Global software engineering job postings outlook – 2026(jobswithgpt.com)
73 pointsby sp1982a day ago8 comments
  • nine_k19 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.

    • windex16 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.
      • joenot4437 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_Benefactors4 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.

    • sp198219 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_avocado18 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.
      • sp198216 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.
      • hshdhdhj444416 hours ago
        So many LinkedIn jobs are fake.
    • phendrenad218 hours ago
      > Bengaluru alone has more software engineering openings than the entire USA

      That wouldn't exactly be surprising IMHO.

  • neogodless21 hours ago
    So there are no companies on Earth using (or at least hiring for) C# or .NET then... ?
    • reactordev19 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.

    • none258517 hours ago
      Or native mobile?
      • sp198216 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%
    • journal21 hours ago
      I would not be surprised if the answer is NO.
  • coro_116 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.
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  • acbart21 hours ago
    So is there a place where this compares to data from last year, or previous years?
    • sp198220 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.
  • analog31a day ago
    Good lord I though Indiana was leading the geographic listings for a moment.
  • sp1982a day ago
    Data is ex-china. Good luck to everyone looking for a new role in the new year.
    • dieselgatea day 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

      • sp198221 hours ago
        Yes, excluding china. I don’t have a lot of companies based in china in my crawl data currently.
        • seanmcdirmid21 hours ago
          That makes sense, they have their own ecosystem for posting jobs there.
      • nine_k19 hours ago
        Do they even hire engineers from abroad, or at least from the West?
        • re-thc12 hours ago
          Why not? Tiktok certainly needed engineers?
  • KnuthIsGod16 hours ago
    AI generated slop.. Crap like this should be banned.
    • visarga16 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.