Are tech jobs making a comeback?

After a year of relatively flat hiring, tech job postings have seen a significant increase throughout the first half of the year. In this episode of Trend Watch, Seth Robinson explores what's driving the surge and what it means for employers, IT professionals, career changers, and anyone watching the technology workforce.

Seth breaks down the two major forces behind the rise in tech hiring: renewed investment in digital transformation and the growing maturity of enterprise AI strategies. As organizations move beyond uncertainty and begin integrating AI into broader business operations, demand is increasing across a wide range of technology roles, including cybersecurity, software development, infrastructure, data, and tech support.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Why tech job postings are rising in 2026
• The return of digital transformation initiatives
• How AI strategies are evolving inside organizations
• What companies are looking for in today's workforce
• The impact on hiring, skills development, and career opportunities
• What to watch for in the second half of the year

For more workforce research, industry insights, and the latest Tech Jobs Report, visit CompTIA.org.

AI may be dominating headlines and boardroom conversations, but is it causing organizations to overlook other critical workforce challenges?

In this episode of TrendWatch, Seth Robinson explores new findings from CompTIA's Workforce and Learning Trends research, revealing how employers are balancing the demand for AI skills with broader technology skill gaps, employee development, and workforce planning.

Discover why AI is not the only priority organizations should be focusing on, how technology leaders are approaching workforce development, and why industry credentials continue to play an important role in hiring, training, and validating skills.

Topics covered:

• AI skills versus foundational technology skills
• Workforce development and talent gaps
• Learning and development trends
• Skills based hiring
• The growing importance of credentials and certifications
• Measuring training outcomes and ROI
• Building a future ready workforce

Read the full research report and explore more industry insights at CompTIA.org.

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The pressure to build a skilled workforce has never been higher — but are organizations actually following through? In this episode of CompTIA TrendWatch, Senior Director of Research Seth Robinson walks through highlights from CompTIA's newly released Workforce and Learning Trends report. This year's research expanded its scope to include IT leaders alongside HR and learning and development professionals, revealing a more complete — and more complicated — picture of how organizations are approaching skill development in 2025.

With 83% of surveyed professionals ranking skill building as a high priority, the intent is clearly there. But intent and execution are two different things. Seth digs into where organizations are putting their money, where communication is breaking down, and why the gap between HR and IT may be one of the biggest obstacles standing between a company and a truly future-proof workforce.

Organizations are concentrating training investments in three areas above all others — AI, cybersecurity, and data. But the report also highlights growing investment in digital fluency across the entire workforce, not just the IT department. As AI literacy becomes a baseline expectation at every level, organizations are being forced to rethink how they assess and develop skills across the board.

One of the more revealing findings is the disconnect between how HR and IT perceive the risks and rewards of training. HR worries about retention. IT worries about ROI. Understanding that divide is the first step toward closing it.

The Workforce and Learning Trends 2026 report is available now: https://www.comptia.org/en/resources/research/workforce-and-learning-trends-2026/