The Quantum & AI Talent Market, measured.
Live supply, demand, and liquidity across technical specialties — computed entirely from permissioned candidate and verified employer activity inside HireCrystal. Every figure below comes from real records. Where the sample is too thin to be honest, we say so instead of estimating.
Generated Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:00:28 GMT
Supply & demand by specialty
Candidates per open role. Below 1.0 means demand exceeds available talent.
| Specialty | Talent | Open roles | Ratio | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Algorithms | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Quantum Software | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Cryogenic Systems Engineering | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Quantum Control Engineering | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Quantum Commercialization | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| MLOps & Model Deployment | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Applied AI Research | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Foundation Models & LLMs | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
| Edge AI & Embedded ML | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Talent shortage |
Market liquidity
How reliably a match converts into a hire.
Compensation observations
Median target compensation stated by candidates in the network. Sample size shown for every row — specialties with fewer than 3 data points are reported as insufficient rather than estimated.
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