250+ Software & IT Jobs in Houston, TX

Government wage data and posting pay tell a similar but not identical story. For the broader Houston computer and mathematical occupational family, BLS shows a 2025 annual median of $102,720, with the 25th percentile at $75,000 and the 75th percentile at $135,930. For software developers specifically, older BLS metro data put median pay at $126,810 in 2023, while current local posted salary ranges center on about $110k to $160k.

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Advertised pay

Across the 114 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $65,000 at the 25th percentile, $122,525 at the median and $167,762 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Houston is a workable but selective market for Software, IT & Cybersecurity over the next 3-6 months. The metro shows more than 500 recent postings across more than 250 companies, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer, but metro unemployment is 5% and Houston's Information supersector employment is down 5.9028% year-over-year even as Professional and Business Services is up 2.5944%. Texas-wide Software, IT & Cybersecurity signals are similarly mixed: active postings are up 41.9% year-over-year while employment is down 1.3%, which points to real openings but tighter screening and more backfill-style hiring.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to mid-career or senior candidates who can pair Python with AWS, CI/CD, SQL, and Git, and who are open to on-site or hybrid work in consulting, energy, or enterprise environments.

Main caution: The biggest risk is assuming Houston is a remote-friendly junior developer market: only about 10% of sampled roles are remote, entry roles are about 15% of the mix, and national evidence suggests recent software posting growth has skewed senior.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 278 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. J.P. Morgan SE: 14 open roles
2. Bot: 7 open roles
3. eNcloud: 7 open roles
4. CACI International: 6 open roles
5. Deloitte: 6 open roles
6. Affirm, Inc.: 4 open roles
7. Capgemini: 4 open roles
8. Hewlett Packard Co.: 4 open roles
9. Axiom Space: 3 open roles
10. Barrios: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Houston: 218
• Katy: 11
• Spring: 10
• Sugar Land: 4
• San Francisco: 3
• Missouri City: 3
• Texas City: 3
• Brookshire: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 194 (72%), hybrid 46 (17%), remote 28 (10%)

Where the demand is

The clearest concentration is not in consumer app companies. In the local posting sample, about 35% of roles sit in IT services and IT consulting, with another cluster across oil and gas, business consulting, energy, and information technology at about 10% each. That lines up with Houston's broader labor picture: Professional and Business Services employment is 581.3 thousand and up 2.5944% year-over-year, while Information employment is 27.1 thousand and down 5.9028%. That combination usually favors enterprise integration, infrastructure, cloud, vendor-facing delivery, and industrial-adjacent security roles over pure consumer-web bets. The most consistently active named employers in the recent sample include Deloitte, Jade Business Solutions LLC., eNcloud, J.P. Morgan SE, and Hewlett Packard Co., and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. There is still breadth, but not much of it is remote. About 65% of visible roles are on-site and about 25% are hybrid, so candidates willing to be local and present have a practical edge.

• IT services and consulting (high): This is the biggest visible lane locally, with IT services and IT consulting accounting for about 35% of sampled postings and active employers including Deloitte, Jade Business Solutions LLC., and eNcloud.
• Energy and industrial enterprise tech (high): Oil and gas and energy each make up about 10% of sampled postings, which makes Houston better for enterprise systems, infrastructure, and operations-connected software than for consumer-only app work.
• Remote-first generalist software roles (limited): Only about 10% of sampled roles are remote, so remote-first generalist applications face a smaller target pool and heavier competition.

Where to focus: Aim first at enterprise software, cloud/DevOps, infrastructure, and cybersecurity roles tied to consulting, energy, finance, and large operating companies rather than broad remote software searches.

Roles worth searching next

• Implementation / solutions consultant: Houston's largest visible lane is IT services and consulting at about 35% of sampled postings, so technical candidates who can scope, configure, and explain systems can widen their target list.
• Technical product manager: Local AI community events are explicitly drawing engineers and product leaders together, and national evidence says developer work is shifting toward architecture, integration, and AI-enabled decision-making.
• Business systems analyst / enterprise applications analyst: SQL is in about 20% of local postings and the market leans toward enterprise and consulting environments rather than consumer apps.
• AI governance analyst: AI governance and privacy appear in national demand lists, and SANS reports employers are adding AI governance analyst roles.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most requested hard skill in the local sample at about 40%, and it travels across software, automation, cloud, and security use cases. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially software, automation, cloud, and security candidates.
• AWS (differentiator | immediate): AWS appears in about 20% of local postings, and cloud computing is one of the specialized skill areas employers may pay more for. Who: Developers, DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, and system administrators.
• CI/CD and Git (differentiator | immediate): CI/CD shows up in about 20% of local postings and Git in about 15%, which means employers are screening for shipping discipline, not just coding familiarity. Who: Software engineers, QA engineers, DevOps candidates, and career switchers trying to look production-ready.
• SQL (table_stakes | immediate): SQL appears in about 20% of local postings and is a common bridge skill for enterprise systems, QA, implementation, and application-support work. Who: Developers, testers, support engineers, and business-systems candidates.
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (differentiator | near-term): It is the most commonly named certification in the local sample, even if only about 5% of postings explicitly require it. Who: Mid-career candidates with hands-on Azure, release, platform, or infrastructure experience.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (premium | near-term): Kubernetes validation aligns with national DevOps certification demand and complements Houston's consulting-heavy enterprise mix. Who: Platform, DevOps, SRE, and cloud-infrastructure candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Government wage data and posting pay tell a similar but not identical story. For the broader Houston computer and mathematical occupational family, BLS shows a 2025 annual median of $102,720, with the 25th percentile at $75,000 and the 75th percentile at $135,930. For software developers specifically, older BLS metro data put median pay at $126,810 in 2023, while current local posted salary ranges center on about $110k to $160k. Houston can pay well for experienced tech talent: the broader local 90th percentile reaches $168,840, and Texas-wide new-opening salary offers for this category averaged about $123,361 in September 2026.

Where is demand for Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX concentrated?

The clearest concentration is not in consumer app companies. In the local posting sample, about 35% of roles sit in IT services and IT consulting, with another cluster across oil and gas, business consulting, energy, and information technology at about 10% each. That lines up with Houston's broader labor picture: Professional and Business Services employment is 581.3 thousand and up 2.5944% year-over-year, while Information employment is 27.1 thousand and down 5.9028%. That combination usually favors enterprise integration, infrastructure, cloud, vendor-facing delivery, and industrial-adjacent security roles over pure consumer-web bets. The most consistently active named employers in the recent sample include Deloitte, Jade Business Solutions LLC., eNcloud, J.P. Morgan SE, and Hewlett Packard Co., and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. There is still breadth, but not much of it is remote. About 65% of visible roles are on-site and about 25% are hybrid, so candidates willing to be local and present have a practical edge.

Which employers are hiring the most Software, IT & Cybersecurity talent in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Deloitte (more than 20 postings), Jade Business Solutions LLC. (more than 20 postings), eNcloud (around 15 postings), J.P. Morgan SE (around 15 postings), Hewlett Packard Co. (around 10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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