Tech Skills Demand This Week — March 22, 2026

Tech Skills Demand This Week — March 22, 2026 | Datamata Studios

DevOps & Infrastructure is this week's most active corner of the job market, with 2,843 listings live across 92 companies and 317 new roles added in the week of March 22, 2026. Jira led all movers in the category, with demand jumping 3.8 percentage points week-over-week to reach 7.1%.

Key Movements This Week

Stakeholder Mgmt: 46.7% demand (down 15.0pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
AWS: 67.0% demand (down 13.2pp from last week) — This pullback in DevOps & Infrastructure suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
GCP: 37.5% demand (down 13.0pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
Kubernetes: 61.6% demand (down 12.0pp from last week) — A sizable decline in DevOps & Infrastructure may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
Terraform: 52.7% demand (down 11.0pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in DevOps & Infrastructure, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
Excel: 34.8% demand (down 9.2pp from last week) — This pullback in DevOps & Infrastructure suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
Go: 32.1% demand (down 8.6pp from last week) — A sizable decline in DevOps & Infrastructure may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
Node.js: 5.5% demand (down 8.5pp from last week) — This pullback in Data & Analytics suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

Jira +3.8 percentage points — now at 7.1% in DevOps & Infrastructure
Redis +2.3 percentage points — now at 4.5% in DevOps & Infrastructure
GraphQL +1.8 percentage points — now at 1.8% in DevOps & Infrastructure
React +1.7 percentage points — now at 6.8% in Software Engineering
GCP +1.7 percentage points — now at 3.5% in Software Engineering

Declining

Stakeholder Mgmt -15.0 percentage points — down to 46.7% in Security
AWS -13.2 percentage points — down to 67.0% in DevOps & Infrastructure
GCP -13.0 percentage points — down to 37.5% in DevOps & Infrastructure

What This Signals

DevOps and Infrastructure skills dominated hiring signals this week, with Jira up 3.8 percentage points, Redis up 2.3pp and GraphQL up 1.8pp — job seekers targeting that category should prioritise these three skills now. AWS dropped 13.2pp and Stakeholder Management fell 15.0pp, so hiring managers leaning heavily on those requirements may struggle to differentiate open roles in a market of 2,843 active listings. Full Stack Developer remains the highest-volume role at 881 listings, making it the clearest entry point for candidates who can pair GraphQL or Redis experience with a broad development background.

By the Numbers

Total active listings: 2,843
New listings this week: 317
Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (881 listings)
Top skill overall: AWS (71.5%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Jira, Redis, GraphQL. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 2,843 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 317 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 2,843 across 92 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.

Data sourced from 92 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.

Weekly Skills Pulse — March 22, 2026