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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

5,056 of 18,241 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-09-1318,241 candidate decisions

18,241

Recorded decisions

5,056

Positive decisions

1,171

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

#1DevOps2626 of 8111 positive · 852 candidates · 830 active jobs32%

#2SRE / Reliability842 of 2605 positive · 401 candidates · 196 active jobs32%

#3Cloud508 of 1859 positive · 348 candidates · 223 active jobs27%

#4DevSecOps146 of 558 positive · 150 candidates · 90 active jobs26%

#5Platform536 of 2717 positive · 312 candidates · 423 active jobs20%

#6Infrastructure244 of 1398 positive · 210 candidates · 187 active jobs17%

#7Other DevOps111 of 675 positive · 126 candidates · 139 active jobs16%

#8Data / MLOps17 of 121 positive · 45 candidates · 23 active jobs14%

#9Linux / Systems26 of 197 positive · 68 candidates · 44 active jobs13%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates64 of 109 positive · 32 candidates59%

#2Netherlands192 of 489 positive · 119 candidates39%

#3Australia62 of 199 positive · 69 candidates31%

#4Germany1165 of 4000 positive · 556 candidates29%

#5United States1495 of 5436 positive · 617 candidates28%

#6Spain134 of 474 positive · 96 candidates28%

#7Canada879 of 3285 positive · 385 candidates27%

#8United Kingdom704 of 2569 positive · 346 candidates27%

#9France265 of 1202 positive · 168 candidates22%

#10Switzerland51 of 246 positive · 39 candidates21%

Interest by skill

#1LibreNMS34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

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

#3AWS Config25 of 38 positive · 38 candidates66%

#4Protobuf15 of 25 positive · 24 candidates60%

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

#6Nomad22 of 40 positive · 36 candidates55%

#7Bitbucket Pipelines15 of 28 positive · 26 candidates54%

#8DAST16 of 31 positive · 28 candidates52%

#9React/Redux13 of 25 positive · 25 candidates52%

#10Bitbucket-Pipelines22 of 43 positive · 37 candidates51%

Interest by company

#1ePension34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

#2Crox21 of 27 positive · 27 candidates78%

#3Cherokee Federal51 of 67 positive · 67 candidates76%

#4Ensign Services24 of 34 positive · 34 candidates71%

#5KPN20 of 28 positive · 18 candidates71%

#6RedBeard Solutions20 of 31 positive · 31 candidates65%

#7Tesla73 of 116 positive · 102 candidates63%

#8GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#9Sectigo15 of 25 positive · 25 candidates60%

#10Innocraft25 of 45 positive · 45 candidates56%

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 28% positive apply intent. 5,056 of 18,241 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (8111), SRE / Reliability (2605), Cloud (1859). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-09-13.

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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.