---
id: "lib-2026-10-28-tech-talent-in-transition-building-the-ai-ready"
type: "library"
title: "Tech Talent in Transition: Building the AI-Ready Workforce (2026)"
lang: "EN"
org: "Randstad"
source_type: "Report"
date: "2026-10-28"
week: "2026-W44"
url: "https://nosov.ai/library/lib-2026-10-28-tech-talent-in-transition-building-the-ai-ready/"
original_url: "https://www.randstad.com/tech-talent-report-2026/"
tags: ["future of work", "enablement"]
---

# Tech Talent in Transition: Building the AI-Ready Workforce (2026)

## English summary

1,100 tech leaders, 11 markets, 20M+ postings: 86% growing tech headcount. AI-skill postings 5x in a year. AI risk-governance demand +108% vs supply +69%; 61% find human skills harder to source than technical; 63% prefer flexible talent models; women 31% of emerging-AI-skill professionals.

Original: https://www.randstad.com/tech-talent-report-2026/