Analysis by CompTIA, the leading global provider of vendor-neutral IT training and certifications, has revealed new and active employer job postings for tech positions at its highest volume in a year.
CompTIA analysis of Lightcast job posting data reveals 474,293 active employer job postings for technology positions in October, up 5.3% from September. The data indicates new and active job postings are at their highest level since October 2024. October’s 217,238 postings alone were from newly added listings by employers, up 3.8% from the previous month.
Notable companies such as Deloitte, CVS, Amazon, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Leidos, IBM and General Motors all report hiring intent with tech positions job postings for October.
The relevant analysis was recently enthusiastically described by the chief research officer, CompTIA:
Given the prevailing vibe of economic unease, the better-than-expected volume of tech job listings is a welcome bit of good news, said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA. Once again it speaks to the many moving parts of the vast tech workforce and the not always apparent offsetting effects of job gains, job losses and job transitions.
Tech job postings for October spanned varying levels of years of job experience as well:
An examination of tech job postings by required years of experience shows that 21% of openings sought workers in the 0–3-year experience range; 29% were for workers with 4-7 years of experience; and 17% for workers with 8 or more years of experience. The distribution of hiring across work experience categories remains relatively stable.
Except for postings in the public sector, which decreased by a third in October, hiring intent via job postings was strong across several industry sectors:
| NAICS | Industry | YTD 2025 Jan-Oct tech job listings3 | YTD YoY % change |
| 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 626,740 | 1 % |
| 56 | Administrative and Support Services | 312,951 | 3 % |
| 31 | Manufacturing | 260,053 | 7 % |
| 51 | Information, Software and Media | 210,253 | 23 % |
| 52 | Finance and Insurance | 167,440 | 13 % |
| 44 | Retail | 122,102 | 21 % |
| 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | 72,594 | 7 % |
Top tech job postings across states and metropolitan areas include the following:
| Top states % change | Oct 2025 tech job listings4 | MoM % change | Top metros % change | Oct 2025 tech job listings | MoM % change | |
| New Jersey | 7,754 | 23 % | San Francisco | 6,464 | 26 % | |
| Illinois | 9,773 | 14 % | Philadelphia | 4,308 | 20 % | |
| Pennsylvania | 6,928 | 16 % | Trenton | 1,372 | 20 % | |
| Massachusetts | 7,200 | 15 % | Chicago | 7,535 | 19 % | |
| California | 26,200 | 10 % | Richmond | 2,366 | 16 % |
Employer job listings tech requirements shows a broad mix of depth and breadth of skills and qualifications.
Technical or Business Skill Requirement
| Technical or business skill requirement | YTD 2025 Jan-Oct tech job listings5 | YTD YoY change | YTD YoY % change |
| Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) | 786,332 | 179,349 | 30 % |
| Scalability | 390,415 | 162,533 | 71 % |
| Artificial Intelligence | 323,056 | 159,428 | 97 % |
| CI/CD | 393,674 | 119,934 | 44 % |
| Workflow Management | 301,928 | 108,361 | 56 % |
| Python | 488,269 | 93,029 | 24 % |
| Automation | 408,903 | 87,603 | 27 % |
| Machine Learning | 216,522 | 71,614 | 49 % |
| Application Programming Interface (API) | 273,639 | 61,445 | 29 % |
| Cross-Functional Collaboration | 50,623 | 39,086 | 339 % |
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