Weekly Skills Pulse — April 11, 2026

Machine Learning dominates hiring signals this week, with demand reaching 45.6% across AI & Machine Learning roles — up 6.1 percentage points week-over-week. For the week of April 11, 2026, 7,345 new listings entered the market from 137 companies, bringing total active postings to 10,224, with DevOps & Infrastructure emerging as the most volatile category.

Key Movements This Week

• Kubernetes: 16.3% demand (down 31.7pp from last week) — A sizable decline in DevOps & Infrastructure may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• Terraform: 16.4% demand (down 28.9pp from last week) — This pullback in DevOps & Infrastructure suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• AWS: 30.7% demand (down 26.5pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• AWS: 24.4% demand (down 23.6pp from last week) — This pullback in DevOps & Infrastructure suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 18.5% demand (down 22.5pp from last week) — Demand cooled materially in Security, likely due to changing implementation preferences.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 52.7% demand (down 20.8pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Product & Design may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
• SQL: 20.3% demand (down 19.9pp from last week) — This pullback in Data & Analytics suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
• Python: 18.7% demand (down 19.9pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.

Category Spotlight: DevOps & Infrastructure

1. AWS — 24.4% (↓ 23.6pp)
2. Scala — 18.0% (↓ 10.7pp)
3. CI/CD — 18.0% (↓ 17.3pp)
4. Azure — 17.6% (↓ 8.4pp)
5. Terraform — 16.4% (↓ 28.9pp)
6. Kubernetes — 16.3% (↓ 31.7pp)
7. Docker — 12.9% (↓ 15.8pp)
8. Excel — 10.4% (↓ 18.9pp)
9. Python — 10.2% (↓ 9.1pp)
10. GCP — 9.5% (↓ 13.8pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• Machine Learning +6.1 percentage points — now at 45.6% in AI & Machine Learning
• C# +2.9 percentage points — now at 4.5% in Software Engineering
• Microservices +2.7 percentage points — now at 2.7% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Agile / Scrum +2.5 percentage points — now at 5.0% in AI & Machine Learning
• Scala +2.0 percentage points — now at 31.0% in Software Engineering

Declining

• Kubernetes -31.7 percentage points — down to 16.3% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Terraform -28.9 percentage points — down to 16.4% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• AWS -26.5 percentage points — down to 30.7% in Security

What This Signals

Machine Learning demand surged 6.1 percentage points this week, making it the clearest signal for job seekers to prioritise AI-related skills on applications and for hiring managers to expect increased competition for those candidates. DevOps & Infrastructure was the most volatile category, with Kubernetes dropping 31.7pp and Terraform falling 28.9pp — teams relying on those tools should reassess how prominently they feature in job descriptions, as the data suggests a short-term pullback in explicit demand. With 7,345 new listings entering a market of 10,224 active roles and Full Stack Developer leading at 3,616 postings, candidates with C# or Microservices exposure alongside front-to-back capabilities are well-positioned to move quickly.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 10,224
• New listings this week: 7,345
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (3616 listings)
• Top skill overall: Stakeholder Mgmt (52.7%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Machine Learning, C#, Microservices. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 10,224 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 7,345 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 10,224 across 137 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 137 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.