Tech Skills Demand This Week — July 02, 2026

Tech Skills Demand This Week — July 02, 2026 | Datamata Studios

Agile / Scrum leads this week's biggest skill shift, climbing 1.7 percentage points to 3.9% demand in DevOps & Infrastructure across 12,284 active listings from 219 companies. Of those, 10,642 are new this week, with AI & Machine Learning taking the title of most volatile category in the job market.

Key Movements This Week

Stakeholder Mgmt: 29.7% demand (down 10.9pp from last week) — This pullback in Product & Design suggests employers are reducing emphasis on this skill.
Machine Learning: 33.5% demand (down 7.1pp from last week) — A sizable decline in AI & Machine Learning may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
LLMs / GenAI: 24.9% demand (down 6.4pp from last week) — A sizable decline in AI & Machine Learning may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
Python: 8.5% demand (down 5.2pp from last week) — A sizable decline in Security may point to stack consolidation or tooling shifts.
Python: 14.5% demand (down 4.3pp from last week) — Hiring signals in AI & Machine Learning weakened this week for this skill.
AWS: 12.9% demand (down 3.9pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Security, though the move is not yet a structural break.
PyTorch: 7.3% demand (down 3.1pp from last week) — Hiring signals in AI & Machine Learning weakened this week for this skill.
Prototyping: 8.1% demand (down 3.0pp from last week) — This skill slipped in Product & Design, though the move is not yet a structural break.

Rising Signals

Skills with the strongest upward momentum across all categories:

Agile / Scrum +1.7 percentage points — now at 3.9% in DevOps & Infrastructure
Kubernetes +-1.6 percentage points — now at 6.3% in Software Engineering
Kotlin +-1.6 percentage points — now at 3.9% in Software Engineering
CI/CD +-1.6 percentage points — now at 3.8% in Security
Spark +-1.6 percentage points — now at 2.3% in Security

Declining

Stakeholder Mgmt -10.9 percentage points — down to 29.7% in Product & Design
Machine Learning -7.1 percentage points — down to 33.5% in AI & Machine Learning
LLMs / GenAI -6.4 percentage points — down to 24.9% in AI & Machine Learning

What This Signals

Kubernetes (+1.6 percentage points) and Kotlin (+1.6 percentage points) are climbing fast in Software Engineering roles, so developers who can demonstrate hands-on experience with container orchestration or Android/multiplatform Kotlin development should move those skills to the top of their CV right now. Hiring managers should treat the sharp drop in Stakeholder Management (-10.9 percentage points) and Machine Learning (-7.1 percentage points) as a signal to audit job descriptions — leaning too hard on those requirements may shrink your candidate pool at the wrong moment. With 10,642 new listings entering the market this week out of 12,284 total and Full Stack Developer commanding 4,036 of those postings, competition is high but momentum is clearly favouring infrastructure and mobile-native skills over softer management competencies.

By the Numbers

Total active listings: 12,284
New listings this week: 10,642
Most-hired role: Full Stack Developer (4036 listings)
Top skill overall: Machine Learning (33.5%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech skills are trending this week?

The fastest-rising skills this week are Agile / Scrum, Kubernetes, Kotlin. These showed the largest week-over-week demand increases across 12,284 active listings.

How many tech jobs were posted this week?

This week saw 10,642 new postings added, bringing the total active listings to 12,284 across 219 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.

Data sourced from 219 company career pages via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Updated daily. About our data & methodology.

Weekly Skills Pulse — July 02, 2026