Product and Engineering roles buoyed leadership hiring demand in Q3, a bit of a reversal from recent quarters.

Since the market’s low points in 2022, the slivers of growth were predominantly found in CEO and Sales leadership functions—not R&D. That appears to have shifted, at least in Q3, where Product leadership roles were up 44% QoQ and 26% YoY and Engineering leadership roles were up 5% QoQ and 24% YoY.

CEO demand, meanwhile, saw its first quarter of QoQ/YoY decline in recent quarters.