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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

4,810 of 19,766 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-10-0419,766 candidate decisions

19,766

Recorded decisions

4,810

Positive decisions

1,133

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

#1DevOps2592 of 9161 positive · 857 candidates · 1168 active jobs28%

#2SRE / Reliability758 of 2673 positive · 386 candidates · 255 active jobs28%

#3Cloud479 of 1967 positive · 364 candidates · 300 active jobs24%

#4DevSecOps111 of 519 positive · 134 candidates · 119 active jobs21%

#5Platform492 of 2788 positive · 314 candidates · 549 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure230 of 1602 positive · 236 candidates · 275 active jobs14%

#7Other DevOps108 of 750 positive · 139 candidates · 203 active jobs14%

#8Data / MLOps16 of 112 positive · 37 candidates · 32 active jobs14%

#9Linux / Systems23 of 189 positive · 66 candidates · 62 active jobs12%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates96 of 184 positive · 48 candidates52%

#2Netherlands253 of 805 positive · 174 candidates31%

#3Germany1043 of 3773 positive · 515 candidates28%

#4Canada834 of 3187 positive · 377 candidates26%

#5United Kingdom631 of 2491 positive · 348 candidates25%

#6Australia92 of 365 positive · 104 candidates25%

#7Spain179 of 766 positive · 153 candidates23%

#8United States1171 of 5510 positive · 533 candidates21%

#9France364 of 1903 positive · 261 candidates19%

#10Ireland72 of 375 positive · 91 candidates19%

Interest by skill

#1LibreNMS34 of 47 positive · 45 candidates72%

#2IoT17 of 26 positive · 19 candidates65%

#3Cisco Private Cloud15 of 26 positive · 26 candidates58%

#4JavaScript21 of 40 positive · 39 candidates53%

#5Sysdig16 of 31 positive · 17 candidates52%

#6Ruby On Rails27 of 53 positive · 48 candidates51%

#7Cosign23 of 45 positive · 29 candidates51%

#8Protobuf16 of 32 positive · 31 candidates50%

#9AWS Code Pipeline14 of 28 positive · 28 candidates50%

#10AI Agents12 of 25 positive · 19 candidates48%

Interest by company

#1ePension34 of 45 positive · 45 candidates76%

#2KPN20 of 28 positive · 18 candidates71%

#3GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#4Boeing22 of 39 positive · 31 candidates56%

#5D-Wave14 of 25 positive · 22 candidates56%

#6Ioki GmbH14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

#7Super.com21 of 41 positive · 39 candidates51%

#8NXT Hero GmbH16 of 32 positive · 32 candidates50%

#9Cisco37 of 75 positive · 67 candidates49%

#10Sequoia Connect13 of 27 positive · 27 candidates48%

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 24% positive apply intent. 4,810 of 19,766 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (9161), SRE / Reliability (2673), Cloud (1967). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-10-04.

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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.