Weekly Market · Week of 2026-10-12 |
📝TL;DR → September tech sector cuts grew 77 percent, bringing year-to-date layoffs over 165,000. → ML/AI roles accounted for 25.7% of all postings, up 2.7 percentage points. → ML/AI positions reported the highest median salary at $248k across role categories. → San Francisco led metro hiring share at 18.9% with a $215k median salary. → Senior roles represented 25.8% of postings, while junior positions totaled 2.0%. → TypeScript held 25.0% tech stack share, while Python rose 3.1 percentage points. US-Other overtakes Austin for tech postings — 27.1% share Based on 27.05 job postings analyzed over the last 4 weeks 🧭Role Category Mix | ML/AI | 25.7% (63 jobs) | ↑ 2.7pp | | Data | 21.6% (53 jobs) | ↑ 1.6pp | | Platform | 16.3% (40 jobs) | ↓ 1.9pp | | Other | 10.2% (25 jobs) | ↑ 3.6pp | | Security | 6.1% (15 jobs) | ↓ 1.5pp | | Embedded | 5.7% (14 jobs) | ↑ 2.1pp | | DevOps | 4.1% (10 jobs) | ↑ 0.4pp | | QA | 2.9% (7 jobs) | ↑ 0.3pp | | Management | 2.5% (6 jobs) | ↓ 3.0pp | | Frontend | 2.0% (5 jobs) | ↑ 0.6pp | | Fullstack | 1.6% (4 jobs) | ↓ 3.8pp | | Mobile | 0.8% (2 jobs) | ↑ 0.5pp | | Backend | 0.4% (1 jobs) | ↓ 1.4pp |
Salary spread by role category | Role | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
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| Data | $147k | $184k | $210k | $249k | | Platform | $117k | $150k | $189k | $225k | | ML/AI | $215k | $248k | $300k | $360k | | Other | $115k | $150k | $165k | $188k | | Security | $168k | $184k | $234k | $252k | | DevOps | $135k | $210k | $215k | $217k | | Embedded | $149k | $164k | $209k | $239k | | Management | $167k | $175k | $195k | $217k | | Frontend | $121k | $172k | $215k | $215k | | Mobile | $178k | $194k | $209k | $219k | | Fullstack | $200k | $200k | $200k | $200k | | QA | $122k | $122k | $122k | $122k |
📊Tech Stack Snapshot TypeScript 25.0% share ↑ 1.7pp 240 jobs | Python 12.8% share ↑ 3.1pp 123 jobs | Rust 12.3% share ↑ 0.8pp 118 jobs | AWS 9.1% share ↓ 1.8pp 87 jobs | Git 9.1% share → 0.1pp 87 jobs | Next.js 7.7% share ↓ 0.3pp 74 jobs | Express 5.6% share ↑ 1.2pp 54 jobs | Go 3.0% share ↑ 0.5pp 29 jobs | Java 2.0% share ↓ 0.2pp 19 jobs | GCP 1.4% share ↓ 0.1pp 13 jobs | Azure 1.4% share ↓ 0.5pp 13 jobs | React 1.1% share ↓ 0.3pp 11 jobs |
Remote Ratio 22.9% remote33.9% hybrid45.3% onsite 🔗Co-occurrence — hires alongside TypeScript Python120 co-occurring postings Rust118 co-occurring postings AWS87 co-occurring postings Git87 co-occurring postings Next.js74 co-occurring postings 🤝Soft Skills Domain61.1pp movement Machine Learning11.1%↑ 11.1pp Statistics11.1%↑ 11.1pp Fintech11.1%↑ 11.1pp Computer Vision5.6%↑ 5.6pp Mlops5.6%↑ 5.6pp Robotics5.6%↑ 5.6pp Causal Inference5.6%↑ 5.6pp Generative AI5.6%↑ 5.6pp Methodology5.6pp movement Experimentation5.6%↑ 5.6pp Communication5.6pp movement Written Communication5.6%↑ 5.6pp 🎓Experience Mix | Intern | 17.6% (43 jobs) · $124k median | | Junior | 2.0% (5 jobs) · $103k median | | Mid | 20.9% (51 jobs) · $150k median | | Senior | 25.8% (63 jobs) · $192k median | | Staff | 14.3% (35 jobs) · $228k median | | Principal | 6.6% (16 jobs) · $183k median | | Lead | 10.7% (26 jobs) · $184k median | | Manager | 1.6% (4 jobs) · $207k median | | Director | 0.4% (1 jobs) · $223k median |
🌎Geo Pulse | Boston | 3.3% (8 jobs) · $150k median | | Austin | 2.9% (7 jobs) · $122k median | | LA | 0.4% (1 jobs) | | Chicago | 0.8% (2 jobs) | | NYC | 16.4% (40 jobs) · $197k median | | SF | 18.9% (46 jobs) · $215k median | | Denver | 2.5% (6 jobs) · $147k median | | Seattle | 4.5% (11 jobs) · $195k median | | US-Other | 27.1% (66 jobs) · $170k median | | Portland | 0.4% (1 jobs) · $163k median |
📉Hiring Intensity Average tech jobs per hiring company, by month. | Hiring intensity |  |
📰Market News The U.S. tech job market is displaying a sharp bifurcation, characterized by rising layoff announcements in traditional software and enterprise IT functions alongside hyper-concentrated demand for artificial intelligence capabilities. Employer requisitions increasingly focus almost entirely on specialized AI engineering, infrastructure, and deployment skills, leaving generalist developer and remote roles at a significant disadvantage. See all 6 articles on the market page → 🏢Companies & Roles A | Anduril 21 open roles · $163k median |
W | Waymo 20 open roles · $177k median |
E | Ensono 13 open roles · $116k median |
A | aic 6 open roles · $215k median |
R | Roblox 6 open roles · $206k median |
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