Software Engineer Jobs in New York, NY

Observed local pay is high: BLS put the metro's 2025 median wage for computer and mathematical occupations at $133,110, with the 25th percentile at $97,540 and the 75th percentile at $171,930. Another BLS release put the metro's mean hourly wage for computer and mathematical occupations at $67.04 versus $41.50 across all occupations. Directionally newer posting data is higher, with sampled local ranges centered on about $150k to $207k and a New York statewide mean offered salary on new openings of about $136,093.

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Advertised pay

Across the 1,382 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $125,000 at the 25th percentile, $176,000 at the median and $215,000 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

This is a competitive market with real opportunity, not an easy one. The metro unemployment rate was 4.7% in August 2026, while metro Information employment was down 1.7607% year over year and Professional and Business Services was up 0.5641%. For this occupation group, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows New York software, IT & cybersecurity employment essentially flat year over year while active postings were up 43.9%, which points to visible demand but selective hiring. Pay is strong, but access is uneven: the metro's 2025 median wage for computer and mathematical occupations was $133,110, while sampled current posting ranges center on about $150k to $207k.

Best positioned: Your best odds are as a mid-to-senior engineer, cloud/platform specialist, or security candidate who can show Python, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD in finance, consulting, or AI-security settings.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming market size makes entry easy: only about 10% of sampled postings were entry-level, only about 10% were remote, and one local analysis said entry-level tech postings had fallen by about half since 2022.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,633 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. J.P. Morgan SE: 107 open roles
2. Virtusa Corporation: 58 open roles
3. Macy's, Inc.: 41 open roles
4. Amazon: 38 open roles
5. Google Inc: 19 open roles
6. Justworks, Inc.: 19 open roles
7. Fiserv, Inc.: 18 open roles
8. City of New York: 16 open roles
9. IBM: 14 open roles
10. Bloomberg: 12 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 1,129
• Jersey City: 144
• Brooklyn: 25
• Berkeley Heights: 20
• Newark: 17
• Greenwich: 12
• Stamford: 11
• New York City: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 977 (60%), hybrid 512 (32%), remote 127 (8%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across many employers rather than locked inside one dominant tech company. Over the last 90 days, the sampled market showed more than 4,100 postings across more than 1,700 companies, and employer concentration looked fragmented. The biggest clusters were software development and financial services at about 25% each, followed by technology at about 15%, IT services and IT consulting at about 15%, and technology, information and internet at about 10%. Named high-volume employers included J.P. Morgan SE, Deloitte, Capgemini, and ADP Middleware Test Company. That mix matters because it shifts the best search strategy away from generic startup chasing. Finance and consulting create steady demand for platform engineering, cloud, security, QA, enterprise modernization, and compliance-heavy work, while the local AI-security scene also showed fresh funding and planned expansion at Cymphony, Outerlimit, Comp AI, and Cyera in September. There is also a smaller but useful public-sector and civic-tech lane, with recent city-agency listings that included an IT Infrastructure Engineer, a PeopleSoft Developer, and a SCADA development and planning leadership role.

• Financial services and enterprise security (high): Financial services accounts for about 25% of sampled postings, and J.P. Morgan SE was one of the busiest named employers with more than 125 postings.
• Consulting and client delivery (high): IT services and IT consulting represented about 15% of sampled postings, and Deloitte and Capgemini each had more than 75 postings in the sample.
• AI security and governance (moderate): September funding and expansion news from Cymphony, Outerlimit, Comp AI, and Cyera points to live demand around authorization, governance, continuous cybersecurity, and AI security products.
• Civic and enterprise applications (limited): City agencies were still advertising niche roles such as IT infrastructure, PeopleSoft, and SCADA-related leadership work.

Where to focus: Focus first on hybrid or on-site enterprise roles in finance, consulting, and AI-security where cloud, automation, and governance skills overlap.

Roles worth searching next

• AI governance specialist: Local startup activity and national industry forecasts both point to growing work around governance, authorization, and responsible AI rather than pure feature delivery.
• GRC or IT compliance analyst: Continuous cybersecurity, IT governance and compliance, and regulated-industry tech gaps are all visible in the evidence.
• Solutions or implementation consultant: The local mix leans toward finance and consulting employers, and national hiring commentary favors customer-facing and cross-functional tech work.
• Technical program manager for platform or AI rollouts: Deloitte expects demand for cross-functional engineering, systems thinking, and cross-product management, all of which map well to TPM-style work.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): Python shows up in about 40% of sampled local postings and is also part of the emerging AI and cybersecurity agentic skill stack. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially engineers, automation candidates, and security applicants.
• AWS (table_stakes | immediate): AWS appears in about 25% of local postings, and cloud architecture and operations are cited nationally as a major skills gap. Who: Mid-career engineers, admins moving into cloud, and switchers targeting platform or infrastructure work.
• Kubernetes and CI/CD (differentiator | immediate): Kubernetes and CI/CD each appear in about 20% of local postings, and observability plus AI infrastructure were among the fastest-growing national skill demands. Who: Platform engineers, DevOps candidates, SREs, and software engineers trying to look more senior.
• AI fluency plus prompt/context engineering (premium | immediate): Dice reported that 75% of U.S. technology openings required AI fluency in June 2026, up 178% year over year, and prompt engineering has become a core skill for AI projects. Who: Entry-level candidates who need differentiation and experienced candidates working on internal tooling or product teams.
• AI security and agent orchestration (premium | near-term): Cybersecurity practitioners using AI rose to 78% in 2026, and national cyber postings increasingly ask for AI security and agent orchestration skills. Who: Security engineers, SOC analysts, IAM candidates, and developers moving toward secure AI platforms.
• CISSP (differentiator | near-term): CISSP was the most commonly named certification in the local sample, even though it appeared in less than 5% of postings, which makes it more useful as a differentiator than as a blanket requirement. Who: Experienced security candidates who already have the background to qualify.

Questions about this market

What do Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Observed local pay is high: BLS put the metro's 2025 median wage for computer and mathematical occupations at $133,110, with the 25th percentile at $97,540 and the 75th percentile at $171,930. Another BLS release put the metro's mean hourly wage for computer and mathematical occupations at $67.04 versus $41.50 across all occupations. Directionally newer posting data is higher, with sampled local ranges centered on about $150k to $207k and a New York statewide mean offered salary on new openings of about $136,093. The market pays well, but much of that premium is tied to seniority, regulated industries, and hard-to-replace platform or security work.

Where is demand for Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across many employers rather than locked inside one dominant tech company. Over the last 90 days, the sampled market showed more than 4,100 postings across more than 1,700 companies, and employer concentration looked fragmented. The biggest clusters were software development and financial services at about 25% each, followed by technology at about 15%, IT services and IT consulting at about 15%, and technology, information and internet at about 10%. Named high-volume employers included J.P. Morgan SE, Deloitte, Capgemini, and ADP Middleware Test Company. That mix matters because it shifts the best search strategy away from generic startup chasing. Finance and consulting create steady demand for platform engineering, cloud, security, QA, enterprise modernization, and compliance-heavy work, while the local AI-security scene also showed fresh funding and planned expansion at Cymphony, Outerlimit, Comp AI, and Cyera in September. There is also a smaller but useful public-sector and civic-tech lane, with recent city-agency listings that included an IT Infrastructure Engineer, a PeopleSoft Developer, and a SCADA development and planning leadership role.

Which employers are hiring the most Software, IT & Cybersecurity talent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Recent postings show the most activity from J.P. Morgan SE (125 postings), Deloitte (75 postings), Capgemini (75 postings), ADP Middleware Test Company (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 55% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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