2,250+ Software & IT Jobs in San Jose, CA

Observed local pay is very strong: BLS puts the May 2025 mean wage for San Jose software developers at $221,710, while the recent local posting sample across the broader category centers on about $162k to $256k for salaried roles and about $45 per hour for hourly-paid roles.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 2,007 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $175,500 at the 25th percentile, $210,500 at the median and $244,250 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is still one of the best-paying tech markets in the country, but it is not an easy one to crack right now. Software developers in the metro earned a BLS mean of $221,710 in May 2025, and the local market sample still shows more than 3,800 postings across more than 750 companies over the last 90 days. But the market is selective: the metro unemployment rate was 3.9% in June 2026, about 50% of sampled openings were senior, about 70% were on-site, and August brought an Intel WARN notice affecting 103 local employees. California-wide occupation data sharpens the picture: Software, IT & Cybersecurity postings were up 24.4% year over year in August 2026 while employment was essentially flat, which looks more like active backfilling and targeted hiring than a broad expansion wave.

Best positioned: Candidates with established backend, platform, cloud, or security engineering experience who can show Python, Go, or C++ plus distributed systems or Kubernetes, and who are open to hybrid or on-site work, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not confuse very high pay with broad access: only about 10% of sampled openings are entry-level, about 5% are remote, and visa sponsorship appears in only about 5% of postings that explicitly state a policy.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 2,276 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Google Inc: 229 open roles
2. SheTO: 86 open roles
3. Apple, Inc.: 78 open roles
4. Amazon: 69 open roles
5. NVIDIA Corporation: 63 open roles
6. Walmart Inc.: 53 open roles
7. Cisco Systems, Inc: 48 open roles
8. TikTok USDS Joint Venture: 42 open roles
9. ServiceNow: 41 open roles
10. Coreweave: 32 open roles

Where the openings are

• Sunnyvale: 459
• San Jose: 443
• Santa Clara: 361
• Mountain View: 352
• Palo Alto: 192
• Cupertino: 94
• Menlo Park: 67
• Redwood City: 60

Work arrangement

on-site 1,527 (69%), hybrid 628 (28%), remote 68 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in tech-native employers and hardware-linked software firms rather than across the whole local economy. In the recent sample, the heaviest industry share sits in technology and software development at about 25% each, followed by computer hardware development and internet & web services at about 15% each, and semiconductor manufacturing at about 10%. That lines up with the named-employer mix, where Google Inc and NVIDIA Corporation each show more than 200 postings, Apple, Inc. shows more than 125, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. Within those employers, the practical sweet spot is not generic coding. The skill mix points toward Python, C++, Java, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and Go, while premium local examples cluster around AI security, enterprise security engineering, and hardware-adjacent software roles. Evidence is much stronger for software engineering, infrastructure, and cybersecurity-adjacent work than for lower-level end-user IT support, so support-heavy applicants should expect a thinner signal set.

• Backend, platform, and cloud engineering (high): This is the broadest opportunity pool in the local sample, supported by demand for Python, Java, Go, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and CI/CD across tech and software-development employers.
• Security engineering and AI security (high): Premium roles are showing up where software and security overlap, including Deloitte security engineering and Zscaler AI-security hiring in San Jose.
• Hardware-adjacent and semiconductor software (moderate): Computer hardware development and semiconductor manufacturing make up a meaningful share of the local mix, and recent San Jose role roundups still show fully on-site engineering work tied to ASIC and semiconductor contexts.
• Generalist remote entry-level IT (limited): This is the weakest part of the current market because only about 10% of sampled openings are entry-level and only about 5% are remote.

Where to focus: Focus on backend, platform, cloud, and security-adjacent roles tied to AI, enterprise infrastructure, or semiconductor-adjacent products, and treat commute flexibility as part of your qualification.

Roles worth searching next

• Data engineer: The overlap is strong on Python, back-end development, and infrastructure-style work, and current demand lists keep putting data engineering next to core software roles.
• ML or AI engineer: Local openings are already drifting toward AI-agent platforms, and national pay data suggests AI engineers earn a premium over non-AI software engineers.
• Technical product manager: Adobe added product-management openings alongside software and security roles in locations including San Jose, so engineering-adjacent product paths are active nearby.
• Hardware, firmware, or systems engineer: The local market is unusually tied to computer hardware development and semiconductor manufacturing, with strong C/C++ demand and clearly on-site engineering work.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most common hard skill in the local posting sample at about 50%, and it also shows up in premium local AI-security openings. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially backend, automation, platform, and security candidates.
• C++ (differentiator | near-term): C++ appears in about 35% of local postings and fits the metro's hardware, systems, and semiconductor-heavy employer mix. Who: Candidates targeting NVIDIA-style systems work, hardware-linked software, embedded tooling, or performance-heavy backend roles.
• Distributed systems (premium | immediate): Distributed systems appear in about 20% of local postings and are a common filter for platform, infrastructure, and scale-oriented engineering teams. Who: Mid-career and senior engineers who want to move above commodity application development.
• Kubernetes and CI/CD (differentiator | immediate): Kubernetes appears in about 20% of local postings and CI/CD in about 10%, which shows employers want engineers who can operate production systems, not just write code. Who: Backend, DevOps-adjacent, SRE-adjacent, and platform-focused applicants.
• Go or Rust for security-focused software (premium | near-term): A current San Jose AI-security opening at Zscaler explicitly combines Go, Rust, Python, and cybersecurity, showing how language choice is becoming part of security specialization. Who: Experienced engineers aiming at security product companies or platform-security teams.
• CISSP (differentiator | near-term): CISSP is the certification most often named locally, even though it appears in less than 5% of postings, so it helps most in security roles rather than general software engineering. Who: Candidates already leaning into security engineering, IAM, security architecture, or enterprise cyber roles.

Questions about this market

What do Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Observed local pay is very strong: BLS puts the May 2025 mean wage for San Jose software developers at $221,710, while the recent local posting sample across the broader category centers on about $162k to $256k for salaried roles and about $45 per hour for hourly-paid roles. The premium is real. Local software-developer pay is cited around a $213,110 median and $221,710 mean, versus about $135,980 for the national software-developer median and $155,830 for the national computer-and-mathematical occupations median.

Where is demand for Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in tech-native employers and hardware-linked software firms rather than across the whole local economy. In the recent sample, the heaviest industry share sits in technology and software development at about 25% each, followed by computer hardware development and internet & web services at about 15% each, and semiconductor manufacturing at about 10%. That lines up with the named-employer mix, where Google Inc and NVIDIA Corporation each show more than 200 postings, Apple, Inc. shows more than 125, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. Within those employers, the practical sweet spot is not generic coding. The skill mix points toward Python, C++, Java, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and Go, while premium local examples cluster around AI security, enterprise security engineering, and hardware-adjacent software roles. Evidence is much stronger for software engineering, infrastructure, and cybersecurity-adjacent work than for lower-level end-user IT support, so support-heavy applicants should expect a thinner signal set.

Which employers are hiring the most Software, IT & Cybersecurity talent in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Google Inc (200 postings), NVIDIA Corporation (200 postings), Apple, Inc. (125 postings), SheTO (100 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Software, IT & Cybersecurity roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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