Colorado Software Engineer Job Postings Fall
New job postings for software engineers in Colorado saw a decrease last week.
By Samuel Adeyemi, Mogi Research · Oct 19, 2026
New job postings for software engineers in Colorado fell by thirteen percent last week. The state added thirty-three postings in the week ending October nineteenth, down from thirty-eight in the prior week. This mirrors a broader decrease in software engineer job postings across the US, which fell by thirty-three percent over the same period.
The fall in Colorado may be linked to several factors. It is possible that employers are reassessing their hiring needs. Alternatively, the decrease could reflect a seasonal adjustment in recruitment activity.
Other states also saw changes in software engineer job postings. California experienced a twenty-five percent decrease, and New York saw a nineteen percent fall. Texas, however, experienced a plunge of fifty-two percent in new software engineer job postings.
The numbers
Which states had the most new software engineer jobs last week?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 33 | 38 | -13% |
| California | 164 | 220 | -25% |
| New York | 57 | 70 | -19% |
| Texas | 52 | 108 | -52% |
| Virginia | 31 | 56 | -45% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (33)
Top employers: Blue Origin (7), Litera (4), Airlock Digital (1)
Colorado jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-19 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 Samuel Adeyemi of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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