Information Technology hiring trends, April 2026
The median Information Technology employer in our US panel is in the 55th hiring percentile in April 2026, down 1 pt in 12 months. Based on 66 employers and real job changes in résumé histories.
Median hiring percentile by month
Most active hirers in Information Technology
| Employer | Hiring percentile | Change, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 99th | +2 pts |
| Supermicro | 98th | +1 pt |
| Arista Networks | 98th | +1 pt |
| AMD | 97th | +2 pts |
| CrowdStrike | 94th | -2 pts |
Slowest hirers in Information Technology
| Employer | Hiring percentile | Change, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|
| Intel | 4th | -5 pts |
| Seagate Technology | 5th | +1 pt |
| Dell Technologies | 8th | -2 pts |
| Teradata | 9th | -7 pts |
| Flex | 10th | -5 pts |
What the numbers say
The typical Information Technology employer sits in the 55th hiring percentile as of April 2026, around the middle of the market. A year earlier, in April 2025, the sector median was the 56th percentile, so it moved down 1 pt over 12 months.
We track 66 Information Technology employers in the US panel; all 66 have enough job changes for their own page. 34 of those hire faster than the median employer of the whole panel (above the 50th percentile).
The most active hirer in the sector this month is NVIDIA, in the 99th percentile; the slowest is Intel, in the 4th.
Percentiles compare each employer's hiring pace with all employers in the panel on a rolling 36-month window of public résumé histories, not job postings. The data runs through April 2026.
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Data: HÜNT Workforce Panel · résumé history · updated monthly · data through April 2026 · Methodology