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Job Market Report

Week of August 31, 2026 — measured from the live postings our engine read that week. Numbers, not vibes.

12,884 postings analyzed · generated August 31, 2026 UTC · see all weeks

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Job Market Report

The tech job market this week

Aug 24–Aug 31, 2026

New postings (7d)
12,884 ▲ 57%
Explicitly remote
27%
Median posted range
$104K–$138K 30% state pay
Likely ghosts
18% 45+ days listed
⏱ Postings that closed did so after a median of 4 days listed — the early window matters.

Most-posted roles this week

Solution Engineer|Remote
291
Software Engineer|Remote
265
Solutions Architect|Remote
219
Software Architect|Remote
202
Senior Analyst, Customer Analytics|
197
Wb:Part-Time Evening Trash Collector
190

Salary-transparency leaders

Optum (100% of 71)  ·  Google (100% of 36)  ·  Databricks (100% of 32)  ·  Amazon (100% of 31)  ·  Booz Allen Hamilton (100% of 25)

Hiring the most

Leigh and Co. (105)  ·  Capital One (89)  ·  NoGigiddy (84)  ·  Optum (71)  ·  OHM Advisors (63)  ·  Jobot (63)

Skill demand — mentions in new postings

SkillThis weekPriorTrend
Python1,2531,314
SQL9741,110
AWS2,0942,324
Kubernetes481527
CI/CD772856
Docker349404
Java808900
budgeting190174
Azure798910
project management722715
Microservices331347
financial reporting178197
risk management276341
React435557
scheduling657844

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

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