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74% of Employers Can't Find Engineers. The Hiring Market in 2026.

ManpowerGroup: 74% of employers globally can't find talent — a 17-year high. 63% of CTOs call it a significant challenge. What the data shows.

Dennis Vorobyov
Dennis Vorobyov
CEO & Founder, EltexSoft
February 15, 2026 · 7 min read

The software engineering talent shortage isn't a cycle. It's structural. ManpowerGroup's global survey puts it at 74% of employers unable to find the talent they need — the highest in 17 years of tracking. The gap is sharpest in AI, data engineering, cybersecurity, and cloud.

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Last updated February 15, 2026

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