job postings count for role 'platform engineer' is forecast at 11 in Aug 17–23, 2026, within 7-14 at 80% confidence (flat from 11 in Jul 20–26, 2026).

Missed

What was claimed

The forecast

Target period: Aug 17–23, 2026
Predicted mentions: 11 job postings
Direction: → Roughly flat
Method: Linear trend fit with confidence interval
Review by: 2026-08-23
Expires: 2026-08-30

Confidence at publication

Early signal

What happened

Outcome

Actual mentions: 21 job postings
Off by: 10 postings
Accuracy: 50%
Direction: ✗ Missed
Predicted range: ✗ Actual fell outside it

Interval 7.3-13.9 missed the observed 21.0 (up) in 2026-W34; point estimate was 10.6 (flat).

Observed history

platform engineer — the series behind the fit

Jun 15–21, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 22–28, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 29–Jul 5, 2026: 1 mentionsJul 6–12, 2026: 0 mentionsJul 13–19, 2026: 0 mentionsJul 20–26, 2026: 2 mentions

How we know

Evidence

40+

Confidence

Early signal

Source diversity

0 sources

Last updated

2026-07-26

Reality validation

Predicted: 10.59
Actual: 21
Accuracy: 50%
Direction: missed

How this forecast was made

Approach: Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
How far ahead: 4 weeks
Checked against reality by: 2026-08-23
Can it be edited?: No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is

Track record for platform engineer

6 forecasts published, 6 scored, mean accuracy 72%.

No source documents resolve for this artefact.