Declining Roles
Roles with the steepest drop in hiring velocity across tracked markets. Momentum is based on live posting contraction — not surveys.
Steepest
Nurse
−639x
Openings
12.6k
across 20 roles
Markets
11
20+ roles indexed
Live contraction indexOct 21, 2026, 14:39 UTC
Softest demand
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Software Engineer
Washington, D.C. · 622 openings
−442
622
Washington, D.C.
+426 accel−442 momentumIntel
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