS appears in 72.1%, Azure in 61.0%, and GCP in 37.5%. These shares overlap, since a posting can name more than one cloud. AWS and Azure both rose vs. April while GCP held flat. Multi-cloud mentions reached 45.5%, up from 38.6%.

Tools

The most requested combination is Kubernetes + a named cloud (34.5% of postings). Grafana appears in 63.1% of postings that name an observability tool.

Tool combinations

% of May 2026 postings

Tools that travel together
Category	Value	n
Kubernetes + a named cloud	34.5%	1,033
Terraform + Kubernetes	25.3%	756
Docker + Kubernetes	22.3%	667
Terraform + K8s + AWS	18.4%	550

Observability

% of postings that name an observability tool

Observability stack (where named)
Category	Value	n
Grafana	63.1%	511
Prometheus	48.6%	394
Datadog	30.0%	243
CloudWatch	22.5%	182
Splunk	11.4%	92
Dynatrace	11.1%	90
OpenTelemetry	9.5%	77

Pay and requirements

88.4% of postings don't state a salary. DevOps, the role with the most published salaries (84), has a median of $38,000. The most requested certification is AWS Solutions Architect Associate (71 postings).

Median salary by role

Median in US dollars among postings that state a salary

Median advertised salary by role (USD)
Category	Value	n
SRE	$160,000	25
Solutions Architect	$39,000	54
DevOps	$38,000	84
Cloud Engineering	$36,000	63

Certifications

Number of postings that ask for it

Most requested certifications (posting count)
Category	Value	n
AWS Solutions Architect Associate	71	71
Terraform Associate	71	71
AWS Solutions Architect	65	65
CKA	59	59
Azure Certification	46	46
Azure Administrator	38	38
Azure Solutions Architect	30	30
AWS Solutions Architect Professional	29	29

Salary disclosure 259 Pay was listed on 8.7% of postings (259). This is a disclosure-rate story, not a pay-level one. Where role medians exist, they sit near $38,000 for DevOps (n=84).
Certifications 71 Certs were named on 15.9% of postings. AWS Solutions Architect Associate and Terraform Associate led, each at 71, with CKA at 59.
English level 82.2% · n=942 English was listed on 31.5% of postings; where stated, 82.2% asked for an advanced level.
Years of experience 5.00 · n=1,657 A minimum was listed on 55.4% of postings, with a median of 5.00 years where stated.

Benefits

The most listed benefit is Health insurance, in 74.5% of postings that list benefits, followed by Learning budget (53.4%).

% of postings that list benefits

Benefits, where listed
Category	Value	n
Health insurance	74.5%	853
Learning budget	53.4%	611
Meal voucher	49.7%	569
Dental	46.6%	533
Wellness days	27.0%	309
Gym	25.2%	289
Transport voucher	20.7%	237

Red flags

88.4% of postings don't state pay and 57.2% list no benefits.

% of May 2026 postings

Posting red flags
Category	Value	n
Pay not stated	88.4%	2,642
No benefits listed	57.2%	1,711
Excessive requirements	3.0%	89
Unclear role	2.7%	80
Generic agency post	2.4%	73

Internships

×1.4since April

145internships this month

4.8%of the cloud & DevOps pool

A fast-rising slice of the cohort, and broad-based: no single employer dominates. Mercado Libre, Stefanini, Deloitte and the big consultancies each post a handful.

By month

Internships posted per month

Internships by month
Category	Value
Apr	104
May	145

By role

% of May 2026 internships

Which roles open internships
Category	Value	n
DevOps	34.5%	50
Cloud Engineering	25.5%	37
Solutions Architect	17.2%	25
Security	9.0%	13
SRE	4.1%	6
Platform Engineering	2.1%	3
MLOps	1.4%	2

By country

% of May 2026 internships

Where they open
Category	Value	n
Colombia	30.3%	44
Mexico	29.7%	43
Chile	10.3%	15
Brazil	9.0%	13
Argentina	7.6%	11
Peru	2.8%	4
Venezuela	0.7%	1

AI data labeling

May had 248 AI data-labeling roles. Hire Feed posted 15.7% of them, and Mexico accounts for 35.9%.

×2since April

248distinct roles this month

8.3%the size of the cloud & DevOps pool

Data-annotation gig work (Mindrift, Toloka, Scale AI, Outlier, and staffing platforms). Tracked apart from the cloud and DevOps pool; postings are deduped the same way, since one platform repeats a role hundreds of times.

By month

Data-labeling roles posted per month

Data-labeling roles by month
Category	Value
Apr	123
May	248

By platform

% of May 2026 data-labeling roles

Top posting platforms
Category	Value	n
Hire Feed	15.7%	39
Quik Hire Staffing	12.5%	31
Hired	11.3%	28
Lifted, an Upwork Company™	3.6%	9
EPAM Systems, Inc.	2.0%	5
Darwoft	1.6%	4
MincaAI	1.2%	3

By country

% of May 2026 data-labeling roles

Where they are posted
Category	Value	n
Mexico	35.9%	89
Brazil	29.0%	72
Argentina	10.9%	27
Colombia	10.5%	26
Costa Rica	5.2%	13
Chile	2.4%	6

Trends

Since April, Cloud Engineering (+1.4 points) rose the most among roles; DevOps fell 2.6 points. By country, the biggest change is Mexico (−4.8 points).

Roles

Roles (Apr, May)
Category	Series	Current
DevOps	34.0%, 31.4%	31.4%
Cloud Engineering	19.6%, 21.0%	21.0%
Solutions Architect	19.3%, 20.2%	20.2%
SRE	12.3%, 11.3%	11.3%
Security	7.5%, 8.3%	8.3%
Platform Engineering	4.8%, 5.5%	5.5%
MLOps	2.5%, 2.2%	2.2%

Countries

Geography (Apr, May)
Category	Series	Current
Brazil	41.1%, 43.7%	43.7%
Mexico	25.8%, 21.0%	21.0%
Colombia	10.6%, 11.7%	11.7%
Argentina	8.1%, 7.0%	7.0%
Chile	4.3%, 3.9%	3.9%
Peru	3.2%, 3.4%	3.4%
Costa Rica	2.6%, 3.1%	3.1%
Uruguay	0.3%, 0.7%	0.7%

Providers

Cloud providers (Apr, May)
Category	Series	Current
AWS	68.3%, 72.1%	72.1%
Azure	55.7%, 61.0%	61.0%
GCP	37.4%, 37.5%	37.5%

Work arrangement

Work modality (Apr, May)
Category	Series	Current
Remote	37.5%, 34.5%	34.5%
On-site	31.2%, 33.5%	33.5%
Hybrid	31.2%, 32.0%	32.0%

Methodology

How it was built

We collect cloud and DevOps job postings from four sources (LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Workable, Greenhouse) and count distinct postings dated within the month. A role posted on two sites is counted once. The cohort covers cloud engineer, DevOps, SRE, platform engineer, security, solutions architect and MLOps roles. April 2026 is the baseline, so every comparison runs against April only. With two months of data, every month-over-month figure is a comparison between two points, not a trend.

Solid and soft

Solid: total postings, country shares for the larger markets, role shares, provider mentions, and work modality, all resting on large counts across multiple sources. Soft: smaller markets, salary, certifications, English level and years of experience, which rest on smaller counts or limited sources.

Known limits

This is a description of a biased sample, not a census of Latin American hiring. Remote roles that do not list a country are kept as their own bucket, not dropped. Salary is bounded to a plausible range and reported as a disclosure rate.

Fill rates

Country97.1%

Work modality76.7%

Cloud providers74.4%

Required skills90.2%

Years of experience55.4%

English level31.5%

Required certifications15.9%

Salary8.8%

Data-labeling gigs 2488.3%

AI data-labeling and model-training gigs are excluded from the headline cohort and reported here only. This month they numbered 248 postings, 8.3% of the postings we tracked before exclusion.

Cloud hiring report: May 2026

Summary

Volume

Postings by month

Countries

Postings by country

Work arrangement

Roles

Postings by role

Skills

Top employers by distinct postings, May 2026

Employers

Employer type

Contract type

Remote work

Seniority

Cloud providers

Provider mentions

Tools

Tool combinations

Observability

Pay and requirements

Median salary by role

Certifications

Benefits

Red flags

Internships

By month

By role

By country

AI data labeling

By month

By platform

By country

Trends

Roles

Countries

Providers

Work arrangement

Methodology

How it was built

Solid and soft

Known limits