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Forecast 9f91018d · published 2026-07-26
job postings count for role 'platform engineer' is forecast at 7 in Jul 6–12, 2026, within 0-15 at 80% confidence (down from 9 in Jun 8–14, 2026).
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Jul 6–12, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 7 job postings
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-07-12
- Expires
- 2026-07-19
Confidence at publication
12%
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 7 job postings
- Off by
- 0 postings
- Accuracy
- 98%
- Direction
- ✓ Called correctly
Interval 0.0-14.6 covered the observed 7.0 (down) in 2026-W28; point estimate was 7.2 (down).
Observed history
platform engineer — the series behind the fit
May 4–10, 2026: 0 mentionsMay 11–17, 2026: 0 mentionsMay 18–24, 2026: 0 mentionsMay 25–31, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 1–7, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 8–14, 2026: 0 mentions
How we know
Evidence
33+
Confidence
12%
Source diversity
0 sources
Last updated
2026-07-26
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 7.17
- Actual
- 7
- Accuracy
- 98%
- Direction
- called correctly
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
- 2026-07-12
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for platform engineer
6 forecasts published, 4 scored, mean accuracy 76%.
No source documents resolve for this artefact.