Weekly Skills Pulse — April 14, 2026

Agile / Scrum surged to 8.7% demand in AI & Machine Learning this week — up 2.5 percentage points week-over-week — making it the biggest mover across all tracked skills in the week of April 14, 2026. A total of 10,384 new listings hit the market from 121 companies, pushing active listings to 13,062, with Security emerging as the most volatile category of the week.

Key Movements This Week

• AWS: 25.9% demand (down 27.8pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Security, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• SQL: 17.9% demand (down 23.2pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Data & Analytics, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 18.6% demand (down 23.0pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Data & Analytics, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 14.7% demand (down 21.9pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Security, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 47.2% demand (down 21.6pp from last week) — This pullback in Product & Design suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• Python: 15.5% demand (down 21.4pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Security, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Python: 14.8% demand (down 21.3pp from last week) — This pullback in Data & Analytics suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• AWS: 23.1% demand (down 18.5pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.

Category Spotlight: Security

1. AWS — 25.9% (↓ 27.8pp)
2. Excel — 15.9% (↓ 14.7pp)
3. Python — 15.5% (↓ 21.4pp)
4. Stakeholder Mgmt — 14.7% (↓ 21.9pp)
5. Azure — 13.3% (↓ 7.6pp)
6. Incident Response — 12.9% (↓ 12.5pp)
7. SIEM — 9.9% (↓ 8.0pp)
8. GCP — 9.3% (↓ 11.2pp)
9. Scala — 9.2% (↓ 10.6pp)
10. Node.js — 8.4% (↓ 14.4pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• Agile / Scrum +2.5 percentage points — now at 8.7% in AI & Machine Learning
• Agile / Scrum +1.8 percentage points — now at 7.9% in Software Engineering
• Datadog +-1.6 percentage points — now at 1.7% in Software Engineering
• Elasticsearch +-1.6 percentage points — now at 1.0% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Zero Trust +-1.6 percentage points — now at 2.1% in Security

Declining

• AWS -27.8 percentage points — down to 25.9% in Security
• SQL -23.2 percentage points — down to 17.9% in Data & Analytics
• Stakeholder Mgmt -23.0 percentage points — down to 18.6% in Data & Analytics

What This Signals

Agile / Scrum is gaining ground fast — up 2.5 percentage points in AI & Machine Learning roles and 1.8 points in Software Engineering — so job seekers should make methodology experience explicit on their CVs rather than treating it as assumed. AWS and SQL posted sharp declines of 27.8pp and 23.2pp respectively, signaling that hiring managers are deprioritizing these as standalone differentiators and likely bundling them as baseline expectations rather than headline requirements. With 10,384 new listings entering the market this week out of 13,062 total and Full Stack Developer leading at 4,377 postings, candidates who pair iterative delivery skills with security competencies — the most volatile category right now — are best positioned to move quickly.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 13,062
• New listings this week: 10,384
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (4377 listings)
• Top skill overall: Machine Learning (47.4%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Agile / Scrum, Agile / Scrum, Datadog. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 13,062 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 10,384 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 13,062 across 121 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

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

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Data sourced from 121 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.