Neha Sharma ·
The market is not shrinking so much as changing shape, and the aggregate numbers hide that
Overall software postings were up modestly year on year in 2026 while security roles grew enormously and AI and machine learning postings grew nearly as fast. What contracted was the category defined by implementing a spec someone else wrote.
If your search is going badly, it is worth checking whether you are applying into the shrinking half.
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