Tech Hiring Update — April 22, 2026
April 22, 2026
This week's snapshot of the tech job market across 366 companies and 121,472 open positions.
121,472
Open Positions
366
Companies
44%
Engineering
$175k
Median Salary
Hiring Up
Companies with the strongest hiring momentum this month:
| Company | Open Jobs | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 18,780 | +261% |
| Apple | 5,098 | +113% |
| Zapier | 3,923 | +500% |
| 3,914 | +500% | |
| Raytheon (RTX) | 3,846 | +500% |
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 | 308 | 84% |
| API Development | 278 | 76% |
| AWS | 242 | 66% |
| Performance Optimization | 239 | 65% |
| SaaS | 220 | 60% |
| Data Analytics | 217 | 59% |
| Cloud Computing | 206 | 56% |
| Machine Learning | 200 | 55% |
| SQL | 199 | 54% |
| LLMs | 185 | 51% |
Company Spotlight: Zapier
3,923 open positions. Top skills: GCP, System Design, Distributed Systems. Hiring +500%
Remote Work
5,944 positions (5%) are listed as remote. 919 are hybrid. The remaining 114,609 are on-site.
Top Hiring Locations
| Location | Open Jobs |
|---|---|
| Bangalore, India | 6,153 |
| San Francisco, CA | 4,081 |
| New York City, NY | 3,907 |
| Remote (United States) | 3,331 |
| Seattle, WA | 3,003 |
| Austin, TX | 2,690 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 2,484 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 2,383 |
Compensation
Across 39,023 jobs with published salary data, the market median is $175k.
Hiring by Department
| Department | Jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| software engineering | 43,523 | 36% |
| operations | 27,999 | 23% |
| sales | 14,458 | 12% |
| services | 4,557 | 4% |
| data engineering | 3,948 | 3% |
| machine learning | 3,783 | 3% |
| finance | 3,014 | 2% |
| product | 2,911 | 2% |
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