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Job Market Report

Week of August 17, 2026 — measured from the live postings our engine read that week. Numbers, not vibes.

11,603 postings analyzed · generated August 17, 2026 UTC · see all weeks

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Job Market Report

The tech job market this week

Aug 10–Aug 17, 2026

New postings (7d)
11,603 ▲ 80%
Explicitly remote
34%
Median posted range
$110K–$130K 39% state pay
Likely ghosts
16% 45+ days listed
⏱ Postings that closed did so after a median of 10 days listed — the early window matters.

Most-posted roles this week

Software Engineer|Remote
361
Ai Engineer|Remote
325
Solution Engineer|Remote
287
Senior Analyst, Customer Analytics|
240
Solutions Architect|Remote
235
Strategy Manager|
212

Salary-transparency leaders

Kforce Technology Staffing (100% of 62)  ·  Booz Allen Hamilton (100% of 60)  ·  Leidos (100% of 52)  ·  TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group (100% of 48)  ·  Apex Systems (100% of 45)

Hiring the most

Jobot (130)  ·  Kforce Technology Staffing (62)  ·  Akron Children\'s Hospital (61)  ·  Booz Allen Hamilton (60)  ·  Robert Half (60)  ·  Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology (55)

Skill demand — mentions in new postings

SkillThis weekPriorTrend
Python2,1941,374
SQL1,8701,015
CI/CD1,229911
AWS3,0811,708
Java1,210904
budgeting264146
Docker631485
Kubernetes741488
data analysis570262
project management1,122527
React746550
RESTful APIs227169
Microservices435392
Azure1,334849
Inventory Management13546

Compiled from Jobfyt's live tracking of 10+ job sources. Numbers are postings we observed, not market totals.

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