Global software engineering job postings outlook – 2026(jobswithgpt.com)

80 pointsby sp1982a month ago9 comments

nine_ka month 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.
- windexa month 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.
  - joenot443a month 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_Benefactorsa month 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.
- sp1982a month 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_avocadoa month 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.
  - sp1982a month 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.
  - hshdhdhj4444a month ago
    So many LinkedIn jobs are fake.
- phendrenad2a month ago
  > Bengaluru alone has more software engineering openings than the entire USA
  That wouldn't exactly be surprising IMHO.
  - saxenaabhia month ago
    Linkedin shows the following
    US: 77,000 European Economic Area: 58,000 India: 51,000 China: 48,000(probably undercounted) UK: 9,000 Canada: 7,000 Brazil: 6,000 Mexico: 4,000 Aus & NZ: 2,000 Eastern Africa: 300 Western Africa: 500 Southern Africa: 600 Northern Africa: 1,000 Within europe: Nordics: 3,000 Germany: 15,000 France: 8,000 Italy: 3,000 Poland: 5,000 Romania: 2,000
    phendrenad2a month ago
    Do you work at LinkedIn? How did you get this data?
    saxenaabhia month ago
    sir, you can search for "software engineer" on linkedin jobs and verify the count
    phendrenad2a month ago
    I tried 'European Economic Area' but didn't get many results.
neogodlessa month ago
So there are no companies on Earth using (or at least hiring for) C# or .NET then... ?
- reactordeva month 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.
- none2585a month ago
  Or native mobile?
  - sp1982a month 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%
- journala month ago
  I would not be surprised if the answer is NO.
  - javawizarda month ago
    I would.
saxenaabhia month ago
I don't believe this sample to be representative.
Linkedin shows the following
```
    US: 77,000
    European Economic Area: 58,000
    India: 51,000
    China: 48,000(probably undercounted)
    UK: 9,000
    Canada: 7,000
    Brazil: 6,000
    Mexico: 4,000
    Aus & NZ: 2,000
    Eastern Africa: 300
    Western Africa: 500
    Southern Africa: 600
    Northern Africa: 1,000

    Within europe:
    Nordics: 3,000
    Germany: 15,000
    France: 8,000
    Italy: 3,000
    Poland: 5,000
    Romania: 2,000
```
Quick thoughts
1) US, Europe, China, India seem to be doing way better than the rest of the world
2) Germany still tops the charts in europe
3) China is probably undercounted, so I wonder if the real number is even higher than US. Would love to hear from people more familiar with chinese job market.
4) I wish Africa was doing better given the economic challenges

coro_1a month 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.

acbarta month ago
So is there a place where this compares to data from last year, or previous years?
- sp1982a month 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.
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analog31a month ago
Good lord I though Indiana was leading the geographic listings for a moment.
sp1982a month ago
Data is ex-china. Good luck to everyone looking for a new role in the new year.
- dieselgatea month 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
  - sp1982a month ago
    Yes, excluding china. I don’t have a lot of companies based in china in my crawl data currently.
    seanmcdirmida month ago
    That makes sense, they have their own ecosystem for posting jobs there.
    dieselgatea month ago
    Got it, thanks. Good write up and presentation.
  - nine_ka month ago
    Do they even hire engineers from abroad, or at least from the West?
    re-thca month ago
    Why not? Tiktok certainly needed engineers?
KnuthIsGoda month ago
AI generated slop.. Crap like this should be banned.
- visargaa month 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.