| Metro area | IT job postings (June) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 20,858 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 19,906 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 11,932 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 9,346 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 8,699 |
Credit: Dice July 2026 Jobs Report
New Jersey (64%), Maryland (47%), and Illinois (41%) are the states that have seen the highest year-over-year increase in hiring.
Roles in demand
Companies are looking for enterprise systems and consulting managers, including Appian developers, Oracle Cloud financial consultants, ServiceNow managers, principal consultants, and technology consultants. Additionally, they are seeking out IT software engineers, C++ software developers, configuration analysts, support engineers, network infrastructure engineers, AI analysts, and cyber threat intelligence analysts.