As the use of AI increases, so too does the need for the chips and semiconductors that power the industry. Because of this, it's no real surprise that roles like Layout / Mask Design and ASIC Engineering appear in the Hot Jobs list—both are vital jobs in chip manufacturing.

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Drawn from Pave's real-time dataset of 2M+ employees across 9,000+ companies, skewed toward technology companies.

The Hot Jobs Score measures which roles are gaining or losing momentum across the workforce - ranked from −100 (cooling fast) to +100 (heating fast).

The score combines two signals:
- Hiring Momentum (65%): how a role's share of new hires is trending over time
- Workforce Prevalence (35%): how a role's share of total headcount is trending over time

Both signals are measured as a growth rate relative to baseline, so a small-but-fast-growing role is compared fairly against a large established one. Each is converted to a percentile rank across all eligible job families, then combined into the final score.

Alongside the score, we surface a supporting compensation signal, the new-hire to employee pay ratio, which compares recent-hire median base pay to the broader population. A ratio above 1 indicates employers are paying a premium to attract new talent into that role, a sign of real market competition.

Scores cover tech job families, exclude executive levels, and require a minimum number of employees and companies per job family to ensure statistical reliability. The company panel is held constant across time so trends reflect role composition, not reporting changes.