Weekly index / 2026-W42
Tech Hiring Index, week 42 of 2026
In the week of Oct 12, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026, open job postings at the 829 tech companies we could compare went from 351,839 to 351,141, down 0.2%.
For each company we compare its first and last day with data in the week, Monday to Sunday. "Notable" is a change of more than 20% and at least 5 postings. Postings are not hires, and we make no claim about causes.
This week's stories
- dropbox: open postings down 43.8%, 32 to 18Oct 12, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026
- haus: open postings down 50.0%, 16 to 8Oct 12, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026
- openai: Applied AI postings went from 111 to 118, while total open postings went from 811 to 813Oct 12, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026
- snowflake: Engineering postings went from 110 to 116, while total open postings went from 356 to 359Oct 12, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026
Biggest rises
| Company | Start | End | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loblaw Companies | 13,817 | 13,920 | +103 | 0.7% |
| figure | 0 | 100 | +100 | |
| Leonardo | 775 | 825 | +50 | 6.5% |
| anduril | 2,491 | 2,536 | +45 | 1.8% |
| spacex | 2,729 | 2,765 | +36 | 1.3% |
Biggest drops
| Company | Start | End | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble notable | 188 | 16 | −172 | 91.5% |
| CVS HEALTH Corp | 19,247 | 19,148 | −99 | 0.5% |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1,987 | 1,949 | −38 | 1.9% |
| TD Bank | 1,634 | 1,596 | −38 | 2.3% |
| Amentum | 2,872 | 2,836 | −36 | 1.3% |
Left out: Accenture, nvidia, TARGET CORP. Their job boards show at most 2,000 postings, so a change there cannot be measured.