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Hiring blog: who's hiring, every day

A short written read on every day and week of hiring across 15,000 company careers sites: the numbers, the companies behind them and the trend.

By Find your role first team

  1. 81,200 new roles posted in the 7 days to October 05Find Your Role found 81,200 new roles across 6,635 companies this week. Core companies posted 7% fewer roles compared to the previous week.2026-W40
  2. New roles drop 10% in the last 7 daysNew roles posted by 3,944 companies fell 10% in the last week. Engineering and Data and AI teams still lead in new postings.2026-W39
  3. Hiring decreased 14%: 20,593 new roles postedNew job postings decreased by 14% among tracked companies. 20,593 roles were added across 3,720 companies in the last 24 hours.Friday, October 9, 2026
  4. 23,367 new roles posted, a 2% decrease from the previous dayOur data shows 23,367 new roles posted across 3,672 companies. Hiring activity decreased by 2% for the same companies compared to yesterday.Thursday, October 8, 2026
  5. 23,315 new roles posted, down 7% from yesterdayCompanies posted 23,315 new roles in the last 24 hours, a 7% decrease. Amazon, EY, and Truist showed significant increases in postings.Wednesday, October 7, 2026
  6. New roles up 20%: 25,151 jobs from existing companiesHiring activity increased 20% in the last 24 hours, with 25,151 new roles posted by 3,828 companies. Engineering and Data and AI saw the most openings.Tuesday, October 6, 2026
  7. New roles jump 1627% in 24 hours to October 06Job postings increased by 1627% to 20,924 new roles in the last 24 hours. Companies like Speechify, Accenture, and Amazon posted hundreds of new positions.Monday, October 5, 2026
  8. 1,211 new roles posted, a 66% drop from yesterdayCompanies posted 1,211 new roles in the last 24 hours, a significant 66% decrease from the previous day. This slowdown impacted most sectors.Sunday, October 4, 2026
  9. 3,125 new roles posted, down 85% from yesterdayCompanies posted 3,125 new roles yesterday, an 85% decrease from the previous day. This comes from 834 companies, with 42 new companies added to our coverage.Saturday, October 3, 2026
  10. 21,771 new roles posted, an 18% drop from yesterdayCompanies posted 21,771 new roles in the last 24 hours. This marks an 18% decrease compared to the previous day for the same companies.Friday, October 2, 2026
  11. 25,314 new roles posted in 24 hours, down 2 percentOur job feed found 25,314 new roles in the last 24 hours. Hiring activity among tracked companies decreased by 2 percent compared to the previous day.Thursday, October 1, 2026
  12. 22,065 new roles on Wednesday, September 30, 20263,460 companies posted 22,065 new roles, 9% more than the day before.Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  13. 3,637 new roles posted, down 1% from previous dayCompanies posted 3,637 new roles in the 24 hours to September 30, 2026, a 1% decrease from the previous day. 1,578 companies added new positions.Tuesday, September 29, 2026
  14. New hiring roles increased 2846 percent on September 29Hiring activity surged by 2846 percent in the 24 hours to September 29, with 3658 new roles posted across 1493 companies.Monday, September 28, 2026
  15. 124 new roles posted as hiring slows by 82 percentCompanies posted 124 new roles in the last 24 hours. This marks an 82 percent decrease compared to the previous day among the same companies.Sunday, September 27, 2026
  16. 700 new roles on Saturday, September 26, 2026405 companies posted 700 new roles, 84% fewer than the day before.Saturday, September 26, 2026
  17. Hiring activity rose 27 percent in the last 24 hoursNew job postings increased by 27 percent on September 26 as 1,531 companies listed 4,310 roles, led by volume in engineering and data teams.Friday, September 25, 2026