Weekly Skills Pulse — April 09, 2026

Machine Learning dominates hiring activity this week, with demand reaching 47.8% across AI & Machine Learning roles — up 8.4 percentage points week-over-week. For the week of April 9, 2026, the job market shows 7,975 active listings from 145 companies, with 5,270 new postings added and DevOps & Infrastructure emerging as the most volatile category.

Key Movements This Week

• Kubernetes: 20.4% demand (down 26.9pp from last week) — This pullback in DevOps & Infrastructure suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• AWS: 35.6% demand (down 25.3pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Terraform: 21.1% demand (down 23.5pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 23.1% demand (down 17.9pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Excel: 14.6% demand (down 17.3pp from last week) — A sizable decline in AI & Machine Learning may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Node.js: 14.3% demand (down 16.8pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Python: 23.1% demand (down 16.7pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• AWS: 30.0% demand (down 16.6pp from last week) — This pullback in DevOps & Infrastructure suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.

Category Spotlight: DevOps & Infrastructure

1. AWS — 30.0% (↓ 16.6pp)
2. CI/CD — 23.0% (↓ 12.8pp)
3. Terraform — 21.1% (↓ 23.5pp)
4. Azure — 20.6% (↓ 5.1pp)
5. Kubernetes — 20.4% (↓ 26.9pp)
6. Scala — 20.3% (↓ 8.8pp)
7. Docker — 16.9% (↓ 10.8pp)
8. Python — 13.1% (↓ 7.2pp)
9. Excel — 12.9% (↓ 16.2pp)
10. GCP — 11.7% (↓ 11.3pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• Machine Learning +8.4 percentage points — now at 47.8% in AI & Machine Learning
• Scala +6.0 percentage points — now at 36.2% in Software Engineering
• React +4.4 percentage points — now at 18.3% in Software Engineering
• Java +3.7 percentage points — now at 19.2% in Software Engineering
• C# +3.5 percentage points — now at 5.0% in Software Engineering

Declining

• Kubernetes -26.9 percentage points — down to 20.4% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• AWS -25.3 percentage points — down to 35.6% in Security
• Terraform -23.5 percentage points — down to 21.1% in DevOps & Infrastructure

What This Signals

Machine Learning skills jumped 8.4 percentage points this week, making ML fluency the clearest differentiator for Software Engineering candidates right now — pair that with Scala (+6.0 percentage points) or React (+4.4 percentage points) to target the 5,270 new listings entering the market. Hiring managers in DevOps & Infrastructure should move carefully: Kubernetes dropped 26.9pp and AWS fell 25.3pp, signalling a sharp short-term contraction in infrastructure-tagged roles that may reflect consolidation or re-categorisation rather than sustained demand. With Full Stack Developer leading all roles at 2,810 of 7,975 active listings, candidates who combine front-end React skills with ML exposure sit at the strongest intersection of supply and employer interest this week.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 7,975
• New listings this week: 5,270
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (2810 listings)
• Top skill overall: Stakeholder Mgmt (61.2%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Machine Learning, Scala, React. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 7,975 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 5,270 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 7,975 across 145 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

DevOps & Infrastructure showed the most hiring activity this week, with the largest aggregate skill movement across all tracked categories.

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Data sourced from 145 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.