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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

4,769 of 18,440 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-09-2018,440 candidate decisions

18,440

Recorded decisions

4,769

Positive decisions

1,071

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

#1DevOps2584 of 8441 positive · 814 candidates · 857 active jobs31%

#2SRE / Reliability773 of 2598 positive · 353 candidates · 197 active jobs30%

#3Cloud453 of 1771 positive · 327 candidates · 225 active jobs26%

#4DevSecOps117 of 521 positive · 130 candidates · 86 active jobs22%

#5Platform480 of 2652 positive · 287 candidates · 409 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure221 of 1444 positive · 210 candidates · 201 active jobs15%

#7Other DevOps100 of 700 positive · 124 candidates · 134 active jobs14%

#8Linux / Systems24 of 186 positive · 63 candidates · 39 active jobs13%

#9Data / MLOps16 of 124 positive · 39 candidates · 27 active jobs13%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates94 of 179 positive · 50 candidates53%

#2Netherlands208 of 609 positive · 137 candidates34%

#3Australia78 of 269 positive · 82 candidates29%

#4Germany1063 of 3949 positive · 513 candidates27%

#5Canada890 of 3255 positive · 375 candidates27%

#6United Kingdom664 of 2564 positive · 328 candidates26%

#7Spain157 of 614 positive · 119 candidates26%

#8United States1177 of 4854 positive · 514 candidates24%

#9France326 of 1546 positive · 205 candidates21%

#10Switzerland62 of 322 positive · 57 candidates19%

Interest by skill

#1LibreNMS34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

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

#3IoT17 of 26 positive · 19 candidates65%

#4Cisco Private Cloud15 of 26 positive · 26 candidates58%

#5ECR16 of 29 positive · 28 candidates55%

#6JavaScript16 of 29 positive · 29 candidates55%

#7Protobuf15 of 28 positive · 27 candidates54%

#8Alibaba-Cloud14 of 26 positive · 22 candidates54%

#9DAST14 of 27 positive · 26 candidates52%

#10Grafana Mimir13 of 26 positive · 25 candidates50%

Interest by company

#1ePension34 of 41 positive · 41 candidates83%

#2Crox21 of 27 positive · 27 candidates78%

#3Cherokee Federal22 of 29 positive · 29 candidates76%

#4KPN20 of 28 positive · 18 candidates71%

#5GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#6Boeing20 of 35 positive · 29 candidates57%

#7D-Wave14 of 26 positive · 23 candidates54%

#8Cisco38 of 73 positive · 66 candidates52%

#9Super.com17 of 34 positive · 32 candidates50%

#10NXT Hero GmbH16 of 32 positive · 32 candidates50%

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 26% positive apply intent. 4,769 of 18,440 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (8441), SRE / Reliability (2598), Cloud (1771). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-09-20.

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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.