Job prospects Computer Software Engineer in the Capitale-Nationale Region
Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Software engineers and designers" in the Capitale-Nationale Region or across Canada.
Current and future job prospects
The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.
Recent trends from the past 3 years
Over the past few years (2022-2024), there was a major labour shortage for Software engineers and designers in the Capitale-Nationale Region. There were far more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.
Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology
Job outlook over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be Limited for software engineers and designers (NOC 21231) in the Capitale-Nationale region for the 2025-2027 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about software engineers and designers in the Capitale-Nationale region:
- Approximately 1,330 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Software engineers and designers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 49%
- Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 15%
- Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 14%
- Computer and electronic product manufacturing (NAICS 334): 7%
Labour market conditions over the next 10 years
Find out what will be the job prospects for Software engineers and designers across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.
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