As July 2025 draws to a close, the U.S. tech job market continues to show resilience and adaptability, building on a multi-month trend of steady growth.

According to the CompTIA Tech Jobs Report, tech occupation employment expanded significantly heading into summer, outpacing national employment benchmarks and reinforcing long-term demand for digital talent. The tech unemployment rate remained below 3%, while active job postings held strong at over 450,000, with nearly half newly added in the past month.This growth is being powered by advanced technologies like AI as well as by employers’ shift toward more inclusive, skills-based hiring.

Roles requiring AI competencies saw explosive year-over-year growth, while nearly half of all postings did not require a four-year degree.

Entry-level opportunities also remain abundant.

Strong demand spans experience levels and regions, with traditional tech hubs, emerging markets, and remote roles, especially in cybersecurity, leading the charge.

Why It Matters: These continued patterns suggest that tech hiring is bouncing back from spring and realigning to meet new workforce dynamics. AI fluency, flexible credentials, and geographic dispersion are reshaping who gets hired, where, and for what roles. For candidates and employers, the second half of 2025 is shaping up to be one of significant opportunity and transformation.

• Tech Job Growth Defies Industry Cuts: Despite net losses in the tech manufacturing (-4,900), software services (-2,500), and platform sectors (-1,000), overall tech employment across industries added 90,000 new workers, reinforcing the sector’s broad demand outside core tech firms.

• AI Job Listings Rise Sharply: CompTIA’s AI Hiring Intent Index reveals a 153% year-over-year increase in postings requiring AI fluency. Dedicated AI positions, such as machine learning engineers and AI architects, are growing, especially in hubs like San Francisco (15%), San Jose (13%), and New York (9%).

• Skills-Based Hiring: Nearly 50% of job postings in June required no four-year degree. Network support roles (88%), tech support (75%), and database administrator roles (62%) were among the top no-degree-required listings, showing employers’ growing emphasis on competencies over credentials. 21% of June’s postings were aimed at professionals with 0–3 years of experience, 30% targeted mid-level candidates (4–7 years), and 17% were open to senior-level professionals (8+ years), reflecting balanced hiring across career stages.

• Remote Work Holding Steady: With over 26,000 remote tech jobs posted recently, cities like New York, Washington D.C., and San Francisco continue to dominate in offering flexible work arrangements, especially in software, cybersecurity, and AI roles.

• Hiring Expands Beyond the Coasts: While tech hubs like San Francisco and San Jose still lead, fast-rising markets such as Atlanta, Indianapolis, Providence, and San Antonio are seeing double-digit percentage increases in job listings, showing regional diversification.

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