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?
Excavator operator
18%
#564 / 623
View rankingExcavator operator
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Set-out, levels and the machine log.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Dig, load and the batter that comes in.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 6% | +1.4 |
Services, the blind pipe and stopping in time.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Maintenance, grease and the pin that snaps.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The labourer, the lorry and covering nobody.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 18% | +2.5 |
Not breaking what is buried, and leaving a clean formation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 10% | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 18% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- dig with excavator
- load lorries
- batters
- buried services
- set-out levels
- grease the machine
- formation
- site GPS
Sources for this job· O*NET 47-2073.00· ESCO/ISCO 8342