200+ Software & IT Jobs in Kansas City, MO

The freshest local pay signal comes from current postings: salary ranges in Kansas City center on about $104k to $155k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $80k to $188k. For software developers specifically, a metro median of $124,990 from the May 2025 BLS-based estimate lines up reasonably with Missouri's August 2026 mean offered salary on new openings of ~$116,442 (n=1,004) from Revelio Public Labor Statistics. A narrower front-end sample on Levels.fyi comes in lower at $97,000 average total compensation, which is a reminder that stack, seniority, and employer type move pay a lot.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 72 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $44,665 at the 25th percentile, $57,749 at the median and $125,600 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Kansas City is a workable but competitive market for Software, IT & Cybersecurity over the next 3-6 months. The metro had 12,160 employed software developers in May 2025, and recent local posting samples still show more than 250 category postings across more than 100 companies, so this is not a dead market. But the local white-collar backdrop is softer: Kansas City professional and business services employment was 179.6 thousand in June 2026, down -1.1013% year-over-year, while Missouri software, IT & cybersecurity employment was down 0.9% even as state postings were up 16.0% year-over-year. Longer term, the occupation remains structurally strong—BLS projects 15.8% U.S. software developer growth from 2024 to 2034 with about 115,200 openings per year—but that does not make this month's local search easy.

Best positioned: Candidates with 3-8 years of experience who can pair a core language stack with cloud/DevOps, secure coding, and willingness to work on-site or hybrid in Kansas City have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this as a remote-first market or assuming generic entry-level software engineer applications are enough when only about 15% of sampled roles were remote and junior hiring is under national pressure from AI-driven task automation.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 207 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Garmin Ltd.: 22 open roles
2. Garmin: 12 open roles
3. Deloitte: 9 open roles
4. City Union Mission: 7 open roles
5. ReDiscover: 6 open roles
6. BK Behavior: 5 open roles
7. BioLife Plasma: 4 open roles
8. Kansas City National Security Campus: 4 open roles
9. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Inc.: 4 open roles
10. Propio Language Services, Inc.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 88
• Olathe: 39
• Overland Park: 30
• Lenexa: 8
• Leawood: 8
• Mission: 6
• Leavenworth: 5
• Raymore: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 161 (79%), hybrid 37 (18%), remote 5 (2%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than captured by one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 100 companies, hiring was fragmented across employers, and Garmin was the most consistently active named employer with more than 30 postings. Only about 20% of sampled roles came from large employers, and the most active hirers sat in the above-average public-review band. The busiest pockets were software development (about 35%), technology (about 15%), computers and electronics manufacturing (about 15%), IT services and IT consulting (about 10%), and information technology (about 10%). That points job seekers toward product/application teams, embedded or manufacturing-adjacent employers, and enterprise IT shops rather than a single startup-heavy scene. Recent postings reinforce the mix: H&R Block advertised an in-person senior software engineer role needing web and hybrid mobile depth, Leidos listed cleared roles in Kansas City, and Crosslake Technologies posted a remote senior software engineer, product role open to local candidates. So the real concentration is in experienced builders who can work in business-specific environments, not in generic remote-only junior software funnels.

• Product and application engineering (high): Software development accounts for about 35% of the sampled market, and employers such as Garmin and H&R Block point to sustained need for shipping customer-facing and internal applications.
• Manufacturing and embedded-adjacent tech (moderate): Computers and electronics manufacturing makes up about 15% of local activity, which is useful for engineers with C++, hardware, testing, or systems backgrounds.
• Enterprise IT, cloud, and consulting (moderate): IT services/consulting plus information technology combine for about 20% of the sample, favoring candidates who can support infrastructure, migrations, and business systems rather than only greenfield app work.
• Security-sensitive and cleared work (moderate): Leidos is advertising cleared roles in Kansas City, and CISSP is the most common named certification in the local sample, pointing to a smaller but valuable lane for cybersecurity candidates.

Where to focus: Target local product, manufacturing-adjacent, and enterprise teams where your stack matches the job exactly and where on-site or hybrid work is acceptable to you.

Roles worth searching next

• ML Platform Engineer: If you already do backend, cloud, DevOps, or platform work, ML platform engineering is a realistic next step; a Kansas City estimate put the role around $127,000 with a $95,000-$167,000 range.
• NLP Engineer: If you already build APIs, search, chat, or text-heavy products, NLP engineering is a reasonable AI-adjacent pivot; a Kansas City estimate put it around $119,000 with an $88,000-$155,000 range.
• AI/ML Engineer: National salary guidance puts AI/ML engineers above general software engineers, with a $134,000-$193,250 range versus $109,250-$175,500 for software engineers.
• Product Engineer: Crosslake Technologies posted a remote senior software engineer, product role open to Kansas City candidates, showing that product-engineering work can widen your search beyond strictly local offices.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): Python was the most-requested hard skill in the Kansas City sample at about 30%, and it travels well into backend, automation, QA, and security workflows. Who: Entry-level candidates, automation-focused testers, backend developers, and career switchers.
• Java or C# (table_stakes | immediate): C# and Java each appeared in about 25% of local postings, making one of them a practical anchor for enterprise employers in this market. Who: Mid-career engineers and career switchers targeting enterprise application teams.
• SQL and Git (table_stakes | immediate): SQL and JavaScript each showed up in about 20% of local postings, while Git appeared in about 15%, which signals that data fluency and team-based code workflow are baseline expectations. Who: Nearly everyone in this category, especially entry-level applicants who need to look job-ready.
• AWS plus cloud/DevOps (differentiator | immediate): AWS appeared in about 15% of local postings, and cloud plus DevOps are now treated as baseline infrastructure literacy in 2026 software hiring. Who: Mid-career developers, sysadmins, SRE-minded candidates, and switchers with infrastructure backgrounds.
• AI coding assistants and LLM workflow (premium | immediate): AI coding assistants, LLMs, and AI-enhanced IDEs are described as essential for software developers in 2026, and adoption across surveys reached 84-91%. Who: All engineers, but especially juniors who need to prove they can use AI without losing quality.
• Secure coding and cybersecurity fundamentals (differentiator | near-term): Cybersecurity fundamentals are now baseline expectations for developers nationally, and the local market explicitly names CISSP as the most common certification request even if only about 5% of postings ask for it. Who: Software engineers who want to stand out in enterprise, regulated, or security-adjacent environments.

Questions about this market

What do Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles pay in Kansas City, MO-KS?

The freshest local pay signal comes from current postings: salary ranges in Kansas City center on about $104k to $155k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $80k to $188k. For software developers specifically, a metro median of $124,990 from the May 2025 BLS-based estimate lines up reasonably with Missouri's August 2026 mean offered salary on new openings of ~$116,442 (n=1,004) from Revelio Public Labor Statistics. A narrower front-end sample on Levels.fyi comes in lower at $97,000 average total compensation, which is a reminder that stack, seniority, and employer type move pay a lot. This is still clearly specialized-pay territory relative to the metro's all-occupations average hourly wage of $31.99 in May 2025.

Where is demand for Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Kansas City, MO-KS concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than captured by one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 100 companies, hiring was fragmented across employers, and Garmin was the most consistently active named employer with more than 30 postings. Only about 20% of sampled roles came from large employers, and the most active hirers sat in the above-average public-review band. The busiest pockets were software development (about 35%), technology (about 15%), computers and electronics manufacturing (about 15%), IT services and IT consulting (about 10%), and information technology (about 10%). That points job seekers toward product/application teams, embedded or manufacturing-adjacent employers, and enterprise IT shops rather than a single startup-heavy scene. Recent postings reinforce the mix: H&R Block advertised an in-person senior software engineer role needing web and hybrid mobile depth, Leidos listed cleared roles in Kansas City, and Crosslake Technologies posted a remote senior software engineer, product role open to local candidates. So the real concentration is in experienced builders who can work in business-specific environments, not in generic remote-only junior software funnels.

Which employers are hiring the most Software, IT & Cybersecurity talent in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Recent postings show the most activity from Garmin (30 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Kansas City, MO-KS be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 15% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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