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Week of Jul 13, 2026

HiringTrends Weekly Market · Week of 2026-07-13
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Weekly Market · Week of 2026-07-13

📝TL;DR

Rolling 4-week tech volume reached 130000 active postings

ML/AI roles jumped to 30.7% share, up 15.6 percentage points

San Francisco led metro shares at 19.8% with $193k median salary

TypeScript demand rose 20.5 percentage points to 23.3% share

ML/AI roles recorded a median salary of $208k across 38 postings

Mid-level postings led experience demands with a 28.8% share

Mobile p90 hits $130k (-$134k over 4 weeks) · spread widens

Based on 130,000 job postings analyzed over the last 4 weeks

🧭Role Category Mix

ML/AI30.7% (65 jobs) 15.6pp
Data24.1% (51 jobs) 15.6pp
Platform16.0% (34 jobs) 3.0pp
Other10.4% (22 jobs) 6.0pp
QA2.8% (6 jobs) 0.7pp
Fullstack2.4% (5 jobs) 17.6pp
DevOps2.4% (5 jobs) 1.0pp
Embedded2.4% (5 jobs) 1.9pp
Mobile2.4% (5 jobs) 1.3pp
Security2.4% (5 jobs) 0.4pp
Backend1.9% (4 jobs) 13.7pp
Management1.4% (3 jobs) 0.6pp
Frontend0.9% (2 jobs) 2.3pp

Salary spread by role category

Rolep25p50p75p90
ML/AI$167k$208k$247k$287k
Data$160k$193k$227k$319k
Platform$122k$181k$236k$287k
Other$150k$206k$269k$284k
Security$150k$169k$186k$196k
Embedded$158k$165k$211k$238k
DevOps$143k$145k$148k$149k
Management$189k$226k$263k$285k
Backend$194k$196k$198k$199k
Fullstack$219k$239k$260k$272k
Frontend$264k$264k$264k$264k
Mobile$130k$130k$130k$130k
QA$88k$88k$88k$88k

📊Tech Stack Snapshot

TypeScript
23.3% share
20.5pp
199 jobs
Python
11.4% share
7.7pp
97 jobs
AWS
11.0% share
6.5pp
94 jobs
Rust
9.7% share
8.6pp
83 jobs
Next.js
9.0% share
8.3pp
77 jobs
Git
8.4% share
7.1pp
72 jobs
Express
4.1% share
3.8pp
35 jobs
Go
3.2% share
2.1pp
27 jobs
GCP
2.5% share
1.3pp
21 jobs
Azure
2.3% share
0.6pp
20 jobs
JavaScript
1.6% share
0.5pp
14 jobs
Ruby
1.4% share
1.1pp
12 jobs
Remote Ratio
20.8% remote32.5% hybrid48.6% onsite

🔗Co-occurrence — hires alongside AWS

TypeScript94 co-occurring postings
Rust55 co-occurring postings
Python53 co-occurring postings
Next.js50 co-occurring postings
Git48 co-occurring postings

🤝Soft Skills

Domain6.6pp movement
User Experience5.2% 4.4pp
Saas2.6% 2.2pp
Communication5.7pp movement
Cross-Functional Collaboration6.5% 0.9pp
Written Communication5.2% 1.6pp
Stakeholder Management3.9% 3.3pp
Certifications5.2pp movement
Servicenow2.6% 2.6pp
Technical Architecture2.6% 2.6pp
Leadership2.6pp movement
Product Management2.6% 2.3pp
Project Management1.3% 0.3pp
Methodology0.9pp movement
Agile2.6% 0.9pp

🎓Experience Mix

Intern5.7% (12 jobs) · $275k median
Junior0.5% (1 jobs)
Mid28.8% (61 jobs) · $156k median
Senior24.5% (52 jobs) · $200k median
Staff19.8% (42 jobs) · $232k median
Principal4.7% (10 jobs) · $193k median
Lead15.1% (32 jobs) · $200k median
Manager0.5% (1 jobs) · $350k median
VP0.5% (1 jobs) · $300k median

🌎Geo Pulse

Boston2.8% (6 jobs) · $242k median
Austin7.5% (16 jobs) · $138k median
Chicago3.8% (8 jobs) · $200k median
LA1.4% (3 jobs) · $300k median
NYC15.1% (32 jobs) · $189k median
SF19.8% (42 jobs) · $193k median
Denver0.9% (2 jobs) · $95k median
Seattle4.3% (9 jobs) · $190k median
US-Other23.6% (50 jobs) · $221k median
Remote20.8% (44 jobs) · $198k median

📉Hiring Intensity

Average tech jobs per hiring company, by month.

Hiring intensity
Hiring intensity — line chart from 2025-08 to 2026-07

📰Market News

The U.S. technology job market is undergoing a structural realignment, characterized by targeted layoffs at major cloud providers alongside a powerful surge in AI-specific roles. While overall tech headcounts are being tightly managed, active job listings are increasingly prioritizing practical AI implementation, including retrieval-augmented generation and large language model integration, as non-tech sectors rapidly transition from experimentation to full production.

aiAI skills now listed in 73% of tech job postings

HR Dive · 2026-07-10

According to new data from Dice, demand for artificial intelligence expertise is rapidly outpacing other tech roles, with AI skill requirements appearing in 73% of U.S. tech job postings.

Artificial Intelligence +20% share
hiringIT hiring sees a boost as software development jobs slowly bounce back

CIO · 2026-07-13

The CompTIA Tech Jobs Report reveals a six-month growth streak in IT job postings, driven heavily by traditional industries ramping up digital transformation and implementing practical AI workflows.

Systems Engineering +20% share
aiAI and Job Postings: From Destruction to Creation?

Indeed Hiring Lab · 2026-07-08

Indeed analysis indicates a notable rebound in U.S. software development job postings, highly driven by senior and AI-fluent roles, signaling that agentic AI tools may be starting to stimulate developer demand.

Llm +20% share
layoffsThe AI Era Is Bringing Recurring Layoffs

Business Insider · 2026-07-12

Tech giants including Microsoft and Amazon are engaging in 'continuous tuning' of their workforces, executing recurring layoffs as they restructure organizational budgets to heavily prioritize AI infrastructure.

layoffsUS leads in head count reduction with AI-driven restructurings

HR Dive · 2026-07-07

Analysis of recent WARN database and TrueUp.io data shows cloud computing and SaaS companies like Oracle and Amazon are responsible for the largest share of U.S. tech layoffs, largely tied to AI-driven restructuring initiatives.

🏢Companies & Roles

A

Anduril

23 open roles · $192k median

A

Apple

9 open roles

O

OpenAI

9 open roles

C

Capco

6 open roles · $165k median

B

bjakcareer

5 open roles

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

Crossing Hurdles

1 open role

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

MatX

1 open role

Software Engineer - Kernels$250k – $600kThis is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday
RustParallelismSimd Programming
H

hivemq

1 open role

Senior Solutions Advisor$500kUnited States
AWSAzureDocker

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