Tech Hiring Update — May 17, 2026
May 17, 2026
This week's snapshot of the tech job market across 360 companies and 109,205 open positions.
109,205
Open Positions
360
Companies
44%
Engineering
$180k
Median Salary
Hiring Up
Companies with the strongest hiring momentum this month:
| Company | Open Jobs | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 20,016 | +228% |
| Apple | 5,120 | +177% |
| Raytheon (RTX) | 3,839 | +498% |
| AMD | 1,311 | +235% |
| HPE | 1,271 | +243% |
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 | 85% |
| API Development | 274 | 76% |
| AWS | 239 | 66% |
| Performance Optimization | 224 | 62% |
| SaaS | 222 | 62% |
| Data Analytics | 213 | 59% |
| Machine Learning | 205 | 57% |
| Cloud Computing | 202 | 56% |
| SQL | 187 | 52% |
| CI/CD | 187 | 52% |
Company Spotlight: Paychex
476 open positions. Top skills: Salesforce, Agile, Data Analytics. Hiring +500%
Remote Work
5,542 positions (5%) are listed as remote. 599 are hybrid. The remaining 103,064 are on-site.
Top Hiring Locations
| Location | Open Jobs |
|---|---|
| Bangalore, India | 5,036 |
| San Francisco, CA | 3,630 |
| New York City, NY | 3,587 |
| Remote (United States) | 3,179 |
| Seattle, WA | 3,065 |
| Austin, TX | 2,750 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 1,943 |
| London, United Kingdom | 1,857 |
Compensation
Across 35,163 jobs with published salary data, the market median is $180k.
Hiring by Department
| Department | Jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| software engineering | 38,537 | 35% |
| operations | 25,481 | 23% |
| sales | 13,241 | 12% |
| services | 4,058 | 4% |
| data engineering | 3,594 | 3% |
| machine learning | 3,564 | 3% |
| finance | 2,708 | 2% |
| product | 2,635 | 2% |
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