Weekly Skills Pulse — March 21, 2026

DevOps & Infrastructure dominated hiring signals the week of March 21, 2026, with 508 new listings hitting the market across 88 companies — bringing total active roles to 2,837. Jira led all skills as the biggest mover, with demand jumping to 8.0% — a 4.6 percentage point week-over-week surge that made DevOps & Infrastructure the most volatile category in this week's data.

Key Movements This Week

• Scala: 45.5% demand (down 12.9pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• AWS: 67.0% demand (down 12.8pp from last week) — A sizable decline in DevOps & Infrastructure may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 49.6% demand (down 12.1pp from last week) — This pullback in Security suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• Node.js: 5.5% demand (down 11.3pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Data & Analytics, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Kubernetes: 63.4% demand (down 10.8pp from last week) — A sizable decline in DevOps & Infrastructure may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Excel: 12.2% demand (down 10.1pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Data & Analytics may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Excel: 33.9% demand (down 9.9pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Python: 29.5% demand (down 9.8pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.

Category Spotlight: DevOps & Infrastructure

1. AWS — 67.0% (↓ 12.8pp)
2. Kubernetes — 63.4% (↓ 10.8pp)
3. Terraform — 55.4% (↓ 7.5pp)
4. Scala — 45.5% (↓ 12.9pp)
5. CI/CD — 42.9% (↓ 3.2pp)
6. GCP — 42.0% (↓ 8.6pp)
7. Azure — 38.4% (↓ 7.7pp)
8. Go — 33.9% (↓ 7.7pp)
9. Linux — 33.9% (↓ 3.2pp)
10. Excel — 33.9% (↓ 9.9pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• Jira +4.6pp — now at 8.0% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Agile / Scrum +4.2pp — now at 9.8% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• LLMs / GenAI +2.1pp — now at 7.6% in Data & Analytics
• Looker +2.1pp — now at 7.6% in Data & Analytics
• Git +2.1pp — now at 4.3% in Data & Analytics

Declining

• Scala -12.9pp — down to 45.5% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• AWS -12.8pp — down to 67.0% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Stakeholder Mgmt -12.1pp — down to 49.6% in Security

What This Signals

DevOps & Infrastructure is the most active hiring category this week, with Jira up 4.6 percentage points and Agile/Scrum up 4.2 percentage points — job seekers targeting those 882 Full Stack Developer listings should surface both skills prominently on their CVs. Hiring managers posting AWS-dependent roles face a tougher sell right now, with AWS demand dropping 12.8 percentage points and Scala falling 12.9 percentage points, signalling a short-term rebalancing away from those stacks. With 508 new listings entering a market of 2,837 this week, candidates should move fast on fresh postings while demand signals are still warm.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 2,837
• New listings this week: 508
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (882 listings)
• Top skill overall: AWS (74.5%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Jira, Agile / Scrum, LLMs / GenAI. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 2,837 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 508 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 2,837 across 88 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

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

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Data sourced from 88 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.