Tech Hiring Update — April 21, 2026
April 21, 2026
This week's snapshot of the tech job market across 365 companies and 121,439 open positions.
121,439
Open Positions
365
Companies
44%
Engineering
$174k
Median Salary
Hiring Up
Companies with the strongest hiring momentum this month:
| Company | Open Jobs | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 18,689 | +260% |
| Apple | 5,080 | +112% |
| Zapier | 3,881 | +500% |
| 3,869 | +500% | |
| Raytheon (RTX) | 3,810 | +500% |
Hiring Down
| Company | Open Jobs | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Viasat | 219 | -27% |
Most In-Demand Skills
Skills by company adoption rate — the percentage of tracked companies that list each skill in their job postings.
| Skill | Companies | Adoption |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 306 | 84% |
| API Development | 278 | 76% |
| AWS | 243 | 67% |
| Performance Optimization | 232 | 64% |
| SaaS | 220 | 60% |
| Data Analytics | 216 | 59% |
| Machine Learning | 208 | 57% |
| Cloud Computing | 207 | 57% |
| SQL | 203 | 56% |
| Backend Development | 176 | 48% |
Company Spotlight: Zapier
3,881 open positions. Top skills: GCP, System Design, Distributed Systems. Hiring +500%
Remote Work
5,862 positions (5%) are listed as remote. 937 are hybrid. The remaining 114,640 are on-site.
Top Hiring Locations
| Location | Open Jobs |
|---|---|
| Bangalore, India | 6,198 |
| San Francisco, CA | 4,104 |
| New York City, NY | 3,905 |
| Remote (United States) | 3,293 |
| Seattle, WA | 3,017 |
| Austin, TX | 2,654 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 2,419 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 2,408 |
Compensation
Across 39,134 jobs with published salary data, the market median is $174k.
Hiring by Department
| Department | Jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| software engineering | 43,436 | 36% |
| operations | 27,994 | 23% |
| sales | 14,456 | 12% |
| services | 4,521 | 4% |
| data engineering | 3,942 | 3% |
| machine learning | 3,754 | 3% |
| finance | 3,026 | 2% |
| product | 2,912 | 2% |
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