Tech Insights

The industry’s best intelligence, delivering strategic data-driven insights through analysis of market, labor force and workplace trends.

Tech-30 2022

Tech industry job growth has slowed amid a cooling economy, but the industry continues to wield outsized influence on key markets across the US and Canada.

Scoring Tech Talent 2022

Scoring Tech Talent is a comprehensive analysis of labor market conditions, cost and quality in North America for highly skilled tech workers. The report offers insights on how tech labor trends inform workforce decisions and influence real estate in 50 U.S. & Canadian markets.

Global Tech Talent Linked to R&D Spending

Many companies are globalizing their tech workforces to meet growing needs for innovation.

Apartment Rents Appear to Bottom Out in Major Tech Cities

Pandemic-induced moves by some people away from major cities caused apartment rents in 20 tech markets to fall by an average of 11.6% in March 2021 from February 2020 levels.

Tech Retains Office Space Leasing Crown

Tech companies leased more office space than any other industry last year although both the aggregate square footage they leased and their share of total office leasing declined from 2019 levels.

Tech Sector Attracted Bulk of U.S. Venture Capital Funding Last Year

Tech was far and away the dominant industry for venture capital funding in 2022 with a 64% share of the $176 billion annual total.

Tech-30 2022

Tech industry job growth has slowed amid a cooling economy, but the industry continues to wield outsized influence on key markets across the US and Canada.

Tech Insights: Apartment Rents in U.S. Tech Cities Surpass Pre-Pandemic Highs as Return-to-Office Regains Momentum

Apartment rents have become highly correlated with remote work and return-to-office trends.

Tech Insights: Tech Office Leasing Flattens in H1 2022

Economic uncertainty and low space usage contributed to a negligible 1% year-over-year increase in tech office leasing volume in H1 2022.

Scoring Tech Talent 2022

Downtown San Francisco’s Real Estate Recovery Depends on Tech Industry

After the COVID pandemic pummeled downtown San Francisco with a one-two punch of low office attendance and many retail business closures, the tech industry appears poised to revive the market’s real estate usage.

Half of New Office Jobs Since 2020 Created by Tech Industry

The tech industry has added more office-using jobs than any other industry sector since the start of the COVID pandemic.

U.S. Venture Capital Funding Sets Record in 2021

A record annual total of $276 billion in venture capital funding across 9,700 deals in 2021—more than double 2020’s total of $132 billion—has fueled robust job creation and real estate activity by technology and life sciences companies.

Growing Tech Industry Leads U.S. Office Leasing Rebound

After curtailing their expansion during the first year of the pandemic, tech companies became more active in 2021, accounting for 21% of total leasing activity, up from 17% in 2020 and 20% in 2019.