200+ Software & IT Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Observed metro software-developer pay is strong: median pay is $129,600, with about $104,000 at the 25th percentile and about $152,000 at the 75th percentile. BLS metro data also puts the mean at about $131,400 in May 2025. For the broader Software, IT & Cybersecurity mix, recent posted salary ranges center on about $120k to $160k, but that posting sample also spans lower-paid IT support and higher-paid senior specialist roles.

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Advertised pay

Across the 107 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $62,702 at the 25th percentile, $113,939 at the median and $148,700 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

Salt Lake City-Murray is a good but selective market for Software, IT & Cybersecurity if you already have real experience, especially on the software-engineering side of the category. Software developers in the metro earn about $129,600 at the median, with roughly $104,000 at the 25th percentile and roughly $152,000 at the 75th percentile. The metro employed about 19,040 software developers, and computer and mathematical work made up 5.2% of local employment versus 3.4% nationally, so the tech base is meaningful. But today's opening mix skews senior and on-site: about 45% of sampled postings are senior, about 10% are lead+, about 60% are on-site, and about 15% are remote.

Best positioned: Mid-senior engineers, cloud and platform candidates, cybersecurity professionals with CISSP, and embedded or cleared engineers who can work on-site or hybrid have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume this is an easy remote-first market: about 15% of sampled postings are entry level, about 15% are remote, and among postings that explicitly stated sponsorship policy, about 0% mentioned visa sponsorship.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 248 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Trenchant: 26 open roles
2. WGU: 16 open roles
3. Harris Group: 12 open roles
4. Thechrist: 7 open roles
5. Utah: 6 open roles
6. UTN: 6 open roles
7. General Dynamics Mission Systems: 4 open roles
8. Western Governors University: 4 open roles
9. Zions Bancorporation: 4 open roles
10. Breeze Airways: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Salt Lake City: 168
• Draper: 12
• Sandy: 9
• Cottonwood Heights: 6
• Lehi: 5
• West Valley City: 5
• Riverton: 5
• Layton: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 166 (68%), hybrid 63 (26%), remote 14 (6%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across several employer types rather than one dominant buyer. The recent posting sample is fragmented across employers, and the most-active industries were aerospace & defense (about 20%), software development (about 15%), financial services (about 15%), education (about 15%), and healthcare (about 15%). That is useful if you are flexible about industry: the same engineering stack can translate across mission systems, SaaS products, internal platforms, and regulated enterprise environments. The clearest local hotspot is defense-adjacent embedded software. Recent Salt Lake postings from Innova Solutions and L3Harris/Harris emphasize embedded devices, electronic warfare systems, board support packages, mission-critical projects, and security clearance, while live-role snapshots also show L3Harris Technologies and Harris Corporation among the most visible current software hirers. If your background is application-only web development, this is not a trivial lateral move. The second major opportunity pool sits inside non-tech employers. Metro Professional and Business Services employment is up 6.0668% year over year even as Information employment is down 4.2194% year over year, and local hiring signals include WGU in education and Fidelity in financial services. In practice, that means some of the best openings are tech jobs inside finance, education, healthcare, and business-services organizations rather than pure tech companies.

• Defense and embedded systems (high): Aerospace and defense is about 20% of sampled local postings, and recent roles emphasize embedded systems, board support package work, electronic warfare, mission-critical software, and clearance-linked programs.
• Enterprise software and platform teams (high): Software development accounts for about 15% of sampled postings, with Python, Java, AWS, CI/CD, Git, and SQL recurring across the local stack profile.
• Finance, education, and healthcare tech teams (moderate): Financial services, education, and healthcare each make up about 15% of sampled postings, with employers such as WGU and Fidelity signaling that many openings sit inside non-tech organizations.

Where to focus: Prioritize mid-senior backend, cloud, security, or embedded openings at defense and enterprise employers that can use your stack immediately, rather than holding out for remote-only consumer-SaaS roles.

Roles worth searching next

• BI Analyst / Data Analyst: SQL and Python are common asks in this market, so engineers with reporting, analytics, or internal-tool experience can pivot into a more data-first lane.
• AI/ML Engineer: Employers broadly pay up for AI and machine learning skills, and national pay summaries place AI/ML engineer compensation above general software-engineer ranges.
• Embedded Systems / Electrical Engineer: Salt Lake demand shows strong overlap with embedded devices, board support package work, and defense programs, so software candidates with firmware or hardware exposure can cross into engineering-heavy roles.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): Python appears in about 40% of sampled postings, making it the clearest baseline filter across backend, automation, scripting, and platform work locally. Who: Everyone except highly specialized low-level candidates who already compete on a different stack.
• Java (table_stakes | immediate): Java appears in about 25% of sampled postings, which keeps it relevant for enterprise applications, services teams, and internal platform work. Who: Mid-career backend engineers and career switchers targeting enterprise employers.
• AWS (differentiator | immediate): AWS shows up in about 20% of sampled postings, so cloud fluency still helps you cross from pure development into platform, infrastructure, and reliability work. Who: Software engineers who want to widen into cloud, DevOps, or SRE-style roles.
• CI/CD and Git (differentiator | immediate): CI/CD and Git each appear in about 20% of sampled postings, which signals that employers want developers who can work in production pipelines, not just write code. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates who need stronger proof of delivery readiness.
• SQL (table_stakes | near-term): SQL appears in about 20% of sampled postings and expands your reach into product, platform, reporting, and data-adjacent roles without forcing a full category switch. Who: Career switchers, full-stack candidates, and engineers who want more options.
• Embedded real-time and BSP expertise (premium | immediate): Recent Salt Lake openings specifically ask for embedded real-time software development and board support package expertise, especially in defense-related work. Who: Senior engineers with C/C++, firmware, systems, or hardware-adjacent backgrounds.

Questions about this market

What do Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Observed metro software-developer pay is strong: median pay is $129,600, with about $104,000 at the 25th percentile and about $152,000 at the 75th percentile. BLS metro data also puts the mean at about $131,400 in May 2025. For the broader Software, IT & Cybersecurity mix, recent posted salary ranges center on about $120k to $160k, but that posting sample also spans lower-paid IT support and higher-paid senior specialist roles. That means Salt Lake pays well relative to the local economy: all occupations averaged $34.45 per hour locally, while software developers averaged $63.17 per hour. Local software pay is a bit below the national software-developer median of $135,980, but still solid for a non-coastal metro.

Where is demand for Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across several employer types rather than one dominant buyer. The recent posting sample is fragmented across employers, and the most-active industries were aerospace & defense (about 20%), software development (about 15%), financial services (about 15%), education (about 15%), and healthcare (about 15%). That is useful if you are flexible about industry: the same engineering stack can translate across mission systems, SaaS products, internal platforms, and regulated enterprise environments. The clearest local hotspot is defense-adjacent embedded software. Recent Salt Lake postings from Innova Solutions and L3Harris/Harris emphasize embedded devices, electronic warfare systems, board support packages, mission-critical projects, and security clearance, while live-role snapshots also show L3Harris Technologies and Harris Corporation among the most visible current software hirers. If your background is application-only web development, this is not a trivial lateral move. The second major opportunity pool sits inside non-tech employers. Metro Professional and Business Services employment is up 6.0668% year over year even as Information employment is down 4.2194% year over year, and local hiring signals include WGU in education and Fidelity in financial services. In practice, that means some of the best openings are tech jobs inside finance, education, healthcare, and business-services organizations rather than pure tech companies.

Which employers are hiring the most Software, IT & Cybersecurity talent in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Recent postings show the most activity from Harris Group (15 postings), WGU (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 15% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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