Aspen Technology Labs

05/13/2026

April's UK job market looked quiet. It wasn't.

Our May 2026 JobMarketPulse UK update is live. A few things caught our attention this month:
📍 One region accounts for nearly a fifth of all UK vacancies, and it's pulling further ahead
💰 IT salaries are leading the market at £55,006, almost double what Retail pays
📉 Entry-level postings are slipping as youth unemployment reaches its highest point since 2015
♻️ EMR has been on an uninterrupted upward trajectory since November, and just hit a 12-month high
🏗️ Turner & Townsend added nearly 1,000 vacancies in a year. Data centers are driving it.

The numbers that matter rarely make the headlines. That's why we dig.

One region drives nearly a fifth of all UK job postings. In April, it recorded the strongest absolute growth among all UK regions.

05/12/2026

When someone builds this level of analysis using our data, it's worth sharing.

Kamba Group published a detailed Q1 2026 labor market discrepancy report using our JobMarketPulse data alongside official BLS releases. The findings are worth reading carefully.

A few things stood out to us:
The March headline of +178,000 jobs looks strong. But 76,000 of those were healthcare workers returning from strikes. Strip that out, and the underlying job creation was roughly 102,000, barely matching population growth, while 396,000 people left the labor force entirely.

The revision pattern is what we find most telling. Ten of the last eleven monthly payroll prints have been revised downward. The annual benchmark revision erased 898,000 jobs, the largest since 2009. Our real-time data captured that directional weakness earlier because it tracks employer intent daily directly from career sites, without the survey lags that affect official estimates.

The wage bifurcation Kamba surfaces is also something our data reflects clearly. Advertised full-time salaries are up 4.3%. Advertised hourly wages are up just 1.4%, well below 3.3% CPI. The BLS average of +3.5% sits in between and tells neither story accurately.

This is exactly what real-time job posting data is built for: providing a transparent, daily signal of employer intent that complements official releases, especially when those releases keep getting rewritten.

Full Kamba analysis linked in the comments. Well worth the read.

👉 Follow Aspen Tech Labs for ongoing labor market insights, or reach out for a demo of JobMarketPulse.

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A systematic comparison of Aspen Tech Labs' JobMarketPulse (JMP) real-time data against official Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases reveals a labor market that is materially weaker than headline government figures suggest. The BLS has revised 10 of its last 11 monthly payroll prints downward,...

05/11/2026

The Q1 2026 Oregon Jobs Report is out, and the data deserves a closer look.

Postings rose 6.6% quarter-over-quarter, but remain down 10.4% year-over-year. Wage growth is lagging the national pace. And beneath the surface, the divergence across metros, industries, and role types is sharper than the aggregate suggests.

A few signals worth noting: one job category grew 123.8% year-over-year. Two metros bucked the statewide decline. And Oregon leads the nation on salary transparency by a meaningful margin.

The details matter… and they're in the report.

Produced in partnership with Oregon Business & Industry, powered by Aspen Tech Labs' JobMarketPulse platform.

👉 Read the full Q1 2026 Oregon Jobs Report: https://bit.ly/3P6cBV1

05/06/2026

The Q1 2026 Oregon Jobs Report is out, and the data deserves a closer look.

Postings rose 6.6% quarter-over-quarter, but remain down 10.4% year-over-year. Wage growth is lagging the national pace. And beneath the surface, the divergence across metros, industries, and role types is sharper than the aggregate suggests.

A few signals worth noting: one job category grew 123.8% year-over-year. Two metros bucked the statewide decline. And Oregon leads the nation on salary transparency by a meaningful margin.

The details matter… and they're in the report.

Produced in partnership with Oregon Business & Industry, powered by Aspen Tech Labs' JobMarketPulse platform.
👉 Read the full Q1 2026 Oregon Jobs Report: https://bit.ly/3P6cBV1

05/05/2026

Coinbase announced today it is cutting 14% of its workforce (roughly 700 employees), citing volatile crypto markets and a shift toward AI-driven efficiency.

This one wasn't a surprise to us.

A few weeks ago, JobMarketPulse placed Coinbase on “layoff watch.” Their hiring data had already started flashing warning signs. Job postings were down 50.16% on the 30-to-90-day trend, and the longer-term vacancy chart showed a clear pattern: a sustained, accelerating decline in hiring activity well before today’s announcement.

The timing is also notable, with Coinbase set to report earnings this week.

Follow Aspen Tech Labs for weekly hiring signals across public companies, or reach out to see what the data is showing in your sector right now.

04/23/2026

Earnings week tells one story. Hiring data tells another.

Across this week's reporters, the divergence between stock performance and workforce investment is striking.

- Lam Research (LRCX) stands out as one of the cleanest signals. Open roles are up more than 40% versus the 90-day average, and the stock has quadrupled year over year. Hiring and price are moving in lockstep, consistent with accelerating demand for semiconductor equipment as next-generation chip development intensifies.

- Vertiv (VRT) shows sustained long-term expansion with only a marginal short-term pause. The stock is up nearly 370% year over year. AI data center infrastructure demand is driving the narrative, and the hiring data supports it.

- ServiceNow (NOW) is the clear outlier in the other direction. Job postings are down 36.8% versus the 90-day average, and the stock has fallen roughly a third both year over year and year to date. Hiring and price are moving together, and both are pointing down.

The pattern worth watching: in several cases this week, workforce signals are reinforcing what the market is already pricing in. In others, they may be getting there first.

Job postings don't predict earnings. But they do reflect where companies are allocating resources, often before the quarterly narrative crystallizes.

👉 Follow Aspen Tech Labs for weekly hiring signals across public companies, or reach out for a free demo.

04/21/2026

We're heading to TATech North America 2026, and we're looking forward to the conversations ahead.

TATech brings together leaders from across the talent acquisition technology ecosystem: job boards, recruitment platforms, data providers, and the innovators shaping how hiring works at scale. It's one of the most focused forums in the industry for meaningful dialogue about where the market is heading.

At Aspen Tech Labs, we work with real-time job posting data sourced directly from employer career sites — tracking hiring intent, wage trends, and workforce shifts as they happen. The conversations at TATech are exactly where that kind of intelligence becomes most useful: strategy discussions grounded in what employers are actually doing, not just what they're saying.

If you're attending and want to talk about labor market data, hiring signals, or how real-time vacancy data can sharpen your go-to-market approach, we'd love to connect.

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04/13/2026

Excited to share that Lana Shumyn will be representing Aspen Tech Labs at RecBuzz Budapest 2026 this week! 🎉

RecBuzz is the world's premier conference dedicated exclusively to recruitment marketplaces — bringing together the top experts, executives, and innovators in the space. This year's event takes place on 15-16 April at the InterContinental Budapest, Hungary.

It's the perfect forum for conversations about how real-time labor market data, job posting trends, and hiring signals are shaping the future of recruitment technology and talent marketplace strategy.

If you're attending and want to talk about hiring intelligence, labor market data, or how Aspen's JobMarketPulse platform can support your business, reach out to Lana directly or connect with us on LinkedIn — we'd love to meet you in Budapest.

👉 Learn more about the event: https://bit.ly/3QAROcl

Join us for the world’s premier conference exclusively about recruitment marketplaces to network with and learn from the top experts and execs.

04/07/2026

Hiring momentum is picking up—but not evenly.

This week’s data shows a clear divergence across companies:
• Rebound: Goldman Sachs (1,303 roles), Northrop Grumman (2,454), Waste Management (1,468)
• Infrastructure-driven growth: Southern Co. hiring alongside major data center investment
• AI-linked expansion: Marvell scaling with data center demand

At the same time:
• Skillsoft down to just 11 roles, alongside continued market pressure
• Delta enters earnings with stable hiring but rising cost headwinds

The signal is clear: hiring isn’t moving as a single trend—it’s aligning closely with capital allocation, demand visibility, and strategic priorities.

👉 Want a deeper breakdown of where hiring is accelerating (and where it isn’t)? Let’s connect.

04/01/2026

Oracle’s layoffs didn’t come out of nowhere.

They followed a shift already visible in hiring data.

As Oracle ramps up its AI infrastructure investment, reportedly planning to invest up to $50B, cost discipline is becoming part of its strategy. Recent layoffs are positioned as a way to free up capital for that buildout.

But before the headlines:
• Job postings declined through mid-2025
• Brief stabilization followed
• Then a sharp drop into early 2026

That sequence suggests workforce adjustments were already underway as priorities shifted toward capital-intensive AI investments.

This doesn’t establish direct causation. But it highlights a consistent pattern:
Hiring activity often adjusts before workforce changes are formally announced.

In a cycle where companies are balancing AI spend, productivity, and margins, job postings provide an early view into those trade-offs.

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03/30/2026

Salary transparency is no longer a trend; it’s becoming standard practice.

Across U.S. job postings, more than half now include pay information, with steady year-over-year growth:

ATL Salary Parser:
• +7.5% YoY (+3.7 percentage points)
• -0.75% MoM (-0.4 points)

Raw salary field:
• +7.9% YoY (+2.1 points)
• +1.7% MoM (-0.5 points)

While month-to-month movement remains relatively small, the longer-term direction is clear: transparency continues to expand across the market.

What’s changing is not just compliance, but expectation; pay visibility is increasingly part of how roles are presented to candidates.

👉 Follow Aspen Tech Labs for more insights into hiring and compensation trends.