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Week of Jun 1, 2026

HiringTrends Weekly Market · Week of 2026-06-01
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HiringTrends.dev

Weekly Market · Week of 2026-06-01

📝TL;DR

Senior roles slip to 28.4% of openings (-10.8pp)

Mobile roles -12.9pp to 4.1% share

Austin leads at 3.3% of postings

Security p90 reaches $327k

Intern share at 1.3% of openings

Cross-Functional Collaboration demand at 8.0% of postings

TypeScript Share Down 3.2pp, Remote Postings at 30.8%

Based on 28.41 job postings analyzed over the last 4 weeks

🧭Role Category Mix

Platform21.8% (341 jobs) 5.0pp
Fullstack21.1% (330 jobs) 10.1pp
ML/AI14.5% (226 jobs) 0.8pp
Backend14.2% (221 jobs) 9.1pp
Data8.1% (127 jobs) 3.4pp
Other4.4% (68 jobs) 5.0pp
Mobile4.1% (64 jobs) 12.9pp
Security2.8% (43 jobs) 0.4pp
Embedded2.5% (39 jobs) 1.8pp
Frontend2.4% (38 jobs) 1.0pp
DevOps1.8% (28 jobs) 0.2pp
Management1.4% (22 jobs) 0.2pp
QA0.9% (14 jobs) 1.0pp

Salary spread by role category

Rolep25p50p75p90
Platform$180k$215k$255k$314k
Fullstack$170k$175k$222k$271k
Backend$170k$207k$230k$261k
ML/AI$167k$211k$258k$310k
Data$150k$190k$219k$279k
Mobile$170k$170k$170k$194k
Other$125k$147k$183k$210k
Security$173k$198k$225k$327k
Embedded$110k$166k$200k$222k
Frontend$158k$183k$228k$249k
DevOps$149k$159k$209k$283k
Management$163k$180k$251k$260k
QA$129k$141k$162k$186k

📊Tech Stack Snapshot

AWS
4.2% share
0.6pp
781 jobs
Python
3.9% share
0.0pp
727 jobs
TypeScript
3.5% share
3.0pp
652 jobs
Java
2.3% share
0.7pp
422 jobs
React
2.0% share
0.4pp
373 jobs
Kubernetes
1.9% share
0.6pp
354 jobs
Azure
1.7% share
0.2pp
323 jobs
CI/CD
1.7% share
0.8pp
319 jobs
JavaScript
1.7% share
1.2pp
310 jobs
Distributed Systems
1.6% share
0.6pp
308 jobs
Go
1.4% share
0.4pp
252 jobs
SQL
1.3% share
0.6pp
246 jobs
Remote Ratio
30.2% remote32.9% hybrid42.3% onsite

🔗Co-occurrence — hires alongside TypeScript

Python267 co-occurring postings
React262 co-occurring postings
AWS252 co-occurring postings
JavaScript211 co-occurring postings
Node.js149 co-occurring postings

🤝Soft Skills

Leadership5.4pp movement
Mentoring5.5% 2.3pp
Technical Decision-Making3.6% 0.3pp
Team Leadership2.1% 1.1pp
Technical Leadership1.4% 1.1pp
System Design1.4% 0.7pp
Communication4.4pp movement
Cross-Functional Collaboration8.0% 2.7pp
Written Communication4.3% 0.8pp
Communication2.0% 0.7pp
Problem Solving1.9% 0.3pp
Methodology2.1pp movement
Agile3.6% 2.1pp

🎓Experience Mix

Intern1.3% (20 jobs) · $52k median
Junior0.6% (9 jobs) · $83k median
Mid18.1% (276 jobs) · $157k median
Senior28.4% (433 jobs) · $198k median
Staff19.6% (299 jobs) · $232k median
Principal11.3% (173 jobs) · $215k median
Lead17.1% (261 jobs) · $170k median
Manager1.7% (26 jobs) · $181k median
Director0.7% (11 jobs) · $318k median
VP1.1% (16 jobs) · $177k median

🌎Geo Pulse

Austin3.3% (34 jobs) · $173k median
Boston1.6% (16 jobs) · $166k median
LA1.1% (11 jobs) · $125k median
Chicago1.9% (19 jobs) · $176k median
NYC17.0% (174 jobs) · $216k median
SF9.8% (100 jobs) · $231k median
Denver1.5% (15 jobs) · $173k median
Seattle4.6% (47 jobs) · $225k median
US-Other13.0% (133 jobs) · $220k median
Portland0.3% (3 jobs) · $101k median

📉Hiring Intensity

Average tech jobs per hiring company, by month.

Hiring intensity
Hiring intensity — line chart from 2025-07 to 2026-06

📰Market News

The U.S. tech job market is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by a decline in overall job postings and remote work availability, alongside a notable shift in demand towards specialized skills. While total jobs and remote positions have seen a sharp decrease, programming languages like Rust, Git, Node.js, TypeScript, and Python are experiencing increased demand. The surge in AI-related job postings, even amidst a sluggish broader tech market and ongoing layoffs, highlights the critical importance of AI fluency for job seekers. Concurrently, the slowing overall job growth in the U.S. is influencing expectations for monetary policy, with increased bets on a Fed rate cut.

remoteRemote work -- not AI -- has sidelined recent college graduates, research finds

NPR · 2026-06-01

New research suggests that the rise of remote work, rather than AI, is a primary factor in the increased unemployment rates among recent college graduates, as companies are less likely to hire inexperienced workers for remote roles where on-the-job training is harder to facilitate.

remotePct -29.06% delta
layoffsEntry-Level Tech Jobs 2026: 148,092 Cuts Expose Which Skills Still Get You Hired

TECHTIMES.com · 2026-06-01

Over 148,000 tech workers have been displaced since January 1st, 2026, with AI being a leading cause for recent layoffs. Despite this, demand for AI-related skills in entry-level jobs has nearly tripled, indicating a shift in required skillsets for new hires.

aiAI hiring spreads beyond traditional US tech hubs - Staffing Industry Analysts

Staffing Industry Analysts · 2026-06-01

AI job concentrations are expanding beyond Silicon Valley to other U.S. markets, with postings mentioning AI surging even as overall hiring stagnates. This trend suggests that AI skills are becoming crucial for job seekers in a weak hiring environment.

industryThe Developer's World in June 2026: Everything That's Changing Right Now - Medium

Medium · 2026-06-01

TypeScript saw a significant increase in contributors in 2025, becoming the most-used language on GitHub by contributor count, surpassing Python. Major frameworks now default to TypeScript, leading to its widespread adoption.

TypeScript +14.46% share
industryThe Future of Python: Trends to Watch in 2026 - BeBee

BeBee · 2026-06-01

Python continues to be a dominant programming language, especially in AI, machine learning, data science, and automation, with a thriving job market for skilled Python developers.

Python +12.37% share

See all 7 articles on the market page

🏢Companies & Roles

S

Speechify

103 open roles · $170k median

C

Capital One

27 open roles · $258k median

A

Anduril

25 open roles · $170k median

G

Google

22 open roles · $233k median

N

NVIDIA

20 open roles · $290k median

N

Netflix

4 open roles

Software Engineer (L6) - Compute Control Plane$499k – $900kUnited States
ContainerizationCloud ArchitecturesDistributed Systems
Senior Software Engineer, Design Tooling$388k – $558kUnited States
ReactFigmaAI
Software Engineer 5 - Member API$388k – $558kRemote
GraphQLAPI DesignFederation
Software Engineer 5- Customer Service Platform$388k – $558kUnited States
TypeScriptJavaScriptReact
A

Anthropic

3 open roles

Senior Staff Software Engineer$485k – $625kNew York, NY
IosAndroidRendering
Senior Staff Software Engineer$485k – $625kSeattle, WA
IosAndroidRendering
C

Crossing Hurdles

1 open role

Principal Software Engineer | Remote$208k – $624kRemote
DebuggingScalabilityMaintainability
H

hivemq

1 open role

Senior Solutions Advisor$500kUnited States
AWSAzureDocker
A

assorthealth

1 open role

Area Vice President of Health Systems$500kRemote
GitNext.jsRust

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