# Software engineering careers — counted from open postings

Source: https://careerversion.com/careers/software-engineering  
Counted: 2026-10-18T14:12:13.795453+00:00 from employers' own job boards; refreshed nightly. Only open roles. USD; posted bands only, where eight or more posted one, and a figure that could not be a year's pay is left out. Never estimated.

Building and maintaining software: front end, back end, mobile, infrastructure, security and quality.

## Facts
- Open roles: 59,408 across 2,796 employers
- Entry level (titled junior/intern, or a year or less asked and not titled senior): 3,966 (2,354 titled)
- Postings stating no level: 30,450
- New in the last 30 days (dated first publish): 8,474
- Median posted band at entry: $115K median (10th $62K, 90th $211K; 1838 posted bands)
- Median posted band, all levels: $166K median (10th $102K, 90th $250K; 25543 posted bands)
- Work mode: remote 5618, hybrid 3843, on site 39664, not stated 10283

## The roles
| Role | Open roles | Posted bands | Median band |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Software Engineer | 8234 | 4425 | $201K |
| Engineer | 2569 | 826 | $168K |
| Systems Engineer | 1184 | 764 | $151K |
| Engineering Manager | 800 | 415 | $239K |
| Manager | 686 | 354 | $208K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 474 | 207 | $185K |
| Ai Engineer | 473 | 204 | $211K |
| Devops Engineer | 467 | 195 | $143K |
| Security Engineer | 453 | 231 | $197K |
| Software Developer | 404 | 163 | $142K |
| Backend Engineer | 398 | 151 | $200K |
| Full-Stack Engineer | 377 | 316 | $211K |

## The ladder
| Level | Open roles | Posted bands | Median band |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Intern | 1430 | 422 | $66K |
| Junior | 924 | 309 | $98K |
| Mid | 1256 | 586 | $125K |
| Senior | 13678 | 5729 | $178K |
| Staff | 3937 | 2174 | $222K |
| Principal | 3600 | 1911 | $194K |
| Management | 4133 | 1933 | $220K |

## Skills postings name most
- Software Engineering: 21214 postings, 1427 at entry level
- Python: 20396 postings, 1703 at entry level
- Cloud Infrastructure: 14858 postings, 760 at entry level
- CI/CD: 12088 postings, 720 at entry level
- C: 10127 postings, 1125 at entry level
- Git: 9405 postings, 811 at entry level
- SQL: 9211 postings, 606 at entry level
- Kubernetes: 9195 postings, 625 at entry level
- Java: 8787 postings, 792 at entry level
- Observability: 8595 postings, 417 at entry level
- TypeScript: 8382 postings, 627 at entry level
- Machine Learning: 8308 postings, 441 at entry level

## Employers with the most open roles
- Bosch Group: 1884 open, 132 entry level
- Micron: 1444 open, 64 entry level
- Northrop Grumman: 1300 open, 175 entry level
- Anduril Industries: 1271 open, 15 entry level
- NVIDIA: 1143 open, 61 entry level
- SpaceX: 970 open, 404 entry level
- RTX: 703 open, 45 entry level
- Bah: 669 open, 60 entry level
- Blueorigin: 639 open, 32 entry level
- Turner & Townsend: 635 open, 20 entry level

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