Privacy-safe candidate signals

DevOps Candidate Interest Index

5,006 of 22,042 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-10-1822,042 candidate decisions

22,042

Recorded decisions

5,006

Positive decisions

1,200

Distinct candidates

90 days

Window

Positive decisions are a subset of recorded decisions. Each ranking percentage uses that slice's own decision count and privacy-qualified candidate count.

Interest vs active role supply

#1DevOps2650 of 10255 positive · 914 candidates · 1444 active jobs26%

#2SRE / Reliability754 of 2850 positive · 392 candidates · 313 active jobs26%

#3Cloud511 of 2208 positive · 395 candidates · 391 active jobs23%

#4DevSecOps121 of 598 positive · 139 candidates · 155 active jobs20%

#5Platform553 of 3124 positive · 338 candidates · 693 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure257 of 1820 positive · 258 candidates · 345 active jobs14%

#7Other DevOps113 of 831 positive · 137 candidates · 237 active jobs14%

#8Data / MLOps18 of 133 positive · 43 candidates · 33 active jobs14%

#9Linux / Systems28 of 218 positive · 72 candidates · 65 active jobs13%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates105 of 205 positive · 55 candidates51%

#2Netherlands302 of 960 positive · 220 candidates31%

#3Germany990 of 3828 positive · 524 candidates26%

#4Canada854 of 3517 positive · 397 candidates24%

#5United Kingdom631 of 2768 positive · 367 candidates23%

#6Ireland108 of 464 positive · 116 candidates23%

#7Spain211 of 960 positive · 182 candidates22%

#8Australia102 of 455 positive · 117 candidates22%

#9United States1198 of 6099 positive · 551 candidates20%

#10France408 of 2252 positive · 308 candidates18%

Interest by skill

#1Azure Arc17 of 28 positive · 25 candidates61%

#2MFA17 of 28 positive · 25 candidates61%

#3Microsoft Sentinel24 of 40 positive · 35 candidates60%

#4Azure Backup18 of 30 positive · 27 candidates60%

#5LibreNMS36 of 64 positive · 56 candidates56%

#6JavaScript25 of 47 positive · 45 candidates53%

#7IoT18 of 34 positive · 23 candidates53%

#8Conditional Access16 of 30 positive · 24 candidates53%

#9Protobuf16 of 30 positive · 30 candidates53%

#10Ruby On Rails23 of 46 positive · 41 candidates50%

Interest by company

#1KPN21 of 32 positive · 21 candidates66%

#2ePension34 of 55 positive · 55 candidates62%

#3GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#4Boeing22 of 36 positive · 29 candidates61%

#5D-Wave14 of 25 positive · 22 candidates56%

#6Ioki GmbH14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

#7Super.com25 of 47 positive · 45 candidates53%

#8NXT Hero GmbH16 of 32 positive · 32 candidates50%

#9DICETEK LLC15 of 30 positive · 18 candidates50%

#10Cisco27 of 57 positive · 50 candidates47%

Build your own visual

Choose a focused market view, then download a new DevOpsHunt-branded LinkedIn pack.

DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 23% positive apply intent. 5,006 of 22,042 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (10255), SRE / Reliability (2850), Cloud (2208). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-10-18.

LinkedIn share studio

Share this report

Use the portrait image for a single post or the PDF as a document carousel. DevOpsHunt attribution is built into every slide.

Image Text

Desktop: copy the post, download the image or carousel, then attach it in LinkedIn. Mobile devices that support file sharing can send the image directly to LinkedIn.

Methodology

Positive intent combines Apply and Self apply decisions; Pass remains in the denominator.
Every published slice requires at least 25 decisions and 10 distinct candidates.
No user-level data is exposed.

Interpretation: this describes behavior inside DevOpsHunt, not the entire employment market or an application conversion rate.

Definitions

Active and qualified: A live listing that passed DevOpsHunt relevance checks.
New job: First captured by DevOpsHunt during the stated period.
Candidate interest: Aggregated Apply and Self apply intent, not a market-wide conversion rate.