{
 "week": "2026-W44",
 "start": "2026-10-26",
 "end": "2026-11-01",
 "page": "https://roleweek.com/weekly/2026-W44/",
 "data_as_of": "2026-11-06T14:17:20Z",
 "definition": "New developer roles RoleWeek first saw in this week (Monday to Sunday, Pacific time) on employers’ own job boards. RoleWeek’s coverage is partial: these are roles RoleWeek saw, not all developer hiring.",
 "new_roles": 7710,
 "employers": 2751,
 "list_salary_pct": 71,
 "no_account_needed_pct": 23,
 "boards_checked_at_start": 60752,
 "boards_checked_by_end": 60763,
 "week_before": {
  "week": "2026-W43",
  "new_roles": 7624,
  "employers": 2740,
  "boards_checked_by_end": 60752
 },
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   "slug": "washington-dc",
   "name": "Washington DC",
   "new_roles": 958,
   "share_pct": 12,
   "week_before": 1017
  },
  {
   "slug": "san-francisco-bay-area",
   "name": "San Francisco Bay Area",
   "new_roles": 861,
   "share_pct": 11,
   "week_before": 979
  },
  {
   "slug": "new-york",
   "name": "New York",
   "new_roles": 636,
   "share_pct": 8,
   "week_before": 748
  },
  {
   "slug": "dallas-fort-worth",
   "name": "Dallas-Fort Worth",
   "new_roles": 422,
   "share_pct": 5,
   "week_before": 429
  },
  {
   "slug": "seattle",
   "name": "Seattle",
   "new_roles": 399,
   "share_pct": 5,
   "week_before": 429
  },
  {
   "slug": "toronto",
   "name": "Toronto",
   "new_roles": 343,
   "share_pct": 4,
   "week_before": 344
  },
  {
   "slug": "boston",
   "name": "Boston",
   "new_roles": 320,
   "share_pct": 4,
   "week_before": 338
  },
  {
   "slug": "chicago",
   "name": "Chicago",
   "new_roles": 318,
   "share_pct": 4,
   "week_before": 296
  },
  {
   "slug": "los-angeles",
   "name": "Los Angeles",
   "new_roles": 296,
   "share_pct": 4,
   "week_before": 341
  },
  {
   "slug": "denver-boulder",
   "name": "Denver-Boulder",
   "new_roles": 239,
   "share_pct": 3,
   "week_before": 238
  },
  {
   "slug": "remote",
   "name": "Remote (US or Canada)",
   "new_roles": 1480,
   "share_pct": 19,
   "week_before": 1475
  }
 ],
 "top_employers": [
  {
   "name": "Amazon",
   "new_roles": 222,
   "share_pct": 3
  },
  {
   "name": "Lockheed Martin",
   "new_roles": 108,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "Cognizant",
   "new_roles": 107,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "Northrop Grumman",
   "new_roles": 107,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "Leidos",
   "new_roles": 102,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "RTX",
   "new_roles": 101,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "JPMorgan Chase",
   "new_roles": 98,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "Booz Allen",
   "new_roles": 88,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "GDIT",
   "new_roles": 87,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "name": "Accenture",
   "new_roles": 63,
   "share_pct": 1
  }
 ],
 "role_types": [
  {
   "slug": "software",
   "name": "Software Engineering",
   "new_roles": 2423,
   "share_pct": 31
  },
  {
   "slug": "security",
   "name": "Security",
   "new_roles": 1060,
   "share_pct": 14
  },
  {
   "slug": "it-infra",
   "name": "IT & Infrastructure",
   "new_roles": 1030,
   "share_pct": 13
  },
  {
   "slug": "data",
   "name": "Data",
   "new_roles": 864,
   "share_pct": 11
  },
  {
   "slug": "ml-ai",
   "name": "Machine Learning & AI",
   "new_roles": 789,
   "share_pct": 10
  },
  {
   "slug": "devops-sre",
   "name": "DevOps & SRE",
   "new_roles": 511,
   "share_pct": 7
  },
  {
   "slug": "qa",
   "name": "QA & Testing",
   "new_roles": 274,
   "share_pct": 4
  },
  {
   "slug": "full-stack",
   "name": "Full-Stack",
   "new_roles": 248,
   "share_pct": 3
  },
  {
   "slug": "backend",
   "name": "Backend",
   "new_roles": 210,
   "share_pct": 3
  },
  {
   "slug": "embedded",
   "name": "Embedded & Firmware",
   "new_roles": 153,
   "share_pct": 2
  },
  {
   "slug": "frontend",
   "name": "Frontend",
   "new_roles": 93,
   "share_pct": 1
  },
  {
   "slug": "mobile",
   "name": "Mobile",
   "new_roles": 55,
   "share_pct": 1
  }
 ],
 "levels": [
  {
   "slug": "intern",
   "name": "Intern",
   "new_roles": 375,
   "share_pct": 5
  },
  {
   "slug": "entry",
   "name": "Entry level",
   "new_roles": 327,
   "share_pct": 4
  },
  {
   "slug": "mid",
   "name": "Mid level",
   "new_roles": 2802,
   "share_pct": 36
  },
  {
   "slug": "senior",
   "name": "Senior",
   "new_roles": 2329,
   "share_pct": 30
  },
  {
   "slug": "staff-plus",
   "name": "Staff+",
   "new_roles": 970,
   "share_pct": 13
  },
  {
   "slug": "manager",
   "name": "Manager",
   "new_roles": 581,
   "share_pct": 8
  },
  {
   "slug": "director-plus",
   "name": "Director+",
   "new_roles": 326,
   "share_pct": 4
  }
 ],
 "first_published": {
  "date": "2026-11-02",
  "new_roles": 7594
 },
 "revisions": [
  {
   "date": "2026-11-03",
   "new_roles": 7726,
   "cause": null
  }
 ],
 "revision_note": "First published Nov 2, 2026 as 7,594 new roles; revised to 7,726 on Nov 3, 2026 as RoleWeek corrected how some roles were read."
}
