Automation index
How much of a Site reliability engineer’s job can AI already do?
A runbook and autoscale come earlier. The 3 a.m. incident without taking production down do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Site reliability engineer
28%
AI can already do 28% of this job.
#103 / 623
View rankingSite reliability engineer
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
SLOs, alerts and the runbook.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 52% | +9.4 |
Incident, war room and not making it worse.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
CI/CD, capacity and the error budget.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Postmortem, toil and automating the repeated.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The product that wants to ship and the SLO that will not allow it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Not taking production down, and signing the change.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- SLOs
- runbooks
- handle incidents
- error budget
- autoscale
- postmortem
- reduce toil
- reliability CI/CD
Sources for this job· O*NET 15-1244.00· ESCO/ISCO 2512
IS WORK OVER?
BI analyst
34%
#18 / 623
View rankingBI analyst
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Model data, light ETL and dashboards.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 58% | +13.9 |
Write SQL, measures and docs.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 50% | +9 |
Define KPIs with the business and negotiate meaning.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Present insights and defend the number.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Data quality, alerts and lineage.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 15% | +2.1 |
Prioritise requests and say no.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 12% | 20% | +2.4 |
| Total | 100% | 34% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Model data, light ETL and dashboards
- Write SQL, measures and docs
- Present insights and defend the number
- Data quality, alerts and lineage
- Prioritise requests and say no
- business intelligence
- analista bi
- power bi
- looker
Sources for this job· O*NET 15-2051.00· ESCO/ISCO 2511