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ResearchSeptember 2026

The Infrastructure Hiring Report: September 2026

We read 516 live infrastructure job postings from 54 companies. Pay ranges appear in 95 percent of American ads and none of the Indian ones, five roles in the whole sample are open to juniors, and 141 want on-call without pricing it.

516
Postings reviewed: 54
Companies: 58
Job boards: 8,900
Roles screened

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