Software Engineer Job Postings Rise 37 Percent
Software Engineer roles saw a significant increase in job postings over the past week, with other engineering positions also experiencing growth.
By Maya Brooks, Mogi Research · Oct 28, 2026
Software Engineer job postings rose thirty seven percent in the last seven days. This change added one thousand six hundred and ninety two new job postings. The total number of postings reached two thousand five hundred and ninety two.
Full Stack Engineer postings increased twenty seven percent. DevOps Engineer postings saw a twenty two percent rise. Frontend Engineer and Data Engineer roles also experienced growth.
This rise in Software Engineer postings may be due to increased demand for digital transformation services. It could also reflect a seasonal hiring push by large technology firms. The crawl may have captured more postings from employers like Accenture and JPMorgan Chase.
The numbers
Which role families have seen the most job posting growth in the last 7 days?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 2,592 | 1,892 | +37% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 537 | 423 | +27% |
| DevOps Engineer | 451 | 369 | +22% |
| Frontend Engineer | 103 | 86 | +20% |
| Data Engineer | 546 | 465 | +17% |
Top employers: Accenture (430), JPMorgan Chase (53), Cisco (42)
Top states: California (158), Maryland (60), Texas (49)
Software Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-28 with the 7 days before them. Covers all countries, 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 Maya Brooks of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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