MogiUS Software Engineer Postings Unchanged
In the US, Software Engineer job postings remained stable over the last 28 days, while other roles saw significant movement.
By Imani Carter, Mogi Research · Oct 21, 2026
Software Engineer job postings in the US remained unchanged, with five thousand four hundred eighty eight posted in the most recent 28-day period, compared to five thousand four hundred ninety before. This stability contrasts with the overall US job market, which saw a nine percent rise in new job postings.
While Software Engineer postings stayed flat, Product Manager roles saw a seventeen percent rise, adding one thousand nine hundred ninety five to two thousand three hundred thirty three postings. Data Engineer roles experienced a surge, with postings increasing by sixty six percent. Data Scientist roles also rose by twenty percent.
The stability in Software Engineer postings may be due to a balance of demand and available candidates. It could also reflect a period of steady hiring needs from top employers like JPMorgan Chase, RTX, and L3Harris Technologies. The top state for these postings remained California.
The numbers
Which role family has the highest volume of postings in the US over 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 5,488 | 5,490 | +0% |
| Product Manager | 2,333 | 1,995 | +17% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 1,115 | 1,063 | +5% |
| Data Engineer | 909 | 547 | +66% |
| Data Scientist | 690 | 574 | +20% |
Top employers: JPMorgan Chase (763), RTX (106), L3Harris Technologies (97)
Top states: California (672), Texas (522), New York (262)
Software Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-21 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, all states, all roles. 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 Imani Carter of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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