Weekly Skills Pulse — April 24, 2026

Security hiring pushed SIEM to 11.3% demand this week — up 1.9 percentage points week-over-week — making it the fastest-moving skill across all 23,838 active listings from 151 companies. Product & Design proved the most volatile category as 9,618 new listings entered the market for the week of April 24, 2026.

Key Movements This Week

• Stakeholder Mgmt: 35.9% demand (down 8.2pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Product & Design may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Excel: 22.7% demand (down 4.6pp from last week) — Hiring signals in Product & Design weakened this week for this skill.
• AWS: 16.7% demand (down 4.4pp from last week) — Hiring signals in Product & Design weakened this week for this skill.
• Scala: 13.2% demand (down 4.4pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Product & Design, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• Scala: 20.8% demand (down 3.7pp from last week) — Hiring signals in Software Engineering weakened this week for this skill.
• Machine Learning: 41.6% demand (down 3.6pp from last week) — This skill slipped in AI & Machine Learning, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• AWS: 17.9% demand (down 3.5pp from last week) — A moderate dip in Software Engineering indicates softening demand.
• Node.js: 11.3% demand (down 3.5pp from last week) — A moderate dip in Product & Design indicates softening demand.

Category Spotlight: Product & Design

1. Stakeholder Mgmt — 35.9% (↓ 8.2pp)
2. Excel — 22.7% (↓ 4.6pp)
3. AWS — 16.7% (↓ 4.4pp)
4. Scala — 13.2% (↓ 4.4pp)
5. Node.js — 11.3% (↓ 3.5pp)
6. A/B Testing — 8.5% (↓ 2.8pp)
7. Prototyping — 8.3% (↓ 2.3pp)
8. LLMs / GenAI — 7.8% (↓ 1.9pp)
9. Machine Learning — 7.3% (↑ 1.1pp)
10. User Research — 6.4% (↓ 0.9pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• SIEM +1.9 percentage points — now at 11.3% in Security
• Machine Learning +-1.6 percentage points — now at 8.7% in Data & Analytics
• React +-1.6 percentage points — now at 12.4% in Software Engineering
• Kubernetes +-1.6 percentage points — now at 5.7% in Software Engineering
• AWS +-1.6 percentage points — now at 21.0% in DevOps & Infrastructure

Declining

• Stakeholder Mgmt -8.2 percentage points — down to 35.9% in Product & Design
• Excel -4.6 percentage points — down to 22.7% in Product & Design
• AWS -4.4 percentage points — down to 16.7% in Product & Design

What This Signals

Security and data skills are driving hiring momentum this week — SIEM jumped 1.9 percentage points and Machine Learning rose 1.6pp, so candidates holding those skills should prioritize applications now while demand is climbing. Job seekers can validate market activity against 23,838 active listings and 9,618 new postings this week, with Full Stack Developer leading at 7,335 roles, making React's 1.6pp rise a concrete signal to front-load that skill on applications. Hiring managers should treat the sharp drops in Stakeholder Management (-8.2 percentage points) and Excel (-4.6 percentage points) as a cue to audit job description requirements and strip out soft-skill and legacy-tool criteria that no longer reflect what the market is rewarding.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 23,838
• New listings this week: 9,618
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (7335 listings)
• Top skill overall: Machine Learning (41.6%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are SIEM, Machine Learning, React. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 23,838 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 9,618 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 23,838 across 151 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

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

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Data sourced from 151 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.