Data source
Indeed Hiring Lab
Indeed Hiring Lab publishes daily job posting indexes by country and occupation. Its Software Development category covers titles like software engineer and full stack developer. We use the US series as the Jobs headline and compare it with five other countries.
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Data from the Indeed Hiring Lab Job Postings Index, licensed under CC BY 4.0. We calculate changes and comparisons from the published index.
US index80.8
US year over year+24%
US from peak-65%
All US jobs index103.7
What the data shows
Computed from every record, as of Oct 23, 2026.
- US software postings are at 80.8, where 100 is the level of February 1, 2020. That is +24% over the year, but 65% below the peak of 233.8 on Feb 28, 2022.
- All US job postings stand at 103.7 on the same scale, so software is still behind the overall market.
- 4 of 6 countries are lower than a year ago: Canada, Australia, France, Germany.
Software postings by country
| Country | Latest | Year ago | Change | Peak | From peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 80.8 | 65.3 | +24% | 233.8 | -65% |
| UK | 61.6 | 58.8 | +5% | 181.6 | -66% |
| Canada | 76.1 | 79.1 | -4% | 229.4 | -67% |
| Australia | 103.2 | 109.6 | -6% | 273.5 | -62% |
| France | 51.5 | 55.5 | -7% | 141.0 | -63% |
| Germany | 49.4 | 57.0 | -13% | 169.0 | -71% |
Limitations
- It is an index, not a count of open jobs: 100 is the level of February 1, 2020.
- It only covers postings on Indeed, and that mix differs by country.
- Country indexes share a start date, not a job market, so levels are not directly comparable.
- Coverage is six countries, not the whole world.