29 Roles came off the board this week. The number of hiring companies held flat at 22.
The market didn’t shrink; it cleared.
Active roles fell from 121 to 92, while the number of hiring companies remained at 22. On the surface, that looks like a pullback. In practice, it reflects a wave of roles coming off the board.
The top four employers now account for 47% of openings, down from 52% last week.
What Changed
Fewer postings, more movement
The shift this week was not contraction, but turnover.
Active roles: 92 (down from 121)
Hiring companies: 22 (unchanged)
Top-four share: 47% (down from 52%)
Hiring Index: 150.0 (down from 154.0)
Median roles/company: 3
29 roles came off the board while relatively few were added. The total fell, but the employer base did not.
The signal:
This was a clearing event, not a demand shock.
Top 2: 26 roles (~28%)
Top 4: 43 roles (~47%)
Scaling companies (3+ roles): 12 (flat)
The same core continues to define the market: Spellbook, Kraken Robotics, CoLab Software and Avalon Holographics.
But they’re carrying less of the total load than last week, a subtle but important shift.
Company Insights
Spellbook remains the largest board at 14 roles, but is down from last week.
CoLab Software dropped sharply (15 → 9), one of the largest contractions in the dataset.
Kraken Robotics held steady at 12 roles, acting as a stabilizer.
Avalon Holographics held at 8, maintaining its position as a consistent hardware signal.
Selected Roles
Kraken Robotics: Senior Project Manager
Spellbook: Security & IT Specialist
Verafin Nasdaq: Product Marketing Lead, Fraud
PAL Aerospace: Finance Manager
Granville Biomedical: International Sales & Business Development Lead
Avalon Holographics: Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Engineer
Sequence Bio: Software Developer
Kerby-Reid: Full Stack Developer
NDITIVE: Sales Executive
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