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DevOps Candidate Interest Index

5,073 of 22,818 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days.

Updated 2026-10-2522,818 candidate decisions

22,818

Recorded decisions

5,073

Positive decisions

1,276

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

#1SRE / Reliability760 of 2864 positive · 421 candidates · 348 active jobs27%

#2DevOps2693 of 10713 positive · 989 candidates · 1554 active jobs25%

#3Cloud491 of 2340 positive · 405 candidates · 436 active jobs21%

#4DevSecOps120 of 628 positive · 145 candidates · 174 active jobs19%

#5Platform587 of 3265 positive · 358 candidates · 760 active jobs18%

#6Data / MLOps21 of 137 positive · 48 candidates · 38 active jobs15%

#7Infrastructure259 of 1819 positive · 266 candidates · 388 active jobs14%

#8Other DevOps112 of 829 positive · 140 candidates · 261 active jobs14%

#9Linux / Systems28 of 217 positive · 73 candidates · 73 active jobs13%

Interest by country

#1United Arab Emirates106 of 228 positive · 57 candidates46%

#2Netherlands331 of 1066 positive · 252 candidates31%

#3Germany946 of 3749 positive · 549 candidates25%

#4Ireland130 of 526 positive · 150 candidates25%

#5Canada800 of 3466 positive · 406 candidates23%

#6United Kingdom645 of 2812 positive · 375 candidates23%

#7Spain233 of 1129 positive · 204 candidates21%

#8United States1216 of 6225 positive · 579 candidates20%

#9Australia111 of 555 positive · 129 candidates20%

#10France451 of 2489 positive · 353 candidates18%

Interest by skill

#1Kubernetes/EKS20 of 32 positive · 32 candidates63%

#2Azure Site Recovery17 of 27 positive · 26 candidates63%

#3MFA17 of 29 positive · 26 candidates59%

#4Groundcover22 of 38 positive · 37 candidates58%

#5STIGs16 of 28 positive · 27 candidates57%

#6JavaScript27 of 51 positive · 49 candidates53%

#7Azure Backup18 of 34 positive · 31 candidates53%

#8Conditional Access16 of 30 positive · 24 candidates53%

#9Protobuf16 of 31 positive · 31 candidates52%

#10JSM16 of 31 positive · 30 candidates52%

Interest by company

#1KPN22 of 33 positive · 22 candidates67%

#2GSSTech Group18 of 29 positive · 14 candidates62%

#3Boeing22 of 38 positive · 30 candidates58%

#4D-Wave14 of 25 positive · 22 candidates56%

#5ePension24 of 44 positive · 44 candidates55%

#6Ioki GmbH14 of 26 positive · 26 candidates54%

#7Super.com27 of 51 positive · 49 candidates53%

#8Bitsight24 of 45 positive · 37 candidates53%

#9NXT Hero GmbH16 of 32 positive · 32 candidates50%

#10Arm13 of 28 positive · 18 candidates46%

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DevOps Candidate Interest Index. 22% positive apply intent. 5,073 of 22,818 recorded decisions showed positive apply intent over 90 days. Leading entries: SRE / Reliability (2864), DevOps (10713), Cloud (2340). DevOpsHunt job market data, 2026-10-25.

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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.