New and active employer job postings for tech positions at highest volume in 12 months
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Employer job postings for information technology (IT) occupations are at their highest monthly volume in a year, according to analysis by CompTIA, the leading global provider of vendor-neutral IT training and certifications.
There were 474,293 active employer job postings for technology positions in October, an increase of 5.3% from September, CompTIA analysis of Lightcast job posting data shows. In comparison, overall volumes across the entire labor market were up 2.3% in October.
October’s total includes 217,238 postings newly added by employers, up 3.8% from the prior month. Both new and active job postings are at their highest level since October 2024.
“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.”
Hiring intent as expressed by job postings was strong across several industry sectors with one notable exception. Postings in the public sector decreased by a third in October.
| NAICS | Industry | YTD 2025 Jan-Oct tech job listings | 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% |
Across sectors, notable employers such as Deloitte, CVS, Amazon, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Leidos, IBM and General Motors all report hiring intent with job postings for tech positions for the month.
Tech job postings were also widely dispersed across states and metropolitan areas.
| Top states % change | Oct 2025 tech job listings | 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% |
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.
Employer job listings specifying skill requirements continues to show a broad mix of depth and breadth of skills and qualifications.
| Technical or business skill requirement | YTD 2025 Jan-Oct tech job listings | 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% |
Due to the federal government shutdown negatively affecting Bureau of Labor Statistics data releases, CompTIA’s “Tech Jobs Report for November” covers only the subset of employer job posting data.
