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Monthly Job Market Reports

Fit score distributions, top skills, salary transparency, and ghost job analysis. Aggregated monthly from thousands of postings scored across five job boards.

Most job market commentary is a survey of what people say. These reports measure what postings actually contain. Every month, the scoring pipeline processes thousands of listings from JSearch, Remotive, Adzuna, and Wellfound, scores each one against real candidate profiles, and rolls the results into a snapshot: how fit scores distributed, which skills employers demanded at which depth, where candidates fell short, and what roles paid when the salary was disclosed.

The numbers connect to the rest of the site. Skill rankings link into the Skill Demand Index, salary tables into the salary benchmarks, and ghost-rate figures into the ghost job checker. Reports publish in the first week of each month and stay archived here.

Monthly Report

October 2026

43

avg score

506 postings · 506 scored

Salary disclosed15%
Remote listings14%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreePythonCustomer Service
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Monthly Report

September 2026

50

avg score

966 postings · 964 scored

Salary disclosed16%
Remote listings20%
Ghost signal rate2%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeProject ManagementPython
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Monthly Report

August 2026

50

avg score

411 postings · 411 scored

Salary disclosed32%
Remote listings43%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeProject ManagementCommunication Skills
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Monthly Report

July 2026

52

avg score

202 postings · 202 scored

Salary disclosed32%
Remote listings30%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeProject ManagementCross-Functional Collaboration
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Monthly Report

June 2026

52

avg score

143 postings · 143 scored

Salary disclosed58%
Remote listings24%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeProject ManagementSQL Proficiency
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Monthly Report

May 2026

46

avg score

593 postings · 593 scored

Salary disclosed37%
Remote listings57%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeCommunication SkillsSQL
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Monthly Report

April 2026

46

avg score

1,209 postings · 1,209 scored

Salary disclosed36%
Remote listings61%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeSQLProject Management
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Monthly Report

March 2026

53

avg score

1,763 postings · 1,763 scored

Salary disclosed17%
Remote listings49%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

Bachelor's DegreeProject ManagementDigital Marketing
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Monthly Report

February 2026

58

avg score

50 postings · 50 scored

Salary disclosed66%
Remote listings30%
Ghost signal rate0%

Top skills

E-commerceBachelor's DegreeData Analysis
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What each report covers

Fit score distribution

How scores spread across 0–100 for that month's postings

Top 20 in-demand skills

Ranked by frequency with required L-level depth and top role

Top 15 skill gaps

Skills where candidates consistently fall short, with gap rates

Salary insights

Median, average, floor, ceiling — broken down by role category

Remote vs. on-site pay

Compensation differences between remote and in-person listings

Top hiring companies

Ranked by listing count with avg score and ghost rate

Ghost job analysis

% of listings with quality signals suggesting low hiring intent

Market observations

Editorial analysis of what the numbers show that month

Reports update weekly. Data sourced from JSearch, Remotive, Adzuna, and Wellfound.