Hiring Velocity

{
  "signal_id": "1327e29c-f215-4c14-85e3-4d7a1782a986",
  "signal_type": "hiring-velocity",
  "signal_subtype": "hiringVelocity",
  "detected_at": "2025-12-31T12:47:26Z",
  "association": "company",
  "company": {
    "name": "Illumina",
    "domain": "illumina.com",
    "linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/illumina",
    "industries": [
      "Biotechnology Research"
    ],
    "employee_count_low": 5001,
    "employee_count_high": 10000
  },
  "data": {
    "takeaway": "Hiring velocity: Moderate growth for a very large company. When companies with > 5000 employees have open roles between 1% and 5% of their workforce, that's considered steady hiring.",
    "numberOfEmployees": 7501,
    "numberOfOpenRoles": 79,
    "hiringVelocityPct": 1.05,
    "historicalComparison": {
      "rolesOpenedLast30d": 79,
      "rolesOpenedPrev30d": 38,
      "rolesOpenedPrev60d": 19,
      "trend": "increasing"
    },
    "departments": [
      {
        "category": "engineering",
        "count": "59",
        "pct": 74.7
      },
      {
        "category": "sales",
        "count": "40",
        "pct": 50.6
      },
      {
        "category": "management",
        "count": "32",
        "pct": 40.5
      },
      {
        "category": "quality_assurance",
        "count": "19",
        "pct": 24.1
      },
      {
        "category": "directors",
        "count": "15",
        "pct": 19.0
      }
    ],
    "locations": [
      {
        "category": "San Diego, California, United States",
        "count": "45",
        "pct": 57.0
      },
      {
        "category": "Singapore, Singapore",
        "count": "25",
        "pct": 31.6
      },
      {
        "category": "India",
        "count": "10",
        "pct": 12.7
      },
      {
        "category": "Cambridge, United Kingdom",
        "count": "6",
        "pct": 7.6
      },
      {
        "category": "Shanghai, China",
        "count": "5",
        "pct": 6.3
      }
    ],
    "seniority": [
      {
        "category": "non_manager",
        "count": "96",
        "pct": 121.5
      },
      {
        "category": "manager",
        "count": "28",
        "pct": 35.4
      },
      {
        "category": "director",
        "count": "11",
        "pct": 13.9
      },
      {
        "category": "head",
        "count": "1",
        "pct": 1.3
      }
    ],
    "contracts": [
      {
        "category": "full time",
        "count": "101",
        "pct": 127.8
      },
      {
        "category": "commission",
        "count": "58",
        "pct": 73.4
      },
      {
        "category": "remote",
        "count": "38",
        "pct": 48.1
      },
      {
        "category": "hybrid",
        "count": "18",
        "pct": 22.8
      },
      {
        "category": "all levels",
        "count": "17",
        "pct": 21.5
      }
    ]
  }
}