Weekly Skills Pulse — May 24, 2026

The job market opened the week of May 24, 2026 with 13,313 active listings across 192 companies, adding 4,157 new postings in seven days. Azure led all skills in DevOps & Infrastructure with 18.4% demand — up 1.9 percentage points week-over-week — while AI & Machine Learning ranked as the most volatile category in hiring activity.

Key Movements This Week

• AWS: 21.8% demand (down 3.5pp from last week) — This skill slipped in DevOps & Infrastructure, though the move is not yet a structural break.
• AWS: 20.4% demand (down 3.5pp from last week) — A moderate dip in Security indicates softening demand.
• System Design: 0.5% demand (down 3.2pp from last week) — A moderate dip in DevOps & Infrastructure indicates softening demand.
• Machine Learning: 40.6% demand (down 3.1pp from last week) — A moderate dip in AI & Machine Learning indicates softening demand.
• Stakeholder Mgmt: 17.2% demand (down 2.1pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Software Engineering, though the move is not yet a structural break.

Category Spotlight: AI & Machine Learning

1. Machine Learning — 40.6% (↓ 3.1pp)
2. LLMs / GenAI — 29.0% (↑ 1.4pp)
3. Python — 18.2% (↑ 0.7pp)
4. Scala — 16.5% (↑ 1.1pp)
5. AWS — 15.7% (↑ 1.2pp)
6. Stakeholder Mgmt — 11.9% (↑ 1.0pp)
7. Excel — 9.1% (↑ 0.9pp)
8. Fine-tuning — 8.3% (↑ 0.8pp)
9. PyTorch — 7.7% (↑ 0.5pp)
10. GCP — 6.7% (↑ 0.9pp)

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

• Azure +1.9 percentage points — now at 18.4% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• Stakeholder Mgmt +1.8 percentage points — now at 46.6% in Product & Design
• RAG +1.7 percentage points — now at 6.7% in AI & Machine Learning
• Scala +1.6 percentage points — now at 9.8% in Security
• Segment +-1.7 percentage points — now at 2.9% in Product & Design

Declining

• AWS -3.5 percentage points — down to 21.8% in DevOps & Infrastructure
• AWS -3.5 percentage points — down to 20.4% in Security
• System Design -3.2 percentage points — down to 0.5% in DevOps & Infrastructure

What This Signals

Azure demand jumped 1.9 percentage points this week, making cloud infrastructure skills on Microsoft's platform a stronger hiring signal than AWS, which dropped 3.5pp. Job seekers in AI & Machine Learning should prioritise RAG experience — the most volatile category this week — as its 1.7pp rise reflects fast-shifting employer priorities that reward specialists who move early. With 4,157 new listings entering a market of 13,313 and Full Stack Developer roles dominating at 4,312 postings, hiring managers filling generalist positions face real competition for candidates who also carry Stakeholder Management skills, which rose 1.8pp in Product & Design.

By the Numbers

• Total active listings: 13,313
• New listings this week: 4,157
• Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (4312 listings)
• Top skill overall: Stakeholder Mgmt (46.6%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Azure, Stakeholder Mgmt, RAG. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 13,313 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 4,157 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 13,313 across 192 companies.

Which tech category has the most hiring activity?

AI & Machine Learning showed the most hiring activity this week, with the largest aggregate skill movement across all tracked categories.

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Data sourced from 192 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.