Weekly Market · Week of 2026-08-24 |
📝TL;DR → Total postings hit 244 with 27.9% of roles offering remote work. → Data roles grew to 25.4% share, an increase of 3.1pp. → Platform roles posted a median salary of $222k across 26 roles. → SF led regional markets with 14.3% share and $226k median salary. → Senior-level listings led the market at 30.9% of total volume. → Cross-functional collaboration demand rose to 5.7% share, up 5.7pp. 244 new tech postings over the last 4 weeks — Remote at 27.9% — Austin leads Based on 244 job postings analyzed over the last 4 weeks 🧭Role Category Mix | Data | 25.4% (62 jobs) | ↑ 3.1pp | | Platform | 22.5% (55 jobs) | ↑ 3.9pp | | ML/AI | 20.1% (49 jobs) | ↓ 0.6pp | | Other | 9.8% (24 jobs) | ↑ 1.3pp | | Backend | 4.1% (10 jobs) | ↑ 1.3pp | | Security | 4.1% (10 jobs) | ↓ 2.4pp | | Embedded | 3.3% (8 jobs) | ↓ 2.0pp | | DevOps | 2.9% (7 jobs) | ↓ 1.2pp | | QA | 2.0% (5 jobs) | ↓ 0.4pp | | Fullstack | 2.0% (5 jobs) | → 0.0pp | | Management | 1.6% (4 jobs) | ↓ 0.8pp | | Frontend | 1.6% (4 jobs) | ↑ 0.4pp | | Mobile | 0.4% (1 jobs) | ↓ 2.8pp |
Salary spread by role category | Role | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
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| Data | $152k | $180k | $218k | $252k | | ML/AI | $172k | $200k | $249k | $279k | | Platform | $180k | $222k | $275k | $300k | | Other | $162k | $181k | $192k | $219k | | Backend | $129k | $129k | $185k | $229k | | DevOps | $110k | $200k | $245k | $313k | | Embedded | $192k | $196k | $205k | $215k | | Security | $186k | $213k | $242k | $262k | | Frontend | $113k | $129k | $135k | $138k | | Fullstack | $170k | $200k | $230k | $248k | | QA | $180k | $184k | $189k | $191k | | Mobile | $106k | $106k | $106k | $106k | | Management | $246k | $246k | $246k | $246k |
📊Tech Stack Snapshot TypeScript 23.3% share ↓ 1.5pp 231 jobs | Rust 11.3% share ↓ 0.8pp 112 jobs | Python 10.8% share ↑ 2.2pp 107 jobs | AWS 10.3% share ↓ 1.0pp 102 jobs | Git 9.5% share ↓ 0.2pp 94 jobs | Next.js 7.5% share ↓ 0.8pp 74 jobs | Express 4.1% share → 0.0pp 41 jobs | Go 3.0% share ↓ 0.5pp 30 jobs | Azure 2.0% share ↓ 0.2pp 20 jobs | GCP 2.0% share → 0.1pp 20 jobs | Java 1.8% share ↑ 0.3pp 18 jobs | JavaScript 1.7% share ↓ 0.1pp 17 jobs |
Remote Ratio 27.9% remote24.2% hybrid50.8% onsite 🔗Co-occurrence — hires alongside Python TypeScript101 co-occurring postings AWS53 co-occurring postings Rust47 co-occurring postings Git44 co-occurring postings Express28 co-occurring postings 🤝Soft Skills Methodology18.9pp movement A/B Testing5.7%↑ 5.7pp Experimentation3.8%↑ 3.8pp Statistical Analysis3.8%↑ 3.8pp Causal Inference3.8%↑ 3.8pp Research1.9%↑ 1.9pp Communication13.2pp movement Cross-Functional Collaboration5.7%↑ 5.7pp Stakeholder Management3.8%↑ 3.8pp Written Communication3.8%↑ 3.8pp Domain7.5pp movement Forecasting3.8%↑ 3.8pp Statistics3.8%↑ 3.8pp 🎓Experience Mix | Intern | 4.9% (12 jobs) | | Junior | 3.3% (8 jobs) · $154k median | | Mid | 20.2% (49 jobs) · $144k median | | Senior | 30.9% (75 jobs) · $190k median | | Staff | 12.8% (31 jobs) · $252k median | | Principal | 5.3% (13 jobs) · $212k median | | Lead | 18.5% (45 jobs) · $190k median | | Manager | 1.6% (4 jobs) · $248k median | | Director | 0.4% (1 jobs) | | VP | 2.1% (5 jobs) |
🌎Geo Pulse | Austin | 6.6% (16 jobs) · $194k median | | Boston | 3.3% (8 jobs) · $170k median | | LA | 1.6% (4 jobs) · $235k median | | Chicago | 1.6% (4 jobs) · $189k median | | NYC | 11.5% (28 jobs) · $248k median | | SF | 14.3% (35 jobs) · $226k median | | Denver | 1.6% (4 jobs) · $122k median | | Seattle | 7.0% (17 jobs) · $195k median | | US-Other | 23.8% (58 jobs) · $190k median | | Portland | 0.8% (2 jobs) · $153k median |
📉Hiring Intensity Average tech jobs per hiring company, by month. | Hiring intensity |  |
📰Market News The U.S. tech labor market continues to exhibit a sharp contrast between ongoing corporate layoffs and targeted, infrastructure-focused hiring. As giants like Apple and TikTok restructure to cut legacy headcounts, industry demand is rapidly narrowing down to specialized data engineering. This structural shift directly reflects the massive momentum in enterprise cloud and data stacks like Snowflake, Dbt, and SQL, which are essential for powering the wave of agentic AI systems. 🏢Companies & Roles A | Anduril 25 open roles · $193k median |
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