Updated several times a day
Huntsville Defense Market Intelligence
Skills, hiring and pay trends from 734 defense and aerospace listings first seen in the last 30 days in the Huntsville, AL area.
Last reviewed: October 13, 2026
Skills Demand Radar
The 50 skills most often required in listings first seen in the last 30 days, with the trend against the 30 days before.
#1 Skill: Python (89 new listings)
Hiring Momentum
New listings per employer this week and last week.
Most Active: Leidos (69 new this week)
Clearance Premium Tracker
Median posted pay by clearance level in Huntsville-area listings, compared with listings that name no clearance.
TS/SCI vs. no clearance: +9.6% raw difference in median pay
Program Discovery
Browse jobs by defense and space program — Ground-based Midcourse Defense, IBCS, the Space Launch System, and more.
90 Programs Listed
Where the Data Comes From
These pages are built from the job listings we collect several times a day from employers' own career sites, in Huntsville, Madison, Decatur and on Redstone Arsenal.