Colorado Software Engineer Job Postings Unchanged
Job postings for software engineers in Colorado remained flat over the past week, while North Carolina saw a modest increase and Massachusetts experienced a slight decrease.
By Ravi Iyer, Mogi Research · Oct 14, 2026
One could argue that the lack of change in Colorado, with zero percent growth in software engineer job postings, indicates a stable market. Alternatively, this stability could be seen as a lack of new opportunities emerging. The facts, however, show that Colorado had twenty six software engineer job postings both before and after the measurement period, indicating no change.
In contrast, North Carolina saw a five percent rise in software engineer job postings, moving from twenty two to twenty three postings. This small increase may suggest a slight uptick in demand. Massachusetts, however, experienced a seven percent fall in postings, from twenty nine to twenty seven.
These shifts in software engineer job postings could be influenced by various factors. A potential reason for the stability in Colorado is the lack of new major hiring initiatives from employers like Sierra Nevada Corporation or L3Harris Technologies during this specific week. The modest rise in North Carolina may be due to employers seeking to fill existing roles, while the decrease in Massachusetts could reflect a temporary slowdown in recruitment or a shift in hiring needs.
The numbers
Which US state had the biggest growth in software engineer jobs?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 26 | 26 | +0% |
| North Carolina | 23 | 22 | +5% |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 29 | -7% |
| Arizona | 14 | 20 | -30% |
| Virginia | 38 | 61 | -38% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (26)
Top employers: Sierra Nevada Corporation (5), L3Harris Technologies (4), Blue Origin (3)
Colorado jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-14 with the 7 days before them. Covers US, all states, Software Engineer. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Ravi Iyer of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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