Washington is seeing strong demand for software engineers' skills. Employers in the industry posted 140 new jobs over the past week and 526 in the last month, more than for any other job category in the area, according to ZipRecruiter, a leading online employment marketplace.

Local software engineer came in second in terms of local employers adding new jobs by occupation. In the past month, 146 companies listed open jobs for Washington-based workers in the industry.

Top companies seeking local software engineers include Latitude, Inc., TCG, Inc. and AnaVation, LLC.

Jobs posted by Latitude, Inc. in the past month in the area also included business analysts, executive assistants and managers, while TCG, Inc. was hiring systems administrators, engineers and project managers, and AnaVation, LLC sought program managers, data scientists and network engineers.

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