Weekly Skills Pulse — April 25, 2026

Software Engineering leads all categories in volatility this week as the broader job market posts 9,138 new listings across 160 companies, bringing total active roles to 25,032. AWS remains the dominant skill in Data & Analytics at 8.6% demand, though it slipped 1.6 percentage points week-over-week — the largest single mover in this week's data.

Key Movements This Week

• Stakeholder Mgmt: 34.9% demand (down 7.5pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Product & Design may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Excel: 22.0% demand (down 4.4pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Product & Design, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• AWS: 16.4% demand (down 3.8pp from last week) — A moderate dip in Product & Design indicates softening demand.
• AWS: 18.9% demand (down 3.7pp from last week) — Hiring signals in Security weakened this week for this skill.
• Scala: 13.3% demand (down 3.4pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Product & Design, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• Scala: 20.5% demand (down 3.3pp from last week) — A moderate dip in Software Engineering indicates softening demand.
• AWS: 17.5% demand (down 3.3pp from last week) — Hiring signals in Software Engineering weakened this week for this skill.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 15.3% demand (down 3.3pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Software Engineering, though the move is not yet a structural break.

Category Spotlight: Software Engineering

1. Scala — 20.5% (↓ 3.3pp)
2. AWS — 17.5% (↓ 3.3pp)
3. Stakeholder Mgmt — 15.3% (↓ 3.3pp)
4. Excel — 12.7% (↓ 2.8pp)
5. Python — 12.5% (↓ 1.7pp)
6. React — 12.2% (↓ 1.6pp)
7. Java — 11.9% (↓ 0.8pp)
8. SQL — 10.5% (↓ 1.3pp)
9. TypeScript — 9.9% (↓ 1.7pp)
10. Node.js — 9.8% (↓ 2.3pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• AWS +-1.6 percentage points — now at 8.6% in Data & Analytics
• React +-1.6 percentage points — now at 12.2% in Software Engineering
• Incident Response +-1.6 percentage points — now at 9.5% in Security
• Python +-1.7 percentage points — now at 12.5% in Software Engineering
• TypeScript +-1.7 percentage points — now at 9.9% in Software Engineering

Declining

• Stakeholder Mgmt -7.5 percentage points — down to 34.9% in Product & Design
• Excel -4.4 percentage points — down to 22.0% in Product & Design
• AWS -3.8 percentage points — down to 16.4% in Product & Design

What This Signals

AWS, React and Incident Response each gained 1.6 percentage points in demand this week, signaling that hiring managers are prioritizing cloud infrastructure, front-end engineering and security operations right now — candidates holding these skills should push them to the top of their CVs. Stakeholder Management dropped 7.5pp and Excel fell 4.4pp, so job seekers leaning on soft-skill or legacy tooling profiles need to rebalance toward technical depth fast. With 9,138 new listings entering a market of 25,032 active roles — and Full Stack Developer leading at 7,698 postings — Software Engineering remains the most active and volatile category, meaning hiring windows open and close quickly and both sides should move without delay.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 25,032
• New listings this week: 9,138
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (7698 listings)
• Top skill overall: Machine Learning (41.2%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are AWS, React, Incident Response. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 25,032 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 9,138 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 25,032 across 160 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

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

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Data sourced from 160 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.