Hot + Cold Jobs: Q1 2026

We track key metrics in Pave's real-time dataset to score which jobs are on the rise.  

10 Hottest Jobs Q1 2026

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AI Engineer
99
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Software Engineer
85
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Data Scientist
75
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Cybersecurity Analyst
74
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Prompt Engineer
65
01
AI Product Manager
63
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DevOps Engineer
60
01
Blockchain Developer
60
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Full Stack Developer
60
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Cloud Engineer
60
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