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Monthly job market report

Job market report: October 2026

What job posts from company career sites showed in October 2026 - volumes, roles, skills, industries, countries, companies and pay. Numbers are frozen and won't change.

2,234,487

New job posts (-44% m/m, -7% y/y)

54,354

Hiring companies

13%

Remote or hybrid

$50,000

Median advertised salary

In short

How many jobs were posted in October 2026?
2,234,487 new job posts from 54,354 hiring companies, down 44% from the month before, down 7% from a year earlier (like for like); 13% offered remote or hybrid work.
Which roles had the most job posts in October 2026?
Manager (266,084), Engineer (181,623) and Specialist (165,562).
Which skills grew fastest in October 2026?
Biggest increases in the share of job posts mentioning them: Kotlin (+15%), Django (+12%), Ruby on Rails (+11%).
Which industries increased hiring in October 2026?
Largest growth in new job posts vs. the month before: Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry (+32%), Restaurants (+31%), Translation and Localization (+24%).
Which companies posted the most jobs in October 2026?
Walgreens (20,679), Allied Universal (20,004) and CVS Health (9,794).
What was the median advertised salary in October 2026?
$50,000 per year (USD) across 1,135,378 job posts that stated a salary.

Roles with the most job posts

Companies with the most job posts

Industries

Countries

Skills

Most mentioned (share of job posts)

  1. Excel · 10.3%
  2. Project management · 5.2%
  3. Python · 3.8%
  4. CRM · 3.0%
  5. CPR · 2.9%
  6. SQL · 2.8%
  7. SAP · 2.7%
  8. AWS · 2.1%
  9. ERP · 2.0%
  10. Azure · 1.9%

Rising vs. the month before

  1. Kotlin · +15%
  2. Django · +12%
  3. Ruby on Rails · +11%
  4. Generative AI · +8%
  5. Helm · +6%

Falling vs. the month before

  1. Laravel · -41%
  2. Elixir · -36%
  3. Cassandra · -22%
  4. SOC 2 · -19%
  5. Scala · -18%

Biggest changes vs. the month before

Industries

  1. Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry · +32%
  2. Restaurants · +31%
  3. Translation and Localization · +24%
  4. Biotechnology · +22%
  5. Consumer Goods · +21%

Countries

  1. China · +14%
  2. Slovenia · +12%
  3. Belgium · +7%
  4. Morocco · +4%
  5. Jersey · +4%

Highest-paying roles in the United States

Median salary stated in US job posts over the 12 months up to the report date (USD per year).

  1. Chief Executive · $577,300
  2. Chief Executive Officer · $342,200
  3. Executive Officer · $316,000
  4. Chief · $290,000
  5. Physician · $259,100
  6. Chief Operating Officer · $250,000
  7. Operating Officer · $250,000
  8. Managing Director · $232,000
  9. Market Access · $217,700
  10. Quality Director · $214,900

Cite this data

jobdata API. (2026, November 14). Job market report October 2026 [Data set]. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://jobdataapi.com/reports/2026-10/

Download CSV Markdown Data as of Nov 14, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page · Methodology

Job posts published in October 2026 by companies hiring directly (no staffing agencies); reposts count once. Changes are like for like (only companies tracked in both periods); month-over-month changes include seasonal effects, so compare with the year-over-year change where shown. Methodology · Markdown version

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