InStreamIQ Intelligence
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June 2026 Nigeria Tech Jobs Report: Top Skills & Hiring Companies

The tech ecosystem showed strong hiring momentum throughout June, with Software Engineer remaining the dominant discipline while SQL related skills continued rapid growth.

check_circle 236 Jobs
check_circle 108 Companies
check_circle SQL #1 Skill
check_circle 100/100 Health
local_fire_department Fastest Growing
Laravel
+100% MoM
emoji_events Most Active Employer
Moniepoint
Moniepoint
21 jobs posted
trending_down Biggest Decline
Wordpress
100% MoM

When was demand highest?

Daily hiring intensity across the entire month of June.

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
0 jobs
2
0 jobs
3
0 jobs
4
19 jobs
5
11 jobs
6
5 jobs
7
0 jobs
8
10 jobs
9
12 jobs
10
9 jobs
11
9 jobs
12
4 jobs
13
0 jobs
14
3 jobs
15
13 jobs
16
12 jobs
17
11 jobs
18
22 jobs
19
17 jobs
20
9 jobs
21
1 jobs
22
12 jobs
23
11 jobs
24
7 jobs
25
10 jobs
26
9 jobs
27
1 jobs
28
3 jobs
29
14 jobs
30
17 jobs

Skill Demand Leaderboard

Market intensity and associated roles for the most requested technologies.

01
#1

SQL

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
18 jobs
W2
22 jobs
W3
48 jobs
W4
49 jobs
Most Requested In
Backend Engineer 15
Data Analyst 14
Data Engineer 13
Software Engineer 13
Data Scientist 9
02
#2

Agile Methodologies / SDLC

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
8 jobs
W2
26 jobs
W3
51 jobs
W4
39 jobs
Most Requested In
Backend Engineer 14
Software Engineer 13
Full Stack Engineer 10
AI Engineer 7
IT Manager 7
03
#3

CI/CD

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
12 jobs
W2
23 jobs
W3
42 jobs
W4
41 jobs
Most Requested In
Software Engineer 15
Backend Engineer 12
Data Engineer 9
Full Stack Engineer 9
Mobile Developer 9
04
#4

Python

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
13 jobs
W2
18 jobs
W3
32 jobs
W4
40 jobs
Most Requested In
Backend Engineer 12
Data Engineer 10
Data Analyst 10
Software Engineer 10
Data Scientist 9
05
#5

AWS

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
13 jobs
W2
19 jobs
W3
30 jobs
W4
32 jobs
Most Requested In
Backend Engineer 15
Software Engineer 13
Data Engineer 10
DevOps Engineer 5
Full Stack Engineer 5

Role Demand Leaderboard

Hiring momentum and the top skills requested for each discipline.

01
#1
work

Software Engineer

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
4 jobs
W2
6 jobs
W3
7 jobs
W4
9 jobs
Top 10 Requested Skills
CI/CD 15
AWS 13
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 13
SQL 13
Microservices 11
PostgreSQL 11
Mentoring 10
Docker 10
Python 10
Google Cloud (GCP) 8
02
#2
work

Backend Engineer

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
1 jobs
W2
3 jobs
W3
10 jobs
W4
10 jobs
Top 10 Requested Skills
AWS 15
SQL 15
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 14
Microservices 13
CI/CD 12
Python 12
Node.js 10
MySQL 10
Microsoft Azure 9
PostgreSQL 9
03
#3
work

Full Stack Engineer

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
0 jobs
W2
2 jobs
W3
8 jobs
W4
10 jobs
Top 10 Requested Skills
JavaScript 15
Node.js 12
React 11
CSS 10
PostgreSQL 10
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 10
CI/CD 9
Python 8
Docker 8
TypeScript 8
04
#4
work

Data Analyst

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
4 jobs
W2
5 jobs
W3
2 jobs
W4
4 jobs
Top 10 Requested Skills
SQL 14
Power BI 12
Python 10
Tableau 8
Google Analytics 7
MySQL 5
Mentoring 5
Pandas 4
R 4
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 4
05
#5
work

Data Engineer

▲ Strong Growth (100%)
Weekly Intensity
W1
1 jobs
W2
4 jobs
W3
7 jobs
W4
1 jobs
Top 10 Requested Skills
SQL 13
AWS 10
Python 10
CI/CD 9
PostgreSQL 9
Google Cloud (GCP) 8
BigQuery 8
Microsoft Azure 7
Airflow 6
dbt 6

Industry Distribution

Sectors driving the most recruitment.

01
domain

DevOps & Cloud

112 Jobs

02
domain

Backend Development

111 Jobs

03
domain

Frontend Development

94 Jobs

04
domain

Machine Learning

79 Jobs

05
domain

Payment Gateways

79 Jobs

Return to office?

Tracking the shifting dynamics between Remote, Hybrid, and On-site opportunities.

21%
Remote
54%
Hybrid
25%
On-site

Top Employers

Companies driving the most demand this month.

01

Moniepoint

Active Hiring Spree
21
Jobs Posted
02

Turing (Turing Enterprises, Inc.)

Active Hiring Spree
10
Jobs Posted
03

Kuda Bank

Active Hiring Spree
9
Jobs Posted
04

Chowdeck

Active Hiring Spree
8
Jobs Posted
05

Bluechip Technologies Limited

Active Hiring Spree
6
Jobs Posted
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Next Month's Outlook

Based on current momentum and the trajectory of Laravel, we expect hiring to maintain its upward trend moving into next month. Demand for Software Engineer is likely to remain dominant, while employers continue adapting hybrid work models as the standard offering.

Sample Size & Confidence: Generated from 236 verified job postings and 108 active employers across the ecosystem.