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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

4,402 of 16,045 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-08-3016,045 candidate decisions

16,045

Recorded decisions

4,402

Positive decisions

1,076

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

#1DevOps2338 of 7112 positive · 767 candidates · 1242 active jobs33%

#2SRE / Reliability697 of 2231 positive · 372 candidates · 426 active jobs31%

#3Cloud453 of 1643 positive · 302 candidates · 392 active jobs28%

#4DevSecOps138 of 494 positive · 136 candidates · 148 active jobs28%

#5Platform424 of 2378 positive · 264 candidates · 780 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure218 of 1269 positive · 196 candidates · 391 active jobs17%

#7Other DevOps99 of 610 positive · 106 candidates · 307 active jobs16%

#8Linux / Systems24 of 200 positive · 60 candidates · 100 active jobs12%

#9Data / MLOps11 of 107 positive · 41 candidates · 54 active jobs10%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates44 of 77 positive · 20 candidates57%

#2Netherlands111 of 294 positive · 82 candidates38%

#3Australia17 of 52 positive · 31 candidates33%

#4Germany1130 of 3936 positive · 520 candidates29%

#5Canada736 of 2594 positive · 356 candidates28%

#6Spain69 of 249 positive · 49 candidates28%

#7United States1370 of 5137 positive · 617 candidates27%

#8France185 of 711 positive · 105 candidates26%

#9United Kingdom688 of 2732 positive · 328 candidates25%

#10Switzerland22 of 108 positive · 12 candidates20%

Interest by skill

#1LibreNMS34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

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

#3NewRelic20 of 28 positive · 28 candidates71%

#4AWS Config25 of 36 positive · 36 candidates69%

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

#6Amazon Web Services71 of 127 positive · 108 candidates56%

#7Cosign33 of 61 positive · 44 candidates54%

#8Checkmk27 of 50 positive · 47 candidates54%

#9Nomad21 of 39 positive · 34 candidates54%

#10GitLab Actions14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

Interest by company

#1ePension34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

#2Crox21 of 27 positive · 27 candidates78%

#3Cherokee Federal64 of 85 positive · 85 candidates75%

#4Ensign Services24 of 34 positive · 34 candidates71%

#5Happy Returns, Inc.19 of 27 positive · 27 candidates70%

#6KPN18 of 26 positive · 17 candidates69%

#7Tesla60 of 91 positive · 84 candidates66%

#8RedBeard Solutions20 of 31 positive · 31 candidates65%

#9GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#10fair parken27 of 47 positive · 47 candidates57%

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 27% positive apply intent. 4,402 of 16,045 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (7112), SRE / Reliability (2231), Cloud (1643). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-08-30.

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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.