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Contract and temporary job postings in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — useful for freelancers, consultants, and anyone looking for non-permanent work.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

7,778Active postings
1,247Posted this week
2,186Open 30+ days28% of active
622Remote / hybrid8% of active
27%List salary2,096 of 7,778
2%Hourly32 of disclosed
$234kMedian annual (max)
$29.85/hrMedian hourly (max)
17dMedian agep90 85d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Engineering	829	$222k n=278	—
Director	322	$335k n=127	—
Product Manager	277	$240k n=95	—
Data Science	235	$239k n=103	—
ML / AI Engineering	223	$265k n=77	—

Wages by occupation (SOC)

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Software Developers	1,897	$224k n=442	—
Managers, All Other	784	$262k n=191	—
Project Management Specialists	349	$236k n=110	—
Computer and Information Research Scientists	98	$260k n=28	—
Management Analysts	63	$197k n=16	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Full-time	576	$184k n=476	$29.85/hr n=5
Contract	264	$234k n=138	—
Part-time	183	$68k n=10	$29.85/hr n=27
Intern	130	$142k n=18	—
Temporary	27	$140k n=6	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	5,796	$235k n=2000	—
Manufacturing	2,197	$167k n=60	—
Retail	1,048	$224k n=236	$29.85/hr n=32
Transportation & Logistics	874	$224k n=347	—
Financial Services	460	$266k n=33	—

Top categories

Engineering829
Director322
Product Manager277
Data Science235
ML / AI Engineering223
Backend160

Top occupations (SOC)

Software Developers1,897
Managers, All Other784
Project Management Specialists349
Computer and Information Research Scientists98
Management Analysts63
Data Scientists52

In-demand skills

Top sectors

Technology5,796
Manufacturing2,197
Retail1,048
Transportation & Logistics874
Financial Services460
Healthcare455

Employment mix

Unspecified6,601 · 85%
Full-time576 · 7%
Contract264 · 3%
Part-time183 · 2%
Intern130 · 2%
Temporary27 · 0%

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AI Enterprise ArchitectFull-stack
Adobe · San Jose, CA · careers.adobe.com
$200k–$289k · 4 days open · posted 4 days ago
Software Development EngineerEngineering× 2 openings
Adobe · San Jose, CA · careers.adobe.com
$178k–$258k · 26 days open · posted 3 weeks ago