Weekly Skills Pulse — May 09, 2026

Product & Design hiring surged this week, with AWS climbing to 21.4% demand — a 2.6 percentage point week-over-week jump that made it the biggest mover across all tracked skills. The week of May 9, 2026 brought 6,231 new listings from 164 companies, pushing total active jobs to 19,559, while Data & Analytics held the title of most volatile category.

Key Movements This Week

• AWS: 21.4% demand (up 2.6pp from last week) — Momentum is building in Product & Design, with employers asking for this skill more often.
• SQL: 18.2% demand (up 2.5pp from last week) — This upward move in Data & Analytics reflects consistent, not one-off, hiring demand.
• LLMs / GenAI: 25.9% demand (up 2.4pp from last week) — This upward move in AI & Machine Learning reflects consistent, not one-off, hiring demand.
• Agile / Scrum: 5.5% demand (down 2.3pp from last week) — This skill slipped in AI & Machine Learning, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• Python: 14.3% demand (up 2.2pp from last week) — This upward move in Data & Analytics reflects consistent, not one-off, hiring demand.

Category Spotlight: Data & Analytics

1. SQL — 18.2% (↑ 2.5pp)
2. Stakeholder Mgmt — 17.6% (↑ 1.6pp)
3. Python — 14.3% (↑ 2.2pp)
4. Excel — 12.9% (↑ 0.6pp)
5. Scala — 11.8% (↑ 1.2pp)
6. AWS — 10.1% (↑ 1.1pp)
7. Machine Learning — 9.0% (↑ 0.4pp)
8. Data Pipeline — 8.5% (↑ 0.7pp)
9. Data Modeling — 7.0% (↑ 1.1pp)
10. Power BI — 6.6% (↑ 0.3pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• AWS +2.6 percentage points — now at 21.4% in Product & Design
• SQL +2.5 percentage points — now at 18.2% in Data & Analytics
• LLMs / GenAI +2.4 percentage points — now at 25.9% in AI & Machine Learning
• Python +2.2 percentage points — now at 14.3% in Data & Analytics
• Stakeholder Mgmt +1.6 percentage points — now at 17.6% in Data & Analytics

Declining

• Agile / Scrum -2.3 percentage points — down to 5.5% in AI & Machine Learning
• CI/CD -1.7 percentage points — down to 18.0% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Stakeholder Mgmt 1.6pp — down to 17.6% in Data & Analytics

What This Signals

SQL and AWS are the skills to prioritize this week — SQL jumped 2.5 percentage points in Data & Analytics (the most volatile category in the market) while AWS climbed 2.6 points in Product & Design, signaling active hiring demand in both areas across 19,559 live listings. Job seekers should de-emphasize Agile/Scrum and CI/CD on applications targeting fast-moving roles, as both declined (2.3pp and 1.7pp respectively), suggesting hiring managers are weighing them less heavily right now. With 6,231 new listings added this week and Full Stack Developer leading at 6,190 total postings, hiring managers sourcing for that role have a deep candidate pool — differentiating on LLMs/GenAI (up 2.4pp) will matter more than process credentials.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 19,559
• New listings this week: 6,231
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (6190 listings)
• Top skill overall: Machine Learning (43.8%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are AWS, SQL, LLMs / GenAI. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 19,559 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 6,231 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 19,559 across 164 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

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

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Data sourced from 164 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.