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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

4,178 of 15,030 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-08-2515,030 candidate decisions

15,030

Recorded decisions

4,178

Positive decisions

1,025

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

#1DevOps2227 of 6625 positive · 730 candidates · 783 active jobs34%

#2SRE / Reliability663 of 2095 positive · 353 candidates · 247 active jobs32%

#3DevSecOps132 of 461 positive · 130 candidates · 90 active jobs29%

#4Cloud426 of 1565 positive · 293 candidates · 230 active jobs27%

#5Platform399 of 2204 positive · 252 candidates · 437 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure210 of 1216 positive · 186 candidates · 216 active jobs17%

#7Other DevOps91 of 574 positive · 99 candidates · 197 active jobs16%

#8Data / MLOps11 of 101 positive · 38 candidates · 32 active jobs11%

#9Linux / Systems19 of 188 positive · 55 candidates · 57 active jobs10%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates42 of 73 positive · 18 candidates58%

#2Netherlands98 of 261 positive · 69 candidates38%

#3Australia17 of 49 positive · 29 candidates35%

#4Canada701 of 2370 positive · 342 candidates30%

#5Germany1053 of 3628 positive · 490 candidates29%

#6France169 of 614 positive · 89 candidates28%

#7United States1335 of 4940 positive · 602 candidates27%

#8United Kingdom663 of 2663 positive · 312 candidates25%

#9Spain55 of 219 positive · 40 candidates25%

#10Ireland26 of 122 positive · 32 candidates21%

Interest by skill

#1LibreNMS33 of 40 positive · 40 candidates83%

#2Cloud-Infrastrukturen21 of 27 positive · 27 candidates78%

#3NewRelic20 of 28 positive · 28 candidates71%

#4AWS Config23 of 33 positive · 33 candidates70%

#5Cisco Private Cloud15 of 25 positive · 25 candidates60%

#6Amazon Web Services69 of 122 positive · 104 candidates57%

#7Nomad22 of 39 positive · 35 candidates56%

#8Checkmk27 of 50 positive · 47 candidates54%

#9Cosign32 of 60 positive · 43 candidates53%

#10Public Key Infrastructure16 of 31 positive · 29 candidates52%

Interest by company

#1PAIR Finance GmbH24 of 25 positive · 25 candidates96%

#2ePension33 of 40 positive · 40 candidates83%

#3Crox21 of 27 positive · 27 candidates78%

#4Cherokee Federal63 of 83 positive · 83 candidates76%

#5Ensign Services23 of 33 positive · 33 candidates70%

#6Happy Returns, Inc.19 of 27 positive · 27 candidates70%

#7Tesla60 of 87 positive · 82 candidates69%

#8KPN18 of 26 positive · 17 candidates69%

#9RedBeard Solutions20 of 31 positive · 31 candidates65%

#10GSSTech Group17 of 27 positive · 12 candidates63%

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 28% positive apply intent. 4,178 of 15,030 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (6625), SRE / Reliability (2095), DevSecOps (461). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-08-25.

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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.