Weekly Skills Pulse — May 01, 2026

The tech job market opens May 2026 with 22,199 active listings across 123 companies, adding 4,849 new postings this week alone. AI & Machine Learning is the most volatile category, with AWS surging to 14.7% demand — up 1.6 percentage points week-over-week to lead all movers.

Key Movements This Week

No major movements this week — the market is holding steady across categories.

Category Spotlight: AI & Machine Learning

1. Machine Learning — 41.0% (↓ 0.6pp)
2. LLMs / GenAI — 23.9% (↑ 1.4pp)
3. Python — 14.8% (↑ 0.6pp)
4. AWS — 14.7% (↑ 1.6pp)
5. Scala — 13.1% (↑ 0.1pp)
6. Stakeholder Mgmt — 9.9% (↑ 0.6pp)
7. Excel — 8.9% (↑ 1.2pp)
8. PyTorch — 6.8% (↑ 0.2pp)
9. Agile / Scrum — 6.4% (↓ 1.2pp)
10. Fine-tuning — 5.8% (↑ 0.5pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• AWS +1.6 percentage points — now at 14.7% in AI & Machine Learning

Declining

• AWS 1.6pp — down to 14.7% in AI & Machine Learning

What This Signals

AI & Machine Learning skills tied to AWS saw the sharpest movement this week, swinging 1.6 percentage points to become the market's most volatile category — job seekers who can demonstrate cloud-based ML work on AWS should prioritise highlighting that combination now. With 4,849 new listings entering a market of 22,199 active roles, hiring velocity remains strong, giving candidates real leverage in active applications. Full Stack Developer dominates demand at 7,011 listings, so hiring managers filling those roles face the most competition for talent and should move quickly on strong candidates.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 22,199
• New listings this week: 4,849
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (7011 listings)
• Top skill overall: Machine Learning (41.0%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are AWS. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 22,199 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 4,849 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 22,199 across 123 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

AI & Machine Learning showed the most hiring activity this week, with the largest aggregate skill movement across all tracked categories.

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Data sourced from 123 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.