The technology hiring landscape is marked by stark contrasts.

One contingent of IT workers, those with experience and skills in AI building, is in high demand amid ongoing enterprise AI adoption efforts. But for those who specialize in categories such as software development, a field profoundly changed by AI tools, the situation is radically different.

Despite significant layoffs at some of the leading technology vendors, more than 500,000 job postings remain active across the economy, according to CompTIA, as businesses look to the market to fill gaps in their existing skill sets.

Tech executives are hopeful the current state of affairs will allow them to attract the type of in-demand talent they would have previously struggled to bring aboard. But they’re also grappling with a disengaged workforce amid the low-fire, low-hire environment, analysts have told CIO Dive.  

To help executives plan their next move, CIO Dive compiled some of our most recent stories on the state of technology hiring: