MogiTexas Software Engineer Job Postings Rise 8 Percent
California and Ohio saw significant increases in software engineer job postings, while New Jersey experienced a notable decrease.
By Samuel Adeyemi, Mogi Research · Oct 20, 2026
Texas added eight percent more software engineer job postings in the last 28 days compared to the prior 28 day period, with five hundred eighty six now and five hundred forty two before. Nationally, software engineer postings rose twelve percent over the same timeframe.
California saw a surge of fifty seven percent in software engineer job postings, reaching seven hundred seventeen. Ohio also experienced a surge, with postings increasing seventy one percent to two hundred eighty.
New Jersey saw a plunge of sixty six percent in software engineer job postings, falling to two hundred seventy nine. These shifts may reflect varying employer demand or changes in how companies are sourcing talent for these roles.
In Texas, JPMorgan Chase posted twenty software engineer jobs, Fidelity Investments posted fifteen, and Emerson posted one hundred twenty three. These figures represent a snapshot of employer activity in the state.
The numbers
What are the top 5 states for new software engineer jobs in the last 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 586 | 542 | +8% |
| California | 717 | 456 | +57% |
| New York | 293 | 213 | +38% |
| Ohio | 280 | 164 | +71% |
| New Jersey | 279 | 822 | -66% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (586)
Top employers: JPMorgan Chase (202), Emerson (123), Fidelity Investments (15)
Texas jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-20 with the 28 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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