{"slug": "it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back", "title": "IT hiring sees a boost as software development jobs slowly bounce back", "summary": "Tech job postings rose for the sixth straight month in June, driven by increased technology investments and AI implementation, according to CompTIA. Software development jobs, still down 22% year-over-year, saw a 15% boost after the release of Claude Code in February 2025, though 71% of new postings are for senior roles. IT hiring is growing across finance, manufacturing, and other sectors, with AI/ML job postings up 173% year-over-year.", "body_md": "Tech job postings rose for the sixth straight month in June, as employers are increasingly on the hunt for qualified talent to support major technological initiatives, according to the most recent [CompTIA Tech Jobs Report](https://www.comptia.org/en-us/resources/research/tech-jobs-report/).\n\n“June’s employment data suggests that employers are ramping up their technology investments and hiring the talent needed to support them,” said Seth Robinson, vice president for industry research at CompTIA, in a press release. “Even as some tech companies announce layoffs, employers in other industries are accelerating digital transformation initiatives and moving from AI experimentation to implementation.”\n\n[Data from Dice](https://www.dice.com/hiring/recruitment/reports/tech-hiring-myths-vs-reality) supports this growth, with its report showing AI/ML job title postings up 173% year over year from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026 — roles that typically offer median salaries 22% higher than the overall IT market. Hiring for jobs in data analysis (10%), cybersecurity (4%), and IT support (1%) have also seen increases. Tech postings in the finance and banking industry are up 47%, with manufacturing IT jobs up by 27% and IT roles in the insurance, aerospace, and defense sectors up by 23%, pointing to growth for IT across a range of sectors.\n\nSoftware development jobs, however, are still on the decline from last year, down 22% from 2025, according to Dice, but it looks like that trend may soon shift. Data from CompTIA shows that software developer and software engineer job postings were the top roles for June (49k postings), followed by systems engineer (36k), tech support specialist (27k), data analyst (21k), and DevOps engineer (19k).\n\nThe catalyst for sparking a boost in software development hiring can be attributed to the release of Claude Code in late February 2025, according to [data from the Indeed Hiring Lab](https://www.hiringlab.org/2026/07/08/ai-and-job-postings-from-destruction-to-creation/). Since Claude Code’s release, Indeed has tracked a rise of 15% for software development job postings in the US, despite overall job postings declining by 7%. The report highlights how this rebound comes after a “low starting point,” so while the increases seem high, [it’s because they had a long way to go](https://www.cio.com/article/3951133/remember-when-developers-reigned-supreme-the-market-for-software-coding-goes-soft.html).\n\nDespite this increase in job postings, software development jobs still hover somewhere around 27.5% below their pre-pandemic levels, while overall job postings have remained relatively stable since 2020. It’s also important to note that 71% of the increase of software development job postings between May 2025 and May 2026 has been for senior-level roles, with 37% mentioning AI in the title.\n\nThis indicates that there is merit to the concerns around [how AI automation is reshaping the IT leadership pipeline](https://www.cio.com/article/4189865/how-ai-automation-is-reshaping-the-it-leadership-pipeline.html). IT leaders will need to [remain mindful of how AI impacts hiring](https://www.cio.com/article/4188578/how-to-keep-your-it-talent-pipeline-from-collapsing.html) — and avoid leaving entry-level workers in the dust as hiring rebounds.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back", "canonical_source": "https://www.cio.com/article/4195780/it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back.html", "published_at": "2026-07-13 09:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 09:23:00.877919+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["CompTIA", "Dice", "Indeed Hiring Lab", "Claude Code", "Seth Robinson"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/it-hiring-sees-a-boost-as-software-development-jobs-slowly-bounce-back.jsonld"}}