Glassbox reads the jobs open on public job boards every six hours and counts the skills each one names. This page counts the software engineering jobs: titles like software engineer, developer or programmer. Backend, frontend, full stack and mobile jobs are job types of their own.
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At a glance
- 1,025 of the 2,552 software engineering jobs we read name Python.
- C++ is named in 19% of software engineering jobs and 15% of senior software engineering jobs.
- 5 to 7 years is the most common ask: 607 of the 1,487 jobs that state a number.
Most list more than one language#
1,790 of the 2,552 we read list at least one programming language. 1,319 list two or more.
Languages they name
Share of the 2,552 jobs read, by language2,552 jobs
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| Language | Jobs | Share | Employers | senior software engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 1,025/2,552 | 40% | 280 | 37% |
| Go | 596/2,552 | 23% | 156 | 26% |
| TypeScript | 511/2,552 | 20% | 207 | 21% |
| C++ | 494/2,552 | 19% | 132 | 15% |
| Java | 451/2,552 | 18% | 134 | 19% |
| SQL | 309/2,552 | 12% | 156 | 11% |
| Rust | 284/2,552 | 11% | 94 | 11% |
3 of these 7 languages come up more often here than in senior software engineering jobs.
Senior software engineering jobs name Distributed systems more often. C++ less.#
Put the same skills side by side, and two groups appear. The top rows lean to software engineering jobs. The bottom rows lean to senior software engineering jobs.
All jobs vs senior
Share of each set that mentions the skill2,552 software engineering · 1,598 senior software engineering
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| Skill | Software engineering | Senior software engineering |
|---|---|---|
| C++ | 494/2,552 · 19% | 245/1,598 · 15% |
| Distributed systems | 676/2,552 · 26% | 496/1,598 · 31% |
| Incident response | 271/2,552 · 11% | 227/1,598 · 14% |
| AWS | 574/2,552 · 22% | 415/1,598 · 26% |
C++ appears in 494 software engineering jobs at 132 employers: 19% of them, against 15% of senior software engineering jobs. Distributed systems goes the other way: 26% here, 31% in senior software engineering jobs.
Beyond the languages, DevOps and backend systems come up most#
1,268 of the 2,552 jobs read list a DevOps skill. 1,102 list one in backend systems.
Beyond the languages
Share of the 2,552 jobs read that mention each skill2,552 jobs
DevOps and operations · 1,268 jobs
Backend and systems · 1,102 jobs
AI and machine learning · 847 jobs
Cloud · 655 jobs
5 to 7 years is the most common ask#
software engineering jobs that state a number ask for 5 to 7 years.
1,487 of the 2,573 jobs state a number of years. The other 1,086 don't say.
Most software engineering jobs are senior#
Senior here means a senior, lead or principal level. Of the 2,573 jobs, 408 read as intern, entry level or junior, 222 as mid level and 335 don't say.
Of 2,573 software engineering jobs. Hatched: no level stated.
Who is hiring, and where#
529 employers posted these jobs. No single one dominates: Rocket Lab Corporation has the most, 68 of the 2,573.
Where the 2,573 jobs are
The 2,573 jobs, by the country each one names2,573 jobs
Internships
Remote
Questions this page answers#
Answers from the week of 5 October 2026.
- What skills do software engineering jobs ask for most?
- 1,025 of the 2,552 software engineering jobs we read name Python, 676 name distributed systems and 596 name Go.
- How many years of experience do software engineering jobs ask for?
- 607 of the 1,487 software engineering jobs that state a number ask for 5 to 7 years. The other 1,086 don't say.
- How many software engineering jobs name more than one programming language?
- 1,319 of the 2,552 software engineering jobs we read name two or more languages.
- How many software engineering jobs are remote?
- 805 of the 2,573 software engineering jobs are marked remote by their job board.
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How we counted
This page counts the software engineering jobs: titles like software engineer, developer or programmer. Backend, frontend, full stack and mobile jobs are job types of their own.
The job type comes from the title. Senior means a senior, lead or principal level in the same job type.
We look for about 250 named skills, by fixed rules, in the 2,552 ads long enough to read. The other 21 were too short. How Glassbox counts.
The 2,573 jobs we counted
30 of the 2,573, one employer at a time. Titles and employers only, never the ads.
- Process Development Engineer – Semiconductor Packaging (m/f/d)Swissbit
- Principal Engineer - Autonomous Systems (m/f/d)autonomous-teaming
- Staff Software Engineer (m/f/d)Solactive AGAsks 7 years
- Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)MindriftAsks 5 years
- Senior Software Engineer, GenAI PlatformDeliverooAsks 5 years
- Senior Software Engineer - Future OpportunitiesBaringa
- Senior Engineer, Graphics - Unannounced ProjectScopelyAsks 5 years
- Senior Software EngineerAsanaAsks 5 years
- Senior Engineering Manager - Dev PlatformRubrik Job BoardAsks 12 years
- Senior Software Engineer - Customer Platformloveholidays
- Werkstudent Softwareentwicklung (m/w/d)Computerra Hard- und Software GmbHInternship
- Deputy Flight Software LeadThe Exploration CompanyAsks 5 years
- Founding Engineer1zu100 GmbH
- Sr. Software Engineer IISmartsheet
- Cloud (Senior) Engineer / Architect (m/ w/ d)Trusteq GmbhAsks 3 years
- Senior MS Dynamics Business Central Developer (m/f/d)Westwing Group SEAsks 5 years
- Lead Software Engineer (m/f/d)Alteos
- Senior Software Engineer - PredictConsensysAsks 3 years
- Senior Software Engineer, AccountLemonwayAsks 5 years
- Manager, Software Engineering (Identity)AffirmAsks 7 years
- Lead Software EngineerPqshieldAsks 10 years
- Member of Technical Staff, North Modelling (Evals)Cohere
- Manager, Engineering - IdentityCamunda
- Senior Softwareentwickler:in Java (Deutsche Bahn)Mobimeo GmbH
- Software Engineer, Money as a ServiceStripeAsks 2 years
- Senior Software Engineer - REDAPL Graph EngineDatadog
- Senior Software Engineer (m/f/x)AppliedaiAsks 8 years
- Senior Software Engineer - Python (x/f/m)Doctolib
- Member of Technical Staff, Growth FireworksAsks 5 years
- Principal Software Engineer - Elastic Global ServicesSnowflakeAsks 15 years
Glassbox. "Python leads software engineering jobs, named in 1,025 of 2,552" Counted in the week of 5 October 2026. seeglassbox.com/market/software-engineering/week/2026-10-05
Past weeks
Every Monday's count of software engineering jobs, kept as it was published.