Market Intelligence for Job Seekers

From Core PM to AI/ML PM: Two Ways AI Is Changing Product Management

AI already appears in 21% of core PM postings. But AI/ML PM roles require a deeper layer: understanding LLMs, model evaluation, and build-versus-buy decisions for AI infrastructure.

From Data Analyst to Data Engineer: Consumer to Producer

A third of data engineering skills overlap with analyst roles, but the other two-thirds are almost entirely infrastructure. Here's what the market data shows about making the transition.

From Data Scientist to ML Engineer: When SQL Stops Being the Point

SQL appears in 85% of data scientist roles and 19% of ML engineer postings. The transition is fundamentally about moving from the analytical layer to the systems layer.

Emerging Skills Radar: What Companies Are Actually Hiring For

The gap between what the AI conversation emphasises and what hiring managers actually screen for is wider than most people assume. LLM appears in 16% of descriptions while context engineering barely registers.

Hidden Job Families: The Roles Nobody Talks About

Project and programme managers together account for 4,229 postings -- 37% of all tracked roles. Analytics engineering, growth PM, and platform PM are substantial markets with distinct profiles that rarely feature in career advice.

Monthly Market Pulse: January-February 2026

Delivery management is surging while data and product roles cool. Project manager postings nearly doubled (+95%), while technical PM dropped 65% and data engineering fell 47%.

From Project Manager to Programme Manager: Same Skills, Bigger Canvas

Ten of fifteen top skills overlap between project and programme managers. The transition is about scope and seniority, not new technical skills, with a 33% salary premium.

The Seniority Skills Ladder: How Skill Requirements Change as You Level Up

Leveling up is defined as much by what drops off your requirements as by what gets added. SQL drops 9 points from junior to senior. AI climbs 5 points. Seniority is a move from tools to judgment.