Tech jobs in Chicago, IL

Which roles are hiring

Share of Chicago, IL technical postings by role.

1. 1Software Engineer45.4%
2. 2Data Scientist13%
3. 3DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer9.7%
4. 4Data Analyst8.6%
5. 5Data Engineer7.8%
6. 6Security Engineer6.5%
7. 7AI Engineer3%
8. 8Backend Engineer2.2%
9. 9Full-Stack Engineer1.9%
10. 10Frontend Engineer1.4%

What it pays

Disclosed annual base ranges across every technical role in Chicago, IL. Role mix drives this as much as location does — a metro heavy in senior infrastructure roles will out-earn one heavy in analytics regardless of cost of living.

Skills in demand here

Share of postings in this market naming each skill.

1. 1python23.2%
2. 2c++9.5%
3. 3sql8.9%
4. 4ci/cd8.4%
5. 5kubernetes7.6%
6. 6java7.3%
7. 7machine learning6.8%
8. 8linux5.9%
9. 9aws5.7%
10. 10ai5.4%
11. 11docker5.4%
12. 12typescript5.4%

Who is hiring here

Employers with the most open technical postings in this market.

• Abbvie36
• DRW21
• Akunacapital14
• Imc11
• Jumptrading11
• Ripple10
• Braze8
• Cmegroup8
• Optiver8
• Speechify8
• 84516
• Diversified Services Network, Inc.6