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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

4,820 of 17,778 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-09-0617,778 candidate decisions

17,778

Recorded decisions

4,820

Positive decisions

1,147

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

#1DevOps2541 of 7781 positive · 827 candidates · 722 active jobs33%

#2SRE / Reliability778 of 2517 positive · 401 candidates · 186 active jobs31%

#3Cloud489 of 1823 positive · 333 candidates · 215 active jobs27%

#4DevSecOps150 of 560 positive · 143 candidates · 95 active jobs27%

#5Platform469 of 2667 positive · 287 candidates · 401 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure247 of 1417 positive · 208 candidates · 175 active jobs17%

#7Other DevOps108 of 686 positive · 115 candidates · 134 active jobs16%

#8Linux / Systems25 of 212 positive · 65 candidates · 45 active jobs12%

#9Data / MLOps13 of 114 positive · 43 candidates · 27 active jobs11%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates52 of 86 positive · 23 candidates60%

#2Australia41 of 100 positive · 46 candidates41%

#3Netherlands131 of 367 positive · 100 candidates36%

#4Germany1226 of 4145 positive · 560 candidates30%

#5Spain100 of 328 positive · 76 candidates30%

#6United States1432 of 5508 positive · 643 candidates26%

#7Canada831 of 3149 positive · 378 candidates26%

#8United Kingdom716 of 2852 positive · 346 candidates25%

#9France216 of 868 positive · 128 candidates25%

#10Ireland41 of 191 positive · 44 candidates21%

Interest by skill

#1LibreNMS34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

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

#3NewRelic21 of 29 positive · 29 candidates72%

#4AWS Config25 of 37 positive · 37 candidates68%

#5Cisco Private Cloud15 of 26 positive · 26 candidates58%

#6Checkmk27 of 50 positive · 47 candidates54%

#7GitLab Actions14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

#8SageMaker Pipelines14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

#9Amazon Web Services72 of 136 positive · 113 candidates53%

#10Cosign33 of 64 positive · 47 candidates52%

Interest by company

#1ePension34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

#2Crox21 of 27 positive · 27 candidates78%

#3Cherokee Federal64 of 86 positive · 86 candidates74%

#4Ensign Services24 of 34 positive · 34 candidates71%

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

#6KPN18 of 26 positive · 17 candidates69%

#7RedBeard Solutions20 of 31 positive · 31 candidates65%

#8Tesla61 of 98 positive · 89 candidates62%

#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. 4,820 of 17,778 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (7781), SRE / Reliability (2517), Cloud (1823). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-09-06.

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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.