Trending · week of Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026
Frozen edition, published Sep 9. Numbers never change after publishing.
Hot jobs & titles
title families, not individual postings| # | Title family | Posted mid | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software engineering Remote (US) · Chicago · Minneapolis | $165K | ▼ 8% |
| 2 | Data Remote (US) · Minneapolis · New York | $175K | ▲ 0% |
| 3 | ML / AI Remote (US) · Chicago · Salt Lake City, UT | $180K | ▲ 5% |
| 4 | Operations Chicago · New York · Remote (US) | $95K | ▲ 3% |
| 5 | Sales Phoenix · New York · Minneapolis | $110K | ▼ 4% |
| 6 | Design Chicago · Remote (US) · Atlanta | $165K | ▼ 1% |
| 7 | Support Remote (US) · Denver · Austin, TX | $95K | ▲ 0% |
| 8 | Product management Remote (US) · Chicago · Seattle | $225K | ▲ 6% |
| 9 | Marketing Remote (US) · San Diego · Los Angeles | $130K | ▼ 13% |
| 10 | Finance Remote (US) · Seattle · New York | $110K | ▼ 16% |
Rising metros
growth in share of US activity| # | Metro | Share | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remote (US) Software engineering · Other | 16.7% | +1.5 pt |
| 2 | San Diego Software engineering · Marketing | 4.1% | +0.5 pt |
| 3 | Boston Software engineering · Other | 3.1% | +0.4 pt |
| 4 | SF Bay Area Software engineering · Operations | 3.8% | +0.3 pt |
| 5 | Toronto Software engineering · Other | 1.8% | +0.3 pt |
| 6 | Austin, TX Software engineering · Other | 3.5% | +0.3 pt |
| 7 | Hartford Software engineering | 0.6% | +0.2 pt |
| 8 | Salt Lake City, UT Software engineering · ML / AI | 2% | +0.2 pt |
| 9 | Madison, WI | 0.3% | +0.1 pt |
| 10 | Raleigh–Durham, NC Software engineering · Other | 2.7% | +0.1 pt |
How "hot" is calculated
We weight applications 5×, saves 3× and views 1×, count each person at most once per company per day, and decay older days (half-life 3 days). A company must have at least 8 distinct job seekers this week and 20 weighted events. Growth is smoothed so small companies can't jump to #1 on a handful of clicks, and suspicious bursts are dropped.
Full methodology →A = Σ 0.5^(age/3) · (5·apps + 3·saves + 1·views)
growth = (A_this + 40) / (A_prev + 40)
heat = ln(1 + A) · clamp(growth, 0.5, 4)^0.7
eligible if people ≥ 8 ∧ A ≥ 20 ∧ max_share(any /24 or install) ≤ 20%
Week of Aug 31–Sep 6 · published Sep 9 · data through Sep 23