Q2 2026 Tech Hiring Report

Quarterly analysis of the tech job market — 132,726 positions across 364 companies

Published June 22, 2026
Executive Summary

The tech job market tracked 132,726 open positions across 364 companies in Q2 2026. Engineering roles account for 41% of all positions (54,577 jobs).

The market median salary stands at $184,000, based on 37,862 postings with compensation data. Remote and hybrid positions represent 4.5% of all tracked roles.

Python remains the most demanded skill at 90% company adoption, followed by Python, Performance Optimization, Data Analytics.

Market Overview
Total Jobs
132,726
Companies
364
Median Salary
$184,000
Remote + Hybrid
5%

Hiring Velocity

Monthly job postings trend

2025-07
256
2025-08
258
2025-09
432
2025-10
770
2025-11
770
2025-12
944
2026-01
1,828
2026-02
2,755
2026-03
5,518
2026-04
9,558
2026-05
40,361
2026-06
37,207
Skills Landscape

Top 15 Skills

API Development
90% adoption
Python
89% adoption
Performance Optimization
88% adoption
Data Analytics
87% adoption
Cloud Computing
86% adoption
LLMs
86% adoption
AWS
86% adoption
SaaS
85% adoption
SQL
85% adoption
Automation
85% adoption
Observability
84% adoption
Machine Learning
84% adoption
Backend Development
84% adoption
CI/CD
84% adoption
Git
82% adoption

Role Families

Software Engineering
41,921 (32%)
Operations
34,445 (26%)
Sales
15,135 (11%)
Services
6,156 (5%)
Data Engineering
4,757 (4%)
Machine Learning
4,396 (3%)
Finance
3,896 (3%)
Security
3,503 (3%)
Marketing
3,020 (2%)
Product
2,831 (2%)
Design
2,007 (2%)
People
1,891 (1%)
Legal
1,192 (1%)

Emerging Skills

Technologies at early-stage adoption (3–15 companies)

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Compensation

Salary by Seniority

Intern
$114,500
Junior
$102,500
Mid
$154,500
Senior
$176,000
Staff
$226,000
Principal
$208,800
Manager
$162,900
Director
$214,500
Vp
$293,500

Top Hiring Locations

Bangalore, India
11,934
New York City, NY
3,974
San Francisco, CA
3,972
Seattle, WA
3,345
Remote (United States)
3,220
Austin, TX
2,995
Gurugram, India
2,990
Hyderabad, India
2,652
Santa Clara, CA
2,542
Mumbai, India
2,232
Companies

Largest Employers

Accenture
22,916
Amazon
21,487
Tesla
6,219
Apple
5,028
Raytheon (RTX)
3,875
Google
3,563
Micron
3,059
IBM
2,977
Schneider Electric
2,883
Nvidia
2,626

Seniority Distribution

Intern
1,604 (1%)
Junior
6,702 (5%)
Mid
69,392 (52%)
Senior
32,338 (24%)
Staff
3,543 (3%)
Principal
4,403 (3%)
Manager
10,728 (8%)
Director
3,767 (3%)
Vp
245 (0%)

Fastest Growing Employers

Companies with highest hiring velocity increase

1 Amazon 21,487 +169% 2 Apple 5,028 +184% 3 Raytheon (RTX) 3,875 +404% 4 Schneider Electric 2,883 +138% 5 HPE 1,198 +302% 6 AMD 1,061 +281% 7 Cisco 959 +471% 8 Fortinet 909 +107% 9 Rippling 819 +183% 10 OpenAI 712 +140%

Q2 2026 Tech Hiring Report · Data from 364 companies · Live Market Pulse

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