Weekly Skills Pulse — May 10, 2026

Product & Design hiring led this week's movement, with Stakeholder Management emerging as the standout skill at 39.8% demand — a 3.4 percentage point jump week-over-week. Across 164 companies and 19,612 active listings, 6,068 new roles hit the market this week, with Data & Analytics registering as the most volatile category in the period ending May 10, 2026.

Key Movements This Week

• Stakeholder Mgmt: 39.8% demand (up 3.4pp from last week) — This upward move in Product & Design reflects consistent, not one-off, hiring demand.
• Machine Learning: 45.4% demand (up 2.8pp from last week) — This upward move in AI & Machine Learning reflects consistent, not one-off, hiring demand.
• AWS: 21.6% demand (up 2.5pp from last week) — Momentum is building in Product & Design, with employers asking for this skill more often.
• SQL: 18.7% demand (up 2.4pp from last week) — Steady growth in Data & Analytics indicates widening adoption.
• Agile / Scrum: 5.2% demand (down 2.4pp from last week) — This skill slipped in AI & Machine Learning, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• Excel: 24.8% demand (up 2.3pp from last week) — This upward move in Product & Design reflects consistent, not one-off, hiring demand.
• Python: 16.4% demand (up 2.1pp from last week) — Momentum is building in AI & Machine Learning, with employers asking for this skill more often.

Category Spotlight: Data & Analytics

1. SQL — 18.7% (↑ 2.4pp)
2. Stakeholder Mgmt — 17.3% (↑ 1.2pp)
3. Python — 14.5% (↑ 2.0pp)
4. Excel — 13.0% (↑ 0.4pp)
5. Scala — 11.8% (↑ 1.1pp)
6. AWS — 10.3% (↑ 1.3pp)
7. Machine Learning — 9.1% (↑ 0.3pp)
8. Data Pipeline — 8.5% (↑ 0.6pp)
9. Data Modeling — 7.2% (↑ 1.0pp)
10. Power BI — 6.6% (→ 0.0pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• Stakeholder Mgmt +3.4 percentage points — now at 39.8% in Product & Design
• Machine Learning +2.8 percentage points — now at 45.4% in AI & Machine Learning
• AWS +2.5 percentage points — now at 21.6% in Product & Design
• SQL +2.4 percentage points — now at 18.7% in Data & Analytics
• Excel +2.3 percentage points — now at 24.8% in Product & Design

Declining

• Agile / Scrum -2.4 percentage points — down to 5.2% in AI & Machine Learning
• LLMs / GenAI 1.7pp — down to 25.7% in AI & Machine Learning
• Python 2.0pp — down to 14.5% in Data & Analytics

What This Signals

Stakeholder Management surged 3.4 percentage points in Product & Design this week, signaling that hiring managers want candidates who can bridge business and technical teams — not just ship features. Machine Learning climbed 2.8pp and AWS rose 2.5pp in the same category, so job seekers targeting product and design roles should actively surface cloud and ML experience alongside soft skills. With 6,068 new listings entering a market of 19,612 active roles — and Full Stack Developer leading at 6,241 listings — demand is real, but candidates leaning on Agile/Scrum credentials alone face headwinds as that skill dropped 2.4pp this week.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 19,612
• New listings this week: 6,068
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (6241 listings)
• Top skill overall: Machine Learning (45.4%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Stakeholder Mgmt, Machine Learning, AWS. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 19,612 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 6,068 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 19,612 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.