Software Engineer Jobs in Dallas, TX

The clearest local government anchor for the broad computer occupations family is a $121,440 annual median in DFW for 2025, with a $81,850 25th percentile and $154,820 75th percentile; older software-developer-specific metro data shows a $125,500 median, while current posted ranges in the Callings.ai job database center on about $105k to $160k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 393 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $95,000 at the 25th percentile, $134,400 at the median and $165,750 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Dallas-Fort Worth is still a real software, IT, and cybersecurity market, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 4.4% in August 2026, overall local employment growth was just 0.3326% year over year, Professional and Business Services employment rose 3.1429%, and Information employment fell 2.0690%. Texas-wide occupation signals are mixed: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows software, IT & cybersecurity employment down 1.3% year over year in September 2026 even as active postings were up 41.9%, which usually means openings exist but employers are screening harder for fit. For job seekers, that adds up to a competitive market with the best odds for experienced candidates in cloud, platform, security, and enterprise modernization rather than generalist junior applicants.

Best positioned: Mid- to senior-level candidates who can show recent AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, or security work and who are open to on-site or hybrid roles with finance, consulting, or defense-linked employers have the clearest lane right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming DFW's tech volume means remote and entry-level abundance; only about 5% of sampled postings were remote and only about 10% were entry-level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 751 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. J.P. Morgan SE: 58 open roles
2. Lockheed Martin Corporation: 25 open roles
3. Toyota: 20 open roles
4. Virtusa Corporation: 18 open roles
5. Thomson Reuters Corporation: 14 open roles
6. RTX Corp.: 11 open roles
7. Trenchant: 11 open roles
8. Caterpillar Inc.: 8 open roles
9. Cotality: 8 open roles
10. Goldman Sachs Group: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 208
• Plano: 150
• Irving: 89
• Fort Worth: 58
• Richardson: 51
• Coppell: 26
• Frisco: 24
• Arlington: 19

Work arrangement

on-site 509 (69%), hybrid 182 (24%), remote 52 (7%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated less in consumer-app startups and more in enterprise tech work. In the last 90 days, the Callings.ai job database observed more than 1,800 postings across more than 650 companies, with hiring fragmented across employers rather than dominated by a single firm. The largest industry buckets in the sample were IT services and IT consulting at about 35%, financial services at about 20%, and software development at about 15%. The most consistently active named employers included J.P. Morgan SE, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Deloitte. That lines up with the broader local economy. Dallas-Fort Worth Professional and Business Services employment was up 3.1429% year over year in August 2026, while Information employment was down 2.0690%. In practice, that means better odds in modernization, platform, security, compliance, and internal tooling roles attached to consulting, finance, telecom, and large enterprises than in a pure-product search focused only on remote software-engineering openings.

• Enterprise modernization and IT consulting (high): This is the biggest local lane by sample share at about 35%, and it heavily overlaps with the locally requested stack of Python, Java, CI/CD, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• Financial-services tech and cyber (high): Financial services account for about 20% of sampled postings, and J.P. Morgan SE is one of the most consistently active named employers.
• Information-sector and pure product roles (limited): This lane still exists, but the metro Information supersector was down 2.0690% year over year, so a search focused only on product or media-platform employers is less forgiving.

Where to focus: Aim first at internal engineering, cloud, DevOps, and security openings inside consulting, finance, defense, and other large regulated employers instead of searching only for pure software-vendor roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Technical project manager: Many local openings sit inside enterprise change programs where delivery coordination and technical fluency matter as much as deep coding.
• Business systems analyst / implementation consultant: This is a practical bridge for candidates who know business workflows and can translate requirements into systems rollout.
• Solutions architect / sales engineer: Enterprise-heavy markets need client-facing people who can explain cloud, security, and integration choices.
• IT audit / GRC analyst: Candidates with security interest but limited hands-on engineering depth can still enter through controls, risk, and compliance work.

What postings ask for

• AWS / Azure cloud platforms (premium | immediate): Cloud platforms are called out as locally in demand, and AWS appears in about a quarter of sampled postings. Who: Mid-career engineers, sysadmins moving up-market, and switchers with infrastructure experience.
• Kubernetes (differentiator | immediate): Kubernetes is specifically flagged as sought-after locally and shows up in about 20% of sampled postings. Who: Platform, DevOps, SRE, and backend candidates who want to move into higher-bar infrastructure roles.
• CI/CD pipelines (table_stakes | immediate): CI/CD appears in about 25% of local postings, which makes delivery automation a common screen even outside formal DevOps titles. Who: Anyone applying beyond entry level, especially developers who need to show production readiness.
• Python (table_stakes | immediate): Python is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 35% of postings. Who: Developers, automation candidates, security engineers, and support professionals trying to move into scripting-heavy work.
• Java (table_stakes | immediate): Java appears in about 30% of local postings, which fits the metro's enterprise-heavy employer mix. Who: Backend developers and candidates targeting large enterprise or consulting environments.
• CISSP (differentiator | near-term): CISSP is the certification most often required in the local sample, even though it appears in only about 5% of postings, so it matters most in the security slice rather than the whole category. Who: Security practitioners with enough experience to qualify, especially those targeting governance, architecture, or regulated environments.

Questions about this market

What do Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

The clearest local government anchor for the broad computer occupations family is a $121,440 annual median in DFW for 2025, with a $81,850 25th percentile and $154,820 75th percentile; older software-developer-specific metro data shows a $125,500 median, while current posted ranges in the Callings.ai job database center on about $105k to $160k. This is still a six-figure market for many practitioners, but the center of the market looks more like strong enterprise pay than outlier big-tech compensation. Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new Texas openings for this occupation group at about $123,361 in September 2026, which is broadly consistent with DFW's recent occupational medians.

Where is demand for Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated less in consumer-app startups and more in enterprise tech work. In the last 90 days, the Callings.ai job database observed more than 1,800 postings across more than 650 companies, with hiring fragmented across employers rather than dominated by a single firm. The largest industry buckets in the sample were IT services and IT consulting at about 35%, financial services at about 20%, and software development at about 15%. The most consistently active named employers included J.P. Morgan SE, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Deloitte. That lines up with the broader local economy. Dallas-Fort Worth Professional and Business Services employment was up 3.1429% year over year in August 2026, while Information employment was down 2.0690%. In practice, that means better odds in modernization, platform, security, compliance, and internal tooling roles attached to consulting, finance, telecom, and large enterprises than in a pure-product search focused only on remote software-engineering openings.

Which employers are hiring the most Software, IT & Cybersecurity talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from J.P. Morgan SE (75 postings), Lockheed Martin Corporation (75 postings), Deloitte (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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