Job postings increase, competition dipsDuring Q2, job postings live on BioSpace rose 15% year over year and 12% quarter over quarter. Fewer companies make or plan cutsLayoffs also showed improvement in the second quarter of this year. From April through June, 26 biopharma companies let go or projected they would let go of 8,383 employees, down from Q2 2025, when 64 biopharmas planned to cut 8,789 people. Of the 52 deals, 31 were announced in the second quarter, including six of Eli Lilly’s nine buyouts. Job market turnaround timing still questionableAs to where the biopharma job market is headed, opinions are mixed.