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Job Market Report

Week of August 24, 2026 — measured from the live postings our engine read that week. Numbers, not vibes.

12,960 postings analyzed · generated August 24, 2026 UTC · see all weeks

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Job Market Report

The tech job market this week

Aug 17–Aug 24, 2026

New postings (7d)
12,960 ▲ 80%
Explicitly remote
27%
Median posted range
$104K–$135K 32% 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
307
Ai Engineer|Remote
274
Solutions Architect|Remote
235
Wb:Part-Time Evening Trash Collector
191
Senior Analyst, Customer Analytics|
175
Gen Ai Architect|Remote
142

Salary-transparency leaders

Optum (100% of 81)  ·  Amazon (100% of 38)  ·  Google (100% of 34)  ·  Booz Allen Hamilton (100% of 28)  ·  Kforce Technology Staffing (100% of 23)

Hiring the most

NoGigiddy (120)  ·  Leigh and Co. (85)  ·  Optum (81)  ·  Jobgether (71)  ·  LaBella Associates (63)  ·  JPMorganChase (59)

Skill demand — mentions in new postings

SkillThis weekPriorTrend
Python1,3152,194
SQL1,1101,870
CI/CD8561,229
AWS2,3233,082
Java8991,211
budgeting174265
Docker404631
Kubernetes527741
data analysis334570
project management7141,123
React557746
RESTful APIs108227
Microservices347435
Azure9101,334
Inventory Management83134

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

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