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

As of 2026-09-30, Datadog appears in 2,699 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Datadog, with demand share down 3.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
2,699
Demand vs prior month
down 3.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 24.6% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Datadog

+Is Datadog in demand in 2026?

Yes. Datadog appears in 2,699 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Datadog (24.6% of all postings mentioning Datadog).

+What jobs require Datadog?

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 Datadog are Partner Solutions Architect (28.6% of that role’s postings mention Datadog), Machine Learning Platform Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention Datadog), Field Engineer (24.4% of that role’s postings mention Datadog).

+What skills are commonly paired with Datadog?

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

+Where is Datadog most in demand?

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

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+Which skills come before and after Datadog?

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 Datadog — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around Datadog

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Datadog

Before DatadogJenkins → Datadog: 50 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → Datadog: 46 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → Datadog: 45 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → Datadog: 45 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → Datadog: 39 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → Datadog: 37 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → Datadog: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairEC2 → Datadog: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadogJenkins: 50 movesJenkins50 movespython: 46 movespython46 movesAWS: 45 movesAWS45 movesterraform: 45 movesterraform45 moveskubernetes: 39 moveskubernetes39 movesAnsible: 37 movesAnsible37 movesdocker: 34 movesdocker34 movesEC2: 21 movesEC221 moves

Skills after Datadog

After DatadogDatadog → python: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → Jenkins: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → EKS: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → Splunk: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → Java: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → GitHub Actions: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → Ansible: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadog → kubernetes: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairDatadogpython: 16 movespython16 movesJenkins: 16 movesJenkins16 movesEKS: 11 movesEKS11 movesSplunk: 11 movesSplunk11 movesJava: 11 movesJava11 movesGitHub Actions: 11 movesGitHub Actions11 movesAnsible: 11 movesAnsible11 moveskubernetes: 10 moveskubernetes10 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: Jenkins50
Before: python46
Before: AWS45
Before: terraform45
Before: kubernetes39
Before: Ansible37
Before: docker34
Before: EC221
After: python16
After: Jenkins16
After: EKS11
After: Splunk11
After: Java11
After: GitHub Actions11
After: Ansible11
After: kubernetes10

Roles most likely to require Datadog

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Partner Solutions Architect828.6%
Machine Learning Platform Engineer625.0%
Field Engineer1124.4%
Observability Engineer620.7%
Data Infrastructure Engineer517.2%
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)1914.5%
Site Reliability Engineer30014.1%
QA Manager313.6%
Database Reliability Engineer513.2%
AI Ops Engineer313.0%

Roles with the most Datadog postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer66324.6%
Site Reliability Engineer30011.1%
DevOps Engineer1987.3%
Backend Engineer1124.1%
Platform Engineer1084.0%
Engineering Manager672.5%
Data Engineer491.8%
Infrastructure Engineer451.7%
Full Stack Engineer411.5%
Cloud Engineer341.3%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Datadog

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring Datadog
CompanyPostings · 90 days
ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG49
Twilio30
Grab28
JPMorgan Chase & Co.25
Wayve19
CLERA19
General Motors18
Vinted16
SeatGeek15
Headway15

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 Datadog

NamePostingsShare
New York City1355.0%
Berlin893.3%
San Francisco792.9%
London632.3%
Bengaluru602.2%
Paris542.0%
Toronto461.7%
Austin331.2%
Boston291.1%

Skills commonly paired with Datadog

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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 Datadog by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Datadog postings by all Datadog 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: 1.2% to 1.2%. 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