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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

4,963 of 21,193 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-10-1121,193 candidate decisions

21,193

Recorded decisions

4,963

Positive decisions

1,194

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

#1DevOps2646 of 9779 positive · 905 candidates · 1393 active jobs27%

#2SRE / Reliability763 of 2778 positive · 398 candidates · 289 active jobs27%

#3Cloud498 of 2138 positive · 393 candidates · 352 active jobs23%

#4DevSecOps121 of 563 positive · 138 candidates · 146 active jobs21%

#5Platform530 of 2985 positive · 329 candidates · 656 active jobs18%

#6Infrastructure245 of 1798 positive · 249 candidates · 327 active jobs14%

#7Other DevOps115 of 816 positive · 143 candidates · 234 active jobs14%

#8Data / MLOps17 of 122 positive · 39 candidates · 34 active jobs14%

#9Linux / Systems27 of 209 positive · 71 candidates · 67 active jobs13%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates103 of 196 positive · 52 candidates53%

#2Netherlands290 of 891 positive · 201 candidates33%

#3Germany1043 of 3864 positive · 530 candidates27%

#4Canada833 of 3269 positive · 393 candidates25%

#5United Kingdom641 of 2709 positive · 365 candidates24%

#6Australia97 of 400 positive · 110 candidates24%

#7Spain205 of 903 positive · 176 candidates23%

#8Ireland98 of 441 positive · 106 candidates22%

#9United States1181 of 5939 positive · 559 candidates20%

#10France383 of 2086 positive · 286 candidates18%

Interest by skill

#1Microsoft Sentinel18 of 26 positive · 25 candidates69%

#2LibreNMS47 of 76 positive · 68 candidates62%

#3IoT18 of 31 positive · 21 candidates58%

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

#5JavaScript25 of 47 positive · 45 candidates53%

#6Protobuf16 of 30 positive · 30 candidates53%

#7Sysdig16 of 31 positive · 17 candidates52%

#8Ruby On Rails27 of 53 positive · 49 candidates51%

#9AWS Code Pipeline14 of 30 positive · 29 candidates47%

#10Public Key Infrastructure18 of 40 positive · 38 candidates45%

Interest by company

#1KPN20 of 28 positive · 18 candidates71%

#2ePension45 of 68 positive · 68 candidates66%

#3GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#4Boeing22 of 36 positive · 29 candidates61%

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

#6Ioki GmbH14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

#7Super.com25 of 47 positive · 45 candidates53%

#8DICETEK LLC14 of 27 positive · 17 candidates52%

#9Cisco36 of 71 positive · 63 candidates51%

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

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 23% positive apply intent. 4,963 of 21,193 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: DevOps (9779), SRE / Reliability (2778), Cloud (2138). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-10-11.

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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.