Global software engineering job postings outlook – 2026

73 pointsposted a day ago
by sp1982

27 Comments

nine_k

19 hours ago

It's interesting how (according to these charts) Bengaluru alone has more software engineering openings than the entire USA, and NYC has much more tech jobs than SF, on par with Pune.

This, and the absence of .NET technologies from the list (as noted elsewhere in the thread) makes me take this whole article with a large grain of salt.

windex

15 hours ago

India has a huge fake jobs problem. I think it is because of the number of "HR consultants" who constantly need to refresh their databases with "fresh" resumes. I've seen the same jobs being posted for over 8 years with no change whatsoever other than the keyword updates.

joenot443

7 hours ago

That's a funny mechanism. So these are fake jobs that HR consultants (recruiters?) use to harvest resumes?

What's the angle here?

Our_Benefactors

4 hours ago

They can submit those resumes to other positions.

This type of recruiter often is paid based on # of resumes furnished, not actually filling the position, so the incentives are completely misaligned.

sp1982

19 hours ago

Quickly checking db, SF bay area has quite a bit more than NYC. There are clearly a lot of .NET jobs too but didnt make it to cutoff. I will see if I can include metro areas when I get a chance.

darth_avocado

18 hours ago

I’m not sure how the list is being compiled but LinkedIn tells me there’s 10k jobs for “software engineer” in a 25 miles radius from me in the Bay Area. Either this data set is incomplete or LinkedIn is lying. Most likely it is both.

sp1982

16 hours ago

I got ~5K if I include Bay Area, tho my data only covers jobs that are active in the past 7d and am quite sure I have room to improve the crawl coverage. My hope is that this report is representative sample of trends.

phendrenad2

18 hours ago

> Bengaluru alone has more software engineering openings than the entire USA

That wouldn't exactly be surprising IMHO.

neogodless

21 hours ago

So there are no companies on Earth using (or at least hiring for) C# or .NET then... ?

reactordev

19 hours ago

There are definitely jobs for C# folks, where is mostly Finance. At least from what I’ve seen. Love .Net but they tend to gravitate towards Microsoft Corporate.

Most people, Java devs included, have incorporated another language into the quiver. Python perhaps. TypeScript for sure.

none2585

16 hours ago

Or native mobile?

sp1982

16 hours ago

just didn't make the cutoff of top 10 categories I am tracking, I will update the report. iOS/android/c# are around same range of 2%

journal

21 hours ago

I would not be surprised if the answer is NO.

coro_1

16 hours ago

Certainly this AI report is prone to error and needs clarification. But it's a great starting point. Would love to see the page expanded on with sources. This:

    business-software-applications: 20,248
    software-engineering: 16,992
    cybersecurity-engineering: 11,476
    software-engineering-leadership: 10,608
    data-and-analytics: 10,379
    machine-learning-and-ai-engineering: 8,793
    full-stack-software-engineering: 8,369
    java-software-engineering: 8,114
    software-quality-assurance-and-testing: 6,250
    devops-engineering: 5,381
Should be broken down with a tree that shows location.

acbart

21 hours ago

So is there a place where this compares to data from last year, or previous years?

sp1982

20 hours ago

Unfortunately I don't have it because I started working on this last year but I am curious to see how AI skills surface as the year progresses.

analog31

21 hours ago

Good lord I though Indiana was leading the geographic listings for a moment.

sp1982

a day ago

Data is ex-china. Good luck to everyone looking for a new role in the new year.

dieselgate

21 hours ago

What does “ex-china” mean, excluding China?

Edit: did a quick find-in-page on mobile for “china” and it appears 0 times. Though notably China is missing from the geographic charts

sp1982

21 hours ago

Yes, excluding china. I don’t have a lot of companies based in china in my crawl data currently.

seanmcdirmid

21 hours ago

That makes sense, they have their own ecosystem for posting jobs there.

nine_k

19 hours ago

Do they even hire engineers from abroad, or at least from the West?

re-thc

11 hours ago

Why not? Tiktok certainly needed engineers?

KnuthIsGod

16 hours ago

AI generated slop.. Crap like this should be banned.

visarga

15 hours ago

Not all AI generated outputs are slop, usually it's the low effort prompts that create slop. When you bring in external data or extensive human curation it is almost certainly not slop. I think many people put all AI outputs in the slop bucket but this is unfair to those who put a lot of thinking in their AI interactions. Slop is not given by the LLM, but by the human effort associated to that task. For code, it is the quality of the testing framework that sets the bar.