Accenture posts 656 roles as hiring cools 5%
Hiring decreased by 5% in the 24 hours to 23:20 UTC on October 16, 2026, with 20,330 new roles posted by the same companies we tracked the day before. Overall, 20,333 new roles appeared across 3,665 companies.
Accenture posted 656 new roles, a large increase from 17 the previous day. JLL also saw a jump, going from 140 to 229 new roles. Other top companies included Amazon with 421 roles and EY with 219.
Engineering remained the largest team for new roles, with 2,901 postings. Data and AI followed with 2,367 new roles. Accenture contributed 242 roles to Engineering and 155 to Data and AI.
Notable new roles included a Custom Software Engineer at Accenture, a Data Center Facility Manager II at Amazon, and a Product Manager II, YouTube Generative AI Security at Google.
This reading of the numbers suggests a slight cool-down in hiring activity this week, though some companies like Accenture and JLL show increased demand. Job seekers may find opportunities in Engineering and Data and AI across various companies.
20,333new roles
3,665companies posting
-5%vs the day before
Companies posting the most
| Company | New | The day before |
|---|---|---|
| Accenture | 656 | 17 |
| Amazon | 421 | 487 |
| JLL | 229 | 140 |
| EY | 219 | 355 |
| 180 | 171 | |
| Johnson & Johnson | 159 | 159 |
| Abbott | 145 | 111 |
| Airbus | 140 | 92 |
| Wells Fargo | 134 | 163 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 133 | 127 |
A few of the new roles
- Custom Software Engineer
- Data Center Facility Manager II - Nights
- Assistant Chief Engineer, Data Centers
- Data Privacy and Data Governance - Supervising Associate
- Product Manager II, YouTube Generative AI Security
- Principal Scientist, AI-Native Discovery (Large Molecules)
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